What skills, tools and approaches are useful in encouraging white people to sustain balanced engagement with anti-racism/racial justice education and work? How can we cultivate resilience (as opposed to white fragility) in ourselves, our communities, and our movements?

White Fragility is defined by Robin DiAngelo as “A state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation (2011).”

What skills, tools and approaches are useful in encouraging white people to sustain balanced engagement with anti-racism/racial justice education and work? How can we cultivate resilience (as opposed to white fragility) in ourselves, our communities, and our movements? Resilience is, in part, defined as:

1. Staying with the conversation

2. Giving and receiving information and feedback from facilitators and peers without becoming highly defensive, reactive, or shut down/dissociated for long period of time

3. Managing the guilt and shame that can arise in learning about the history and current reality of race and racism in the US.

This workshop will explore the role of the body, community, spirituality, intellectual knowledge and other themes that you bring from your experience. We will cover basic information about how the brain and body responds to perceived threats, and explore how to work with this toward greater resilience in moments of challenge.

This workshop is for all experience levels. Participants will be invited to discuss in small groups, move around the space, and hold their bodies in different shapes for 1-2 minutes if available. Content will be presented in both verbal and written formats.

Sliding Scale: $15-$85. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Preregistration is required due to limited space and a pre-workshop assignment.

ASL Interpretation: Requests must be made at accessibility@surjbayarea.org no later than 9 PM, September 12.

Get together with other filmmakers, writers, and actors in the area to co-create amateur scripts and films together.

All skill-levels are welcome. No equipment or experience required.

Bring light snacks and drinks.

***Please bring ideas, but this is NOT a pitch night or a recruiting social for you existing project. The point is to find out what we can create together.

Democratic socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are calling for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. Teachers from West Virginia to Oakland are striking for public education and winning, and tens of thousands of people across the country are getting involved in the project of building democratic socialism in the US. But what is democratic socialism?

Let’s talk about it.

If you’re a new DSA member or just curious about democratic socialism, come out to Democratic Socialism 101 and find out how to get involved in DSA’s fight for democratic control of the things that matter on the job and in your community and the things we all need to lead a dignified life.

Look for the DSA banner and red t-shirts!

Since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign brought democratic socialism back into the mainstream, the Democratic Socialists of America went from about 6,000 members to 60,000 nationwide, making it the largest socialist organization in the US in more than 50 years.

Accessibility Information: Event is located in an outdoor park

What will it take to truly address the systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and war economy plaguing our country today? The answer is presented in the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Budget, which lays out the policies and investments to address the widespread and systemic injustices we face.

We invite you to come together with other supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign to learn more about these solutions through our Moral Budget Reading Group. This will be a space for us to develop our collective understanding of the policies we’re working towards and how they will affect the lives of the people in our communities.

The next meeting will happen on Saturday, October 26th from 3-5pm. We’ll be discussing the chapter “Investments in Democracy & Equal Protection Under the Law” (pages 14-30).

You can view the Moral Budget on your computer here: http://ppcbayarea.org/moral-budget. We’ll also have printed copies available for purchase for $10 at the meeting.

We hope you’ll join us to be part of this reading group. Forward together, not one step back!

Training Overview

This is an intermediate to advance level restorative justice circle training focused on gaining proficiency in facilitating Conflict Circles.

At minimum, all participants must have already completed an Introductory RJ training and/or have equivalent experience in facilitating Community Building  Circles.

Participants in this 2-day training will review RJ theory, practice, data and protocols for facilitating community-building Circles; and be introduced to, learn protocols for, and gain skills in facilitating conflict Circles.

The 2-day training will emphasize interactivity, relationship-building, and skills-building. Much of the second day will be devoted to simulated exercises to acquire skills in facilitating Conflict Circles.

Training Overview

This is an intermediate to advance level restorative justice circle training focused on gaining proficiency in facilitating Conflict Circles.

At minimum, all participants must have already completed an Introductory RJ training and/or have equivalent experience in facilitating Community Building  Circles.

Participants in this 2-day training will review RJ theory, practice, data and protocols for facilitating community-building Circles; and be introduced to, learn protocols for, and gain skills in facilitating conflict Circles.

The 2-day training will emphasize interactivity, relationship-building, and skills-building. Much of the second day will be devoted to simulated exercises to acquire skills in facilitating Conflict Circles.

s the week of actions around houselesness is approaching (November 16th-24th) Liberated Lens will conduct a Citizen Journalism training where you can learn how to do on the street media, simple streaming, vlogging, phone security etc.

Bring your cell phone or any recording device you intend on using.

Part II that will happen on November 24th will cover simple editing and post production tools.

s the week of actions around houselesness is approaching (November 16th-24th) Liberated Lens will conduct a Citizen Journalism training where you can learn how to do on the street media, simple streaming, vlogging, phone security etc.

Bring your cell phone or any recording device you intend on using.

Part II that will happen on November 24th will cover simple editing and post production tools.

Homes Not Jails is hosting a Locksmithing Lab. Learn how to pick. Learn about locks.

Every 1st and 3rd Monday
Omni commons Basement