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The Second Tuesday Race Forum and The Privilege Institute are pleased to invite you to come to a stimulating conversation on August 9th.

American Dreams and Nightmares: Facing Toxic Masculinity

 

University of Texas professor Robert Jensen explains that feminism is a gift to men, not a threat.  By understanding the pathology of a system of male dominance, men can not only contribute to a movement seeking justice for women and girls but find ways to escape the corrosive socialization of boys and men.  Jensen will discuss how the normalization of masculinity rooted in domination/subordination that is being modeled and encouraged contributes to multiple and cascading ecological, political, health, inequality, and personal crises.  He will offer an analysis of how we got here and what we can do about it.

 

August 9, 2018 (Thursday), 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

First Unitarian Society of Denver

1400 N. Lafayette Street, Denver

On Weekday Evenings: First Unitarian has spaces reserved in the Alta Court lot across from the church on Lafayette St. You can park in the spots labeled FUSD.  Arrive early to find parking on the streets.

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Robert Jensen is professor emeritus in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and a board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center in Austin. He is the author of The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men (Spinifex Press, 2017). Jensen’s other books include Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully (Counterpoint/Soft Skull, 2015); Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialogue (City Lights, 2013); All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice, (Soft Skull Press, 2009); Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity (South End Press, 2007); The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights, 2005); Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (City Lights, 2004); and Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream (Peter Lang, 2002). Jensen is also co-producer of the documentary film “Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing” (Media Education Foundation, 2009), which chronicles the life and philosophy of the longtime radical activist.  Jensen can be reached at rjensen@austin.utexas.edu and his articles can be found online at http://robertwjensen.org/

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We will be having our annual Celebration for Juneteenth on Tuesday June 12th at 6:30 PM at Park Hill United Methodist Church.  This will be our last scheduled meeting as we start our summer break.
Please note that we will start this month at 6:30 PM, a half hour earlier than usual.
For our celebration, we will have a "sponsored" pot luck.  We are arranging to provide generous servings of fried catfish and spareribs.  We are asking that each of you who are coming will bring along some complementary dishes to serve.  We always look forward to the tasty favorites that folks bring to share!
We also have to ask that you contribute a donation to cover the costs.  Our suggestion is that you donate $10 if you can afford it.  Please don't let it stop you from coming if you cannot.  Donate what you can; we want you to come!
Won't You Please RSVP to this invite by Replying to this email by Friday June 8th so we can place our food orders.  Tell us how many guests you are bringing, and what dish you are going to bring in one of the categories below:
Veggie Side
Bread
Salads
Drinks: Strawberry or Red Pop
Vegetarian main dish (for vegetarian folks)
Dessert
Ice
Cups and Plates
Napkins, Knives and Forks

Accessing the Forum
Please remember to come into the church from the large parking lot on the north side of the church that is accessible off of Glencoe St, that is just east of the church. The door to the church you should use is the one that opens onto that parking lot. If you have passengers with mobility difficulties, you can pull up to that entrance and then park in the lot or on the street. We will be meeting downstairs in the youth lounge this month. Go down the stairs on the right inside the door, or go acorss the ventibule and take the elevaotor in the short hallway to the lower level.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Many of you have heard that Park Hill United Methodist Church is now a sanctuary location with a family currently seeking refuge there.  Security has been enhanced as we continue to be welcomed to use the building for our meetings.  We can only enter the building from the parking lot where someone will be there to open the door for us.  You may not be able to gain access if you are more than 45 minutes late.

The Second Tuesday Race Forum meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June at the Park Hill United Methodist Church at Montview Blvd and Glencoe St. in Denver. Here is a link to a map on Google: https://goo.gl/maps/oekAR4UReYn
If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be, please go to this link and follow the directions to register to our list:
 http://eepurl.com/dcnLN5
You can find more information about the Second Tuesday Race Forum at our website:
secondtuesdayraceforum.org

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Please join us at the Second Tuesday Race Forum, held Tuesday April10th at 7 PM at the Park Hill United Methodist Church at Montview Blvd and Glencoe St. in Denver. Entrance and accessibility information can be found at the bottom of this announcement.

Reports from the White Privilege Conference in Grand Rapids

The theme this year for the White Privilege Conference is “Super People & Super Powers: Prepare to be The Future of Social Justice Work.” Several people from Denver and the Second Tuesday Race Forum are attending the WPC19 conference. They are looking forward to sharing with us in the April meeting some of the most impactful presentations and workshops they attended. We will break into groups to explore in more detail some of the topics. This is a great opportunity for us to gain insights and strategies to deal with the resurgence of white supremacy. We hope that other Denver area residents who attended may be able to join us as well.

