Sunday Lunch Series: Courageous Conversations on Racism

The first three steps in Dr. Martin Luther King’s philosophy toward Nonviolent Social Change are: Information Gathering, Education, and Personal Commitment. Our new series on Anti-Racism will facilitate the first two steps – all you have to bring is your own personal commitment. The program we are following was developed by several Master of Divinity candidates at Princeton Theological Seminary. It aims to help participants become allies and eventually accomplices in anti-racist work by working through the following stages of white identity development:
  1. Contact: “I don’t see color.” (March 6)
  2. Disintegration: “I feel bad for being white.” (March 20)
  3. Reintegration: “It’s not my fault I’m white.” (April 3)
  4. Pseudo-Independence: “How can I be white and anti-racist?” (April 24)
  5. Immersion: Embracing white identity while working alongside people of color (May 15)
  6. Autonomy: Being willing to step in the way of racism and recognizing that growth is continual (May 22)
 
Sessions will take place from 11:45 – 1:00 on six Sundays in the spring (see dates above) and lunch will be provided. We will seek to have lunches catered from Black-owned businesses and are open for recommendations. We ask for a $10.00 contribution to lunch. Each session will be facilitated by a discussion leader from within our group of participants. Please let us know if you would like to lead one of the discussions – no experts needed and materials will be provided. The series will culminate in a “Race Around the Table” dinner. Details TBA.

For Questions and more information please contact Irene Ziegler here and Jackie Shreves here.