REPARATIONS Hello everyone, The Courageous Conversations topic for this month is reparations.  Here are a couple of articles to start our thinking:   The Case for Reparations Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with […]

In August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold to the colonists. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the years of slavery that followed. […]

Janesville is site for effort to build trust, fight bias in police relations with youth By Frank Schultz fschultz@gazettextra.com   Reprinted with permission from Frank Schultz Jun 2, 2019 SUBSCRIBE NOW JANESVILLE Ferguson. Baltimore. Chicago. Madison. The list of tragic encounters between police and juveniles or young adults of color goes on and on. It inflames […]

  https://wisconsinfirstnations.org/   Wisconsin First Nations Education Explore a rich collection of educational videos, teacher professional development resources, lesson plans for all grades, and learning tools for your classroom and library! Our Mission Wisconsin First Nations provides educators and pre-service teachers accurate and authentic educational resources for the teaching of the Native Nations of Wisconsin. […]

Mission: To ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and eliminate hatred and racial discrimination. Website: http://www.naacp.org Contact: D. Harrell, President, 608-365-1881 Dr. D. Baskin, Vice President, 608-289-7272 Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6pm, 2639 Sunshine Lane, Beloit Pentecostal Church  

Please follow link below http://ap-od.org/resources?s=immigration From: Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Releases Spanish-language Video to Support Immigrant Parents “We are pleased to announce the release of a video we produced in response to the requests from thousands of parents who find themselves and their children in an environment that is increasingly uncertain for immigrants. The video demonstrates […]

Mission: To connect Latinos with information and services to better their quality of life, and to build their capacity to engage in the larger community. Website: http://www.latinoservices.org Contact: Cecilia Ramirez, Coordinator, 608-361-1928  Email, lspcayuda@yahoo.com Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month, 1pm, 717 Hackett St. Beloit, WI

Justice Overcoming Borders (JOB) is located in Rock County, Wisconsin.  JOB seeks to empower and engage community members (We the People) in a broad range of social justice issues. Meetings: 1st Thursday of the Month, 5 – 6:30  (no July mtg) Beloit Public Library Meeting Room605 Eclipse Boulevard Website: http://www.justiceovercomingborders.org/index.html Contact: Ruth Kolpack, President, 608-362-7356  Email […]