Anti-Racism Update 2.11.26

AR QUIZ

• Who is Angela Russell? 

ACTION

• Support League of Women Voters in Spring Voter Registration: February 23 – March 18. Help ensure that eligible voters from all backgrounds have the opportunity to register ahead of spring elections.
  • East Side DMV: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0E4DA4AF2FA6FE3-61413147-dmveast#/
  • SouthWest Side DMV: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0E4DA4AF2FA6FE3-61374684-dmvsouthwest#/
• February is Black History Month. Visit the traveling exhibit at the Chazen Art Museum: Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection. Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection examines how artists have reimagined the human figure as a lens to pose questions about social and political histories, contested identities, and the possible future of how we relate to one another and the spiritual realm. The exhibition presents forty works–sculpture, painting, ceramics, printmaking, and photography–by twenty-four contemporary artists who have lived and worked on the African continent and in the diaspora. The title, Insistent Presence, was inspired by renowned African art scholars and curators Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke-Agulu. On display through May 10, 2026. https://chazen.wisc.edu/exhibitions/insistent-presence-contemporary-african-art-from-the-chazen-collection-at-the-palmer-museum-of-art/

EDUCATION

• Listen or Read the latest episode of Movement Memos. Organizers from the Twin Cities share Minneapolis Community Defense Is “Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind” drawing linkages between protections of immigrant communities, the Black Lives Matter Movement and Indigenous resistance among other topics. https://truthout.org/audio/minneapolis-community-defense-is-riding-on-the-learning-edge-of-a-whirlwind/
• The Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples section of Friends Peace Teams offers a two hour Zoom workshop entitled “Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change”. The interactive workshop focuses on the long and tragic history of the interaction between Native American peoples and the American colonizers and their descendants. Several people from Madison Friends Meeting have attended this workshop and found it to be both highly informative and deeply moving, even for those who are quite familiar with this topic. The next scheduled workshops are on February 15, March 22, and May 10, all from 3-5 pm Central time. More information and registration are at Upcoming Events – Friends Peace Teams.

AR QUIZ ANSWER

•  Angela Russell is the host of the Black Oxygen Podcast at Madison365. As host Angela Russell describes, “I’m a Black woman who loves Wisconsin. That said, with so few Black folks in the state, sometimes I need a little extra dose of Black oxygen. A place where I can breathe, connect, restore by hearing and listening deeply to Black folks in this shared journey of life. This podcast will feature and highlight the Black voices in Wisconsin and a little beyond. I hope that these conversations will lift your spirits and give you a few moments to breathe. Get your candles lit and your incense burning. It’s time for Black Oxygen.” The new season starts with an episode about Community Care. https://madison365.com/blackoxygen/

YOUR PEACE, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EARTH CONCERNS COMMITTEE; ANTI RACISM GROUP