Towards Racial Justice - South
Join us at the next TRJ-South monthly meeting to connect with other Berkshire community members working to advance racial equity and justice throughout the county and beyond.
TRJ-South County
First Thursday of Every Month
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
UUMSB, Housatonic, MA (OR VIRTUAL... Join newsletter to stay up to date)
Please note: Due to COVID-19, TRJ-South currently meets over Zoom.
Please email RSVP@multiculturalbridge.org to RSVP and follow us on our virtual community hub: ideainstitutebridge.net/groups/7111635?utm_source=manual
First Thursday of Every Month
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
UUMSB, Housatonic, MA (OR VIRTUAL... Join newsletter to stay up to date)
Please note: Due to COVID-19, TRJ-South currently meets over Zoom.
Please email RSVP@multiculturalbridge.org to RSVP and follow us on our virtual community hub: ideainstitutebridge.net/groups/7111635?utm_source=manual
Meetings usually include a reading, group discussion and/or caucus report backs with an exploration of opportunities to get involved with current and ongoing TRJ and partner campaigns for racial justice.
TRJ-South and Race Task Force have adopted the following definition of RACISM (adapted from the PISAB): White Privilege + Economic & Social Power/Access + Racial Prejudice, and use the following systemic analysis on race and equity: Individual, Interpersonal, Cultural and Institutional to dismantle the political construct of race. The core values for this work are: trust, safety, and accountability in relationships, working towards transformation and liberation for all.
For more information please contact us at rsvp@multiculturalbridge.org or call us at 413-394-4029.
TRJ-South and Race Task Force have adopted the following definition of RACISM (adapted from the PISAB): White Privilege + Economic & Social Power/Access + Racial Prejudice, and use the following systemic analysis on race and equity: Individual, Interpersonal, Cultural and Institutional to dismantle the political construct of race. The core values for this work are: trust, safety, and accountability in relationships, working towards transformation and liberation for all.
For more information please contact us at rsvp@multiculturalbridge.org or call us at 413-394-4029.
TRJ Accountability Group and Caucuses
TRJ builds on BRIDGE’s established community work in bringing together integrated African American Leadership Caucus of the Berkshires and ongoing cohorts of two of our community courses, Real Talk on Race and Real Talk on Race for white people.
In addition to the community TRJ-South meetings, BRIDGE supports, hosts and facilitates a number of break-out affinity groups for racial justice through the TRJ Caucus model. Women of Color Retreats and People of Color Caucus Retreats happen at our sister organization Harmony Homestead. Women's Caucus and Women of Color Caucus also take place at our bimonthly Women To Women leadership, development and support groups established in 2009. The TRJ POGM Solidarity Caucus, TRJ Conscious Masculinity for Racial Justice and TRJ White Accomplices for Racial Justice meet every other month, with BRIDGE facilitators' support and education on the intersection of identity in racial justice work.
BRIDGE also holds TRJ monthly Accountability meetings, which grew out of the Caucus model, in particular in relationship with Haymarket Peoples Fund in the earliest days of BRIDGE anti-racism work and a brief interaction with the beginnings of Berkshire SURJ), and the need to hold space to account for extraction, harm, and damaging aspects of white supremacy culture. The Accountability group also supports accountability within BRIDGE spaces such as board, staff and programs while network building and organizing through TRJ and is now a part of the BRIDGE governance model.
Join us at a TRJ-South meeting to learn more and develop an integrated accountability practice throughout your race equity and justice journey.
In addition to the community TRJ-South meetings, BRIDGE supports, hosts and facilitates a number of break-out affinity groups for racial justice through the TRJ Caucus model. Women of Color Retreats and People of Color Caucus Retreats happen at our sister organization Harmony Homestead. Women's Caucus and Women of Color Caucus also take place at our bimonthly Women To Women leadership, development and support groups established in 2009. The TRJ POGM Solidarity Caucus, TRJ Conscious Masculinity for Racial Justice and TRJ White Accomplices for Racial Justice meet every other month, with BRIDGE facilitators' support and education on the intersection of identity in racial justice work.
BRIDGE also holds TRJ monthly Accountability meetings, which grew out of the Caucus model, in particular in relationship with Haymarket Peoples Fund in the earliest days of BRIDGE anti-racism work and a brief interaction with the beginnings of Berkshire SURJ), and the need to hold space to account for extraction, harm, and damaging aspects of white supremacy culture. The Accountability group also supports accountability within BRIDGE spaces such as board, staff and programs while network building and organizing through TRJ and is now a part of the BRIDGE governance model.
Join us at a TRJ-South meeting to learn more and develop an integrated accountability practice throughout your race equity and justice journey.