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- Films That Spark Community Conversation - The Walk, Directed by Daniel Adams (2022)Synopsis: A 2022 period film drama based on true events of desegregation and busing in Boston schools in 1974.The District Court of Massachusetts ordered Boston to integrate its public school system, using busing.The order was met with White community pushback, fury and violence. The film centers on police officer Bill Coughlin, an Irish cop, confronting fierce social pressure when tasked to protect Black students as they are bussed into all-white South Boston High School. The film also centers on two high school teens about to begin their senior year under the integration order. Wendy Robbins, an 18-year-old Black student selected for bussing, and her father, Lamont, are caught in the middle of violence and protesting by the White community. At the same time Katy, the police officer's teenage daughter is faced with her own racism."Why America needs a new approach to school desegregation" by Jerry Rosiek Published: May 17, 2018 6.41am EDT on theconversation.com
- Despite all the time and effort invested desegregating the nation’s schools over the past half century, the reality is America’s schools are more segregated now than they were in 1968.
- This new segregation is not directly enforced by law, but indirectly through school zoning, housing patterns, and recently by neighborhood secessionist movements, permitting affluent white families to continue to monopolize premium educational resources.
- School segregation communicates corrosive messages to students of color; concluding that they were regarded as “bad kids,” “garbage people,” or “violent or something,” and therefore not worthy of investment.
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/h8_2E08ogcoGiveaways:
· Watch "The Walk", directed by Daniel Adams (2022) on Tubi:https://tubitv.com/movies/686236/the-walk57 min - Sankofa Leadership Continuum - Films That Spark Community ConversationFilms That Spark Community Conversations"Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" - Hosted by Presbyterian Church of Sudbury MADocumentary Film Presented by Jeffrey Robinson, lawyer and social justice advocate.In Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, Robinson faces his largest audience, asking all of us to examine who we are, where we come from, and who we want to be. Anchored by Robinson’s Town Hall performance, the film interweaves historical and present-day archival footage, Robinson’s personal story, and vérité and interview footage capturing Robinson’s meetings with Black change-makers and eyewitnesses to history. From a hanging tree in Charleston, South Carolina, to a walking tour of the origins of slavery in colonial New York, to the site of a 1947 lynching in rural Alabama, the film brings history to life, exploring the enduring legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome it.The "Who We Are Project" was founded by Jeffery Robinson, renowned lawyer who has been fighting for racial justice for almost 40 years.The organization is an outgrowth of a talk that Robinson has been giving for the past 10 years on the history of anti-Black racism and white supremacy in the United States. This talk forms the basis of the feature length documentary film. The "Who We Are Project" will be one of the central voices that will correct the narrative on our shared history of anti-Black racism in the United States. Watch here: https://youtu.be/woCTKzg9t_w"Hate" - A Film Directed by Jevon DewanSynopsis: Hate is the #1 Disease in the World. Have you been tested?The birth of hate: A journey through America's most fraught eras illuminates the multi-layered effects of hatred, via slavery, segregation, police brutality, and more. Conveys how the disease of hate has impacted the entire world.Hate, a journey where the characters realize that the solution lies within education, respect, and the understanding on one another's experiences. Watch here: https://tubitv.com/movies/613466/hate58 min
- Sanfoka Leadership Continuum Series - Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St LouisPhoto Credit: Homer G. Phillips Hospital, A Prominent Landmark in The Ville, St. Louis, MO. Courtesy Onegentlemanofverona (CC BY-SA 3.0)Racism Is a Disruptor of Health and Wellness & Integration Is Not Synomymous with EquityThe Story of Homer G. Phillips Hospital, 1937-1979, a segregated hospital in the heart of Black St Louis, MissouriThe Ville and Its Champions of the Community: Kids raised in a walkable community where the folks look like them - doctors, nurses, lawyers, tradesmen, and business owners; where wealth stayed in the community.The Story of Segregation in St Louis by Jeanette Cooperman, October 17, 2014. "St. Louis is divided along many lines. And race plays a role in every one of those divisions. It also determines our future, because if you make a transparent map of racial segregation and lay it over other maps—political power, cultural influence, health, wealth, education, and employment—the pattern repeats."