#facingrace

1 year ago

A quote graphic with a black background and white text reads: “Do not anticipatorily comply. Don’t exhibit pre-obedience, but choose fights wisely… Don’t get baited into everything. We can’t. We will exhaust ourselves if we are baited into the fights that they are setting up for us.” At the bottom, it is attributed to Kim A. Anderson, Executive Director of the National Education Association, in yellow and white text.

At #FacingRace, Kim Anderson said:
"Do not anticipatorily comply. Don't exhibit pre-obedience, but choose fights wisely... Don't get baited into everything. We can't. We will exhaust ourselves if we are baited into the fights that they are setting up for us."

Still resonating.

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@alexaoffenhauer.bsky.social

1 year ago

Facing Race 2024 Eight years ago this month, I attended the Facing Race conference, and we gathered then in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. What pulled me out of my state of shock then was hearing …

From a friend's post on the #FacingRace conference: "We need strong narratives that reveal how white supremacy does not benefit white people, that toxic masculinity does not benefit men, and so many more. We need to keep fighting for a multiracial democracy where everyone can thrive."

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@kennyn12.bsky.social

1 year ago

Had such an amazing time at #FacingRace!! Thankful for this experience, all the new people I met, the learnings I’m taking away, and my amazing colleagues who I got to spend some quality time with! 😍

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Lucy Michael

@lucymichael.bsky.social

1 year ago

Leaflet: what the hell is Critical Race Theory?

Exhibition on Muslim experiences of surveillance and profiling after 2001 in the USA

In 1859 the total value of the enslaved Africans was estimated to be between $2.7 billion and $3.7 billion which today is equivalent to over $100 billion.

A hand sculpture painted by attendees for messages of reproductive justice.

Day 2 at the #FacingRace conference in St Louis Missouri, I was not prepared for the big emotions. Being in a room with so many people fighting for their lost loved ones, their neighbours, their children, this work is personal for everyone.

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Renee M. Willis

@mcleanwillis.bsky.social

1 year ago

#FacingRace Q/A: Is solidarity enough?

“It could be but we actually have to do it. It has to have mechanisms for accountability in it or it’s not solidarity in the first place.”- @ashdashlee.bsky.social

“Solidarity isn’t just a term. We have to build [solidarity] with strategy.” -Prachi Patankar

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Renee M. Willis

@mcleanwillis.bsky.social

1 year ago

Love Centered + Healing Centered = The #FacingRace Wellness Room. 🙏🏾💕

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That Girl Jazzy

@theblackpearl8.bsky.social

1 year ago

"Solidarity can't happen until we address everyone's basic needs" #FacingRace

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Sara Shapiro-Plevan

@shaplev.bsky.social

1 year ago

There is no work without me. I am the most expensive thing you are investing in, so revalue me in order to do the work. Reclaiming our power. Yavilah McCoy. #RaceForward #FacingRace #rest #wellness #resilience #selfcare

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Rae Sowards

@raeoflightpress.bsky.social

1 year ago

Watching a great discussion by @joyannreid.bsky.social at
#facingRace

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Western States Center

@westernstatescenter.org

1 year ago

#CommonGood is in session! 🤗 #FacingRace

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Sara Shapiro-Plevan

@shaplev.bsky.social

1 year ago

What they want to take from us, we have. Pay attention to this. We already have it. We can’t let them take it away. When they try, we will fight back and we will hunker down and fight. @joyannreid.bsky.social #facingrace #raceforward

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Sara Shapiro-Plevan

@shaplev.bsky.social

1 year ago

@joyannreid.bsky.social #facingrace #raceforward White women are key to repairing gaps in democracy for our next election. BIPOC people understand the task. White women have a collective responsibility to get the job done for each other and all of us.

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Loglady Marmalade (Coleen)

@coldbean.bsky.social

1 year ago

Alicia Garza: “Can we talk strategy?”
Yes MA’AM
#facingRace

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Rebekah Barber

@rebekahbarber.bsky.social

1 year ago

“It was a low turnout election that elected Donald Trump…and low turnout elections almost always elect Republicans”- @joyannreid.bsky.social

#FacingRace

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Betzabel Estudillo

@labepsi.bsky.social

1 year ago

Day 3 of the #FacingRace conference! Listening to amazing @joyannreid.bsky.social 🙌🏽

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That Girl Jazzy

@theblackpearl8.bsky.social

1 year ago

I got to meet this author at the #FacingRace conference and I'm telling everyone I know to get her book. Read with me!!!

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Lucy Michael

@lucymichael.bsky.social

1 year ago

Being at #FacingRace in St Louis Missouri, a week after Tr©~p took the election, is to witness hope, commitment and determination to keep the arc bending towards justice. I feel deeply privileged to be here, when hope flickers but does not go out because 4000 pairs of hands pass the flame.

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Rebekah Barber

@rebekahbarber.bsky.social

1 year ago

Such a powerful discussion going on right now at #FacingRace

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That Girl Jazzy

@theblackpearl8.bsky.social

1 year ago

Ayyyeeee! Saint Louis Story Stitchers 💪🏿💪🏿 #FacingRace

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Renee M. Willis

@mcleanwillis.bsky.social

1 year ago

“If our fight is simply a fight against something and never for something, we are going to continue to lose our people.” - @mauricewfp.bsky.social

At #FacingRace w/ @gabrielleross.bsky.social

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Sha Merirei

@merirei.com

1 year ago

During the #FacingRace Thursday morning plenary session, Kim Anderson (ED of NEA) said:

"We will rescue ourselves through democracy, not in spite of it."

And I'm going to be thinking about this, a lot, for the next four years...

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Sara Hudson

@saratexas.bsky.social

1 year ago

So many #FacingRace folks at this session to prep for future legal threats to orgs/agencies advancing #racialjustice, #DEI, and #equity that some couldn’t get in. What questions are your #npsky #nonprofitsky #polisky orgs asking? We’ll publish a follow-up resource at @npquarterly.bsky.social

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Lucy Michael

@lucymichael.bsky.social

1 year ago

Day 2 at #FacingRace conference in St Louis, and there's so much going on. Choosing just 2 break out sessions to attend from 70 is hard!

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Rae Sowards

@raeoflightpress.bsky.social

1 year ago

At the #FacingRace conference in Saint Louis

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That Girl Jazzy

@theblackpearl8.bsky.social

1 year ago

And SHOUT OUT my Soror who curated the space! 🐘 #DST #FacingRace

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That Girl Jazzy

@theblackpearl8.bsky.social

1 year ago

Way to reduce barriers for working mamas who don't want to compromise breastfeeding for their jobs #FacingRace

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That Girl Jazzy

@theblackpearl8.bsky.social

1 year ago

The detail in the inclusivitiy of this conference is top tier #FacingRace

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Rebekah Barber

@rebekahbarber.bsky.social

1 year ago

Really enjoying the #FacingRace conference. I wanted to share the artwork I received here.

“In order to see we here we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been”- Ella Baker

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That Girl Jazzy

@theblackpearl8.bsky.social

1 year ago

"Dispare is the tool of the oppressor....freedom is our right from our ancestors...." #FacingRace

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