<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><b>Community Change Inc.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><b>Brown Bag<i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><b>Anti-Racism Discussion Series 2008<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div> <h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman"">Changing the Public Discourse around Race<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "> </span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>BLACK, PROUD, LATINO: THE AFRO-LATINO JOURNEY FOR INCLUSION<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>October 8, 2008 (Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>12 noon – 1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><b>Community Change Library on Racism<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><b>14 Beacon Street, Room 605</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Boston MA</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:19.8pt;text-align:justify">This dialogue will highlight the African presence in Latin America and the Caribbean and the common legacies of people of African descent. We have made many contributions in the region that have been left untold. During this Hispanic Heritage month, we celebrate our History and our contributions to the development of the region. We will also discuss how we can address the racism within the Latino community and how we can serve as a bridge between Latinos and African Americans.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:19.8pt;text-align:justify">PRESENTER: YVETTE MODESTIN: <b><i>Encuentro Diaspora Afro – Mobilize, Empower, Create Bridges of Understanding</i></b><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style: normal">, is a grassroots organization anchored in the community of Boston and dedicated to dismantling racism, improving the lives of women and men of African descent, and creating a just society for all. <a href="http://www.northnode.org/encuentro.htm">http://www.northnode.org/encuentro.htm</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:15.3pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The current public discourse around race assumes that we live in a color-blind society where the American Dream is attainable by all individuals who work hard enough. This deeply flawed discourse obscures the racial disparities in employment, education, criminal justice, housing, health care, etc. and provides a powerful but faulty rationale for leaving our systems and institutions the way they are. The issues presented at the Community Change Brown Bag Discussion Series are concrete examples of the structural racism that affects the lives of all, most acutely communities of color. The 2008 Series places these issues in their social/historical context and gives attendees a truthful discourse, as well as ways to put that discourse into action, in order to challenge institutional and systemic racism.</span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><b>Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><b>RSVP (617) 523-0555 or <u><a href="mailto:janet@communitychangeinc.org">janet@communitychangeinc.org</a><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Community Change, Inc 617-523-0555 </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans""><a href="http://www.communitychangeinc.org/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">www.communitychangeinc.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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