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On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 6-7:30pm EDT (UTC-4), the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation presented to Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts via webinar. The webinar featured a keynote by Paul S. Bracy, Founder & President of the Center, and a panel of antiracist educators and community activists. Special thanks to our hosts Dr. Melissa Winchell, Dr. Kevin McGowan, Bridgewater State University (https://www.bridgew.edu), the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice (https://www.bridgew.edu/center/martin-richard-institute-social-justice) and Massachusetts Chapter of National Association for Multicultural Education (https://nameorg.org). The following is a recording of the webinar.

Book Discussion Materials On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 7-9pm EDT the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation hosted a virtual book discussion of Cathy Park Hong's "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning" as our March 2022 Reading for Understanding event. We are suggesting a donation to Stop AAPI Hate in honor of Cathy Park Hong. As a non-profit learning organization, we encourage others to reuse the materials created and collected. Websites Author & Book Cathy Park Hong http://www.cathyparkhong.com Time: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021 https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096088/cathy-park-hong/?jwsource=cl&fbclid=IwAR30TlzqeaOOQX837gYQYQ_PVPJ-5B-fW3LhNTbMBnPur0FOvbbiEMpowjk The American Poetry Review https://aprweb.org/poems/a-wreath-of-hummingbirds4?fbclid=IwAR0FXLcAyTYItQzKHSmh4aoaRGsBGkJ4Zk5Y1YX4Rtm2J4tChHq43MCacas Lessons Zinn Education Project https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/asian-americans-and-moments-in-peoples-history/ Articles Poetry Northwest https://www.poetrynw.org/interview-cathy-park-hong/?fbclid=IwAR0Ps-gCpdLZ7Zk9Y7xHm4NJEFVc3VVzhsGwpLhhknTuVekDmObdFYnLs1k “Minor Feelings” and the Possibilities of Asian-American Identity https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/minor-feelings-and-the-possibilities-of-asian-american-identity?fbclid=IwAR1TE01X6DlpaNHjz0MvIzm8eMO67_e99v4GudXv9-8BwZyo75LLHbHRiL0 Cathy Park Hong on Minor Feelings. The major weight of minor feelings. https://yalereview.org/article/cathy-park-hong-minor-feelings?fbclid=IwAR0L5kKwZwavDKD5V5xTxF7aTNyHPNqBsl1-H8gIT5pmRGuPowgzl9ApuRY History of Korean Immigration to America, from 1903 to Present https://sites.bu.edu/koreandiaspora/issues/history-of-korean-immigration-to-america-from-1903-to-present/?fbclid=IwAR2AEL8nJU8C-fhh2TYCDe4aw0Lx0gg7L1HdJJAdPv7-YFveiSw5Rt51r3E#_ftnref9 The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691168029/the-color-of-success?fbclid=IwAR0MNQME1v7lPK3Blp9JTtNZ52n1G7K0HPCxQI3LbZYtfAAV68JW-WC9mqw The Asian American ‘model minority’ myth masks a history of discrimination https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/asian-american-model-minority-myth-masks-history-discrimination?fbclid=IwAR3YdOb867V0u-tINX25TFaURzn20MO6zNzSr8mC8EvIR5RdD4xPdKLRxSQ Anti-Asian Violence Must Be a Bigger Part of America’s Racial Discourse https://gen.medium.com/our-stories-are-still-filtered-through-whiteness-22a972793e4?fbclid=IwAR3tSiXlk74b-TsoUxlAqbsR13IwtbymsUPmKDhzx9KtYyRhdtRipq_qbj4 Understanding the Korean concept of "han" https://www.reginakim.com/korean-culture/concept-of-han?fbclid=IwAR3anyAsOECBANxDlkjwx_-z6Wo8P3rxOc3k9lbdE62BRnW6nVJ5_pqz46k Videos Embedded in Discussion Read-ahead Presentation, Slide 2 Embedded in Discussion Read-ahead Presentation, Slide 38 The danger of a single story https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en&fbclid=IwAR14svrM8jKwVfRzBYu-k6JgsfxmnI6hbAJ-_3HnakH36FqdwFG3d018Gzk Support black-owned or independent bookstores. Find a store in your area and shop in-person or online. https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstores/ https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center’s Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward learning series.

