Sun, Sept 13
RACIAL JUSTICE ACTION & LEARNING GROUP
7pm • Zoom
Or call on a touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, Meeting ID: 836 4099 8864, Passcode: 722476. First in monthly series of conversations. RSVP to JCC if interested in participating.
Starting Week of Sept 13
COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS: RACIAL JUSTICE
Zoom link to be shared with participants. RSVP if interested.
6-Week Series. First in monthly series of conversations
- Wed, Sept 16 @ 8am
Co-sponsored by Jackson Library and JCC. RSVP to JCC if interested in participating. Other times to be offered based on availability of participants and facilitators. Ongoing conversation using peer-reviewed curriculum. We will schedule 2-3 sessions each week.
Tue, Sept 15 & Fri, Sept 18
TRACES of the TRADE Film Screening & Discussion
- Tue, Sept 15: 9am-noon & 5-8pm
- Fri, Sept 18: 9am-noon & 5-8pm
Co-sponsored by Jackson Public Library and Jackson Community Church. RSVP to JCC if interested in participating. This New England-based documentary screened at the Sundance Film Festival and has been featured on PBS Point of View. It traces a journey by several cousins into the dark past of the slave trade which enriched their white New England family. Dain Perry, one of the nine cousins, and his wife, Constance, screen the film and facilitate a conversation on race, reconciliation and healing. Traces of the Trade is both a geographical and psychological retracing of the industry of the largest slave traders in American history, the DeWolf family of Bristol, Rhode Island, and an exploration into racism in America, a legacy of slavery that continues to negatively impact the country even today. A primary debunked myth is that the North was the center of the abolition movement and had little to do with slavery. The fact is that the North was the center of the US slave trade, and the ownership of slaves in the north was not only common., but it lasted for over two hundred years. Join us for a film and conversation facilitated by the family members who participated in making the documentary.
Thurs, Oct 8
ALL EYES UPON US: Racial Struggles in the Northeast from Jackie Robinson to Deval Patrick
Zoom (link pending)
NH Humanities program co-sponsored by Conway Public Library and Jackson Public Library
Details to follow, RSVP by email to Meredith at Jackson Public Library for updates. Info from NH Humanities: All Eyes Are Upon Us: Racial Struggles in the Northeast, from Jackie Robinson to Deval Patrick. More details to follow.