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X-WR-CALDESC:The Reparations Working Group will be hosting two age cohort B
 lack Caucus healing spaces for the BYM community. These events are specifi
 cally designed to create a respite\, space to share thoughts\, ideas\, and
  experiences with one another\, and a safe space to heal.\n\nIn addition t
 o a healing space\, this caucus will provide a space for conversations tha
 t we will use to discuss our understanding of language and experience as i
 t relates to being Black in BYM. Further\, we will seek to understand each
  of our unique experiences in order to unearth what a truly effective Repa
 rations Action Working Group could do for the entire community. This will 
 help ensure that the Reparations Action Working Group centers Black voices
  and does our work in an anti-racist way.\n\nDates for the events: Please 
 only sign up for one!  Ideally\, these groups would be divided by age\, ho
 wever if only one date works for you and it does not correspond to your ag
 e group\, please do still sign up.\n- Thursday\, Dec 10\, 6-8pm (Born afte
 r 1980)\n- Saturday\, Dec 12\, 1-3pm (Born before 1980)\n\nWho is this for
 ? Anti-racist work is about making space for marginzalized groups. Creatin
 g this space will ensure that there is room for Friends to speak who are n
 ot always in the room. We cannot have effective conversations about repara
 tions if people do not want to acknowledge race and racism. This group is 
 closed for Black Friends and People of Color only.  We will allow all BIPO
 C to join us\, however we will center the stories and experiences of Black
  people while on the call.\n\nIf you are white and feel that you should be
  in this room\, please check your privilege and hold space to reflect abou
 t how you will spend time sitting out of this very important Black convers
 ation. Even more\, if you want to gather with each other to discuss it\, y
 ou may\, but we will not take up time in this discussion debating vs. educ
 ating folks about skin color\, colorism\, or what Black means. These seman
 tic arguments prevent progress and if we are arguing\, amongst ourselves o
 r as a community\, we will never get to the part of the conversation where
  we can commit to a reparations movement. White supremacy wins when we arg
 ue amongst ourselves while oppression continues.   \n\nWe look forward to 
 building a space together to talk about what it means to be Black inside t
 he BYM community.
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DESCRIPTION:The Reparations Working Group will be hosting two age cohort Bl
 ack Caucus healing spaces for the BYM community. These events are specific
 ally designed to create a respite\, space to share thoughts\, ideas\, and 
 experiences with one another\, and a safe space to heal.\n\nIn addition to
  a healing space\, this caucus will provide a space for conversations that
  we will use to discuss our understanding of language and experience as it
  relates to being Black in BYM. Further\, we will seek to understand each 
 of our unique experiences in order to unearth what a truly effective Repar
 ations Action Working Group could do for the entire community. This will h
 elp ensure that the Reparations Action Working Group centers Black voices 
 and does our work in an anti-racist way.\n\nDates for the events: Please o
 nly sign up for one!  Ideally\, these groups would be divided by age\, how
 ever if only one date works for you and it does not correspond to your age
  group\, please do still sign up.\n- Thursday\, Dec 10\, 6-8pm (Born after
  1980)\n- Saturday\, Dec 12\, 1-3pm (Born before 1980)\n\nWho is this for?
  Anti-racist work is about making space for marginzalized groups. Creating
  this space will ensure that there is room for Friends to speak who are no
 t always in the room. We cannot have effective conversations about reparat
 ions if people do not want to acknowledge race and racism. This group is c
 losed for Black Friends and People of Color only.  We will allow all BIPOC
  to join us\, however we will center the stories and experiences of Black 
 people while on the call.\n\nIf you are white and feel that you should be 
 in this room\, please check your privilege and hold space to reflect about
  how you will spend time sitting out of this very important Black conversa
 tion. Even more\, if you want to gather with each other to discuss it\, yo
 u may\, but we will not take up time in this discussion debating vs. educa
 ting folks about skin color\, colorism\, or what Black means. These semant
 ic arguments prevent progress and if we are arguing\, amongst ourselves or
  as a community\, we will never get to the part of the conversation where 
 we can commit to a reparations movement. White supremacy wins when we argu
 e amongst ourselves while oppression continues.   \n\nWe look forward to b
 uilding a space together to talk about what it means to be Black inside th
 e BYM community.
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SUMMARY:Reparations Working Group Black Caucus Healing Space
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