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SUMMARY:WRJI Book Club: Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing From White Supremacy
DESCRIPTION:WRJI Book Club: Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing From White Supremacy by Rachel Ricketts \nSaturday March 15\n12pm – 1:30pm ET\nZoom\nFree \nJoin WRJI for a discussion of Do Better – a revolutionary book that addresses anti-racism from a comprehensive\, intersectional\, and spiritually-aligned perspective. This actionable guidebook illustrates how to engage in the heart-centered and mindfulness-based practices that racial justice educator and healer Rachel Ricketts has developed to fight white supremacy from the inside out\, in our personal lives and communities alike. It is a loving and assertive call to do the deep—and often uncomfortable—inner work that precipitates much-needed external and global change. \nRadical racial justice includes daily\, intentional\, and informed action. It demands addressing the emotional violence we have perpetuated on ourselves and others (most notably toward Black and Indigenous women and femmes)\, both as individuals and as a society. Do Better provides the missing pieces to manifest practicable\, sustainable solutions such as identifying where we most get stuck\, mitigating the harm we inflict on others\, and mending our hearts from our most painful race and gender-based experiences\, plus much more. \nThis inspirational and eye-opening handbook is filled with carefully curated soulcare activities for getting into our bodies and better withstanding the grief\, rage\, and conflicting emotions that naturally arise when we fight against injustice. Culturally informed\, secular spiritual exercises\, such as guided meditations\, transformative breathwork\, and journaling prompt unpack our privilege\, and take up the ongoing fight against oppression\, while transforming our own lives along the way. \nThe discussion will be led by Fiona Oliphant ’93. The Zoom link will be sent in advance of the event.
URL:https://wrji.org/event/wrji-book-club-do-better-spiritual-activism-for-fighting-and-healing-from-white-supremacy/
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SUMMARY:Book Club - "Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind\, Body\, and Spirit" by Mary-Frances Winters
DESCRIPTION:This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue\, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people–and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects. \nBlack people\, young and old\, are fatigued\, says award-winning diversity and inclusion leader Mary-Frances Winters. It is physically\, mentally\, and emotionally draining to continue to experience inequities and even atrocities\, day after day\, when justice is a God-given and legislated right. And it is exhausting to have to constantly explain this to white people\, even–and especially–well-meaning white people\, who fall prey to white fragility and too often are unwittingly complicit in upholding the very systems they say they want dismantled. \nThis book\, designed to illuminate the myriad dire consequences of living while Black\, came at the urging of Winters’s Black friends and colleagues. Winters describes how in every aspect of life–from economics to education\, work\, criminal justice\, and\, very importantly\, health outcomes–for the most part\, the trajectory for Black people is not improving. It is paradoxical that\, with all the attention focused over the last fifty years on social justice and diversity and inclusion\, little progress has been made in actualizing the vision of an equitable society. \nSummary: Goodreads \n  \nThe discussion will be led by Fiona Oliphant ’93.  While the conversation will be centered around Black fatigue\, everyone is welcome to attend and participate.  \n  \nAdvance registration is required. Please register by Thursday\, March 21
URL:https://wrji.org/event/book-club-black-fatigue-how-racism-erodes-the-mind-body-and-spirit-by-mary-frances-winters/
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