#Redlined: A St Lous Story by Jacobi Commons. Exposing deeply-rooted systems of redlining that have disproportionately affected Black and Brown people dating back to the 1920's. 1915 Initiative Petition avoided mixed blocks occupied by both white and colored people "...written to the Board of Election Commissioners petitioning White and "Colored" citizens to live separately. In Section 1 and Section 2, the petition describes the strict requirements that would be upheld in a new St. Louis ordinance, mandating specific "blocks" be created. Section 3 defined the word "block". Later sections of the petition have been omitted, but included penalties that will be carried out if ordinances are broken by either race group."In How Racism Takes Place, George Lipsitz writes that in St. Louis, “protection of white property and privilege guided nearly all decisions about law and policies that promoted the establishment of new small and exclusive suburban municipalities with restrictive zoning codes.”Watch Here: https://youtu.be/Q1IkYl9VklIGiveaways:
· The Rise And Fall Of St Louis's Black Hospital
· The Color of Medicine
· Documentary Centralhttps://youtu.be/mVxgfZWiGuQ?si=Y0pdK7qUY7fXvAVD
· The story of segregation in St. Louishttps://www.stlmag.com/news/the-color-line-race-in-st.-louis
· How Racism Takes Placehttps://tupress.temple.edu/books/how-racism-takes-place
· #Redlined: A St. Louis Storyhttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/366759e8b76c46efbf6ff9e8fff3ac0b
· Harvard Health Blog, Racism and Discrimination in Healthcare: Providers and Patientshttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/racism-discrimination-health-care-providers-patients-2017011611015
· Dr. Helen Elizabeth Nash, pediatrician at Homer G. Phillips Hospitalhttps://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/st-louis-remembers-helen-elizabeth-nash-m-d/article_5d069960-133d-11e2-8f4b-0019bb2963f4.html
· Structural Racism in St. Louishttps://urbanandracialequity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Structural-Racism-in-St.-Louis-1.pdf
· What Is the Spirit of Ubuntu? How Can We Have It in Our Lives?https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/ubuntu-south-africa-together-nelson-mandela57 min - Sankofa Leadership Continuum Series Featuring Franceria Moore, Organizational LeaderFRANCERIA MOORE: LEVERAGING THE POWER OF STORYTELLING TO EXAMINE MINDSETS AND EMPOWER EQUITYFranceria Moore holds over 15 years of organizational leadership experience in the human services and nonprofit sectors, focusing on equity and belonging in programming, strategic organizational development, poverty reduction, and adult learning design. From 2019-2022 she led the redesign of the Kellogg Foundation's Family-Centered Coaching framework and the design of the accompanying 12-month learning journey to support organizational adoption, helping to scale the Family-Centered Coaching toolkit nationally.Feeling that there was more to be discovered about the power of coaching for people experiencing poverty, Fran began her journey as a social entrepreneur as the Founder and Managing Director of Sankofa Leadership. In addition to supporting national initiative for Integrated Services Delivery, Sankofa is also leading the charge in the development of Person-Centered Coaching, which starts from the belief that to our best for others, we must first be best for ourselves.Person-Centered Coaching explores what’s become possible when we intentionally create space for someone to put themselves first in their own life. This small shift is electrifying the human services field and impacting the lives of clients and practitioners alike.Fran is a passionate and engaging facilitator and speaker who leverages the power of storytelling to help audiences examine their mindsets, core values, and wildest dreams for themselves and their community and motivates them to take action to achieve their greatest potential.Watch Here: https://youtu.be/rZTjbst_rboGiveaways:
· Sankofa Leadership: Progress through reflectionhttps://www.sankofaleadership.com
· The Person-Centered Coach: Tools to cultivate transformation through individual solutionshttps://www.sankofaleadership.com/person-centered
· Family-Centered Coaching is a racial equity strategyhttps://everychildthrives.com/family-centered-coaching-is-a-racial-equity-strategy/
· The Prosperity Agenda: Building the prosperity of familieshttps://theprosperityagenda.org
· Storytelling has the Power to Eliminate Institutional Racism, Forever https://sustainablebrands.com/read/walking-the-talk/storytelling-has-the-power-to-eliminate-institutional-racism-forever
· Seven generation sustainabilityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_generation_sustainability0 min - Sankofa Leadership Continuum Series - Family Engagement and Generational LeadershipAntiracism Activation: Family Engagement and Generational LeadershipThank you for joining us for the newest episode of InflexionPoint Podcast where we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic conversation. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of self-awareness, understanding, personal transformation, and ultimately social impact.In this eiposode we interview the son of Gail Hunter, co-host for InflexionPoint Podcast. We explore these topics:Describe your childhood experience in being raised with a woman such as your mother who operates in the antiracism space?What are the values that show up in your adulthood that are rooted in the way in which you were raised, particularly as it relates to Gail's current work in the antiracism space?How do those values show up in how you are raising up your own children today?How does equity and antiracism show up in your workplace?Watch Here: https://youtu.be/5g2yOz4jQbQGiveaways:
· Moving toward antiracist family engagementhttps://www.race.ed.ac.uk/moving-toward-antiracist-family-engagement/
· Raising anti-racist childrenhttps://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/06/anti-racist-children
· DEI Isn’t Enough; Companies Need Anti-Racist Leadershiphttps://hbr.org/podcast/2022/03/dei-isnt-enough-companies-need-anti-racist-leadership
· Webinar — Equality Is Not the Same as Equity: How 21st Century Leaders Can Engage Antiracism in their Organizationhttps://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/executive-education/the-kellogg-experience/thought-leadership/equality-equity-antiracism.aspx58 min - Sankofa Leadership Continuum Series - The Power of Leadership in Organizational DNACONVERSATION: The Power of Leadership in Organizational DNAThe Sankofa Leadership Continuum - a throughline running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to those who will emerge as future leaders. Melding together historical and contemporary reality, this through-line inspires resistance, activism, art, literature, ethnography, and research to fuel transformation.In this conversation we take a deep dive into the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and its organizational DNA. The Kellogg Foundation priorities are listed as Racial Equity and Healing, Community Engagement, and Leadership.The foundation's priority statement reads: "Embedded within all we do are commitments to advancing racial equity and racial healing, to developing leaders and to engaging communities in solving their own problems."Racial Equity and Healing: supports communities in healing from the effects of racism and transforming the systems and structures that limit opportunity for children and families.Community leadership network with the Center Creative Leadership: equips leaders with the knowledge and skills to bridge the divides in our society and build a more equitable future for all.Watch Here: https://youtu.be/jS9Ze0WoZQAGiveaways:
· WK Kellogg: Our DNAhttps://www.wkkf.org/priorities/our-dna/
· Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT)http://healourcommunities.org/
· WKKF Community Leadership Network with the Center for Creative Leadershiphttps://www.wkkf.org/priorities/wkkf-community-leadership-network/
· Racial Healing: The Heart of Racial Equityhttps://healourcommunities.org/day-of-racial-healing/
· Expanding Equity: Advancing Racial Equity in Businesshttps://www.expandingequity.com
· Every Child Deserves to Thrive: Explore Content and Get Inspiredhttps://everychildthrives.com57 min - Sankofa Leadership Continuum: What Role Does Visual Racial Literacy Play in Antiracism Activation?Conversation: The Power of Visual Racial Literacy."...race is not only a social construction; it is visually mediated (Acuff & Kraehe, 2020). The ability to perceive racial differences requires that one first learn the visual, symbolic, and aesthetic codes and conventions of racist ideology."In this continuing series on generational leadership we discuss "Visual Racial Literacy: A Not-So-New 21st Century Skill", an article written by Dr. Joni B. Acuff and Dr. Amelia Kraeche.Dr. Joni B. Acuff is the Professor of Art Education at The Ohio State University. She serves as department chair and diversity chair in the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, where her goal has been to recruit, admit and retain students from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Acuff teaches undergraduate and graduate students in the art education program, including courses like Critical Analysis of Multicultural Art Education, Social and Cultural Theory in Art and Art Education, Critical Pedagogies of Critical Multiculturalism in Teaching Visual Culture, and Art Education for Children with Special Needs.Dr. Amelia Kraehe, is the Vice President, Equity in the Arts, Arizona Arts, and co-founder and co-director of the Racial Justice Studio. The Racial Justice Studio is a new concept conceived as a hub for campus and virtual activities to promote a deep understanding of racism and anti-racism by centering artistic and creative practice. Dr. Kraehe is recognized for her research on arts equity as well as her publications, workshops, podcasts, and public lectures that illuminate the roles race, racism, and anti-racism play in arts institutions and the education of arts professionals.Join Anita, Gail, and Mavis as they discuss their own personal experiences, including a visit to the Monument to "Mothers of Gynecology" in Montgomery Alabama, a cross-burning as a childhood memory, and visual memories of family travel.Watch Here: https://youtu.be/ZLyFMk4oFxkGiveaways:
· Visual Racial Literacy: A Not-So-New 21st Century Skillhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/00043125.2021.1986459?needAccess=true&role=button
· Dr. Joni B. Acuff is the Professor of Art Education at The Ohio State University.https://online.osu.edu/joni-boyd-acuff
· Dr. Amelia Kraehe, Associate Vice President, Equity in the Arts, Arizona Arts, and co-founder and co-director of the Racial Justice Studiohttps://arts.arizona.edu/bio/amy-kraehe/
