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August 31 | New Pathways Lab with Dr. Tatum Sept 3 | BHRSD School Committee as our Towards Racial Justice Action in lieu of our regular TRJ-South meeting. All voting members of Stockbridge, West Stockbridge and Great Barrington, MA! We need your voice! Details here. https://www.bhrsd.org/school-committee-meeting-agenda-upcoming/ Sept 12 | Happiness Toolbox Day | RSVP to come visit or try it out. We will have interactive Zoom early in the day and an excursion with socially distanced activities that afternoon. September 14th | Race Task Force September 15th | NPC Berkshires hosts BRIDGE CEO on Cultural Reflexivity and IDEA (follow up session on Navigating Racial BiasOctober 2nd) September 26th | Call Center Sept 29th | MCLA 125th Celebration Read our recent update for more information. Explore how to engage or how you might join in the action:
A heartfelt shoutout of gratitude to the many many volunteers that make all of this happen! Together we win the fight for justice and equity!
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Dr. Beverly Tatum joins CBRSD and BRIDGE on August 31st for a fireside chat, book club and strategy session. Thank you to Berkshire United Way, Berkshire Money Management and Williams College for joining as sponsors!
Join us on Zoom for Dr. Beverly Tatum as she supports Central Berkshire School District’s Equity & Inclusion Committee in launching our Berkshire academic year. Members of the Berkshire educational system and larger community will spend the entire morning with Dr. Tatum. Dr. Tatum and Gwendolyn VanSant of BRIDGE will be engaged in a fireside chat. The morning session will be moderated by Aseante Renee. Then participants will break in to small groups and return for a debrief in our New Pathways Lab format. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcO2hrj4jG9VoOUo0aggIAbWRpbXBCpqu President Emerita, Spelman College Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, is a clinical psychologist widely known for both her expertise on race relations and as a thought leader in higher education. Her thirteen years as the president of Spelman College (2002-2015) were marked by innovation and growth and her visionary leadership was recognized in 2013 with the Carnegie Academic Leadership Award. The author of several books including the best-selling “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race” (now in a new 2017 20th anniversary edition) and “Can We Talk About Race?” and “Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation” (2007), Tatum is a sought-after speaker on the topics of racial identity development, race and education, strategies for creating inclusive campus environments, and higher education leadership. Also, one more New Pathway Talk has been uploaded. Join me and Amber on a New Pathways reflection. In case you have missed any of the New Pathways Labs, we invite you to listen to our podcast as we upload two a week.  Newell Eaton (New Pathways Lab) and Aseante Renee join Gwendolyn VanSant for a conversation on White Allyship in the time of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Join us for probing questions and deep dialogue on how to advance racial justice in authentic relationship, care and action. Black Community members: Join to make the asks and requests of White People in your community for racial justice and equity. Submit requests ahead or come to the New Pathways Lab for an intergroup dialogue and action planning. White Community members: Whose Black Lives are you prioritizing, protecting and honoring? What Black Communities are you supporting? Whose Black Leadership are you amplifying? How do white allies support Black people in the pandemic facing injustice and disparities and the threat our future holds in communities and workplaces? When: Aug 6, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZAlcO6rqT4rCPimkdUzGFqb3yoYdx-1pQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. In the article "Skin in the Game", educator and advocate Eric Ward explores the relationship between racism, antisemitism, and other forms of bias and hate. If we are to be the best allies for one another, this context matters.
