VIRTUAL CHAPTER MEETING. MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1 – 3 PM
Theme: Seeking Social Justice and Exploring Privilege. Speakers:
The meeting will be in two parts. The first part features three speakers followed by discussion
- Anthony Beckford is President of Brooklyn Black Lives Matter and a community leader and organizer for the “underserved, voiceless and ignored.”
- Rachel Boccio is a leader of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) at LaGuardia Community College, where she teaches in the English Department.
- Kelly Smith is a National Organizer with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. A Deacon at Middle Collegiate Church in NYC, she is a board member of the NY State Labor Religion Coalition.
The second half of the program will feature a short clip of a video of a TED talk, followed by a discussion.
- How to Recognize Your White Privilege – and Use it to Fight Inequality by Peggy McIntosh, Wellesley College.
Cecelia McCall will moderate the first half of the program; Joan Greenbaum the second half.
Zoom Registration Link for the Chapter Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdOGpqT4iGtDkC1xnYcITZieXbZ5…