All Souls UU at West Village Meeting House
29 South Street Brattleboro, VT
Something different is planned this month at the All Souls Church film series — a live event on Sunday, Oct. 28, instead of a film.
The church will host Mark Hughes, leader of "40 Days of Fire," which he describes as "a statewide racial justice community organizing campaign designed to educate and empower folks to participate in this important work in Vermont."
The event will be the October offering in the church's ongoing program "Looking Inward at White Power and Privilege." A free light lunch will be served at 11:30 and the free program will start at noon.
Mark Hughes is the co-founder and Executive Director of Justice For All VT (JFA), which he describes as a grassroots organization that peruses racial justice within Vermont's criminal justice system through advocacy, education, and relationship building. JFA is a member of the Vermont Human Rights Council among other coalitions.
There has been an aggressive and persistent political assault across this nation (including Vermont), fueled with race baiting and based in white nationalism . At the same time Vermont, not unlike the rest of the nation is undergirded in systemic racism and challenged with overt racism. 40 Days of Fire is a statewide racial justice community organizing initiative designed for two purposes: to electorize the fight against the current use of racial dog whistles in discourse and debate by educating and empowering folks to break their silence and; to enlist Vermonters to learn more about and engage in our ongoing efforts in the fight against overt and systemic racism in Vermont.
This effort is led by Justice For All and co-sponsored by Rights & Democracy to offer folks in all communities across the state an opportunity to host and participate in training and empowerment sessions, conduct workshops, register to vote and participate in voter engagement opportunities as well as directly confront candidates and elected officials on the issues of racial justice and the rights of those in traditionally marginalized communities.
Agenda:
Race, politics and policy: The Making of a Nation
The State of Vermont: Systemic (and overt) racism across the state
Breakout: Addressing overt and systemic racism in Vermont
Strategy to call out and take a stand against racial pandering in politics
Bring the family
We'll start right after lunch
#40DaysOfFire
#RacialJusticeVT
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