Video link for program: Audio link for program: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/6275beb5099dbcd50247436d1606093420200920201110/c955d5239fa0a26687b3489cf6029e6a20200920201110/679f50 Action Steps From Sept 17 Program Working Together When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet We partnered with the Diversity Action Team of Rock County for the September 17 program titled Working Together When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet. This program was an excellent update on […]
Category: Resources
VOTE – register, know about absentee voting, in person voting…
http://www.myvote.wi.gov It is important to vote. http://www.myvote.wi.gov If you have requested and received an absentee ballot for the election, it is very important for you to fill it out and send it in. If people who got the August ballot did not fill it out and return it, they will be taken off the list to […]
Courageous Conversation: Protesting, rioting, looting and militarization of police.
SEE THE RECORDING HERE: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ8zWwWJLLA&feature=youtu.be The topics are: 1) Protesting, Rioting, Looting; and 2) the Militarization of the Police The process will be as usual, two short video clips, each followed by discussion among the attendees, and a closing video clip. Disclaimers : 1) The formal meeting will be recorded, 2) Media may be present and may use quotes […]
Rock-Walworth County Comprehensive Family Services
WEBSITE https://rwcfs.org/ Newsletter https://rwcfs.org/
Black Airbnb Resources: Activism & Allyship Guide
Courageous Conversation – Action on Racial Reconciliation
The topics for discussion will be 1) The murder of George Floyd 2) “Defunding the police” (more briefly). We will run out of time, so we will continue our conversations next month – July 27. The following are possibilities. We will ask you for your input at the end of the session on Monday. (But please limit […]
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Justice Overcoming Borders (JOB)
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 […]
New Confederacy in the Middle West
“The New Confederacy” – is the Midwest now the most difficult place for people of color? See the following news article as one example: https://www.yahoo.com/news/confederate-flag-bearing-trucks-park-outside-michigan-school-194007464.html Racial profiling article: Does that happen more frequently in our area? racial profiling
Native America: People and Places, Past and Present
http://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven/spring-2018 Native America: People and Places, Past and Present America’s indigenous peoples have rich and diverse traditions and cultures. What are the impacts of historical treaties and contemporary policies on native people past and present? How are native communities responding to issues of social injustice? Join us this spring as we explore historic and contemporary […]