• Provide resources, accountability, and direction for students who want to read and learn about institutionalized racism in the US
• Create a nonjudgmental, supportive, and inclusive space for meaningful discussion, questions, and education
• Connect topics from history to the current situation
• Serve as a springboard or contextualizing space for getting tangibly involved with the ongoing fight for racial justice and equality

• Discussion meets once a week over Zoom, typically on Sundays
  • Zoom link here: TBD
• There will be a list of readings (and other resources) for each week's discussion
  • Readings will be short form: articles and papers
  • The discussion questions are meant to be a guide
• During discussion, we will
  • ask and discuss critical questions raised by the readings
  • engage with difficult topics in an open and understanding way
  • try to understand how the history has shaped current situations and mindsets

A special thank you to my collaborators Denisse Cordova Carrizales, Alyssa Chen, and Kathleen Esfahany for their ongoing input and kindness.

1. Talking about racism and privilege (Sunday, June 21st, 4pm EDT)
2. Slavery, Reconstruction, and reparations
3. Mass incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline
4. History and current moment of police brutality
5. Protests, riots, and activism
6. Economic and educational disparities
7. Racism and public health
8. Intersectional issues (feminism, LGBTQIA+, disability)
9. Black culture as/in American culture