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Day three recap - WKKF America Healing Conference

April 26, 2012

View the story "Power, Privilege and Democracy " on StorifyPower, Privilege and Democracy Storified by WKKF · Thu, Apr 26 2012 18:55:08 This is the third of four daily roundups from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's second annual America Healing Conference for grantees. We'll be curating the best tweets, pictures and videos throughout the week. For more information and news releases from the day's conversations visit wkkf.org.

Follow #racialequity and @wk_kellogg_fdn on Twitter for continued updates.

#racialequity is about the system, racial healing is about the individual: @arc_rinkusen. This is what America Healing is about.WKKF

For the day's opening plenary session, Harvard University Professor Charles Ogletree moderated a panel on "Power, Privilege and Democracy" with speakers including Donna Brazile, syndicated columnist and television commentator, and Ian Haney Lopez, law professor at UC Berkeley. The panelists discussed the historic construction of race, power and democracy in the United States and strategies to renew a sense of civic engagement among communities of color.

Leaders from America Healing's anchor institutions, including the NAACP and the National Council of La Raza and the National Congress of American Indians, among others, discussed the current racial climate, with topics ranging from education to the Trayvon Martin case to voter rights. The discussion addressed proactive means to transform the learning environment so that all children have an opportunity to thrive. RT @NCAI1944: Among civil rights leaders @WK_Kellogg_Fdn Conf. NCAI ExDir Pata sets stage with #VAWA & Sovereignty #racialequity http://yfrog.com/ob8vxmajJulienne Xene CrossPhoto: Panelists from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's anchor institutions

On Power, Privledge and Democracy...

Peggy McIntosh, associate director, Wellesley Centers for WomenRT @racialicious: McIntosh: "Privilege confers power, and privilege, conferring power, interferes with democracy." #racialequityClassrooms and CellsMyth of meritocracy is a major challenge in our education system. @peggymcintosh @WK_Kellogg_Fdn #racialequitySayu BhojwaniMcIntosh: "Students, use your power. You have far more power than your school will tell you." #racialequityRacialiciousIan Hanley Lopez, John H. Boalt Professor of Law, UC BerkeleyLopez: Racism has evolved and it has changed,its not just about unconscious bias, it is a tool that is quite helpful today. #racialequityWKKFRT @WK_Kellogg_Fdn: Lopez: We're always talking about race, it's time for us to talk about #racialequity + healingPRRAC_DCRT @wk_kellogg_fdn: Lopez: Long term, we need to reinvigorate the language of race even if it doesn't currently pull well #racialequityRajBarbara Arwine, Executive Director, The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights LawArwine: "We must create the resistance movement! We need to fight for election protection." Educate and empower voters. #racialequityRacialiciousArnwine: because of our fight, we were able to protect most states from ID laws. But we can't rest! #racialequity http://pic.twitter.com/v0zx1fZCRachel PoulainArnwine: What we need to look for in 2012: long lines, purges, confusion. 5 mill citizens could have vote suppressed. #racialequityClaudiaHorwitz2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationDonna Brazile, strategist, syndicated columnist and television commentatorRT @racialicious: Donna Brazile: "There's been a re-segregation of our politics." #racialequity Here it is: http://ow.ly/ax9AIBe MockRT @WK_Kellogg_Fdn: Poverty is not just about the lack of financial resources - there are other challenges - Donna Brazile #racialequityMark VanderhoekHome in New Orleans at conf. America Healing: A racial equity initiative of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. http://pic.twitter.com/Zal9zLeCDonna BrazileThanks for tweeting Donna! RT @debreese: Brazile: "There's power in that ballot." "We have to educate people" so they protect their ballot. #racialequityRenee Holt On the Current Racial Climate...

Leaders from national civil rights groups analyzed the current state of race and politics in the US, and provided some ideas on how to move forward towards a vision that is inclusive of all children's needs.

2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationJacqueline Johnson Pata, National Congress of American IndiansPata - We're at the table finally, but still have to deal with structural differences that keep some of us out of #racialequity convos.WKKF2012 America Healing Conference -- Jacqueline Johnson Pata, NCAIkelloggfoundation2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationRT @racialicious: Pata: We must fight for sovereignty, to have our tribal courts recognized, to practice self-determination. #racialequityNCAIPhilip Tegeler, Poverty and Race Research CouncilTegeler: "Look for successful communities where people have integrated. Where has our policy worked?" Oh hai MoCo c.1999! #racialequityRacialiciousPhilip Teleger: We need to bring children together across race. #racialequity http://pic.twitter.com/4kzWtxA0Rachel PoulainRinku Sen, Applied Research CenterRinku: "For people to have a vision of a multiracial democracy, they need to see it!" Cosign. #racialequityRacialicious@racialicious @ARC_RinkuSen @WK_Kellogg_Fdn: it's time for racial equity impact analyses and assessments across the board. #racialequityNCAPAJanet Murguia, National Council of La RazaRT @wk_kellogg_fdn: Murguia of @NCLR - Everyone should have the right to live up to their best potential #racialequityNCLRJanet Murguia: we gotta come together, stay together and move forward. #racialequity http://pic.twitter.com/zpRO4njLRachel PoulainMurguia: We've been down this road before. Now is a time for unity. Show the strength of all of our communities of color #racialequity.WKKFKathleen Ko, Asia & Pacific Islander American Health ForumKathleen Ko: how do we get our local partners to work together on issues but also on racial healing #racialequityVanessa CardenasKathleen Ko: Learning about our sense as outsiders and of belonging, and belonging to wider circles. #racialequity http://pic.twitter.com/4ERi5ybgRachel PoulainKathy Ko of @apiahf: mentions unifying work between South Asian, Muslim and African Amer communities on profiling #racialequityNCAPAMarc Morial, National Urban League, Inc. Morial: the goal is not a postracial society but a multicultural democracy that affirms the contributions of every individual #racialequityVanessa Cardenas2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationRT @restorerofpeace @racialicious Morial: Care & compassion for the vulnerable may not always be popular but it's right. #racialequityDeanna Shoss Judith Brown-DianisRT @WK_Kellogg_Fdn: "Every child is entitled to have a high quality education." -Brown-Dianis #racialequityPubSchoolParentsJxn2012 America Healing Conference -- Judith Browne-DianiskelloggfoundationRT @WK_Kellogg_Fdn: Brown-Dianis - It's not just about November, but what are we going to do the day after? #racialequityaddteach Ben Jealous, NAACP
@BenJealous Our racial coding and rhetoric divides us, creating more fear for someone else's child than love for our own. #racialequityNashira Baril2012 America Healing Conference -- Benjamin Jealous, NAACPkelloggfoundationRT @racialicious: Jealous: "We have to really give our children permission to really own this country." #racialequityReAL TaLkRalph Everett, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Inc. Everett: The election matters. Your vote matters. 10M African Americans are eligible to vote but not registered. #racialequityRacialiciousGet to know someone who is not like you... Racially, politically, religiously. #racialequityGrace Hwang LynchPlace Matters: how your zip code affects health and longevity http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/episode_descriptions.php?page=5 #racialequityRachel Poulain2012 America Healing ConferenceW.K. Kellogg FoundationPhoto: Harvard University Professor Charles Ogletree with participants from the conference

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