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SUMMARY:Vernetta Alston - Durham City Council member and LGBTQ activist
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker today will be Vernetta Alston\, a Durham City Council member and LGBTQ activist. \nAn article in the News and Observer on February 7\, 2019\, describes events at Immaculata Catholic School in Durham. \nVernetta Alston\, a Durham City Council member and an alumna of Immaculata Catholic School in Durham\, was invited to speak at the school for Black History Month.  However\, classes  were canceled after officials heard “a number of groups” planned to protest the school’s invitation to her.  Ms. Alston is one of six openly LGBTQ candidates elected to office in North Carolina in 2017.  Durham County District Court Judge Shamieka Rhinehart and City Councilwoman Jillian Johnson were also scheduled to speak at the school to celebrate Black History Month\, a city official said.  “We were all scheduled to speak at different times this month\,” Johnson wrote in a text. “They told me that they’ve canceled the whole Black History Month program.” \nPlease plan to attend and support this program.  Also\, GENTLE REMINDER: This will be the first Sunday of the month. Please bring canned goods and other non-perishable dry goods for the IFC Food Pantry. Please remember to bring your donations in PAPER grocery bags. \n 
URL:https://ehstnc.org/event/vernetta-alston-durham-city-council-member-and-lgbtq-activist/
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SUMMARY:Dr. Damon Tweedy\, a Moderated Interview
DESCRIPTION:We are very fortunate to be able to have as our guest speaker\, Dr. Damon Tweedy\, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine\, and author of  Black Man in a White Coat:  A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine (a New York Times bestseller and one of Time Magazine‘s Top Ten nonfiction books of the year in 2017).  The program will be in the form of a moderated interview conducted by EHST friend\, Solomon Gibson\, III. \nDr. Tweedy was interviewed earlier this year on NPR after the events in Virginia involving Governor Northam and the Blackface Scandal.   Listen to the interview here. \nDr. Tweedy will be bringing about 20 copies of his book\, which can be purchased for $15.  He will accept personal checks and cash only. \nThis is an event you won’t want to miss.  Please come\, and invite your friends to attend.
URL:https://ehstnc.org/event/dr-damon-tweedy-a-moderated-interview/
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SUMMARY:Confederate Monuments and Memorials in the Piedmont Region 1868-1914
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Laws will be discussing the pre-war views that North Carolinians (especially in the Piedmont) held about secession and the Confederacy in early 1861; the rhetoric that was used in the monument dedication ceremonies; who gave the speeches and why that is important; and (time permitting) a brief glimpse into Non-Confederate Civil War commemoration and why it is also problematic. \nChristopher Laws wrote his Master’s thesis dissertation on “The Rich Man’s Memory that the Poor Man Buys: Analysis of Confederate Monuments and Memorials in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina\, 1868-1914.”  Mr. Laws is now working on his PhD in Public History at North Carolina State University. \nThe following is the abstract from  his thesis: \n“The purpose of this study is to determine the themes presented in the dedication ceremonies of Confederate monuments in the Piedmont region of North Carolina\, between 1868 and 1914. Analysis of the inscriptions on the monuments\, the speeches that the main orators gave\, and musical selections of the ceremonies were considered when determining the themes presented. \n“Additionally\, the political climate of the Piedmont region in 1860 and 1861 was examined to determine the level of Unionism that existed in the region before North Carolina’s secession from the Union in May 1861. A quantitative analysis was then done to determine the wealth of the men in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1860\, along with the wealth of the orator’s families in 1860. A comparison was then done to show the disparity of wealth between those two groups and the average county wealth of the Piedmont counties in 1860.”
URL:https://ehstnc.org/event/confederate-monuments-and-memorials-in-the-piedmont-region-1868-1914/
LOCATION:Extraordinary Ventures\, 200 S. Elliott Rd\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
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SUMMARY:Polarization in Politics\, and the Search for Meaningful Dialog
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of what seems like extreme polarization in politics\, a national organization is working to bridge divides.  Better Angels is working to bring dialog to a fractured nation.  Better Angels groups are working here in the Triangle!  Here is an excerpt from the website of Better Angels: \n“In December\, 2016\, ten Trump supporters and eleven Clinton supporters gathered in South Lebanon\, Ohio\, in what became the first Better Angels Red/Blue Workshop. The goal?  To see if we could respectfully disagree and find any common ground. \n“The results were remarkable.  We liked each other.  We wanted to know more about each other.  We wanted to keep on meeting.  We wanted to help start workshops in communities all across America!  Those reds and blues invited their friends to another workshop and helped to found the first Better Angels Alliance.” \nOur guest speakers will be Laura Gilliom and George Thompson\, who are members of a group at the Community Church of Chapel Hill\, Unitarian Universalist\, called “Sanctuary for Dialogue.”  The group was formed in 2015 with the purpose of leading conversations on difficult topics within the church and in the community.  After the 2016 election\, Laura and George discovered Better Angels\, and found it to be a very good fit with their mission.  Several members of their group got trained as moderators\, and began holding workshops.  As a group\, they have held approximately 16 workshops in total\, most in the Triangle area\, but some in the Triad and in South Carolina. \nProfessionally\, Laura is a clinical psychologist with a private practice doing couples and individual therapy\, and George is a retired school counselor and an active musician. \n 
URL:https://ehstnc.org/event/polarization-in-politics-and-the-search-for-meaningful-dialog/
LOCATION:Extraordinary Ventures\, 200 S. Elliott Rd\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
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