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Surviving Race: The Intersection of Injustice, Disability, and Human Rights Dialogues & Retreat 2021 | Savannah, Georgia AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 Application Deadline Extended: March 15, 2021
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Purpose
In response to the increased visibility of structural racism, systemic oppression, and police violence, Surviving Race will convene advocates, artists, educators, peer supporters, psychiatric survivors, and white allies to:
Acknowledge, celebrate, and integrate the legacy of hope, resiliency and vision forged by our ancestors
Examine the impact of structural racism, systemic oppression, and police violence on health disparities and racial trauma experienced by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)
Co-create future strategies and implementation steps to counter structural racism, systemic oppression, and police violence against BIPOC
This 4-day forum will be guided by principles of community wealth, empowerment, peer support, and mutual respect. Through our individual journeys, we come together to build a community response that promotes justice and healing for ourselves and for others who have been silenced.
Goals
Co-create a brave space in which we can acknowledge the harms and historical trauma and strive to not be silenced by them
Establish through consensus the level of urgency among proposed topics
Identify, define and operationalize assets and resources
Develop advocacy plan and timeline
Identify probable resources, champions, and next steps
Objectives
Convene a series of facilitated dialogues that frame the urgency of addressing structural racism, systemic oppression, and police violence
Call forth and draw upon the experience and wisdom of keynote speakers
Provide opportunities for affirmation, celebration, and recognition of historical strengths
Encourage multiple approaches to advocacy and healing through dialogue
Utilize a community wealth model to develop a feasible plan and timeline, as well as identify resources, champions and allies
Dialogue and Speaker Topic Areas
Systemic Racism | Anti-Black Racism
Psychiatric Oppression
Police Violence
Exploring the historical roots of slavery and institutional oppression within mental health and prison systems, and their impact on our Future