[Sdalliance] Structure Document to be circulated.

[Yesenia Padilla]

Hey Erin!

thanks for your email! I've reached out to a few people on this, including
you, and I'm trying to organize a skillshare, and as i mentioned to you,
was planning on starting an education committee, pending approval from the
GA of course :)

Saludos,

Yesi

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Erin Bodhi <erinbodhi15 at gmail.com> wrote:

> thinking about this and how i feel. i need to do some searching and
> researching but there are reasons why poc (ppl of color) is used. these
> discussions are important though we need to build our education committee
> to talk about this. when should we meet? i don't think we have an education
> committee.
>
> On Jan 29, 2017 10:17 AM, "Anne Barron" <anne at prcsd.org> wrote:
>
>> thank you, Justin
>>
>> just read the Safer Space Guidelines (somewhat similar to the PRC common
>> ground guide)
>>
>> At some point, I would suggest a discussion around the terms we use as
>> part of our self-education....People of Color used as a category, a
>> descriptive phrase.
>> I also just learned of the phrase BIPOC-led organizing for liberation
>> (BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color)- meant  to
>> describe everyone "else".
>>
>> I also have learned that People/Communities of Color is a trigger for
>> many people who find themselves as identified by that term- I have been
>> told it is supremist in the sense that it places entire peoples as somehow
>> separate *unequal* to caucausians, continuing the framework of white power
>> structure.  Identity politics as a response to power grabs?
>>
>> I would like to investigate this more, being european descent &
>> pink-skinned.  since language is important and I am trying to unlearn what
>> I learned as a white person.  Wonder if our Education Committee would like
>> to host a workshop/teach-in on this?
>>
>> in peace & justice & self-education
>>
>> Anne
>>
>> ps- the PRC is hosting a Teach-In Feb 4th to invite you all to...some
>> discussion workshops on racism & feminism/sexism in the movement among
>> them...hope you can join us.
>> the Teach-In is meant to bring more common ground amongst the left,
>> progressive, and issue-oriented groups - to increase internal
>> understandings & hopefully more collaboration.  I attached the
>> postcard...more at our website.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:43 AM, justin hewgill <jhewgill at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I am not sure if this went out earlier, but here is the structure we
>>> approved in the last meeting:
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iAu0_hozZ0a49jOYPKUOcud6
>>> 98BSNohIjv2esoIBhVQ/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> Please circulate to left orgs to be ratified.
>>>
>>> From the structure committee,
>>> Justin
>>>
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