This is a list of the topics we discussed at our monthly meetings since 2003 up to 2014. The archive of more recent (since this blog started) meeting topics is listed on the right side of the homepage.

 If you would like to have a complete list of these topics and full descriptions in a document, you can view and download a PDF of the Topics and Descriptions  by clicking HERE.

If you scroll down and hover over each topic title in turn you can read a brief description of that topic in a pop-up box.

 

July and August 2014 - Summer Break, no meetings

June 2014 - We did not hold our annual Juneteenth Celebration this year due to conflicts with the memorials for Dr Vincent Harding

May 2014 - Dog Whistle Politics

April 2014 – AIDS/HIV in the Communities of Color

March 2014 – Updating “The Talk”

February 2014 – What Is Really Happening to Denver’s Homeless Neighbors?

January 2014 – Neutralized or Obsolete?

December 2013 – 12 Years a Slave Debriefing

November 2013 – The Stress of Being Invisible

October 2013 – Educating Young Men of Color

September 2013 – Justice in the Age of Trayvon Martin

 

July and August 2013 – summer break, no meetings

June 2013 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2013 – Generations Apart: Black Women's Attitudes about Race and Social Justice

April 2013 – Canceled due to snow storm

March 2013 – The Legacies of Slavery – Part 2

February 2013 – The Legacies of Slavery – Part 1

January 2013 –Stories of Race in the Family

December 2012 – Meeting canceled

November 2012 – The Impact of Changing Demographics on Race Relations in America

October 2012 – Is It Always About Race?

September 2012 – Twice as Good, Half as Black

 

July and August 2012 – summer break, no meetings

June 2012 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2012 – The New Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration in America

April 2012 – Immigration, Part 2

March 2012 – Immigration, Part 1

February 2012 – A Nigerian Immigration Experience

January 2012 – Attended Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award Ceremony

December 2011 – Warmth of Other Suns

November 2011 – Freedom Riders Film

October 2011 -- What is hard and what is good about talking about Racism

September 2011 – Who Do You Assume I Am?

 

July and August 2011 – summer break, no meetings

June 2011 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2011 – Lessons Learned

April 2011 – Is Sex Discrimination Still a Problem?

March 2011 – Lessons and Insights from the Michelle Alexander Events

February 2011 – Continuing the Conversation

January 2011 – Race R Us

December 2010 – How the Founding Fathers Planted and Cultivated the Seeds of Racism in the American Ethos

November 2010 – What Does Healing Look Like?

October 2010 – How Race Benefitted the Founding of America

September 2010 – End of Summer Review

 

July and August 2010 – summer break, no meetings

June 2010 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2010 – The New Jim Crow

April 2010 – Emotional Aspects of Discussing Race – Part 2

March 2010 – Emotional Aspects of Discussing Race

February 2010 – Developments in Brain Science Impacting Our Understanding of Race

January 2010 – Wearing the Hijab

December 2009 – Making Choices Within “The Club” Membership

November 2009 – Ft. Hood Shootings and Implications for Muslim Americans

October 2009 – Membership in the Club

September 2009 – Teachable Moments

 

July and August 2009 – summer break, no meetings

June 2009 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2009 – Day to Day Survival

April 2009 – Defining Post-Racial America

March 2009 – Screening Traces of the Trade and Author Visit

February 2009 – Evolving Racialized Images in the Media

January 2009 – Defining an Ally: How Can We Support Each Other?

December 2008 – You Are Here. Now, where is that?

November 2008 – The Election of a New President

October 2008 – How the Wealth Was Won

September 2008 – Defining Patriotism

 

July and August 2008 – summer break, no meetings

June 2008 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2008 – The National Reaction to Rev. Jeremiah Wright

April 2008 – How Do We Talk About Race in America & Obama’s Race Speech

March 2008 – Complexities of Repair: “Banished”

February 2008 – Sundance Review -- White Redemption

January 2008 – Dr. Vincent Harding: Catching Up with Martin Luther King Jr.

December 2007 – More stories

November 2007 – It’s Not Over Yet – the Historical Development of Institutional Racism

October 2007 – The Holographic Nature of Supremacy

September 2007 – The Race Changing Room

 

July and August 2007 – summer break, no meetings

June 2007 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2007 – White Privilege Conference Reports

April 2007 – The Levels of Racism

March 2007 – A Racial Check Up: Clara Villarosa Visits

February 2007 – White Privilege 101: Getting in on the Conversation

January 2007 – Obamamania: What’s the Significance of His Popularity?

December 2006 – Waging a War On (Of) Terror, Dr. Dahlia Wasfi

November 2006 – Gov. Richard Lamm’s speech on How to Destroy America

October 2006 – Prison system of Colorado

September 2006 – Hurricane Katrina aftermath

 

July and August 2006 – summer break, no meetings

June 2006 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2006 – Immigration: A complex cultural issue

April 2006 – Coming to the Table Conference, meeting with descendents of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings; and “CSA: The Confederate States of America”

March 2006 – Playing the Sexual Race Card

February 2006 – Black/White Reactions to the O.J. Verdict

January 2006 – Who Gets to Be White

December 2005 – Becoming a White Ally

November 2005 – White Identity Development

October 2005 – Afrocentricity [Dr. Robert Atwell]

September 2005 – Joint event with Jonathan Kozol

 

July and August 2005 – summer break, no meetings

June 2005 – Annual Juneteenth celebration

May 2005 – Traces of the Trade documentary about the journey of healing for descendents of America’s largest slave trading family

April 2005 – Changing the Racial Narrative [Dr. Tink Tinker]

March 2005 – The Oscars, Oprah, and New Age Racism

February 2005 – Unconscious Influences on Racial Attitudes
December 2004 – The Elephant in the Room: What racial issues are not being discussed in America?

November 2004 – Healing from a Difficult Election: Breaking the Cycle

October 2004 – Preventing Another American Apartheid: Japanese American interment camps [Marge Taniwaki]

September 2004 – Revisiting our stories

 

July and August 2004 – summer break, no meetings

June 2004 – Juneteenth Celebration

May 2004 – Brown v. Board of Education

April 2004 – Gays, Civil Rights, and the Black Community [Rev. Gil Caldwell]

March 2004 – Racism and Textbooks

February 2004 – Col. John Mosley and the Tuskegee Airmen

January 2004 – That Vision Thing – The Future of Race Relations

December 2003 – The Negro in America, 1963

November 2003 – Out of Country Experiences

September 2003 – How do whites feel about race and affirmative action?

Plus a tribute to Barbara Reed

August 2003 – African American Research Library tour

July 2003 – Race: The Power of an Illusion, hour 2

June 2003 – Juneteenth Celebration / Helen Littlejohn’s poetry

May 2003 – The Relationship of Race and Religion [Rev. Gil Caldwell / Dr. Phil Campbell]

April 2003 – Stories

March 2003 – What is happening to integration? / Lani Guinier

February 2003 – What’s changing in the culture?

January 2003 – America’s “Trent Lott moment”

For information about earlier conversations see the PDF that lists all the topics we have discussed.