Anti-Black Racism in the U.S. and Building a Unified Society

Social Transformation
Duration
9 weeks
Weekly Study
4-6 HOURS
Dates
Oct 16-Dec 17
Register By
October 21, 2024
Fee: $50/person for US Baha'i Institutions

This course will examine anti-Black racism and racial prejudice in North American society in some of its most serious manifestations, explore the content and significance of relevant Bahá'í authoritative texts, and consider how Bahá'ís can initiate meaningful conversations and public discourse in a variety of contexts. It will begin with an exploration of definitions of race, racism, and prejudice. It will then turn to such subjects as understanding colonialism and slavery; the prison/industrial complex; Black Lives Matter and policing issues; white privilege and bias/stereotyping; housing and education segregation; violence against black women; Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement; and "one human family"—the experience of the Bahá'í community.

Note: This course features weekly, 90-minute Zoom sessions on Sundays at 4:00 pm Eastern Time (1:00 pm Pacific, 3:00 pm Central Time). The first Sunday Zoom session will be on February 25th. The Zoom sessions are not 'lectures.' The course is mostly asynchronous, so there will be tasks for participants to do online (materials to read, videos to watch, questions to reflect on, forums to post in on their own time, etc.) starting each Wednesday. Every week (Wednesday through Tuesday) constitutes a "Unit" which has a theme. On Sundays participants will explore that theme on Zoom with other participants, facilitated by the faculty and teaching assistants.


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1. Base fee for 9-11 weeks: $120 | 2. Students (who hold a current student ID card): $50 | 3. *Course completion discount: $75 [*discount applicable if registrant received a completion certificate for their last course] | 4. Financial assistance available; email learn@wilmetteinstitute.org | 5. Study Group Members (cost for each member; you must sign up as a group to secure this price): $72 | 6. Special $50 fee for individuals and groups (per person) sponsored by a Baha'i institution

Meet Your Faculty
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Jeanais Brodie, MA
Educator/Activist

I am a native New Yorker, raised in Bedford–Stuyvesant, (a.k.a. Bed–Stuy) Brooklyn and the South Bronx. I have lived a significant number of years in New England and various parts of California. My undergraduate degree focused on Ed Philosophy & Theory, and Multicultural Education. Graduate studies were in Public Administration and... See Faculty Bio

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Elizabeth (Liz) Allen Green, PhD
Educator, Motherscholar

Dr. Allen Green completed her Ph.D. in Education in The Learning Sciences and Psychological Studies program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a critical race scholar in education with a math and special education background. Her scholarship is informed by diverse knowledge systems, anti-racism, transformative... See Faculty Bio

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Carol Mansour, BA

Carol Mansour learned about the Bahá’í Faith while working as a reporter and anchor in local television news. Having grown up in a Pentecostal congregation that was all Black, she was intrigued that a religion considered the elimination of racial prejudice as a spiritual imperative.  She has taken to heart... See Faculty Bio

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Henri Cross

Born in Eatonton, Georgia, during the Jim Crow years, my parents moved to New York City when I was just four months old, sparing me the experience of racial segregation. For the first five years of my life, we lived with extended family, including my parents (Henry and Ollie), brother... See Faculty Bio

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Derrick Stone, MS

I like to work with my hands and spend time outside, which is what I intended to study at school (civil engineering), only to discover computers. After a career writing computer software, managing software developers and working as an IT executive, I’m now employed as Academic General Faculty (teaching faculty)... See Faculty Bio

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Nicola Casserly, MSc
WI Registrar & Student Services Specialist

I was born in Kingston, Jamaica. My interest in music, theatre, and the literary arts led me to abandon my academic degrees and a career in the Forensic Sciences, to take up a position with the British Council Caribbean as Arts & Education Officer. I worked for several years as... See Faculty Bio

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