Webinar Recording: Community Engagement – Activism, Organizing and What's In-between

Let's Talk Series by Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation

On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 7-9 p.m. EDT, our panelists shared what they're doing, why it's rewarding, what they've learned and what tips they have for you.

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• Oakland Mills Online (OMO): https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/how-to-help.html

• Columbia Community Care: https://donorbox.org/columbia-community-care-donations

• Beyond Rhetoric: https://beyondrhetoric.org/donate

Panelists

• Amy Brooks, Cofounder, Oakland Mills Online (OMO)

• Erika Strauss Chavarria, Founder, Columbia Community Care (CCC)

• Troy Spencer Grant, PhD, Founder & President, Beyond Rhetoric

• Amanda Lay, Project S.T.I.R. Facilitator, People on the Go Maryland

• Cleonie Maineville, Founder, Diversity & Inclusion for Community Empowerment (DICE)

• Yolanda F. Sonnier, Administrator, Howard County Maryland, Office of Human Rights & Equity (OHRE)

Use "Community Organizing Strategies"

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11fOYjL2gXfv5QRsZ1dCBfc43SmeSFJwn/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114532528621045084838&rtpof=true&sd=true

What are you reading?

Troy

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-short-and-tragic-life-of-robert-peace-a-brilliant-young-man-who-left-newark-for-the-ivy-league-jeff-hobbs/586323?ean=9781476731919

Amy

A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-renaissance-of-our-own-a-memoir-manifesto-on-reimagining-rachel-elizabeth-cargle/17985584?ean=9780593134733

Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

https://bookshop.org/p/books/madame-restell-the-life-death-and-resurrection-of-old-new-york-s-most-fabulous-fearless-and-infamous-abortionist-jennifer-wright/18545682?ean=9780306826795

Amanda

The Working Poor: Invisible in America

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-working-poor-invisible-in-america-david-k-shipler/8509527?ean=9780375708213

Yolanda

The Little Black Boy

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-little-black-boy-jonathan-a-mckinney/20099230?ean=9781947741782

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights-united-nations/13098487?ean=9780648531500

Modern-Day Strategies for Community Engagement: How to Effectively Build Bridges Between People and the Bottom Line

https://bookshop.org/p/books/modern-day-strategies-for-community-engagement-how-to-effectively-build-bridges-between-people-and-the-bottom-line-makara-rumley/14126997?ean=9781644841303

Erika

White paper

Dismantling the Pre-School to Prison Pipeline Through Black Literacy and Education for Transformation

https://www.wayfinder.foundation/resources

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