<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81615">Hi All,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81616"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81276">In addition to Not on Our Watch, Rt 1 Social Justice Peace Makers is forming organizational teams for efforts detailed below. There is a meeting scheduled for Dec 13 and you can join the group on FB to stay in the loop: <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81469"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81453"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/841722225958185/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81452">https://www.facebook.com/groups/841722225958185/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81240"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81374"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81350"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81512">For those interested in organizing educational workshops, our next
meeting will be Tuesday, December 13th at 7 pm, at the PG Plaza
Community Center. 6600 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Mtg room #3. We will
also be talking more about creating a local Showing up for Racial Justice chapter. <br></b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81556"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81512"><br></b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81558"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81512"></b><a href="http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/about" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81559">http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/about</a><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81512"></b><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81171"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81172"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81173"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81174"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81175"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81176"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81177"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81178">1)
We are forming a Green-Line SURJ chapter. This requires us to have 1) a
leadership committee, 2) form accountability relationships with local
people of color led organizations, and 3) have an action plan. </span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81179"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81180"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81181">2) At the same time that we are going thro</span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81182"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81183"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81184">ugh
the steps towards creating a formal SURJ chapter, we want to organize
three workshops for the spring, each building on the next. The first
would be a workshop about implicit bias (we need to find a speaker for
this--I am going to ask colleagues at UMD in the Women's Studies
department, but any other suggestions would also be welcome!), the
second would be a basic workshop on bystander intervention, and the
third would be a more advanced workshop on bystander intervention for
white folks about white privilege and how to step in without being a
"white savior." Jordan Perry has volunteered to facilitate a bystander
intervention workshop and offered the two options.</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81186"> We really liked the idea of having a basic one and a more advanced one. </span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81187"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81188"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81189">3)
Our next meeting is Tuesday, December 13th at 7 pm, at the PG Plaza
Community Center. 6600 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville. Mtg room #3</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81190"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81191"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81192">4)
Another topic of discussion was community relationships with the police
departments in our neighborhoods, interactions with the chief of police
in each neighborhood, folks' feelings about recent public safety forums
(Univ Park) and community forums with police (Riverdale), concerns
about community budgets, and what is deemed "suspicious behavior" by
residents and police. Clearly, given local and national concerns, this
is something that folks are also interested in organizing around along
with these educational workshops. </span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81193"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81194"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81195">5) It is also
clear from this meeting, and conversations we are having with other
folks on and off-line that there is a lot of energy right now towards
creating change and getting involved, and we should harness it and make
sure we don't lose momentum!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481206814706_81646"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_ce43f3f9-054f-ebe2-dc5f-d12ab4a99774" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-url="http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/about" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false"> <a href="http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/about" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="400"> <table class="card yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/t_lnHDm_foqdFUXVWYjwVw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/showingupforracialjustice/sites/1/meta_images/original/SURJ_color_logo.jpg?1417373366.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" background="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/t_lnHDm_foqdFUXVWYjwVw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/showingupforracialjustice/sites/1/meta_images/original/SURJ_color_logo.jpg?1417373366.cf.jpg"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/t_lnHDm_foqdFUXVWYjwVw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/showingupforracialjustice/sites/1/meta_images/original/SURJ_color_logo.jpg?1417373366.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" valign="top" style="width:100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" valign="top" bgcolor="transparent" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" style="width:100%;height:185px;min-height:185px;" height="185"> <tbody><tr> <td class="card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td class="card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;"> <div class="card-share-container"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table class="card-info yahoo-ignore-table" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:95%;max-width:380px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;border-bottom:3px solid #000000;margin-top:-40px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;"> <h2 class="card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">About</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals organizing White people for racial justice. Check out our m...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>