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Madeline Island Racial Justice Study Group

Please join members of the extended Madeline Island community as we continue to use Zoom to meet, discuss, and learn about ways to promote racial justice.

7:00-8:00 p.m. (Central time)

First Wednesday of the month

Zoom Meeting ID: 867 4134 0213

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86741340213

This is a community-sponsored activity and all are welcome! For more information or to be added to the email distribution list, contact Robin Roderick at robinrest@aol.com

Background

This group was started in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the protests which followed. Many of us have and do feel a need to be part of a culture of change, and believe that such change can take many forms. We have chosen to further and deepen our own knowledge of the history, culture and practice of racism and efforts to dismantle racism in this country. 

Upcoming Calendar of Topics

May and June – Treuer, Anton “ The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World”

July – Grann, David, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI”

August and September – TBD

October – LaDuke, Winona “To Be a Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers” The MI Bookclub is also reading this in October and we hope to do a joint meeting.

November – Erdrich, Louise “ The Sentence”

December – TBD

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Some of the books, articles, podcasts and films we have discussed in the past:

November 2020 (Wednesday, November 4^th)

• Mark Charles – Ted Talk –The truth behind ‘We the People’ – the three most misunderstood words in US history. https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_charles_the_truth_behind_we_the_people_the_three_most_misunderstood_words_in_us_history
• Wisconsin PBS – Tribal Histories-https://www.pbs.org/show/tribal-histories/  Complete episode list on Wisconsin PBS (There are more episodes than what I saw listed on the main PBS site) https://pbswisconsin.org/watch/tribal-histories/
• Tommy Orange – There There   Book

December 2020 (Wednesday, December 2^nd)

• Podcast – ‘How Are Contemporary Native Americans Thriving?’ with Dr. Elizabeth Rule from Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-are-contemporary-native-americans-thriving-dr-elizabeth/id1068563276?i=1000494674841
• Podcast — Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/thanksgiving-myths-fact-check.html?referringSource=articleShare
• Podcast — Serial and The New York Times: “Nice White Parents”  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html

January 2021 (Wednesday, January 6^th)

• James Baldwin – I Am Not Your Negro  Available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix
• James Baldwin – The Fire Next Time  Book.

February 2021 (Wednesday, February 3^rd)

• Ava DuVernay – Thirteenth  Available for streaming from Netflix
• Michelle Alexander – The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Book

March 2021

• Louise Erdrich, The Round House