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For all of us who love Black people, and want to know about Action hear Michelle talk about her new book. Mother's of Black Boy's in Action. Yes, folks, the time is now. It is time for ACTION. We are in the midst of a transformation. Get a sense inside yourself of what you are here to do at this time. "This book is not just a success story of a mom and her impact on her son. It is a timely message which is relevant and important in our current climate of race and the image of our boys. With decades of personal labor, a long awaited revolution whose time has come to cause transformation in our raising of our boys. This exhilarating and inspiring conversation is finally being delivered to you mom, grandma, auntie, and anyone else raising a boy of color. The transformation of our young boy's is happening now and will continue for generations to come."

hat will it take for Boston to come together to develop a society that works for all of us. Ruthzee is the 34-year-old daughter of Haitian immigrants. She is ready to bring her passion for community and experience as an attorney to combat the city's wealth disparities with intentional housing and homeownership policies. “I care deeply about creating a city that's inclusive and affordable for all of its residents where the budget reflects what we say we value,”

Diane Wong and Pharaoh Saunders of Let's Talk about Race welcome Dr. Jennifer Cole on Friday, April 16. We will talk about Climate and Racial Justice. In our Friday, April 16 discussion of Climate and Racial Justice you'll hear about the challenges of this global atmospheric phenomenon, but also the many exciting opportunities that come about as a result of climate change. We will hear about jobs created, engineering innovations, art opportunities, and architectural solutions. Jennifer Cole is concurrently faculty in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Cole was Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Northeastern for fifteen years and has also taught at Tufts and MIT. Dr. Cole holds a Ph.D. in groundwater geochemistry from Syracuse University and has published extensively in the fields of wetlands, agriculture, energy education, and natural disasters. She also has served as an expert witness in wetlands and river protection act litigation. She was a Senior Hydrologist at Weston. and Sampson Engineers. She has given many invited talks, including at the US Environmental Protection Agency. She represented Harvard’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the White House on two occasions.

On April 9, 2021, at 7:30 PM EDT, Facebook Live and Let's Talk About Race, Diane Wong and Pharaoh Saunders welcomed Peter Brown of the Ledge Group for a discussion of the future for African-Americans in Africa.

The Let's Talk About Race Podcast for February 19, 2021 Diane, Pharaoh and Charles Minton talk about the Racial Justice Collaborative, the latest offering for February 27, 2021. Sundiata the Tale Weaver. The trio also spoke about the latest more in depth work of the Collaborative. Bringing the issue of Reparations for African-Americans out for discussion. Truth, Justice, Reckoning, Apology and Reparations.

Current topics, GameStop, Robin Hood, What does the black community want? What happens to blacks who insurrect? and whites?

Post Trump Insurrection at the Capitol. How did we get here?

Talking about the current events and race in 2021

Demilitarize, defund or abolish. What does it mean to be a Democracy? What kind of Democracy are we? How does that impact our policing? How can we change our systems of policing so that black people are not brutalized and abused. This is our topic of discussion. Join us.

A new podcast series on Let's Talk About Race. Racial Justice Collaborative members Charles Minton, Pharaoh Saunders and Diane Wong talk about the 2020 pandemic and how it is affecting the black community.

A Cambridge MA family talks about race

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Sit in the fire, burn your wood and eliminate your own Anti-Black racism. Then we can begin to work together to heal our world.

Artemis J Rose (she/they) is a multiracial, Queer feminist who is committed to combatting anti-black racism, systemic oppression, and white supremacy.  Artemis is a licensed marriage and family therapist, life coach, yoga teacher, writer, poet, and human and is finishing up her doctorate in clinical psychology. Her clinical and research topics include treating trauma and shame.

Originally from Germany she now lives in the UK. Eva is involved with the UK and the German Process Work schools.  Eva works with companies worldwide around conflict facilitation and leadership training as well as supporting couples and individuals in her private practice in rural England and online. Eva is interested in intersectionality and believes that we need to learn to sit in the fire together in order to transform how we interact and perceive each other.