Join with Gwendolyn VanSant and Rabbi Neil Hirsch for a conversation about this important article, continuing our community's exploration of Black-Jewish relations. Resources:
Click here to register in advance to come on Sunday, July 26 at 3 pm. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Thank you to North Plain Farm, Tess and Sean Stanton and all of the amazing bakers! Donations will be matched!!! Learn more: northplainfarm.com/bakers-against-racism  Tune in for the New Pathways Lab 2.0: Race Amity Day:
Race Amity Day is an annual celebration in MA that BRIDGE has consistently held as a space to discuss, acknowledge, and be real about what racial amity really requires and how we can organize to get there. It's this Sunday, June 14th, and BRIDGE has a full day planned of action, intentional reflection, and dialogue from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm (you can join for all or part of the day) It's a great chance to get involved and begin to meet folks in the BRIDGE community. If you're interested in joining, you can email rsvp@multiculturalbridge.org to get signed up; sign in directly at Zoom Link below; and get more info on the schedule! Suggested contribution: $50/day via our Support us page. BRIDGE Race Amity Day Agenda (via ZOOM) 9:00 AM Opening: Introduction to Race Amity Day and Juneteenth 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Anti-Racism Chat on Accountability led by Accountability Team at BRIDGE 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Community Dialogue: Aligning Jewish Community with Black Lives Uprising: Rabbi Neil Hirsch, Dr. Christopher MacDonald Dennis (invited) and Gwendolyn VanSant 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Anti-Racism Chat: Dr. Leticia Haynes & Gwendolyn VanSant: What do we as a Black community need in this time? 2:30 - 4:00 PM BIO Processional March : Together We Breathe! In Pittsfield, MA - As a part of the day we will join our partners at BIO for a “Together We Breathe” processional with the local police. The schedule is as follows: 4:00- 7:00 PM Race Amity Day 2020 - Tune in! 4-5 PM for opening and then thought leader presentations discussions after: https://raceamity.org/rad2020/; Donations go to the Navajo Nation. Reflection: how many indigenous lives can you name that have been taken by police brutality? 8:00 PM “Tapping In with BRIDGE” to close out Race Amity Day - CARE Action Lab: What are we looking for? What are we fighting for? What are the outcomes we seek to build a collective humanity where we ALL can thrive - not just survive. Bookending with nuanced discussions of Resilience from diverse lenses on Thursday with Dr. Sirois and Toni Bergins on “Embodying Our Values” and on Saturday topic of Putting on the Oxygen Mask with Dr. Keeley Verrett and more! We are looking back in to this urgent COVID-19 response with an eye on LEADERS leading change. Friday morning, Jennifer Williams is answering questions on working remotely within an equity and inclusion framework from her HR experience with an intersectional lens. Join changemakers and visionary and executive coaches in Friday’s session of Leading Change District Attorney Andrea Harrington as she joins coaches to discuss turning this COVID-19 Breakdown in to Breakthrough as we begin to return back to work NEWLY focused and energized! Dynamic Labs ahead--it is worth every moment! Sign up through EventBrite (@ $25 which supports our COVID-19 mask, supply, food and resource distribution!) Or just follow link on New Pathways Lab page to join in the conversation! We are so thrilled to provide the New Pathways pre-recorded thought leaders for free and don't miss an opportunity to engage and interact and co-create our future in the New Pathways Labs! Think alongside these New Pathways Talks with provocative thought leaders clear that we can navigate change and create a NEW more equitable and inclusive future together. (You can listen now too with the link just below the video!) Also please join these events with our New Pathways Presenter Malia Lazu (Berkshire Bank @Reevx Labs) June 5th: Latinx https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reimagining-america-the-future-of-latinx-economy-tickets-105401607044 June 4th: Black https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reimagining-america-the-future-of-the-black-economy-tickets-105402652170 For the Black & Brown Community -- join the Black Economic Agenda. Gwendolyn will be co-facilitating the 2nd session on Arts & Culture: Mobilizing Change by Activating Hearts and Minds on June 4th! https://teamr3set.com/explore-no-map/?search_keywords=Idea+Jam&sort=latest Race Task Force 12:30-2:00 PM (Zoom)
May 4, 2020: Tanekwah Hinds of ACLU joins us to continue the discussion of What a Difference A DA Makes! And we will discuss the racial disparities and actions towards racial justice and equity as a coalition of agencies and residents! Join us! Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5coduqppjkssu3SJyWrCwDAAM58eNW1RQ Towards Racial Justice-South 6:30-8:30 PM (Zoom) May 8, 2020. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZAlcO6rqT4rCPimkdUzGFqb3yoYdx-1pQ Women to Women 6:00-8:00 PM (Zoom) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocO6spzktuGzSN7jTKW6VE2Xkj7sETQ Coming soon--More May details available on:
*And stay tuned for Wing and Game Night for our SJIA Night Fun on “Tapping in with BRIDGE” on Fridays at 8 PM! (Be sure to bring your favorite restaurant wings or wing recipe to the game night!) Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that COVID Lays Bare, Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, pt. 2 (A BRIDGE endorsed webinar)
