What happens when a community comes together to talk about issues of race and racism? This hour, we find out how one Southington, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø group is helping facilitate conversations between residents and town officials.
Erica Roggeveen Byrne, founder of Southington Women for Progress, joins us. We also sit down with Oliver Scholes of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. And we want to hear from you.
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GUESTS:
- Erica Roggeveen Byrne - Founder of , a non-partisan group based in Southington, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ()
- Tim Connellan - in Southington, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
- Oliver Scholes - Program Coordinator for the in Hartford, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
- Jacqueline Rabe Thomas - Reporter with and ’s state reporting project ()
READING LIST:
Record-Journal: - "outhington Women for Progress held a discussion on race Wednesday, which was attended by six Town Council members and two Board of Education members. Facilitators from the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Hartford led a discussion on why 'color blindness' doesn’t work. The discussion started with the group’s definitions of race, racism, equity and other terms as well as ground rules for the evening’s conversation."
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Mirror: - "Twenty-three school districts last school year didn’t have a single minority educator on staff, state data show. Several districts have had an all white staff for years."
Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