Book Discussion Materials On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 7-9pm EST the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation hosted a virtual book discussion of Heather McGhee's "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together" as our January 2022 Reading for Understanding event. As a non-profit learning organization, we encourage others to reuse the materials collected. Documents Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) Dr. Gail C. Christopher https://wkkf.issuelab.org/resource/truth-racial-healing-transformation-implementation-guidebook.html TRHT Dallas Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation 2020 Report https://dallastrht.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/03094551/DTRHT-Report_2020.pdf Videos Support black-owned or independent bookstores. Find a store in your area and shop in-person or online. https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstores/ https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center’s Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward learning series.

Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and have two requirements: Read the book and make time for the discussion. Virtual small group book discussion of "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning" by Cathy Park Hong. Please purchase and read/listen to "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning" by Cathy Park Hong before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, March 23rd, 7-9pm Eastern Standard Time. "Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Part memoir and part cultural criticism, this collection is vulnerable, humorous, and provocative--and its relentless and riveting pursuit of vital questions around family and friendship, art and politics, identity and individuality, will change the way you think about our world." Source: https://bookshop.org/books/minor-feelings-an-asian-american-reckoning/9781984820389 Please purchase and read/listen to "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning" by Cathy Park Hong before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, March 23rd, 7-9pm Eastern Standard Time. Register today at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/225817635627 Reading for Understanding Monthly virtual book discussions hosted by the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation As a learning organization, the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation seeks to provide opportunities to promote understanding and empathy. Book discussions provide participants with a shared experience and an opportunity to engage with others. The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and have two requirements: Read the book and make time for the discussion. What should a participant expect? Participants should expect an email with a read-ahead presentation and meeting credentials the Monday preceding the event. All book discussions are two hours and use Zoom breakout rooms to create small discussion groups. We start together as a large group (7-7:10pm), briefly return to a large group at the half-way point (7:50-8pm) and conclude as a large group (8:40-9pm). Virtual doors open at 6:45pm, unless otherwise noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Support black-owned or independent bookstores. Many black-owned and independent bookstores now offer shipping. Find a store in your area and shop in-person or online. Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center’s Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward learning series. About the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation The Dock C. Bracy Center is committed to human reconciliation and the eradication of racism and other forms of human oppression. Our work focuses on healing the internal emotional and cognitive harms that have allowed racism to continue to thrive in our society. We support the efforts of many other groups and individuals by providing opportunities for learning and self-reflection so that strategies to eradicate racism can become more successful. Additional information about the Center can be found by visiting the website and by following @dcbcenter. The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation Website: http://www.dcbcenter.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcbcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dockcbracycenter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcbcenter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/dcbcenter

We asked — you voted from a list of 100 books. These are the Top 24 books selected for our 2023 Reading for Understanding monthly virtual discussions. Over the next weeks, the members of our Reading for Understanding workgroup will select the final 12 books for 2023. Special thanks to the workgroup: Sabrina, Cherie, Ken, Alicia, Mary, Ida, Diane and Deborah. Indigenous People’s History of the U.S. by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andres Resendez The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped A Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs Why We Can’t Wait by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and others Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy A. Degrup Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America by Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma by Guilaine Kinouani A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America by David K. Shipler An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Colored People by Henry Louis Gates Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan Gonzalez Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Nieman My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler African American and LatinX History of the U.S. by Paul Ortiz Support black-owned or independent bookstores. Find a store in your area and shop in-person or online: https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstores/ https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center’s Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward learning series.

Please select up to 10 books you would like to read and discuss in 2023. Our Reading for Understanding workgroup has assembled a list of 100 books for consideration. Voting closes March 15th, 7pm EDT. Special thanks to the members of Reading for Understanding workgroup: Sabrina, Cherie, Ken, Alicia, Mary, Ida, Diane and Deborah.

