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What’s Happening Wednesday (or Thursday…)

A statement from Dr. Kimberly Allen, our CEO

Congratulations to our new Level 4 Facilitators!

We could not do the work of 904WARD without our amazing volunteers. This is especially true for providing Race Cards conversations throughout our communities. The above 10 Race Cards facilitators have been leaders in this work, and they have now achieved the highest level of facilitation because of their excellent skills and relentless commitment to this work. So, thank you and congratulations to (from left to right) Julia Burns, Jametoria Burton, Tom Caron, Winifred Henry, Tammi McGriff, Bob Morris, Melanie Patz, Lynn Sherman, Alicia Somers and Tracy Tousey!

The Intersection of Art & Race

904WARD is partnering with Moving the Margins, an Artist-in-Residence program that provides the exhibition space and an equitable perspective for artists to pursue collaborative, large-scale art installations. We invite you to come view the current exhibition, Shelter in Place, by artist Erin Kendrick, at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, July 19 at the Corner Gallery in the Jessie. Immediately following at 6:30 pm, we will host a Race Cards conversation in the second floor Lecture Hall. We hope you can join us for this exciting event!

Preparing Business & Nonprofits for HB7

The new HB7 law, which goes into effect tomorrow, has placed restrictions on how businesses and nonprofits can discuss topics like race, racism, and privilege in their organizations. This is having a chilling effect on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, so we want to make sure companies and organizations know how to have effective trainings while remaining in legal compliance. We are hosting trainings across the state in July with a labor attorney and training expert to provide guidance and answer any questions people may have:

Monday, July 18 - Online at 10:00 am and Orlando at 3:00 pm

Tuesday, July 19 - Tampa at 9:00 am

Wednesday, July 20 - Jacksonville at 9:00 am

For more information or to register for one of the events, please click the button below.

We Have a New Website!

We had a rocky start, but we have a new look and some new features on our website! Please check our new Resources pages that provide suggestions for books, videos, articles, and podcasts as well as definitions for commonly used terms in racial justice work. We also want recommendations from you! We will be rotating the community and staff recommendations on a regular basis, so please submit any recommended resources you want to share!

Naming Our Little Free Diverse Libraries

We want to make sure all of our communities have access to diverse stories and experiences, so we will be installing 20 Little Free Diverse Libraries across the Jacksonville community. And we need your help! We are getting ready to install our first five libraries, which we will be naming after BIPOC authors. Please click on the link below to vote the five BIPOC authors after whom these locations should be named.