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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/

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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.

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!

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