All Guides: Facing Pandemics of Disease and Race: Radically Reimagining for Liberatory Futures: Learn &amp; Engage

Macalester

Racial Justice Initiatives - Macalester College "It will take all of us, each in our own ways, to make the change we want to see in the world." Read President Rivera's full message about the college's racial justice commitments and initiatives.
Update to Campus About Anti-racism Work A message from President Suzanne Rivera
MacTogether : Resources for Racial Justice The Alumni Engagement office is compiling "information on supporting liberation and efforts to rebuild communities and lift up people in the Twin Cities and beyond... and will continue to add more resources."
The Mac Weekly : Movement for Black Lives in the Twin Cities Coverage of the movement by Macalester's student-run newspaper
Civic Engagement Center : Mac Solidarity "In this time of deep uncertainty and social unrest, the Mac community is finding strength from stories of action by our fellow community members. This is a space to name those efforts of activism, mutual aid, and community-building that continue to inspire us."

"Race and Policing: History and Possibilities for the Future"
Alumni webinar and Q&A with Duchess Harris (American Studies)

“The Pandemic of Anti-Blackness”
Duchess Harris (American Studies), Bill Hart (Religious Studies), Brian Lozenski (Educational Studies), and Kenjus Watson (Postdoctoral Fellow, San Francisco State University)

“How Does Race Matter? Anticolonial and Anticapitalist Struggles Across the Globe.”
Karin Aguilar-San Juan (American Studies), Olga González (Anthropology), Katrina Phillips (History), and Kiri Sailiata (American Studies)

Black Lives Matter at Macalester "Providing up-to-date support, info, and resources for black students and allies."
Black Liberation Affairs Committee (BLAC) "Seeks to foster a greater understanding of the issues and ideas that touch members of the African Diaspora through cultural, political and social programs."
Black at Macalester "Amplifying the voices of Black students, alumni, and faculty/staff"

Local

BareBones: Outdoor Puppetry & Performance Art Spectacles
"OFFERINGS: Artists Respond to the Mourning, Grieving and Fires on Lake Street is a multifaceted engagement of artists, co-facilitated by Harry Waters Jr. and Lelis Brito, that holds space for death, loss, grief, ancestors and remembering centered on the current changes on Lake Street.
We proudly announce that forty Twin Cities artists have been selected to participate in BareBones 2020.
OFFERINGS will feature 35+ pop-up art works that will activate a variety of outdoor public and community locations along and near Lake Street in South Minneapolis. We invite the public, neighbors, passerby and BareBones community to take a self-guided tour of OFFERINGS from October 25 to November 7."

National

"The Endemics of Pandemics at the Settler University"

Professor Sandy Grande, Political Science/Native American and Indigenous Studies at the University of Connecticut and Senior Ford Fellow

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Acknowledgment

Special thanks to Zinnia Schwartz for developing the list of organizations and articles.