Dialogue Workshop
Black people came to this moment thinking I AM ENOUGH.
Dialogue Workshop
Quote from a political science student who participated in the Dialogue Workshop on March 29, 2022.
Go to postFor those who are always living in a time of fracture
In our capitalist and male dominated society, women are left to be the most vulnerable. When trying to initiate change and while engaging in dialogue, we must consider that womxn of color specifically are the backbone of our society and that they are those who are constantly living in a time of fracture.
For those who are always living in a time of fracture
I feel as though this contribution is necessary to get other contributors/viewers to consider those who are most vulnerable really in any society. Once this shift in thinking is facilitated, then that's when we can truly begin to change as a society and give a seat to those who are most marginalized.
Go to postPower Enables Impact
Power Enables Impact
Power Enables Impact
Commentary of how In order to be racist you have to have power for it to make an impact or affect.
Go to postDiscussion in Socio Economic challenges for Color Communities
People of Color Don’t Need Extracurricular Classes
Discussion in Socio Economic challenges for Color Communities
Workshop Dialogue. Discussion of personal experiences with Socio economic challenges such as not having educational resources or budget cuts at schools in Newark because of their race and income, as well as the need for change and representation in the education realm.
Go to postUnderstand Where We Came From in Order to Make a Change
Understand Where We Came From in Order to Make a Change
Understand Where We Came From in Order to Make a Change
Workshop Dialogue. Discussion about the importance of recognizing you own identity, your race, your blackness, and help to break stigmas and the sickle of racism.
Go to postWhat’s the difference between being Latinx and being Hispanic?
What's the difference between being Latinx and being Hispanic?
What’s the difference between being Latinx and being Hispanic?
Dialogue workshop. “The difference between being Latinx and being Hispanic is that when somebody identifies himself as Hispanic, it aligns him/herself with Europeans. On the other hand, when someone identifies itself as Latino, it aligns with African American ancestry”.
Go to postShould I check the white box?
Should I check the white box?
Should I check the white box?
Dialogue workshop. “I’m considerate white back in my country”. Discussion focused on how most Latino cultures consider being light skin as being white, misconception of identity, and how some Latinos don't want to identify their race as black.
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At What Expense Do You Make People Feel Comfortable About Mispronouncing your Ethnic Name?
I mispronounced my name just so that it would fit in their mouth
At What Expense Do You Make People Feel Comfortable About Mispronouncing your Ethnic Name?
A quote from a participant in A Dialogue in a Time of Fracture Workshop – Express Newark.
Go to postImage of Murals for Justice: Newark, “All Black Lives Matter”
Image of Murals for Justice: Newark, “All Black Lives Matter”
On Saturday, June 27th 2021, the words “ABOLISH WHITE SUPREMACY” were painted in bright yellow 25ft high letters on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard between the Essex County Historic Courthouse and Veterans’ Courthouse. On Halsey Street, east of the Rutgers campus, the words “ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER” takes up another city block. These powerful […]
Go to postCity of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Community Members during Murals for Justice: Newark
City of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Community Members during Murals for Justice: Newark
City of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and community members collaborate on ground murals.
Go to postNewark Paramount Theater, Newark, NJ
Newark Paramount Theater, Newark, NJ
Theater in Newark that opened in 1886 under the name of “H.C. Miner’s Newark Theatre.” After renovations in the 1930’s the theatre was named Paramount. It closed in 1986 as a result of skyrocketing insurance rates.
Go to postNDN Collective on Another Year of Impact and Building Indigenous Power
NDN Collective on Another Year of Impact and Building Indigenous Power
In the four years since NDN Collective officially launched as a movement-building organization, we have been honored to build Indigenous power alongside our People and our communities. Since our inception as an organization, we have taken an ecosystem approach to build Indigenous power with different entities within the collective working in tandem to support and […]
Go to postAmplifying Black Artists; Black Voices.
Amplifying Black Artists; Black Voices.
Brooklyn-based artist, MILO MATTHIEU presents an organic introspection of the self, understood broadly in the academic field and brought straight to the canvas. Matthieu’s complex works check in with deep philosophical questions of identity and self-perception. Through a diverse palette of earth tones and primary colors, collage, and other forms of mixed media, Matthieu is […]
Go to postJuneteenth Reparations Rally
Juneteenth Reparations Rally
Image published in the article Mapping a Plan for Reparations in the Twenty-First Centuryby Ashley Dennis, published in Black Perspectives, published by AAIHS.
Go to postListening Practice: A PTL Guidebook
What does The American Dream mean to you? Is there only one dream? Who can achieve it, and how?
Listening Practice: A PTL Guidebook
Quote from Listening Practice: A PTL Guidebook by Millions of Conversations. This is a prompt in this tool kit for dialogue.
Go to postLet’s Talk About Us
We’ve reached a critical and corrosive moment of seeing one another based on party affiliation, based on stereotype and datapoint, based on assumption and conjecture. Despite out striving for something better, we find ourselves dangerously polarized and divided, The good news is we don’t have to stay here.
Let’s Talk About Us
In 2018, Millions of Conversations (Millions) partnered with M&C Saatchi World Services to conduct qualitative and quantitative research about the most effective ways to reverse these polarizing trends with a particular focus on why a majority of Americans hold anti-Muslim bias. The study, “Just Like Us,” draws on evidence from focus groups in five states […]
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