Race, racism, prejudice. These words fill our newsfeeds, but what do they mean and how do we unpack their consequences? Is race biological or a social construct? This session will offer a brief history of the social and legal construction of race and help broaden what we mean when we use the term. Race and racism helps capture the experience…
"The Qatra Sessions" aim to be the building blocks of a larger awareness to social injustice. Each webinar is aimed to be one "qatra," or drop, delving into pertinent topics of today. Our first session is on Environmental Racism. Topic Info: How do race, class and the environment intersect? How did Flint happen? What’s up with the Green New Deal?…
The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) is providing a space for our community to come together to actively engage and strategize a year after 45 was sworn in office. Last year we worked with the Afghan-American Conference to address some of the issues resulting from the 2016 Election. What does this mean for our families? How did we…
