MidAtlantic Gathering, March 2005

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Work Products of the Conference

The conference was intended to foster contact, dialogue and relationship-building among participants. We also produced some work products, in the form of lists. The lists are presented below.

Workshops, Lectures & Trainings Suggested by Participants

  • "Undoing Racism" Workshop. by The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
  • "City Wide Dialogues" - Syracuse InterReligious Council 12 week discussion groups
  • "Challenging White Supremacy"
  • "Training For Change"
  • "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome" and other lectures by Dr. Joy Leary
  • White Privilege Conference (Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr.)
  • Kaleel Jamison


List of Powerful Resources Suggested By Participants:

  • Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat
  • Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
  • Meridian and By the Light of My Father's Smile by Alice Walker
  • Learning to be White by Thandeka
  • Lifting the White Veil by Jeff Hitchcock
  • A Promise and a Way of Life
  • Divided Sisters: White and Black in the U.S.
  • Challenging White Supremacy by Paul Kivel
  • Dancing with Bigotry: Beyond the Politics of Tolerance by Donaldo Macedo and Lilia I. Bartolome
  • Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
  • Property by Valerie Martin
  • The Known World by Edward P. Jones
  • Faces Relations, edited. by Marilyn Singer (for teens)
  • Sally Hemmings and The Hottentot Venus by Marilyn Singer
  • White Men Challenging Racism: 35 Narratives
  • White Privilege, edited by Paula Rottenberg
  • That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
  • Teaching for Diversity and Change
  • Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Dr. Beverly Tatem
  • "Race: The Power of an Illusion" (esp.segment 3 on housing discrimination) - video
  • "History of White American Culture, Volumes I & II" - video
  • "BEAH… A Black Woman Speaks" - video
  • "Ida B. Wells" - video
  • "Color of Fear" video produced by Lee Mun Wah
  • "A White Anti-Racist is an Oxymoron" - article by Tanya Nopper on 'Anarchist People of Color' website
  • 'Colours of Resistance' website
  • illegalvoices.org
  • Tim Wise's website (timwise.org)
  • Catalyst project
  • Articles by Chris Crass


"What Worked with the Conference" List

  • Jokes
  • Fun
  • Stimulation
  • Structure for getting started
  • Good Information
  • Safe frame - no put-downs
  • Affordable - (and therefore accessible to many)
  • Lodging provided
  • Meeting others
  • 'Welcomer' for late-comers
  • Good location
  • Cross-generational connections
  • Safe and Spiritual
  • Not basic "101"
  • Safe queer space
  • Exchange of ideas
  • Intimacy
  • Good questions
  • Designed for groups
  • Hearing a collective voice
  • Struggles are shared
  • Partnering for discussion/changing partners
  • Regionally sized
  • Plentiful food/Vegetarian options
  • Elements of ritual


"Wish List" for Future Endeavors

  • Physical activity
  • Small group opportunities
  • Intentional intergenerational leadership (particularly in the planning)
  • Issue-based discussions
  • Incorporating/integrating new people
  • Better acoustics/amplification
  • Form geographic 'clusters'
  • Keep each other informed of our process via email, etc.
  • Returning to meet again
  • Identify in advance issues, struggles & questions that can be explored in small groups
  • Sharing some of our personal stories
  • Have Playback come to our next gathering
  • Envisioning, planning and strategizing for the longer-term
  • More discussion of the intersection with the other "isms"
  • Using the meta-community to hold member groups accountable - "Think it up a level"
  • Reach out to people of color to incorporate them, from inception, into the process
  • Working towards clarification of accountability toward POC, with POC
  • Recruiting more men into this process