Accessing the Forum
Please remember to come into the church from the large parking lot on the north side of the church that is accessible off of Glencoe St, that is just east of the church. The door to the church you should use is the one that opens onto that parking lot. If you have passengers with mobility difficulties, you can pull up to that entrance and then park in the lot or on the street. We will be meeting downstairs in the youth lounge this month. Go down the stairs on the right inside the door, or go across the vestibule and take the elevator in the short hallway to the lower level.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Many of you have heard that Park Hill United Methodist Church is now a sanctuary location with a family currently seeking refuge there. Security has been enhanced as we continue to be welcomed to use the building for our meetings. We can only enter the building from the parking lot where someone will be there to open the door for us. You may not be able to gain access if you are more than 45 minutes late.

The Second Tuesday Race Forum meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June at the Park Hill United Methodist Church at Montview Blvd and Glencoe St. in Denver. Here is a link to a map on Google: https://goo.gl/maps/oekAR4UReYn
If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be, please go to this link and follow the directions to register to our list:
http://eepurl.com/dcnLN5
You can find more information about the Second Tuesday Race Forum at our website:
secondtuesdayraceforum.org

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Please join us at the Second Tuesday Race Forum, held Tuesday,March 13th at 7 PM at the Park Hill United Methodist Church at Montview Blvd and Glencoe St. in Denver. Entrance and accessibility information can be found at the bottom of this announcement.
Going Beyond Colonization

Jacqueline Keeler, a Navajo/Yankton Dakota Sioux writer, says that one way you can determine if a country is a colony is if it extracts resources from a nation and ships it back to the one percent.  When a people are colonized, there is political domination by the wealthiest, their companies, and their government.  Our discussion will look at ways we can decolonize our minds, the land, the culture, etc.
 
As we look at both perspectives of the colonizer within and the colonized, it is helpful to consider the words of theologian Howard Thurman: “Don’t ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Accessing the Forum
Please remember to come into the church from the large parking lot on the north side of the church that is accessible off of Glencoe St, that is just east of the church. The door to the church you should use is the one that opens onto that parking lot. If you have passengers with mobility difficulties, you can pull up to that entrance and then park in the lot or on the street. We will be meeting downstairs in the youth lounge this month. Go down the stairs on the right inside the door, or go acorss the ventibule and take the elevaotor in the short hallway to the lower level.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Many of you have heard that Park Hill United Methodist Church is now a sanctuary location with a family currently seeking refuge there.  Security has been enhanced as we continue to be welcomed to use the building for our meetings.  We can only enter the building from the parking lot where someone will be there to open the door for us.  You may not be able to gain access if you are more than 45 minutes late.

The Second Tuesday Race Forum meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June at the Park Hill United Methodist Church at Montview Blvd and Glencoe St. in Denver. Here is a link to a map on Google: https://goo.gl/maps/oekAR4UReYn
If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be, please go to this link and follow the directions to register to our list: http://eepurl.com/dcnLN5

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Please join us at the Second Tuesday Race Forum, held Tuesday, February 13th at 7 PM at the Park Hill United Methodist Church at Montview Blvd and Glencoe St. in Denver. Entrance and accessibility information can be found at the bottom of this announcement.
Tools of Mass Distraction

One way to control people is to constantly divert their attention from critical issues and their root causes with a sideshow that is difficult to look away from.  This is true for those of us who are committed to overcoming the white supremacy that is so deeply built into our society.
For the February discussion we encourage you to think of ways that white supremacy affects you personally, and how you can challenge it on a day-to-day basis.  What are the distractions that are designed to keep us from doing the work of personal transformation, of building trust across differences?

Accessing the Forum
Please remember to come into the church from the large parking lot on the north side of the church that is accessible off of Glencoe St, that is just east of the church. The door to the church you should use is the one that opens onto that parking lot. If you have passengers with mobility difficulties, you can pull up to that entrance and then park in the lot or on the street. We will be meeting downstairs in the youth lounge this month. Go down the stairs on the right inside the door, or go acorss the ventibule and take the elevaotor in the short hallway to the lower level.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Many of you have heard that Park Hill United Methodist Church is now a sanctuary location with a family currently seeking refuge there.  Security has been enhanced as we continue to be welcomed to use the building for our meetings.  We can only enter the building from the parking lot where someone will be there to open the door for us.  You may not be able to gain access if you are more than 45 minutes late.

The Second Tuesday Race Forum meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June at the Park Hill United Methodist Church at Montview Blvd and Glencoe St. in Denver. Here is a link to a map on Google: https://goo.gl/maps/oekAR4UReYn
If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be, please go to this link and follow the directions to register to our list: http://eepurl.com/dcnLN5