Advancing Justice: Confronting Anti-Black Racism
Message from Heather Cleary, CEO – Peninsula Family Service
Thank you for your interest in our Thought Leader Series event: Advancing Justice: Confronting Anti-Black Racism. Our event facilitators were Cherine Badawi and Christopher Darby, experts in diversity, inclusion, and facilitation. Thank you to our Event Co-Sponsor, San Mateo County, for the leadership you have provided by declaring racism a public health crisis, and creating a County Office of Equity and Social Justice.
This event was the sixth Thought Leader Series event, created to raise awareness, inspire dialogue, and galvanize action and innovation on topics of great importance to our community.
People have questioned why PFS hosted this event topic? Is racism too political of a topic for a community service provider to address? My answer to that is that racism is at the root of every inequality we see, from education to health care to banking. If we didn’t have racism, our vision of a community where opportunity, financial stability, and wellness are secured for all, would be fully achievable.
As a follow up to this event we have the following resources below for further study and learning, including the 21-day challenge where each day you consciously take action – read an article, journal, listen to a podcast, or other approaches – to continue to learn and reflect about this issue.
We hope our reflections and learning will galvanize all of us to take positive action in our community.
Heather Cleary
CEO Peninsula Family Service
Recording of Online Webinar
Please use the password provided in the email sent to you in order to access this recording.
Resources:
- 21 Day Challenge
- Robin DiAngelo: Why “I’m Not Racist” is Only Half the Story
- Heather McGhee: Racism Has a Cost for Everyone
- Richard Rothstein: The Black Lives Next Door
- The Movement 4 Black Lives: Policy Platform
- Ibram Kendi: How to be an Antiracist
- Strategies to Confront Anti-Black Racism in San Mateo County
- Worksheet of Dimensions and Manifestations of Anti-Black Racism