Join a sangha reading and discussion group on race in America, specifically Black Lives Matter. The class meets bi-weekly and is open to everyone. The class meets via Zoom. Please prepare for the fourth gathering by reading Resmaa Manakem and Claude M. Steele, listed in the following paragraphs. Each meeting will have two or three new recommended texts or videos. September dates: 10th and 24th. In October: 8th and 22nd. November 5 and 19.
The group facilitators are Abbot Gaelyn Godwin and Zen Priest Royce Johnson. If you have any questions, please contact Joy Tober. The class is by donation, or dana, please give what you can.
We really look forward to exploring and inquiring together.
The fourth gathering will focus on Resmaa Menakems’ My Grandmother’s Hands, Part One; and Claude M. Steele, Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. Reference will also be made to the earlier texts listed below.
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
Purchase through Bookshop.org, an organization for independent booksellers, or through the Amazon links provided below.
