This video was produced by Hellmann’s (yup, the mayonnaise people!) It tells the story of the food on our tables and why we’re in danger of losing our food sustainability. A Food & Water First “Must Watch.”
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Monk: from the Greek monachos meaning single or solitary. A monk in the world does not live apart but immersed in the everyday with a single-hearted and undivided presence, always striving for greater wholeness and integrity. Manifesto: from the Latin for clear, means a public declaration of principles and intentions. Monk Manifesto: A public expression of your commitment to live a compassionate, contemplative, and creative life.
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At a time when everything we love seems to be at risk, Joanna Macy offers a kind of road map for this unique moment in human history when we must come alive to our truest power, to "look straight into the face of our time," and to participate in the Great Turning. What is the Great Turning? It is, as Joanna describes it, the shift from the industrial growth society to a life-sustaining one.
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‘To Ally’ is to take intentional action, like listening, learning and uplifting those around you to ensure all voices are heard and respected. Chescaleigh offers 5 Tips for Being An Ally delivered with wit and humour. We can all be allies, whoever we are. Ally is a noun and a verb.
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Spoken word artist Matthew Strange shares a powerful spoken word poem about his experiences as a white man with a black wife and mixed children. Strange uses his platform and privilege to write a wake-up call to white people in Dear Caucasia. The piece he wrote in 2016 is as real and relevant as ever.
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What if white people led the charge to end racism? Diversity fatigue is real: people of color are tired of leading the fight. White allies are tired of being told they're doing it wrong. No wonder we don't have equity yet! In this inspiring talk, Nita Mosby-Tyler explains why we need "unlikely allies" in the fight for justice, and why people who are experiencing inequality first hand must be willing to accept the help.
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Throughout history people with privilege have stood up and fought back alongside marginalized groups. We call these people allies. When athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed the Black Power salute during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, they sent out a powerful message that resounded around the world. But there was another man standing with them that day. This is the story of Peter Norman.
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Fresh Start at Kingsway-Lambton welcomed Rev. Michael Blair with his sermon "Why Our Lives Matter" on John 4:1-26. Rev. Blair's sermon explores the question, "Can saying Black lives matter be a theological statement, or is it limited to a statement of solidarity with the BLM movement?" Jesus's encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well and his affirmation of her particular life, calling those who follow Jesus to affirm particular lives as well.
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There is no such thing as being "not racist," says author and historian Ibram X. Kendi. In this vital conversation, he defines the transformative concept of antiracism to help us more clearly recognize, take responsibility for and reject prejudices in our public policies, workplaces and personal beliefs. Learn how you can actively use this awareness to uproot injustice and inequality in the world -- and replace it with love.
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In the iceberg model, the piece of the structure that appears above the surface represents a single “event.” Just below the surface, a deeper level of examination reveals patterns of events, or “trends.”
Racism and particularly Anti-Black Racism works in the same way as the iceberg model - what appears on the surface can be dramatic and shocking, but what happens beneath is deep and damaging.
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Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. We also miss the plethora of possibilities that that is obscured by a single lens. This is an important understanding for all anti-racism work.
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Robin DiAngelo’s bestselling book White Fragility has provoked an uncomfortable but vital conversation about what it means to be white. As protests organized by the Black Lives Matter movement continue around the world, she explains why white people should stop avoiding conversations about race because of their own discomfort, and how 'white fragility' plays a key role in upholding systemic racism.
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A lot of bias circles around race. But what is race? What is ethnicity? Aren’t they the same? Race and ethnicity are often used interchangeably, but have different meanings. Race is an externally-imposed categorization based on certain physical features such as skin color and hair texture, a common ancestry, and cultural and moral attributes. Ethnicity is a self-defined group identity based on shared kinship, history, and culture.
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One of the basic concepts that needs exploring in anti-racism is implicit or inherent bias. If you have a brain, you have bias. Bias shapes the way we see the world but it doesn’t have to take over. Implicit bias exists when people unconsciously hold attitudes toward others or associate stereotypes with them.
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Here is a short film created for the parents and care givers of black children living in the United States - though the reasons for it surpass geography. This important infographic, "10 Rules of Survival If Stopped By the Police,” developed by David Miller (founder of the Dare to be King Project) was made in the wake of the death of Michael Brown on December 14, 2014. If you think that racism does not exist, consider the fact that parents of white children are not compelled to have ‘this talk’ with those in their care.
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