WAYS to LEARN ABOUT and WORK AGAINST RACISM

Join the SURJ Lunch-n-Learn on October 23 ​at 12:30pm at Vienna Coffee house. We will be
discussing Bryan Stevenson’s video regarding mass incarceration and capital punishment as
connected to the legacy of slavery. Please watch this video, “We Need to Talk About an
Injustice”, in preparation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2tOp7OxyQ8&t=21s

Attend “Intersecting Identities and Movements for Social Justice” - Oct 22 - 6pm - a
roundtable of four speakers participating in multiracial work with delegations from the US
learning about Palestine and Israel - ​@the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge
Avenue, Knoxville. Sponsored by Knoxville Women in Black.

Explore​​ ​how slavery, the Civil War, and the Jim Crow era are being taught in your local
schools. ​Are students learning about post-Civil war convict leasing (the parent to our mass
incarceration system), the cultural contributions of people of color, or Japanese internment
camps? Check out​: ​http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/index.html​,
https://nameorg.org/​, and ​http://www.teachingforchange.org/

Like coffee and discussions? Plan to attend a Blount County SURJ Coffee & Chat on
November 9 ​at 8am at Vienna Coffee House. Watch Robin DiAngelo’s 22 minute video
before the meeting and come to discuss ideas regarding the general topic of white privilege.
Please watch this video in preparation: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwIx3KQer54

Movie night? ​Watch the documentary 13th. Better yet, get a group of friends together and
watch 13th. Available on Netflix or for rent at Amazon. If you are unfamiliar with the film,
watch the trailer at this link:​ h​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk

Donate to anti-racism work such as Blount County United, our local NAACP chapter, ​Black
Lives Matter, Southern Poverty Law Center, United Negro College Fund, Black Youth Project
100, or other anti-racist organizations. Join their list-servs and take actions they recommend.

Join a local group focused on eliminating racism: (1) Attend a BLOUNT COUNTY UNITED
meeting​​: 4​th​ Sat. October 27th at 1:00 pm St. Paul AME Zion Church, Maryville or ​(2)​​ ​Join
the Alcoa/Blount branch of NAACP​​: 4​th​ Sat. October 27th at 11:45 am at St. Paul AME Zion.

Sponsor a program for your church or civic group: ​The Blount County United Education
Committee will develop a program tailored for your church or civic group. For more
information, contact BCUEdCmte@gmail.com

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