Book Discussion Materials On Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 7-9pm EST the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation hosted a virtual book discussion of Clint Smith's "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" as our February 2022 Reading for Understanding event. We are suggesting a donation to Free Your Mind Book Club in honor of Clint Smith. As a non-profit learning organization, we encourage others to reuse the materials collected. Websites Author & Book Clint Smith III https://www.clintsmithiii.com Little, Brown and Company https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/clint-smith/how-the-word-is-passed/9780316492935/ Free Minds Book Club (Non-profit) https://freemindsbookclub.org Locations Monticello Plantation https://www.monticello.org The Whitney Plantation https://www.whitneyplantation.org Angola Prison, Angola Museum at the Louisiana State Penitentiary https://www.angolamuseum.org Blandford Cemetery, http://www.historicpetersburg.org/blandford-cemetery/ Galveston Island, Emancipation Park https://epconservancy.org/ New York City, Gorée Island https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/26/ National Museum of African American History and Culture Lessons Zinn Education Project https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/lessons-how-the-word-is-passed Articles "The hidden links between slavery and Wall Street" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49476247 "To Serve Better" Washington, D.C. Clint Smith https://toservebetter.harvard.edu/profile/washington-d-c-clint-smith Videos TED@NYC, "The danger of silence" https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence Embedded in Discussion Read-ahead Presentation, Slide 2 Embedded in Discussion Read-ahead Presentation, Slide 25 Support black-owned or independent bookstores. Find a store in your area and shop in-person or online. https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstores/ https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center’s Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward learning series.

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Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and have two requirements: Read the book and make time for the discussion. Virtual small group book discussion of "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" by Clint Smith. Please purchase and read/listen to "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" by Clint Smith before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, February 23rd, 7-9pm Eastern Standard Time. "Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s collective history, and ourselves." Source: https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9780316492935 Please purchase and read/listen to "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" by Clint Smith before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, February 23rd, 7-9pm Eastern Standard Time. Register today at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/225812189337 Reading for Understanding Monthly virtual book discussions hosted by the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation As a learning organization, the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation seeks to provide opportunities to promote understanding and empathy. Book discussions provide participants with a shared experience and an opportunity to engage with others. The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and have two requirements: Read the book and make time for the discussion. What should a participant expect? Participants should expect an email with a read-ahead presentation and meeting credentials the Monday preceding the event. All book discussions are two hours and use Zoom breakout rooms to create small discussion groups. We start together as a large group (7-7:10pm), briefly return to a large group at the half-way point (7:50-8pm) and conclude as a large group (8:40-9pm). Virtual doors open at 6:45pm, unless otherwise noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Support black-owned or independent bookstores. Many black-owned and independent bookstores now offer shipping. Find a store in your area and shop in-person or online. Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center’s Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward learning series. About the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation The Dock C. Bracy Center is committed to human reconciliation and the eradication of racism and other forms of human oppression. Our work focuses on healing the internal emotional and cognitive harms that have allowed racism to continue to thrive in our society. We support the efforts of many other groups and individuals by providing opportunities for learning and self-reflection so that strategies to eradicate racism can become more successful. Additional information about the Center can be found by visiting the website and by following @dcbcenter. The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation Website: http://www.dcbcenter.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcbcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dockcbracycenter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcbcenter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/dcbcenter

