Sankofa Tour: Port of Entry: Boys and Girls for Sale

EWH Tea Talk Series

Nashua Public Library 2 Court Street, Nashua, NH, United States

In the Beginning, There was the Word Presenters: Robert Thompson, Rev. Gail Avery, Rev. Renee Rouse, & (TBA) Moderator: Minister Ray Ealy Location: Nashua Public Library, Nashua NH The relationship between religion and race in American is complex. 20th-century scholars ranked world religions on an evolutionary scale. Not surprisingly, many of the religions deemed “primitive” were also those practiced by indigenous, non-White populations. This evolutionary ranking plays a vital role in the construction, deconstruction, and transgression of racial identities and…

We Are Our Beliefs – Or Are We? EWH Tea Talk

Temple Israel 200 State Street, Portsmouth, NH

Beliefs are powerful structures within the human mind that help us navigate our social and personal environments. These beliefs do not need to make sense to be deeply held. Our thoughts and feelings, our actions and reactions, respond not to the world as it is but to the world as we believe it to be. This panel will explore the nature of beliefs around race, how they are formed, how they affect us both individually and in social groups and,…

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No Neutral Ground: Media and Belief Formulation – EWH Tea Talks

Portsmouth Public Library-Levenson Room 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, NH, United States

The media – television, the press, radio and the internet – plays an important role in shaping public opinion and reinforcing a society’s beliefs. In informing the public about what happens in the world, the media can shape public debate and focus public interest on particular agendas and thus can influence individual actions and implicit associations. For this panel, presenters will explore how media coverage operates to help form individual beliefs and attitudes around race. They will also explore the…

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Medicine, Health, and Race – EWH Tea Talk

Portsmouth Public Library-Levenson Room 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, NH, United States

Racism in medicine, a problem with roots over 2,500 years old, is a historical continuum that continuously affects the health of African Americans and the way they receive healthcare. Racism is, at least in part, responsible for the fact that Blacks and People of Color, since enslavement, have had inadequate health care, poor health status, and poorer health outcomes. This panel will discuss how myths about racial inferiority and physical racial differences have operated in the fields of medical practice,…

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Culture and Race in the Public Sphere – EWH Tea Talk

Portsmouth Public Library-Levenson Room 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, NH, United States

Many of our beliefs are passed along to us from our families and communities, who transmit the foundational ideas that shape how we see the world. How the arts and humanities shape their contents also have a powerful influence on how we form particular beliefs. This panel will discuss the historical role the arts, literature and interpretive spaces such as museums have played in shaping our beliefs and discuss the value of presenting more inclusive stories and diverse representations into…

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Racism without Racists: Educating Generations Past & Future – EWH Tea Talk

Portsmouth Public Library-Levenson Room 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, NH, United States

From the moment a child is born, his or her education begins. As the child grows beliefs, cultural expectations and norms are reinforced by teachers, textbooks, and classmates. For students outside the dominant culture, this aspect of the educational system can pose significant challenges for once the brain has constructed a belief, it rationalizes it with explanations and thus becomes invested in the belief. This panel will explore the historical challenges educational institutions have faced in dealing with diverse student…

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New Voices: Our Beliefs, Our Reality – EWH Tea Talk

Temple Israel 200 State Street, Portsmouth, NH

The implicit associations and beliefs we harbor in our subconscious cause us to have feelings and attitudes about other people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, age, and appearance. With a lens on educational institutions, politics and the law, this closing discussion will feature a group of emerging New Hampshire voice that will explore where we are culturally as a state and where we want to be heading. MORE TEA TALKS

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Live Stream Cooking Demonstration

Streaming Event

Zoom & Facebook Live Cooking with Selina: A Soul Food Cooking Show More Info Register here

Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire promotes awareness and appreciation of African American history and life in order to build more inclusive communities today.

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Mail: 222 Court Street, Portsmouth NH 03801
Phone: 603-570-8469
Email: info@blackheritagetrailnh.org
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