Awakening White: White People Helping Each Other to Understand and Interrupt Racism

August 11, 2020 | 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Amid today’s social uprisings, many white people have become acutely aware that racism shapes our communities in Oregon and beyond. Many of us have also begun realizing how poorly our experiences have equipped us make sense of these times, and we have many questions. Join Emily Drew in a conversation that asks, How can we who are white show up as more effective and less damaging participants in struggles to interrupt racism in our community? How can white people engage in efforts to dismantle racism in ways that do not reproduce or place unfair burdens upon people of color to be our teachers? This conversation is an opportunity to reflect on what it means to “do our work” as white people, which includes taking responsibility for one another, educating ourselves, and coming to view other white people as our partners—not competition—in developing antiracist identity. RSVP for this conversation.

Event Sponsors

Oregon Humanities

Cost

Free

Contact

Rachel Bernstein at r.bernstein@oregonhumanities.org