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Starz's America To Me Documentary Series is Coming to a City Near You!
The 10-part docu-series America to Me explores issues of racial equity within a school setting in Oak Park, IL (the site of a decade-long housing integration effort). The supporting guides provide an opportunity for GARE members and our supporters to take another step to normalize conversations about race. Given the realities named in the series, what are the interventions possible? How can we do better advancing racial equity within government and working in partnership with communities?
Each week, the Participant Media team will be in a different city, screening an episode. Here's where they'll visit.
- New York City (9/8): The NYC screening of episode 3 will be at 4pm at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Boston (9/13): The Boston screening of episode 4 will be at 6pm at the Boston Public Library.
- Los Angeles (9/23): The Los Angeles screening of episode 5 will be at the Writers Guild Theater.
If you would like to attend the below events: please register here to lead a watch group. Free K-12 education licenses are also available once you register! The invitations to the below city events are not yet complete, but if you register for the campaign we will be in touch!
- Washington, DC (9/27)
- Dallas (10/3)
- Charlotte (10/10)
- Oakland (10/18)
- Chicago (10/25)
Do you know students, teachers, parents, administrators, community members, politicians, and influencers whoare READY to have a conversation about race and equity. Are you willing to be a discussion group leader and lead your own conversation? Here’s what you can do:
- Sign up to join the campaign.
- Sign up to host a discussion group and lead the change you want to see.
- Check out the America To Me: Real Talk Digital Experience. It helps viewers understand what inequitable systems and traditions look like and what structural change is. It’s immersive – part conversation guide, part toolkit – and is created for every America to Me episode. The Real Talk guide uses America to Me as a catalyst for conversation. It encourages viewers to think about similar examples in their own schools and communities – the statues in the courtyard, the names on the wall, the practice facilities given to different teams, the things kids are disciplined for and not disciplined for, who gets punished. The goal of the guide is to help viewers find ways to disrupt everyday racism.
For more information about America To Me, to sign up to lead a watch group, or to register for a screening, click here.
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GARE Welcomes its newest member, The City of Elk Grove, California!
Elk Grove is a is a young, ethnically diverse, modern, high-quality suburban community of approximately 172,000 people, located 14 miles south of the California State Capitol in the State’s affordable Central Valley. The City just completed a Diversity Audit of the internal staff workforce as well as an Inclusion Strategy that we will be implementing. Next steps for internal work include staff training based on outcomes in the audit and strategy. We are excited to be joining the GARE network and are committed to advancing racial equity!
To read more about the City of Elk Grove, click here.
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Upcoming Events
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), a joint project of Race Forward and Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society, is happy to announce Advancing Racial Equity: Building a Movement for Impact Through Local Government Action will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Harris Center on September 20th!
For more information, or to register for this event, click here.
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Register now for the GARE Pre-con at Facing Race 2018!
General registration as well as GARE Pre-Conference registration is now open for our 2018 Facing Race Conference in Detroit, MI! This Pre-conference will explore how we can build movement for racial equity in communities across the United States. Make sure to register today as tickets at your preferred price may sell out quickly. The GARE Pre-Conference event will take place on Tuesday, November 8th from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
For more detailed information about our sessions, speakers, or to register for the GARE Pre-con at Facing Race 2018, click here.
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