Diane Wong talks about her racism experiences and her work on Let's Talk About Race and Sitting in the Fire. She explores her vision to take her facilitation team into US hot spots and about her vision of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission using Public Acess Audio Visual to every city and town in America bringing Americans together to talk about anti-black racism and what America Owes its African American Citizens.

A discussion on white privilege and white supremacy. Race issues are all over. Not just one location. Race dialogue is critical to the change we need.

Three millennials who find themselves sharing space and time in Cambridge/Somerville, MA. Join us as we Talk About Race. We are a deeply racialized society thus, everyone has a story about race. Some of us are fully aware of race operating in our lives, some of us are less aware. But, aware or not, race plays a huge part in the unfolding of the world all around us, and the unfolding of our lives. Luca, Pharaoh and Andrew talk about what race means to them.

Let's Talk About Race, Diane Wong and Pharaoh Saunders spoke with Xenia Bhembe, Race Recovery TV about White Supremacy and black lives.

The historic role of white women in violence toward black men.

Applying Processwork Worldwork Skills to Sit in the Fire of Police/Community Relations. Plenty of white men have years and years of hard-earned skills. We welcome their help when they are ready to give it. Come listen to Lane. "We will talk about the challenges of white centrality and the difficulties white men face when they have to work hard, and do good work, but stay in the background in the fight to eliminate anti-black racism.

Diane Wong talks about her racism experiences and her work on Let's Talk About Race and Sitting in the Fire. She explores her vision to take her facilitation team into US hot spots and about her vision of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission using Public Acess Audio Visual to every city and town in America bringing Americans together to talk about anti-black racism and what America Owes its African American Citizens.

Noon EST, Sunday, April 19, Let's Talk About Race cohosts Diane Wong and Pharaoh Saunders in collaboration with Somerville Community Access TV | Channel 3 is pleased to bring Dr. Jennifer Rivers Cole for a thought-provoking discussion on where we are now and where we might be going as we begin to envision new ways of living in the age of COVID-19 and beyond. Jennifer is a cutting edge earth-centric researcher, a scholar, an author, a scientist, a teacher, and a mother.

A discussion amongst cohost Diane Wong and Pharaoh Saunders and Bindu Kalesan. Bindu speaks of the pandemic team that was disbanded and what it will take to get America back on track. We don't expect it will ever be the same. Universal health care are needed and Universal basic income.

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Modern whiteness. What is it? What constitutes the white category of race? Do some vews actually perpetuate a nazi perspective on race? Its important to know where views come from so we can have informed dialogue. As you go back in history and races mix, what constitutes modern whiteness. Were the greeks ever white? The romans? Parts of those areas were occupied by non whites for centuries. If they were white, are they still? Italians, French with all the colonialism that brought colonials to their french mainland? The english? Maybe the germans, for now? Most are not blue eyed blond hitler sought after nordic types although able bodied straight tall nordic types are most favored. What is modern whiteness, how has it evolved? Just like modern blackness. Does it all evolve into self identification? Are we headed to collide in the middle? What about those folks? Where are we with our racial myth? What is whiteness?

Nina Walcott Wentzell and Jerry Wentzell take politics by storm as we start the 2020 political campaign for president of the United States. Who should it be for the Democratic ticket? Sanders? Warren? Buttigeg, Biden? But whoever it is. Will we all come out to support the Democratic ticket? If yes, Democrats will win up and down the ballot. If no, then the republic plan of cheating, gerrymandering, slandering and bullying will win the day. Which will it be?

Immigration in the US and the Roma situation in Europe and especially France.

The criminal justice system is perhaps the clearest example of structural racism in the United States. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and the overwhelming burden of contact with the system has fallen on communities of color, especially African Americans.4 African American adults are five times more likely to be imprisoned than white Americans.5 According to data detailed in this issue brief, African Americans are twice as likely as their white counterparts to have a family member imprisoned at some point during their childhood.6 With overall incarceration rates more than 500 percent higher than they were forty years ago, black Millennials and post-Millennials are at greater risk of contact with the system than any previous generation.7 In fact, a new CAP analysis finds that 1 in 4 black Millennials had an incarcerated loved one before they even turned 18. For those born in the early 1990s, the rate is almost 1 in 3.

