Social Justice Group Read - How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibrahim Kendi
Zoom Meeting Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81683419033
Session 2– Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Chapters 4 – 7 (Kendi’s own process of introspection and perspective on racist thought)
Study Guide 1: Questions 1, 3, 4, 6 – 9.
Study Guide 2: Question 2
Session 3– Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Chapters 7 – 10 (Kendi’s own process of introspection and perspective on racist thought)
Study Guide 1: Questions 1, 3, 4, 6 – 9.
Study Guide 2: Question 2
Session 4– Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Chapters 11, 13 – 15(Kendi’s own process of introspection and perspective on racist thought)
Study Guide 1: Questions 1, 3, 4, 6 – 9.
Study Guide 2: Question 2
Session 5– Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Chapters: 12, 16-18 (Kendi’s perspectives on policy, power, and politics)
Study Guide 1: Questions 1, 3, 4, 6 – 9.
Study Guide 2: Question 2
Session 6- Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Recap: What have we learned? What actions are called for?
Session 7- TBA: Maybe a session with another group or with other invited guests.
While being sequestered, join the Social Justice Committee in a group read and discussion of a recent book by Ibrahim Kendi, How to be An Anti-Racist. Dr. Kendi is an award-winning author whose previous book, Stamped from the Beginning, chronicled the history of racist thought in America.
Through a shared book reading experience , Dr. Kendi will enlighten us with his concept of anti-racism which can re-energize and re-shape our conversation about racial justice in America. The concept of anti-racism can point us towards liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Dr. Kendi challenges us to think about what an anti-racist society might look like and how we can play an active role in building it.
While we are all sequestered in place, we will arrange reading groups through Zoom to begin after Passover. There will also be an opportunity to share our experience with Dr. Kendi when he comes to Nashville in June 2021 for the 2021 Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University. If you are interested, contact Irwin Venick at irwin.venick@gmail.com.