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This is your own personal journey. To participate, we ask that you complete at least 3 activities this week. You can use the ARC Tracking tool below to monitor your progress. Choose from the following:
REGISTER TO VISIT: The SEEK Museum, (Struggles for Emancipation and Equality in Kentucky). Join us for this fascinating trip to Russellville KY
Saturday, November 14th.
We will leave Louisville at 10:00 a.m. for an approximately 2 1/2 hour drive via passenger van to Russellville, KY. Historian Mariel Gardner will speak with us on the van to highlight the history of Russellville / Logan County. Upon arrival, we'll grab lunch and then head over to the Bibb House, the old plantation. Tour begins at 1:00 (CST) and lasts approximately 2 hours. We'll tour the "Big House" and then travel about 1.5 miles to "The Bottom" -Tickets include transportation and admission to the museum.
Spots are limited, so reserve your spot today! Get tickets HERE
JOIN THE WALKING TOUR: Join Listen Learn Act for a walking tour of the historic Olmsted Shelby Park with guide Denise Davis. Denise will cover Olmsted's vision and design while also exploring the ways Louisville culture and customs, even more than laws, worked to maintain the racial hierarchy in our city. The tour path is paved and flat, and approximately 1 mile.
WHEN: Saturday, November 7th at 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
WHERE: Meet at 600 E. Oak St.
Space is limited.
The tour is free, but registration is required. Register HERE
WATCH: This TEDtalk by Julieanna L. Richardson, Founder of The HistoryMakers, the largest national archive of African American video-oral history. With the current policies and practices of intentionally trying to erase and minimize African American experience and accomplishment, her work matters more than ever. Watch here
READ: In Listen Learn Act classes, we have studied the possibilities and impact of Louisville’s Deflection Program which sends mental health care workers instead of police for certain 911 calls involving addiction and mental health crises. This article explores how the idea is catching on. Read here
LEARN: A statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, stood proudly in Charlottesville, Virginia, until it was removed in 2021 as part of the racial justice awakening. It was then decommissioned and given to a California-based arts non-profit, which pledged to use it for “transformation, not further veneration.” Artist Kara Walker cut it into pieces then reassembled it with the title, “Unmanned Drone,” as a “monument to the horror of American white supremacy.” One commentator spoke of its impact: “To see these fraught Confederate objects “recontextualized within the context of an artistic exhibit” … “it takes away some of their power to harm.” Learn about this project and other “repurposings” of Confederate statues here:
Read about it here.
*This 4-minute video examines Walker’s intentions and finished product of the cruel Confederate general transformed from a hero into the monster that his actions say he was: Watch here
LEARN: The Equal Justice Initiative, founded by public interest lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, sends out a daily email with their “History of Racial Injustice” calendar. This is the entry for October 8, 2026.
*You can sign up to receive the free daily email here: HERE
WATCH: Producer Cortney Wade sits down with attorney and activist, Bryan Stevenson, to discover the inspiration behind the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial For Peace And Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. This video (9 min.) is a MUST SEE for all of us on this journey of justice and reconciliation of our country's past and future. Watch here
WATCH: This short clip from U of L Professor of African Studies, Dr. Ricky Jones, examining a Kentucky politician’s appropriation of language from Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery and later became the leader of the Abolition movement, its most passionate and persuasive orator.
Watch here
LEARN: Language matters, and the words we choose often not only express our intentions but help shape them. This article parses out terms for different aspects of Racial Healing, allowing us to better understand and hopefully, contribute in a positive way. Read about it here.
WATCH: This short overview of a period in U.S. history that many of us don’t fully understand, Reconstruction. The video provides a timeline for the tragic rise in the possibility of full integration of formerly enslaved people and its swift fall to the return to Black disenfranchisement. Note the fear-mongering term used to push for reinstatement of the status quo: “Black Supremacy” over whites. (Do you hear echoes today in the white supremacist slogan, “You Will Not Replace Us”?)
“Reconstruction explained in five questions and answers”
Watch here (3:50)
CREATE your own anti-racism activity. If you like, please share it with us at dikerrigan@listenlearnact.org so we can pass the idea on to others.
CONNECT: Invite a friend to the 4-week ARC. Just send them this link to sign up!
Thank you for your commitment.
Debbi and Di
Use the link below to copy or download this ARC Tool to track your progress:
ARC tracking tool.xlsx
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