4/1, 8-9:34PM Register here: Zoom Link BRIDGE Towards Racial Justice (TRJ) ‘Power of Illusion’ Part 1 will be shown and discussed. 4/2, 6:30-9PM Zoom Link BRIDGE Race Task Force 4/6, 12:30-2PM Zoom Link Tapping into BRIDGE: Committing to meeting during COVID. ‘Power of Illusion’ Part 2 will be shown and discussed. 4/8, 8-9:30PM Zoom Link Du Bois Legacy Meeting | Town of Great Barrington townofgb.org 4/15, 6:30-9PM Remote meeting details TBD. Approved to run teleconference by Commonwealth. Tapping into BRIDGE: Committing to meeting during COVID. ‘Power of Illusion’ Part 3 will be shown and discussed. 4/22, 8-9:30PM Zoom Link People of Color Caucus Towards Racial Healing and Liberation (meets 4th Wednesday of every other month) 4/22, 6:30-8:30PM Will be meeting at “Tapping Into BRIDGE” session Women and Non-binary Caucus For Racial Justice 5/10, 7-9PM Via Zoom *New Date: BRIDGE’s IDEA Institute: Trainer the Trainer 2020 Cultural Competence Foundations 5/21-5/24 Via Zoom … Apply here: IDEA Institute: Cultural Competence Foundations Community BRIDGE’s IDEA Institute: Trainer the Trainer 6/16-6/18 Via Zoom or in person: IDEA Institute: Train-the-Trainer (Track 2) Course April 16th-19th and May 21st-24th Tentative Location: Hilton Garden Inn Alternate Location: Zoom with BRIDGE Here at BRIDGE we want to take this opportunity to remind you know that our train-the-trainer program is launching its pilot in April. This training was designed with our long- standing clients, current BRIDGE partners and, most specifically, our BRIDGE members in mind. As a current Impact or Changemaker Circle member you are invited to send two non-senior team staff to attend at no additional tuition cost. We strongly encourage sending staff that plan to take a leadership role in your organization's equity, cultural competency, inclusion and diversity work.
We are planning on launching in person if possible but if not we will be broadcasting and recording the session for accessibility. The program will run for 20 hrs in April and 20 hrs in May. All interested parties in taking our Cultural Competence Foundations core training programs are welcome to join us in April. Please find the links here to register: IDEA Institute: Cultural Competence Foundations Community (Track 1) Course: runs April 17-19th (20 hrs.) while the pilot train-the-trainer (below) is for BRIDGE staff, volunteers and our business members of the Impact and Changemaker Circles as we build capacity in our networks! That IDEA Institute: Train-the-Trainer (Track 2) Course runs for 40 hrs: the dates are April 16-19th and May 21-24th. Track 2 starts on Thursday evening. Please email institute@multiculturalbridge.org for inquiries. To subscribe to our newsletter, please follow the link here as we will be launching our digital business platform over the next few weeks for our broad range of programming. BRIDGE services are available to you over Zoom, free conference call and Google Meet. Please be in touch because we are here to help with consults, coaching, video chats along with our training/education programs. We are working (just differently!) Already we have had convenings, trainings and 1:1s remotely and will continue to build capacity to meet the requirements of social distancing. Be well! The Train-the-Trainer Program is designed to provide BRIDGE frameworks and curriculum to a core group of professionals committed to stewardship and leadership of equity, inclusion, and cultural competence at their workplace. The first weekend (Track 1) provides a full day session in Cultural Competence; a second day looking at systemic barriers around class, gender and race. And on the third day exploring hot topics in a workshop format. This will be an opportunity for train-the-trainers to participate in BRIDGE programming and make observations to support their future training. Over the month in between, Track 2 registrants will have homework back at their workplace so the second weekend in May is focusing on designing a customized cultural competence program for their workplace with peer and BRIDGE feedback on delivery. Throughout this process, we will explore scenarios and go deeper in to the frameworks behind BRIDGE’s award-winning approach. BRIDGE’s curriculum provides workplaces and organizations with the tools to move forward. Following there will be demonstrations, observations & feedback along with future modules on specific topics. Networking time will be built in throughout the weekend in person or over Zoom Breakout Rooms remotely. Cultural Competence Foundations | Tracks 1 & 2 | April 17-April 19 (Thursday, April 16th 2020 7 PM-9 PM | Introduction to Train-the-Trainer and Facilitator Foundations for Track 2 only) Friday, April 17th 2020 9 AM- 5PM | Cultural Competence Foundations Saturday, April 18th 2020 9PM-5PM | Real Talk on Systems of Oppressions: Developing a Poverty, Immigraion, Race and Gender Analysis Sunday, April 19th 2020 9PM-12PM | Deeper Dives in to Essential Diversity Topics Train-the-Trainer- Track 2 |May 21-24 (April Session Required) Thursday, May 21st 2020 7PM-9PM | Introduction to Restorative Circle Practices for Equity & Inclusion Work Friday, May 22nd 2020 9AM- 5PM | Building your Program: Cultural Competence pt. 1 & pt. 2 Saturday, May 23rd 9AM-5PM | Building your Program: Cultural Competence pt. 3 & pt.4 Sunday, May 24th 9AM-12PM | Building your Program: Cultural Competence pt. 5 |
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