A visit to an event, "Beyond the Books: A Way Forward for White Allies in Democracy", and some time with the event's main presenter, Gerri Williams. Gerri has been involved in a number of forms of activism, but, as a woman of color and inspired by the book, Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee, she's also aware of the need for white allies to step forward and lead a change among their peers. With the increasing assault on our democracy by forces wishing to pit beleaguered whites against even more beleaguered minorities and people of color, there is a great urgency that we all find our self-interest in halting the erosion of our democratic government. FNVW.org (Friends for a Nonviolent World) and the Northern Yearly Meeting Anti-racism Working Group co-sponsored the Beyond the Books event and will act as a conduit for follow-up actions. Other resources include Rednecks for Black Lives, a video with Heather McGhee, and Gerri also recommends the film The Lives of Others to help understand complicity is repression.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Baptist, Unaffiliated, Quaker
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