Community Change, Inc.

Do all the events around Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday inspire thoughts of civil rights? Is racism over now that we have a black President?  

Anyone interested in exploring these questions is invited to a workshop on Wednesday evening, January 25, 2012 at the Unitarian Church, 478 Main St. The workshop will be facilitated by Paul Marcus, Executive Director of CommunityChange, Inc.

On November 1st, 2011, Ph.D. and educator Tema Okun delivered a talk at a Community Change, Inc. event at the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston. Watch the talk below.

Tema Okun Speaks at Community Change. Inc. 2011-11-01

Vernã Myers, author of Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go From Well-Meaning to Well-Doing, discussed her book on the evening of January 24 at 6pm in the faculty dining room of Suffolk Law School.

The Winchester Unitarian Society and the Winchester Multicultural Network present Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible

This Sunday, November 6th, at the Unitarian Church (478 Main St, Winchester) this must-see documentary will be shown followed by a guided discussion led by Rev. John Millspaugh and Trudy Glidden. The film will begin at 3pm and the afternoon will feature light snacks and coffee. This is a free event and open to the public. For more information, please refer to the announcement below.

Doing antiracist work, it is impossible to not have the name Derrick Bell grace your presence.  Whether you are a college student learning about critical race theory or an educator trying to impart realities of racism to your students or an activist trying to make sense of the policies that maintains this cycle, Derrick Bell has always been there to guide us.

By Lisa Patel Stevens

This is an advice column for White liberals who are in genuine pain over Obama and his lack of superhero savior status as president. This is not a column justifying any of Obama’s actions as President. That is actually a bit beside the point. It’s my advice for how White liberals must see their relationship with Obama as one that was about race from the get go and how they must get real and honest about this if they actually want to save their relationship.

Fellow citizens, why am I called upon...

...to speak here today? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak today? What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?

     One day, a young man realized that race had been affecting him, making it a “terrible year.” He decided to confront it by questioning strangers on the street. J.A. Mitchell developed the conversations into the book 30 Days of Race to present the “Idea of Race” and its social realities like a tangled yarn ball or a wildflower bouquet, with some shriveled and ugly pieces indeed. The result of the process is powerful.

On Thursday, March 10th, at 11 a.m., activists and community organizers gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to rally. They spoke a clear message: The Black Community supports unions!