Life is so fragile. There is no time to discriminate, flex, hate, draw racial lines, powerplay, define another person according to our made-up beliefs. Make time only to soothe, forgive and love

Let's Talk About Race discusses Equity and Excellence with Somerville Public Schools new director Jessica Boston Davis, new Somerville School Committee Member Ilana Krepchin and former Somerville public school student and intern to Dr. Jessica Boston David Nabila Anandira. Somerville Public Schools are looking closely at the issues of Equity and we talked about some of the possibilities.

LProduct brings positive vibes to the rap scene. Put your guns down. An important message for all to hear.

We will talk about Music and the End white supremacy revolution. True Influencers politicalizing Hip Hop: Dr Dre/NWA/Tupac/Biggie/Public Enemy/Yassin Bey (Mos Def,) Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Kayne, Snoop Dog, Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Wu Tang Clan and Gang

Nicole is a Boston hip hop artist. She talks about the challenges of breaking into the Boston music scene. We talked about many things including: race and navigating the Boston hip hop scene; the experiences of her biracial children living and going to school in Winchester and Arlington; and the challenges of parenting in the age of social media.

Dr Bindu Kalesan on Food Deserts, Race, Health Insurance, conditions of homelessness and the experiences of an Immigrant Brown person on race separation in America.

Terrence Duren, Former Marine, Retired Police Officer. This is what Terry Duren wants to talk about. Tomorrow, October 24, 7-8 pm let's talk about race. He is raising the alarm and he has ideas to improve this situation for black young people. Terry and I dont need to see eye to eye on white supremacy barriers to know that you need money to live. Getting an education is not enough. We need wealth. Opportunities don't abound when you are locked out of the game. And with zero to low wealth, that is a beggarly situation to be in. Not a position of strength. So let's welcome Terry and see what we can learn. Let's open our ears to possibility and then let's take massive action. Folks, It's time to engage.

Just after Donald Trump was elected President, Christine came on Let's Talk About Race with Astrology and Tarot readings to give insight into Donald Trumps purpose and what we might expect. It is fabulous to revisit the Trump reading 2 years in. Enjoy. "A larger than life figure that captures the essence of the American Empire. The mask that the US is wearing right now. To show where we are with race we looked at the Holy Light Tarot and asked, Where are we now? The US symbolized by the 10 of cups -but at its darkest, just before the dawn. How to reach the promise of the 10 of Cups? Leap into the unknown -Justice Reversed -A family gathered round a mother dispensing karmic justice, -to each according to need. The challenge? Again, to gain the promise of the 10 of cups: End the incessant squabbling (3 of swords), learn to listen and speak with the heart."

Karen Welling is a long-time Somerville resident. She is a social worker/therapist/life coach/musician whose awareness of race began as a child in Brooklyn, NY. It was only in grad school, however, that she began to examine her own thoughts and attitudes about race. Working in human services in the greater Boston area has enabled her to work with people from many countries and cultures. She has participated in her current agency's Equity Committee for seven years, which has provided her with many eye-opening experiences about race. Karen has taken the class, "White People Challenging Racism" twice, in preparation for becoming a facilitator of the class.

Diane facilitated discussion between Pharaoh Saunders and Peter Ruggier on Let's Talk About Race as they wraped up a 3 part discussion of white supremacy with "Where do we go from here?"

Pharaoh Saunders and Diane Wong deep discussion on the historical underpinnings and the legacy of systemic white supremacy with Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Professor Peter Ruggiero. After Black veterns returned from WWI, what did we do to help them reenter society? Why, we discriminated against them at every turn, of course. What will it take for the united states to do what Germany did after World War II After all, the US was solidly behind taking Germany to task for its Nazi history. "After the war, the Allies occupied Germany, outlawed the Nazi Party and worked to purge its influence from every aspect of German life. The party’s swastika flag quickly became a symbol of evil in modern postwar culture. Although Hitler killed himself before he could be brought to justice, a number of Nazi officials were convicted of war crimes in the Nuremberg trials, which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 1945 to 1949."

