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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:
READ: This is the kind of success story we love to see! For the first time in history, an all-Black team of surgeons is leading Johns Hopkins Hospital’s flagship Trauma and Acute Care Surgery service. Read about it here
WATCH: This inspiring TEDtalk by Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, and widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned: “We Need to Talk About Injustice.” Watch here
*See this related short satirical clip from the humor site, The Onion, in which a white girl is sentenced to be tried as a Black man. (1:53 min) Most memorable quote: “This is America! Nobody deserves to be treated as a Black man!”
Onion video
READ: “We the People: Stories Beneath the Constitution,” a book of essays and poems. The (Un)Known Project’s Hannah Drake and Josh Miller invited writers to reimagine the preamble of the Constitution through their voice, their truth, and their lived experience. For generations, those words have defined who belongs. This anthology asked a different question: who has been left out, and what would it look like to write ourselves back in?
Through poetry and prose, they reflected on justice, freedom, belonging, and the future we are still fighting to build. Through doing so, they invite you to consider your own reimagining.
The book is available at both Carmichael’s locations and Foxing Books locally.
WATCH: This 60 Minutes episode from 2005 that examines the disturbing event in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina where hundreds of mostly Black people trying to escape the devastation to the city walked miles to finally reach the Crescent City Connection bridge. They had been told buses were waiting to carry them to safety. As they tried to cross the bridge, a group of white residents and police wielding shotguns forced them back.
Watch here
VISIT: The Oldham County Historical Society Museum, a National Underground Railroad “Network to Freedom” site. Learn about the history of Kentucky slavery and those who fought against it. Watch this short video, “Untold to the Unforgettable - African American History” with author and History Center Executive Director, Dr. Nancy Stearns Theiss. Watch here
Learn more about the Oldham County Historical Society Museum here:
Oldham Co. Historical Society Museum
LEARN: About Thomas Fuller, also known as “Negro Tom” and the “Virginia Calculator.” Fuller was brought from Africa and sold into slavery in 1724 when he was 14 years old. He got the nickname “Virginia Calculator” because he could solve difficult mathematical problems in his head. Read more about him HERE
READ: Political pressure during the Trump era forced corporate America to put its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on ice. Now, in a surprising turn, growing buy-in is driving a quiet thaw across party lines, with even Republican employees expressing approval for such workplace programs. Read about it here.
LEARN: Kyle Ellison, prison historian and poet, has researched and created informative presentations on incarceration in Kentucky from ICE detentions to Metro jail to state prisons. Kyle is available to give presentations to your groups on the troubling issue of incarceration and profit. Learn more at Kyle’s new website.
Kyle's website
ATTEND: A lecture by Rutgers University political scientist, Dr. Saladin Ambar, on his book, Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes that Shaped Abraham Lincoln. This book explores how 1830s frontier violence and racially motivated mob crimes along the Mississippi River—including the 1836 lynching of Francis McIntosh in St. Louis—influenced a young Abraham Lincoln's worldview and inspired his pivotal Lyceum Address.
Where: Farmington Historic Home, 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY
When: October 15, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Ticket price includes a barbeque dinner provided by Kingsleys.
Register and get tickets here.
GET INVOLVED: A great place to get involved is La Casita – whose mission is to enhance the well-being of Louisville's Latinx community through education, empowerment, advocacy, and wellness. Here are some ways you can help:
La Casita Center
Drop off donations accepted every Wednesday and Thursday 10AM to 3PM.
223 E Magnolia Ave, Louisville (access backdoor in alley.) Needs include dried black beans, white rice; Diapers sizes 3-8, pull-ups, all sizes;
menstrual pads, toothbrushes and toothpaste.
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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