Anti-Racism Update 7.23.25
AR QUIZ
- On July 23, 1942, the Governor of Alabama refused to participate in World War II, citing what reason?
EDUCATION
- YWCA of Madison Racial Justice Summit Registration: Now Open! YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit is among the largest multiracial, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary community gatherings in the United States annually. You are invited to be a part of this growing community of people committed to racial justice (un)learning, collective healing, and liberation! Register for this multi-day online (Sept 25) and optional in-person event (Sept 26). This year’s theme is Get Together: Becoming the Liberation Ecosystem. Speakers include Robin Wall Kimmerer and Ruth Wilson Gilmore. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a beloved scientist, storyteller, and author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Ruth Wilson Gilmore has been a leading voice on abolition, contending with the impacts of racial capitalism, and bold visions for building life-affirming institutions for decades. Register today!
ACTION
- American Friends Service Council Petition to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Please consider signing this petition from the American Friends Service Committee to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The petition calls on our government to enact policies that treat all people with dignity and respect and is consistent with the February minute Madison Friends approved on immigration.
AR QUIZ ANSWER
- Governor Frank Dixon of Alabama refused to sign a contract to produce cloth at cotton mills due to concerns that it would require desegregation of the workforce. A non-discrimination clause was included in all government contracts during this time. Dixon praised white supremacy and Jim Crow laws and lobbied for ongoing segregation. Learn more about how an executive order ultimately overturned Dixon: https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/jul/23
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