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2012 Unmasking Whiteness
6 days ago
by AWARE-LA
in Uncategorized
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AWARE-LA is happy to announce we are offering our 4th annual workshop series on building white anti-racist practice and community in an intensive 4-day institute designed specifically for white people.
The institute will run from Thursday, June 28th through Sunday, July 1st, 2012 and will take place on the downtown Los Angeles, Mount St. Mary’s College, Doheny campus. The cost for attendance is only $200 (before March 31st) for the full 4-day institute. After March 31st. the cost will be $225. Special discounts are available for AWARE-LA members!
This series invites white people to deepen their self-awareness and build community with other white people taking up work for racial justice. Through personal reflection, small and large group dialogue, and experiential activities, this institute invites the exploration of subjects such as:
* The meaning of whiteness
* White privilege and multiple identities
* How to resolve guilt and shame
* Institutional racism
* Development of an anti-racist practice and identity
The registration application is available at: http://www.awarela.org/projects/2012-unmasking-whiteness/
*** University credit is available through UCCS! Read below for details! ***
Shelly Tochluk
Mount St. Mary’s College – Education Department
AWARE-LA
stochluk@msmc.la.edu
213-477-2623
*** If you are interested in receiving university credit at either the graduate or undergraduate level, please see the Projects page on the AWARE-LA website for an information sheet that describes 1) additional readings and assignments due, 3) registration information, and 3) a link to UCCS, our partnering university, (for tuition costs, application procedures, and the related, optional certificate program): http://www.awarela.org/projects/2012-unmasking-whiteness/
3rd Annual AWARE-LA Unmasking Whiteness Institute, June 23-26, 2011
11 months ago
by AWARE-LA
in Uncategorized
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Download Info: University Credit Available
AWARE-LA is happy to announce that we are offering our 3rd annual workshop series on building white anti-racist practice and community in an intensive 4-day institute designed specifically for white people.
The institute will run from Thursday, June 23rd through Sunday, June 26th, 2011 and will take place on the downtown Los Angeles, Mount St. Mary’s College, Doheny campus. The cost for attendance is only $200 when you register (before March 31st) in order to ensure that it’s accessible to grass roots organizers, students, and those without institutional funding.
This series invites white people to deepen their self awareness and build community with other white people taking up work for racial justice. Through personal reflection, small and large group dialogue, and experiential activities, this institutes invites the exploration of subjects such as:
* The meaning of whiteness
* White privilege and multiple identities
* How to resolve guilt and shame
* Systemic white supremacy (institutional racism)
* Development of an anti-racist practice and identity
Please pass on this information, our flyer and information sheet, to anyone you feel might be interested in this event. Please contact Shelly Tochluk at stochluk@msmc.la.edu for information regarding registration or if you have any questions.
October 2nd – Saturday Dialogue
1 year ago
by AWARE-LA
in Uncategorized
During our Saturday Dialogue on October 2nd, we will be exploring a new and incredibly relevant and timely topic!
Given the recent turmoil over the proposed Islamic Cultural Center and the ridiculously hateful calls for a “Burn a Koran Day,” we thought it might be ripe time to discuss the intersection of WHITENESS and RELIGION, namely our relationship as white folks to the dominant Judeo-Christian norms of the United States and to ISLAMOPHOBIA. These may not be terms or concepts we are all deeply familiar with, so our dialogue will explore these concepts with a “beginner’s mind” and invite lots of personal sharing.
Please join us! Same time and location as always!
MCC-LA Church – 4953 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
1-4pm – please try to arrive on time!
October 2nd – Next Saturday Dialogue
1 year ago
by AWARE-LA
in Uncategorized
Join us for our next Saturday Dialogue in October!
As always, you can expect insightful and reflective dialogue, a welcoming community, and a specific topic for consideration as it pertains to white privilege, anti-racist practice, and white anti-racist identity.
We meet from 1-4pm at the MCC-LA Church at:
4953 Franklin Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
2010 Basebuilding Workgroup
AWARE-LA has partnered with U.S. for All of Us to produce a workgroup on local and national white anti-racist basebuilding (example) through a monthly conference call on the third Tuesday of the month at 12:30PM PST / 1:30PM MST / 2:30PM CST / 3:30PM EST. Read the Basebuilding Workgroup Description, and contact us with your name, organizational affiliation, and interest if you would like to get involved. Below is an archive of the past basebuilding workgroup calls, with the call recording, agenda, and notes:
2/23/10 Basebuilding Workgroup Call Recording
Agenda | Notes
AWARE-LA launches Where do you draw the Line at Hate? weekly poll
1 year ago
by AWARE-LA
in Greensboro Project
It has become increasingly clear with every passing day that hate is on the rise in this country. Whether its from elected officials calling for re-instituting segregationist era voting laws or Tea Party leaders calling for hanging elected officials. If this hate is allowed to grow unchecked where will it end? As long as the majority of white people who are not racist remain silent we are allowing the hate of a minority to speak for all white people. So we are asking the question, “Where do you draw the line at hate?”
Building a U.S. for All of US: We Draw the Line at Hate
Strategy | Survey | Polls
The Ballot Box and Beyond– Racism in the '08 Elections
The Ballot Box and Beyond– Racism in the ’08 Elections from AWARE-LA on Vimeo.
Community Panel hosted by AWARE-LA on Oct 25, 2008 to discuss racism in the ’08 elections. The panel was part of a larger community event entitled “The Ballot Box and Beyond: Race, Elections and the Making of History,” which included workshops by various Los Angeles social justice organizations.the panelists discuss a wide variety of topics such as the intersections of class, race and gender in the ’08 elections, the role of white privilege, and whether this election will and can really lead to historic change…The panel discussion features:• Manuel Criollo – Lead Organizer, Bus Riders Union and Labor / Community Strategy Center• Hamid Khan – Executive Director, South Asian Network• Ange-Marie Hancock – Associate Professor of Political Science, USC• Clare Fox – Organizer, AWARE-LA• Marqueece Harris-Dawson – Executive Director, Community Coalition• Moderator: Joshua Busch, AWARE-LAAWARE-LA is a group of white people working to address racism in the white community.
Active Resistance, the organizing arm of AWARE-LA, invites you to participate in our campaign: “The Ballot Box and Beyond!”
Check out our campaign blog “DoubleTake” at http://doubletake08.org and read our open letter…
An Open Letter to White Progressives and Activists
We write this letter to all those white people concerned with social justice. Who are you? You are social workers and teachers, and artists and organizers. You work in multiracial organizations and non-profits, and you work for queer rights, with incarcerated youth, and with women in domestic violence shelters. You offer medical aid to migrants crossing the border, media arts programs to high school students, and legal counsel to housing rights organizations. You’re angry about climate change and environmental devastation – with poor and working class communities the hardest hit. Read more>>>