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APRIL 2021
Let's Explore
What We Honor in Public Spaces: When Art, History, and Social Justice Collide
Wednesday April 7
4:30pm-6:00pm
Lately there’s been a lot of attention on Confederate statues in the South: are they part of the fabric of our country that need to stay where they are so that history isn’t erased, or are painful and daily reminders of historical and current racism that need to be taken down so that we don’t honor people and ideas that cause harm? We don’t hear as much debate closer to home around what we people and ideas we highlight and honor in our public spaces. But did you know that controversial names and images can be found all over the Boston area, too, like the famous Faneuil Hall, named after a slave trader?
Come to this month’s K4PB@Home meeting as we talk about and use art to explore questions like:
- How do we decide what our society should show, honor, and highlight in public?
- What do our faith traditions teach us about how we use art and images to honor what’s important to us?
- How have people in other parts of the world dealt with the questions around how to balance history and justice?
- What visions do we have for our communities? What do we want to highlight and celebrate in our public spaces?
FEBRUARY 2021
Let's Explore
Discovering Me, Discovering Us: Creating Change Together
February 23
4:30pm-6:00pm
Join us in February as we revisit our identities and welcome new K4PB participants! It’s a word we use a lot, but what is identity anyway? Is it how I look at myself or how my friends, family, or even strangers look at me? We all hold many different identities, all at once—our faith, race, gender, family ties, and more—and these all combine to help us understand who we are and how we interact in the world.
In our next K4PB@Home session, which will be in February, we will explore the different ways that identity affects us and why it’s important to think about identity when we try to make our world better. We will tackle fun topics like intersectionality and social justice, and think about how we can create change using the new things we learn about identity. We will also be inviting new youth who are interested in exploring K4PB and possibly joining our community, so we hope that you will help us welcome them! If you participated in this session when we ran it in November, we’d love for you to still come to this session—talk to us about how you can take on a leadership role!
What to Expect
- Learn about the idea of intersectionality and what it means for us when we work to create a more just, equitable, peaceful society
- Build community by exploring your own identity and the identities of others in K4PB through a fun, creative activity designed by new K4PB staff member and artist Nadege Tessono
- Apply your new knowledge about identity and intersectionality to see if you can solve a real-world challenge
- Welcome potential new K4PB community members!
DECEMBER
Let's Explore
Discovering Me, Discovering Us: Religious Identities in Communities
December 8
4:30pm-6:00pm
Want to learn about other peoples’ religious identities, and share your own? Interested in exploring the objects, practices, and wisdom of the different faith traditions represented in our K4PB community? Do you want time to hang out and have fun? Then we hope you’ll join us for our December interfaith celebration!
What to Expect
- Share important parts of our faith traditions and identities using fun and creativity
- Learn about each others’ traditions and make connections across our different identities
- Have fun hanging out and celebrating our community members’ upcoming holidays!
NOVEMBER
Let's Explore
Discovering Me, Discovering Us: Creating Change Together
November 17
4:00pm-5:30pm
It’s a word we use a lot, but what is identity anyway? Is it how I look at myself or how my friends, family, or even strangers look at me? We all hold many different identities, all at once—our faith, race, gender, family ties, and more— and these all combine together to help us understand who we are and how we interact in the world. In November’s K4PB@Home session, we will explore the different ways that identity affects us and why it’s important to think about identity when we try to make our world better. We will tackle topics like intersectionality and social justice, and think about how we can create change using the new things we learn about identity. You don’t want to miss this!
What to Expect
- Learn about the idea of intersectionality and what it means for us when we work to create a more just, equitable, peaceful society
- Build community by exploring your own identity and the identities of others in K4PB through a fun, creative activity designed by new K4PB staff member and artist Nadege Tessono
- Apply your new knowledge about identity and intersectionality to see if you can solve a real-world challenge
OCTOBER
Let's Explore
Voter Suppression
October 21
4:30pm-5:30pm
Is voter suppression a thing of the past or a persistent and present problem? How do we ensure all voices are heard in elections? How do our faith identities call us to participate in democracy, and ensure all voices are heard? In this K4PB@Home program we’ll start to answer these questions and more.
- Learn about obstacles to voting that have affected voter turn-out both historically and today
- Specifically, we'll discuss how the votes of marginalized and oppressed groups are often silenced
- Investigate how voter suppression could affect the 2020 presidential election
- Discuss how our faith identities calls us all to participate in the democratic process, and ensure that others have the opportunity to do the same
- Take action to ensure that all people have the right to participate in free and fair elections
Questions?
Let us know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions! We ALWAYS want to hear from you!
Email Us
info@kids4peaceboston.org