By Lanita Whitehurst
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This program year, IMPACT is using a lens we call “Care and Counternarratives” to create more possibilities and approaches to racial equity, justice, and liberation. In our film and discussion […]
At IMPACT, we know that Black history is American history and that the two cannot be separated. With that full knowledge, during this month dedicated to the discovery and remembrance of history for, by, and about Black Americans, we humbly invite you to join us for a journey we’re calling “History, Identity, Rootedness.”
By Yesenia Regalado
The Weaver Learning Lab (WLL) brings together a range of community members who care deeply about equity, justice and liberation to focus on the deep inner transformational work necessary for outwards action and change. At the beginning of this year, the WLL facilitation team was preparing for a third cohort to go through another eight-month, in-person learning experience, but as we all know, Covid-19 changed our world and plans.
This program year, IMPACT’s “Film and Discussion” series is focused on cross-racial solidarity. The purpose of each film is to understand each other’s struggles, histories we haven’t been taught, and how these topics connect to our pursuit of justice and liberation today.
Monday, February 24, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Join us for February's film, America: Reconstruction After the Civil War, Part III. Henry Louis Gates Jr., presents a documentary series on the Reconstruction era in American history. The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change. Part III focuses on ways the "New South" set the stage for Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction's legacy.
For January’s Film and Discussion series, we will viewing the PBS documentary, Reconstruction After the Civil War, Part II. Join us for the viewing and a facilitated discussion to follow. […]
