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Racial Healing Talking Circle

Coming to the Table: Racial Healing Talking Circle for Bloomington and Normandale Community College

By Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute

Date and time

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 · 4:30 - 6pm PST

Location

Online

About this event

This racial healing talking circle is sponsored by the City of Bloomington and Normandale Community College.

Please join this racial healing talking circle if you identify as someone who routinely experiences racism, race-based violence, prejudice, or discrimination and desire to engage in constructive dialogue with others about these experiences.

Alternatively, if you do not routinely experience racism, race-based violence, prejudice, or discrimination and want to begin to understand these harms, consider joining these talking circles:

Tues. Jan 19, 2021 1-2:30pm

Wed. Jan. 20, 2021 8:30-10:00am

If you recognize the traumatic impacts of racism and have practice engaging in constructive dialogue with others about historical, cultural and structural racism, consider joining this talking circle:

Wed. Jan. 20, 2021 1:00-2:30pm

At Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute, (i.e. Peacebuilding), we will use the Coming to the Table (CTTT) talking circle format. CTTT invites all those interested in engaging in constructive dialogue to come together to envision just, truthful and safe spaces for all community members. We acknowledge and seek to heal the racial wounds from historical trauma of enslavement, genocide, and the racism these collective traumas continue to spawn. Locally, CTTT Minneapolis provides ongoing relationship engagement, leadership, resources, and a supportive environment to dismantle racism rooted in the United States’ history of slavery, genocide of Indigenous people and exploitation of other vulnerable populations including immigrants.

This CTTT talking circle will be facilitated by Peacebuilding's Assistant Executive Director Crixell Shell who identifies as an African American cisgender woman.

We welcome all in the City of Bloomington and Normandale Community College who want to begin healing from racialized trauma, build resilience, and create healthy power for positive structural change that leads to justice for all to join us.

*Due to concerns of COVID-19, CTTT will be held online via Zoom. A link will be sent to participants shortly before the group meets.

The information you are being asked to provide will be shared with the City of Bloomington and will be subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. There is no requirement that any portion of the requested data be provided. There is no consequence for failing to provide this data other than that you may be unable to complete the registration process.

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The Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute ("Peacebuilding") is a 501(c)(3) non-partisan public charity nonprofit organization transforming psychological trauma into nonviolent power with positive productive alternatives to revenge. We prepare individuals, organizations, and communities for truth-telling and repairing harm for healed, just, equitable relationships toward the possibility of reconciliation.  Our mission is to instigate, train, and support racially, sexually, culturally, ethnically, religiously, and economically diverse individuals and organizations to become trauma-informed, resilience-oriented, and restorative justice-focused, empowering communities in Minnesota, the USA, and around the world.  Our vision is making Minnesota the Peacebuilding Power State for All. www.mnpeace.org For additional information, please contact us at info@mnpeace.org and find us on social media as @MNPeacebuilding.

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