{"id":11353,"date":"2022-05-05T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/?p=11353"},"modified":"2022-05-05T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:51:56","slug":"washtenaw-faces-race-rescuing-democracy-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/2022\/washtenaw-faces-race-rescuing-democracy-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Washtenaw Faces Race: Rescuing Democracy 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Informed and educated citizens are essential to a working democracy. To this&nbsp;end,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/attend.ypsilibrary.org\/event\/6608367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ypsilanti District Library<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/washtenawfacesrace.weebly.com\/2022-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washtenaw Faces Race<\/a>&nbsp; present an evening conference&nbsp;of&nbsp;informative and thoughtful speakers who discuss&nbsp;how the issue of racism in the U.S. is currently and always has been entangled with threats against democracy.&nbsp;We invite you to attend this VIRTUAL community conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rescuing Democracy 2022 &#8211; Before it&#8217;s too late <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, May 13, 6-9pm<br><br>REGISTER AT\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/wfr2022\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/wfr2022<\/a><\/strong>.<br><strong>MORE INFORMATIONAT<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/washtenawfacesrace.weebly.com\/2022-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/washtenawfacesrace.weebly.com\/2022-conference.html<\/a>.<br><strong>FLYER IS ATTACHED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection signaled the resurgence of the type of overt white supremacy that characterized most of U.S. history. Its aftermath affirmed a right wing subversion of the democratic process, facilitating a shift toward autocracy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>America\u2019s history of racism enables these threats. Our democratic ideals are in danger. Can we rescue them before it\u2019s too late?&nbsp;<strong>PROGRAM OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Introduction and Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>La&#8217;Ron Williams,&nbsp;B.F.A.,<\/strong>&nbsp;Racial Justice Educator and Professional Storyteller, co-founder of Washtenaw Faces Race.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/larontalk.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/larontalk.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s So Good About Democracy, Anyway?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Kay Wade<\/strong>, Social Studies Curriculum Specialist, Ann Arbor Public Schools<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Racism: Multi-Purpose Tool for Division and Conquest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vincent L. Hutchings, Ph.D.,<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/polisci\/people\/faculty\/vincenth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diversity and Social Transformation Professor<\/a>; Hanes Walton, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KEYNOTE: White Supremacy, White Populism, and Christian Nationalism: Can Democracy Long Endure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Peter J. Hammer,&nbsp;&nbsp;J.D., Ph.D.,<\/strong>&nbsp;Director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights; Professor of Law; A. Alfred Taubman Endowed&nbsp;Chair&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/law.wayne.edu\/profile\/ar7084#definition-Biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/law.wayne.edu\/profile\/ar7084#definition-Biography<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affirming Inclusive Democracy: Resisting media disinformation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Chuck Newman,<\/strong>&nbsp;Founder,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/equalityingov.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protectors of Equality in Government<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also featuring selections from the:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/pcap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Prisoner Creative Arts Exhibition<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li>Ypsilanti High School Choir<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsors:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/washtenawfacesrace.weebly.com\/2022-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washtenaw Faces Race<\/a>, Ypsilanti District Library,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/ummnh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Michigan Museum of Natural History<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informed and educated citizens are essential to a working democracy. To this&nbsp;end,&nbsp;Ypsilanti District Library&nbsp;and&nbsp;Washtenaw Faces Race&nbsp; present an evening conference&nbsp;of&nbsp;informative and thoughtful speakers who discuss&nbsp;how the issue of racism in the U.S. is currently and always has been entangled with threats against democracy.&nbsp;We invite you&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/2022\/washtenaw-faces-race-rescuing-democracy-2022\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":11354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11355,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11353\/revisions\/11355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}