Reclaiming our Original Motherline of Love: Book Study on Hilary Giovale’s Becoming a Good Relative
Dr. Leny Mendoza Strobel will join us February 20, Morgan Curtis will join us March 6, Hilary Giovale will join us March 20 and Grandmother Ejna Fleury will join us April 3.
We will get insights from our speakers on the provocative themes of this ground-breaking book and learn from their own life stories. We will have the opportunity to question the speakers and discuss our reactions in small groups and to share with the full group.
“Reading Hilary’s book is a refreshing deep dive into this challenging and wondrous path of healing and repair for white-identified folks... What is beautiful about Hilary’s book is her transparency in writing about the challenges of being on this path — the embodied aspects of the emotional, psychological, spiritual, physical, and cognitive aspects of unlearning whiteness.”
— Leny Mendoza Strobel
Los Cien: Sonoma County Latino Leaders—Roots of Anti-Blackness/Roots of White Supremacy
Los Cien discussed the role of the Latinx community and the existence of anti-blackness in Sonoma County. This conversation was designed to make us feel uncomfortable and open our minds, to change entrenched mindsets that perpetuate racism and anti-blackness within our Latino community and beyond. We hope this topic inspires personal exploration and understanding of one's self and leads a stronger and more diverse movement of community champions and change agents who believe in equity building.