Educational Webinar: “Anti-Racism: Steps Forward With George Floyd’s Uncle”
Watch our recording of the webinar here! The Anti-Racism Commitment Coalition (ARCC) hosted Selwyn Jones, uncle of the tragically late George Floyd, to hear his perspective on racism, anti-racism, and ARCC's vision to eradicate racism and spreading anti-racism throughout our communities, countries, and the world. Watch our conversation here!
Community in Action: Race and Education – Closing the Opportunity Gap
Race and education are enormous topics from the history of denied access to education to people of color, segregation of schools, involuntary state residential “schooling” of indigenous children, and today’s debate on critical race theory in curriculum. This month’s Community in Action event will focus on equity in preK-12 education and closing the Opportunity Gap. For…
The ARCC of Change DeepDive With Adonai
On the third Thursday of every month, join our group of ever-changing anti-racists as we fight for our collective liberation. Current hot topics and trends will be analyzed in depth as Adonai and special guests have open discussions about race and racism. Have a burning question about race? Your questions will be answered live. Tune…
Community in Action: Workplace Discrimination; Affirmative Action, Moving the Goalposts
For this month’s event, our topic is centered around affirmative action. We will start the conversation by listening to one person's experience which showcases why they believe we need affirmative action. Then the group will watch a video explaining what affirmative action is and how it’s tied to schools, especially when it comes to applying…
Community in Action: Racism in American Policing
Within the first few days of the new year, a mob of Trump supporters and extremist groups stormed The Capitol, fighting police and security. They broke into The Capitol, destroyed windows and furniture, injured police, and invaded senate chambers and rooms. If we compare this “protest” to the Black Lives Matter protests, we can see…
Community in Action: Internalized Racial Inferiority
In this event, Adonai Yidnekachew will be leading a discussion about the younger generation's view on the present and the future of society. She will discuss how racism has been hidden from youth by schools and by parents. This session will inform us about social media’s impact on teaching youth racism topics and how George…
Community in Action: Why Protest? Are They Impactful?
This month's event will be centered around white privilege. We will facilitate a discussion and provide personal experiences and examples of when some of us recognized our privilege. The session will begin by discussing the Ted Talk on white privilege, which is linked below. Attendees should watch this video ahead of the event to prepare…
DeepDive Talkshow with Special Guest: Glahnnia “Rene’e” Rates
In an interest to better serve our growing ARCC coalition, we are revitalizing our CIA events by focusing on what our community wants to talk about. Our June 27, 2023 event will be 30 minutes and our participants get to vote for what they want to discuss. There are two buttons at the bottom…
DeepDive Talkshow with Special Guests: Zoe Seymore and Cosette Epp
Listen to our new episode where we discuss "Unpacking race from the transracial adoptee perspective". This is a relatively lesser-known topic that can teach us a lot about how people can find it difficult to express and understand their racial identity in the presence of parental figures that are of a different race than their…
ARCC Anniversary Celebration!
Enki Brewing Taproom and Eatery 1495 Stieger Lake Ln, Vitoria, MN, United StatesJoin ARCC and Enki Brewing in celebrating ARCC's anniversary with a live performance from the band, 'Two Sundays'! We have a lot to celebrate, and we will be elated to have you there with us! 20% of all proceedings go to ARCC.
Community in Action: We the Children
This event discusses the impact that race and identity can have on the children of immigrants.
DeepDive Talkshow with Special Guests: Jazmine Jarvis and Meagan Smith
This episode is about the important topic of 'Multi-Racial Experience'. How to view your races and your identity when you come from a multi-racial background or household? and what can we learn from this perspective about our own identities and our place in the world.