A discussion of European identify, ethnicity, whiteness, privilege and culture. When does race identity start and why? How do you teach current events and accurate history within the curriculum?

Eyes on the Prize Keys to the Kingdom featuring Jean McGuire, See this episode to contemplate Boston's racial history. This is not ancient history. This is the history of exactly where we are today. Watch this video and remember. The episode shows actual footage of the Boston clash between Roxbury black people and South Boston White people as they struggled over who would go to their neighborhood schools. The black struggle was for equal educational opportunity, the white stuggle was for continued white supremacy. Here we talked with Jean McGuire a black woman who was deeply involved in education and opportunity for black youngsters in Boston. Dr McGuire is featured in this episode of Eyes on the Prize.

Thursday, September 5, 2019, 7-8 PM Wolfgang Wentzel joins Let's Talk About Race. Millennials, Pharaoh Saunders and Wolfgang Wentzell talk about politics 2020. Biden? Bernie? Elizabeth Warren?

Thursday, August 29, 7-8PM, Jordana Hart and Roni Bennett of Unity360, Miami Shores People of Color join Lets Talk About Race remotely from Miami to help us take an indepth dive into Reparations. Will we need a truth and reconciliation commission? What might that entail? Truth and Reconciliation as a way to engage the country in the formal discussion of our history of race and the debt owed. Reparations. How might we involve the people of America in a Truth and Reconciliation Process? What would a Truth and Reconciliation Process look like? How might topics be selected? What does the process look like?

People attempting to kill others are not as accurate shooters as suiciders. When they may try to kill someone else, they may hit but not kill them. Between Trauma care and bad shooting, lots of neighborhood shootings are not fatal. And even when they survive, black gun violence survivors suffer. First, Doctors are more biased when they treat black victims than whites. Whites are mostly hailed as heroes, Black victims get assigned criminality forgetting that they are victims, not the perpetrator. What happens to black survivors of gun violence? After all, surviving gun injury is expensive. Involved are multiple morbidities such as depression, PTSD, multiple surgeries, disabilities, loss of a job, homelessness. This is a largely unexplored field but it's so important. Racial disparity in survivors of gun violence is the focus of Dr. Kalesan's research.

Welcome Nina Walcott Wentzell. To talk about: Current events in politics. -Trump is a racist, why can’t white America admit it? -Stereotyping Of whites -Jesus was a brown immigrant whose parents were turned away. And of course, the current and long-running: White nationalist terrorism in America

Miles Selena Wentzell talks about looking for and finding women of color to support in upcoming elections. Where to look? How to look? How to ask? Who to look for? How do you know? What questions do we ask ourselves?

Vid The Visionary is making a way out of no way. Vid describes his process of moving forward with his life even with a tough system involved early childhood. He talks about what it takes to make a path right through the center of no early childhood with no guidance and a difficult start in life The Biracial experience - Evolution of Race (Regional to Pigment-based) - The Racial Divide (Generational Stability & cultural history)

Black and Brown People have to build power. Black and Brown people must vote. Election 2020. Get out the vote. In this picture Ben Echacharria presents an award to another power house Yvette Wilks. Benjamin Echevarria is the Executive Director of The Welcome Project an organization dedicated to building the collective power of immigrants to shape community decisions. A pastor and a longtime leader in the Latino community Ben’s work in the social justice movement has led him to organizing and advocating for those whose voice isn't being heard. Ben now leads fights for equity, education, and leadership development.

On Thursday, June 20, 2019, Let's Talk About Race visits again with Annette McCarty and Choice to learn more about what happened in the aftermath of their horrific experience with 333 Huntington Ave Spa in Boston. It seems that there is an upside. When Annette reached out, she found many helping hands. We want to talk about what Annette did to find help in this great city of Boston and who actually helped. Welcome back Annette and Choice.

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