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News: • View our special report: Spurred to Action: Voices of Participants in “White People Challenging Racism: Moving From Talk to Action” • Upcoming classes: a d Fall - Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Starting October 20. Five Tuesday sessions, 5:45pm-7:45 pm. 617-547-6789. Facilitators: Barbara Beckwith and Mark Schafer. $28. Our founding member Jennifer Yanco gave the keynote address at the University of New England in Maine, as part of their Diversity Lecture Series, entitled, “Privilege, Power & Politics.” You can read a PDF of the speech here. Articles about WPCR: Final Call wrote a small article about our class and Community Change. The Alewife newsletter interviewed WPCR co-facilitators Jennifer Yanco, Barbara Beckwith and Lisa Graustein. WPCR was mentioned in an article in the Boston Globe about white groups talking and acting against racism. • Are you an alum of the class? Join our alum Yahoo group! |
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White People Challenging Racism (WPCR) workshops are the ongoing project of a group committed to building a racially just society through working with other white people. WPCR provides the information, skills, and confidence necessary for white people to do something about racism, and to gain the racial self-awareness needed for genuine participation in multiracial communities. Our five-part workshop consists of weekly two-hour meetings over the course of five weeks. Workshops are led by pairs of facilitators utilizing readings, exercises, discussion, and real world assignments to build participants’ skills and confidence in confronting racism. Since 1999, the course has drawn more than 500 participants, ages 13 to 81, from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Initially developed (and still offered) at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education (www.CCAE.org), WPCR is offered at adult education programs and college campuses in the Boston area, and can be adapted for teachers, police, fire fighters, public servants, social service providers, and others. |
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d Our work has been generously supported by the Community Change, Inc. and the Haymarket People’s Fund. |