Dear Members of the Community,
We want to warmly invite you to join us this coming Thursday night,
November 20th at 7PM for an important talk by Debby Irving followed by
open discussion. Everyone in the community is invited. Details are
below. More information about the Coming Together project is at our
website, also listed below. We hope you can join us.*** Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race - will speak at the Grace Episcopal Church Parish Hall on Thursday, November 20th at 7PM. Free and open to the public. All are invited. She is coming to Amherst to address our community about moving forward on issues of racial justice. Her book is the story of her own awakening from a well-meaning, but not very well informed liberal, to become a growing, anti-racism activist and widely praised author.
“Debby Irving’s powerful Waking Up White opens a rare window on how white Americans are socialized. Irving’s focus on the mechanics of racism operating in just one life — her own — may lead white readers to reconsider the roots of their own perspectives — and their role in dismantling old myths. Readers of color will no doubt find the view through Irving’s window fascinating, and telling.” – Van Jones, Author of Rebuild the Dream and co-host of CNN Crossfire.
Also recommended by Peggy McIntosh and Bishop Gene Robinson.
The entrance to the Parish Hall is on Spring St, near Boltwood Ave just off the Amherst Common.
If you are interested in childcare for this event, please contact Leigh Salvage at leighann716@gmail.com.
(Not a PGO or school-sponsored event)