· Racial Justice Studio To Promote Understanding Of Anti-Racismhttps://arts.arizona.edu/racial-justice-studio-to-promote-understanding-of-anti-racism/
· How Lucy, Betsey, and Anarcha became foremothers of gynecologyhttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/03/how-lucy-betsey-and-anarcha-became-foremothers-of-gynecology/
· Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey Monument: The Mothers of Gynecologyhttps://www.anarchalucybetsey.org
· https://youtu.be/bTHX4yW2fbU57 min - The SANKOFA Leadership Continuum Series: Telling your Disruptive Truth with Jen Franks AhaghotuConversation: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership?In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future.This episode features wisdom from Jen Franks Ahaghotu. Jen is the Disruptive Truth Teller. She is the best in the world at empowering visionary Black women business owners and personal brands to speak their disruptive truth and ascend beyond success to generational leadership, wealth, and freedom. She is also the Founder/CEO of the Disruptie Truth LLC. Her current project is called the Black Women World Record, honoring the educational achievements of black women.#BlackWomenWorldRecord"Black Women Are Worthy. Our contributions deserve to be celebrated and elevated to the highest level in the global narrative." —Jen Franks AhaghotuWatch here: https://youtu.be/Uo-xTw4rVEkGiveaways:
· Write Yourself in History!Get Registered For The First Ever World Record Attempt For Black Women CertificatesRegister To Participate For Free Now!Help Achieve A World First Record Representing Black Women Who Have Graduated High School And Above.https://www.extremeexcellence.com/blackwomenworldrecord
· The Act of Telling your Disruptive Truth with Jen Franks Ahaghotuhttps://www.shineoutloud.tv/the-act-of-telling-your-disruptive-truth-with-jen-franks-ahaghotu/55 min - The Sankofa Generational Leadership Continuum Serieshttps://youtu.be/KIbF2Fm_sOIThe Sankofa Leadership Continuum is a throughline running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to those who will emerge as future leaders. Melding together historical and contemporary reality, this through-line inspires activism, art, literature, ethnography, and research to fuel transformation.Question: How do we apply generational leadership as a grassroots resistance strategy that serves to disrupt systemic and institutional racism?Discussion:5 Principals of Generational Leadership: Global Leadership Network ArticleHarlem Renaissance Artist Frankie Manning Danced Across BoundariesCivil Rights Photographer Gordon Parks Inspired A New Generation of ArtistsGiveaways:
· 5 Principles to Become a Generational Leaderhttps://globalleadership.org/articles/leading-others/5-principles-to-become-a-generational-leader/
· Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is one of the sharpest thinkers of our timehttps://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kentanji-brown-jackson-affirmative-action-dissent-supreme-court-rcna92661"With full knowledge of the history of racism and discrimination in this country, one would have to be ignorant or complicit not to see how the recent Supreme Court ruling sets us back — instead of helping us move forward as a nation."
· How Civil Rights Photographer Gordon Parks Inspired A New Generation Of Artistshttps://www.fastcompany.com/3063025/how-civil-rights-photographer-gordon-parks-inspired-a-new-generation-of-artists
· Kamal Carter and Kyle Williams On Activating Anti-Racistshttps://pod.link/RealTalk/episode/f3d61d1ba2736b08228daf2900b170501 hr - THE SANKOFA LEADERSHIP CONTINUUM FEATURING NATHANIEL LEE FLETCHERConversation: How does the Ghanian principle of Sankofa empower generational leadership?In this continuing series on generational leadership we introduced the Sankofa Leadership Continuum, defined as a through-line running from historical leaders of the past to contemporary leaders of the present to emerging leaders of the future. This episode features Mr. Nathaniel Lee Fletcher, recent graduate from Waynesburg University with a BA in Biblical and Ministry Studies. He is currently working as an urban missionary through Urban Impact in the North Side area of Pittsburgh PA. Nate looks to make an impact with at-risk children within a holistic ministry setting. Kudos to Generational Leader, Nathaniel Fletcher!https://youtu.be/UeTpRDJIP9c59 min
About InflexionPoint Podcast: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out Creating a Brave Space for Conversations about Personal Transformation, Racism, and Accountability
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Enter a brave space to ponder solving The Cairo Question. Engage in dialogue based on the premise that dismantling racism goes beyond laws and legislation or politics or economics. It's an inside job…
where personal transformation and accountability impact social change in multiple dimensions: individual, interpersonal, systemic, and structural. It's a place to get comfortable with deconstructing your inner thoughts, ideas, and beliefs to examine what flows out into the world through your words, actions, and behaviors, particularly towards others who are different from yourself.