NAFC:

Big things for NAFC are coming!

We're currently building a brand new website with a fresh look and a more streamlined experience. It isn't quite ready yet but we're excited about what is ahead.

Stay tuned....we will be sharing updates as we get closer to launch!

It's a new year and another opportunity to better understand white supremacy and our (yes, *our*) part in upholding it.

After a very successful and meaningful study, via Zoom, of this life-changing book last year, we’re now offering an online version with a little more flexibility. It started on Jan. 14th but there is still time to join in!

A new chapter will be presented each Wednesday and you can check in at any point during the week to share your thoughts and see what others have to say.

𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨.

In the wake of the murder in Minnesota, fear is real, and it is intentional. Violence against protesters is meant to silence, intimidate, and deter collective action.

𝙒𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙.

We will not succumb to fear. We know that solidarity, not silence, is what drives change.

𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨.

We grieve, we resist, and we continue to show up together.

Throughout February, be sure to check out our Facebook page as we highlight historical facts, influential figures, meaningful moments and stories that celebrate the impact and contributions of Black communities past and present.

Black History Month began in 1926 when historian Dr Carter G. Woodson created the Negro History Week as an act of resistance against the erasure of of Black History in US education. What started as a week grew through the work of educators, organizers and communities demanding recognition. In 1976, it became Black History Month.

Read more about Carter G Woodson here

CH Booth library offers library card holders free access to this wonderful resource of films that highlight the Black experience in America.

Click here to visit Kanopy's site.

Fun fact, February 4th is World Read Aloud Day!

Head over to the LFL, located in Treadwell Park any day in February and borrow a book or two or three.

You can read it aloud, or not, nobody will keeping track!

Stay tuned for more dates this year

A result of twelve years of quantitative and qualitative research, Dr. DeGruy developed her theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome,

PTSS is a condition that exists as a consequence of multigenerational oppression enslaved Africans and their descendants resulting from centuries of chattel slavery. This was then followed by institutionalized racism which continues to perpetuate injury.

The book addresses the residual impacts of generations of slavery and opens up the discussion of how the black community can use the developed strengthsfrom the past to heal in the present.

The book is available online in a slideshow here

From 2Pac to Queen Latifah, The Spinners to Marvin Gaye, this Black History playlist

celebrates the beauty of blackness and highlights the many faces of the black

experience.

Click here to listen

Explore the enduring legacy of Black resistance, intellect and activism through the stories of five key figures in this 9 minute video on the History Channel website.

Click here to watch!

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Watch this short 2 minute video clip, from a speech by Dr Joy Degruy, author and educator where she talks about the psychology behind a lack of empathy that we see in the country today.

Watch the clip here

Donations help fund our crucial work in education and community initiatives.

Donating, especially in February, amplifies the message of Black History Month by providing resources to organizations doing vital work, like NAFC.

If you'd like to support NAFC and the work that we do with a monetary gift, click here

*monetary gifts are not tax deductible

What's Coming Up:

• February: Black History Month
• Wednesdays in February: Online Book Club-Facebook

Have a question about NAFC? Please reach out to us at: newtownallies@gmail.com