“Let’s talk race and racism” podcast/discussion

The Committee on Minority Affairs (CMA) launches its podcast/discussion series “Let’s Talk Race and Racism”, engaging members and the broader St. Louis community in fostering togetherness, developing shared language, and building comfort and courage to better discuss race and racism. 

Hoping to help people understand how to take personal action to build their own race consciousness and to move toward a more diverse and inclusive Local Section in response to many national conversations such as #BlackoutSTEM and in response to the cries for justice for the loss of unarmed Black lives.

We ask all members and the community to come prepared to listen, learn, engage, be uncomfortable and possibly abandon their own ideas for new ones as they hear vulnerable conversation from primarily people of color. 

Register here for one, several, or all of the events in this series. You will receive a Zoom invite for the events you select.

Today, Part 2:

We will listen to an episode from the What Next podcast with Mary Harris. Mary has reported throughout the public radio system, for NPR, Marketplace, and WNYC. This short daily show is here to help you make sense of things, when the news feels overwhelming. This month’s theme will be the accuracy of American history and how we create American traditions that fail to account for racial trauma and pain.