A Webinar “Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward” Hosted by Bridgewater State University, the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2022 Marlborough, MA – The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation today announced the presentation of “Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward” webinar, hosted by Bridgewater State University (BSU), the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 6-7:30pm EDT (UTC-4). "We are thrilled to welcome the Dock C. Bracy Center to BSU for this important event. Paul and his work are well-known to my colleagues within BSU's College of Education and Health Sciences and we know this is going to be a meaningful learning opportunity for PreK-12 educators, students, BSU faculty, and community activists."-- Dr. Melissa Winchell The webinar, named after the Center’s four-part learning series “Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward,” will include a keynote by Paul S. Bracy, Founder and President as an introduction to the Center and presentation of programming from our leadership team and volunteers past and present. “The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation was founded in Bridgewater and hosted its first learning series on the campus of Bridgewater State University in January 2020. We are honored to return and present what the Center is doing now, our shared vision and how everyone can get involved. ” -- Paul S. Bracy, Founder and President The Center thanks our hosts Dr. Melissa Winchell and Dr. Kevin McGowan of Bridgewater State University, the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education for this opportunity. Registration is required for this event. Please register at: http://bit.ly/BSUPathForward. About Bridgewater State University Bridgewater State University believes that students learn by doing. Meeting the needs of all students, one student at a time, is what BSU is all about. What does that mean to you? It means that we will meet you where you are and offer the support and guidance you need to succeed in college and beyond. Website: https://www.bridgew.edu/ About Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice The mission of the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice is to build knowledge about social justice, to develop skills for advancing social justice through individual and collective action, and to serve as a catalyst for actualizing Bridgewater State University’s commitment to social justice. At BSU, we believe that social justice requires individual and collective action to ensure fairness in pursuit of opportunities, freedom from oppression and the equitable distribution of resources. Fairness, freedom from oppression and equitable distribution of resources are all grounded in the same basic principle: that all human beings have equal dignity and worth. The Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice Website: https://www.bridgew.edu/center/martin-richard-institute-social-justice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bsumrisj/ About National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) Founded in 1990, NAME has become the premier national and international organization that is committed to issues of equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice in schooling.The Massachusetts chapter hosts annual events--including a biennial New England conference--for PK-12 educators, students, and faculty committed to social justice education and community activism. Twitter: @NAME_Mass Facebook: @MassachusettsNAME Contact: Melissa Winchell, Vice President of the Massachusetts Chapter, at mwinchell@bridgew.edu About the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation The Dock C. Bracy Center is committed to human reconciliation and the eradication of racism and other forms of human oppression. Our work focuses on healing the internal emotional and cognitive harms that have allowed racism to continue to thrive in our society. We support the efforts of many other groups and individuals by providing opportunities for learning and self-reflection so that strategies to eradicate racism can become more successful. Additional information about the Center can be found by visiting the website and by following #dcbcenter. The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation Website: http://www.dcbcenter.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcbcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dockcbracycenter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcbcenter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/dcbcenter ###

Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and have two requirements: Read the book and make time for the discussion. Virtual book discussion of "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together" by Heather McGhee. Please purchase and read/listen to "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together" by Heather McGhee before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, January 26, 7-9pm Eastern Standard Time. "One of today's most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone--not just for people of color. " Source: https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9780525509561 Please purchase and read/listen to "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together" by Heather McGhee before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, January 26, 7-9pm Eastern Standard Time. Register today at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/224885006107 Reading for Understanding Monthly virtual book discussions hosted by the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation As a learning organization, the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation seeks to provide opportunities to promote understanding and empathy. Book discussions provide participants with a shared experience and an opportunity to engage with others. The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and have two requirements: Read the book and make time for the discussion. What should a participant expect? Participants should expect an email with a read-ahead presentation and meeting credentials the Monday preceding the event. All book discussions are two hours and use Zoom breakout rooms to create small discussion groups. We start together as a large group (7-7:10pm), briefly return to a large group at the half-way point (7:50-8pm) and conclude as a large group (8:40-9pm). Virtual doors open at 6:45pm, unless otherwise noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Support black-owned or independent bookstores. Many black-owned and independent bookstores now offer shipping. Find a store in your area and shop in-person or online. Participants are encouraged to continue learning through the Center’s Eradicating Racism: A Path Forward learning series. About the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation The Dock C. Bracy Center is committed to human reconciliation and the eradication of racism and other forms of human oppression. Our work focuses on healing the internal emotional and cognitive harms that have allowed racism to continue to thrive in our society. We support the efforts of many other groups and individuals by providing opportunities for learning and self-reflection so that strategies to eradicate racism can become more successful. Additional information about the Center can be found by visiting the website and by following @dcbcenter. The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation Website: http://www.dcbcenter.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcbcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dockcbracycenter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcbcenter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/dcbcenter

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