2016 Recommitting to End Racism: Exploring Our Combined Destinies – Part III

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Recommitting to End Racism: Exploring Our Combined Destinies Part III

Editors/Authors Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell will conduct Part III of this workshop related to their book, Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief About Racism. This workshop is part of the NCBI series, Recommitting to End Racism, presented by the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) Monterey County and co-sponsored by the NAACP Monterey County Branch. Combined Destinies, a courageous anthology of 53 stories by white Americans, posits that unearned privilege has damaged the psyche of white people as well as their capacity to understand racism. Using intimate stories, some from writers who had never before spoken of these highly charged issues, Jealous and Haskell, both experienced psychotherapists skilled at facilitating dialogue about racial issues, will read selections from the book and offer the audience a chance to explore their personal experiences. 

NOTE: It is highly recommended that you read Combined Destinies, which you received on March 12, prior to the workshop. If you missed one of the first two workshops in the Combined Destinies series, we ask you to contact one of the presenters in advance of the July 23 session.

This workshop is open by invitation only and space is limited to 22 attendees. Preference will be givien to those individuals who attended both Part I on March 12 and Part II on June 11. Those who missed one of the first two sessions will be admitted as space is available. Therefor, we ask that people who have attended both sessons pre-register as soon as possible so that we can admit others on the waiting list. If you register but then learn that you won’t be able to attend, please let us know so that someone else can take your place. Thank you!

Yes I will attend There is no fee to attend, however donations are encouraged to help ensure that our work toward the elimination of racism continues.

Questions? Email Sue Parris, or call 831-373-4606.

Sponsoring Organizations

NAACP Monterey County – The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. General membership meetings are the 4th Thursday of the month at 7 PM. For more information, contact Joe Watson, Branch President or visit montereynaacp.org.

National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) Monterey County was founded in December 1993, as a “non-profit, leadership training organization dedicated to ending discrimination, intolerance, and inter-group tension.”  It is a community chapter of the NCBI International, which connects this a local organization with an international network.  Over the years, we have reached over 20,000 Monterey County residents in hundreds of schools, businesses, government and non-profit agencies through trainings, workshops, consultations and programs, and by promoting dialogue and coalition building to address controversial issues at the root of conflict in our communities. Find us on FaceBook, www.facebook.com/NCBIMonteryCounty, or contact Sue Parris, Chapter Director.

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