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Conversation Overview
In a time when our nation is witnessing a government-led erasure of history, the destruction of civil rights gains, and assaults on higher education, how can Reparations be won for African Americans? Please join Messy Conversations as panelists Matt Lowe and Rev. Dr. David N. Moore examine how communities and white-centered spaces can do restorative and reparative work toward Reparations, and responding to current legislation. This conversation will be facilitated by Clarence R. Williams.
Guest Bios
Guest Bios
Matt Lowe is the founder of CUREJ (pronounced courage), a group that organizes faith-centric communities in an effort to make reparations. Matt serves as a restorative justice facilitator who seeks to promote restorative healing practices in order to address historical and social harm. He particularly focuses on reaching white dominant institutions and is working on a upcoming book entitled, “White Repentance: The Work For White People to Do to Make Reparations.” When Matt is not doing reparative work, he can be found on the water fishing or helping men address the harm of the patriarchy so they can be better contributors to the world. His most recent endeavor is a new program at Antioch University designed to work with men in a therapeutic setting.
Rev. Dr. David N. Moore, Jr. is a theologian, humanitarian, writer, and adjunct university professor living in Santa Barbara, CA, and a grandfather. David is a UCSB alum and leads Santa Barbara’s Beloved Community Church, and also Jesus Collective, an online community that exists to foster wholeness and equity by healing relationships and cultural divides, honoring the dignity of all peoples, and protecting the biodiversity of our planet, through actively listening, understanding, partnering, and serving.
David and co-host Kerry Connelly host a weekly podcast and YouTube show called "God Is Not an A**". They interview people who have broken free from religious dogmatism and are living fuller, freer lives.
In 2019, David presented at The Parliament of the World's Religions on his book "Making America Great Again: Fairy Tale, Horror Story, Dream Come True?”
David earned his Master's degree from St. Stephen's University in New Brunswick, Canada, and his doctorate in theology from the University of South Africa. He has been married to Diane for 46 years and they have five adult children.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
"The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century" (2020) by Gerald Horne
Summary: "The Dawning of the Apocalypse" is a revision of the creation myth of settler colonialism and how the United States was formed, arguing that, in order to understand the arrival of colonists from the British Isles in the early seventeenth century, one must first understand the "long sixteenth century"--1492 until the arrival of settlers in Virginia in 1607. During this prolonged century, Horne contends, "whiteness" morphed into "white supremacy," and allowed England to co-opt not only religious minorities but also various nationalities throughout Europe."-- Provided by publisher.
My grandmother's hands : racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies (2017) by Resmaa Menakem
Summary: "The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans -- our police. My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide."--Amazon.com.
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