Colin Stokes

Totally unearned luck. Trying to make the most of it.

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

There are still a few slots available for this summer's only offering of #WhitePeopleChallengingRacism, starting Wednesday online through Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

Plus courses, webinars, and workshops from Race Forwa…https://t.co/irCIhMlTB2 https://t.co/xhvIDViVGt

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

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[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

This holiday week is a good time to plan for summer #antiracism learning.

Speaking from my own experience as a white person, getting from understanding racism intellectually to re-orienting your life to its reality and your role…https://t.co/GLfWXmLaP6 https://t.co/xhvIDViVGt

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

Had enough reading and talking about #racism?

Eager to get active dismantling racism in tangible ways?

Have you been organizing or volunteering in your community, and want to get more thoughtful about your allyship?

"White People Challenging Racism:…https://t.co/WCwYClHuTj

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

"Loving Day" in the City of Cambridge
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw on teaching the truth
Rally for the MA Indigenous Agenda at the State House
Get the sequel to "The Color of Law" at Harvard Book Store
Embrace Embrace Boston's Embrace Ide…https://t.co/D7XtIq86iX https://t.co/xhvIDViVGt

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

I’m so proud to have created, with Milly Arbaje-Thomas, the exhibit on Boston’s Black education activism at METCO, Inc. Headquarters that was included in Senator @lizspeaks’s Nubian Square tour with Mayor Michelle Wu and other State Senators. And there’s…https://t.co/9e4cEUIrNl

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

My wife @jessicawstokes already has this power https://t.co/dNsoiS62no

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

I was very proud to work on this curriculum. #unitedagainstracism every day. https://t.co/d2t7ahQHCe

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

@hmcghee comes to Brookline Wednesday afternoon...and other great #antiracism opportunities in this week's Breakthrough Brookline: https://t.co/xhvIDViVGt

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

This week: Learn about Integrated Schools, a grassroots movement by and for parents and families committed to redressing the imbalance of racial and economic power within our educational systems (Wednesday at 7:30). More ways to co…https://t.co/LBLDXWGa50 https://t.co/xhvIDViVGt

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

Tuesday at 5, free: meet #Brookline students who led the effort to #rename one of our elementary schools (from a slaveholder to an anti-lynching activist) along with peers from Chicago on the same journey. With the incredible Barba…https://t.co/tmuIqKOQrl https://t.co/SuYHTvYoYd

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

Beyond Diversity Resource Center's Summer Institute on Race (https://t.co/k2dZtKWLCR) was a game changer in my journey toward understanding the world. If you want to move from surface-level to core-level engagement, spend these fou…https://t.co/dK4fb8aSNP https://t.co/xhvIDViVGt

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

Monday: @DebbyIrving models transformative conversations
Tuesday: Stefan Lallinger & Halley Potter talk #schoolintegration research
NAACP reflects on #reparations in the #mysticvalley
Saturday: Community Change Inc. hosts "Confront…https://t.co/ZYFUd80LQ3 https://t.co/xhvIDViVGt

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

I'm proud to have worked on this curriculum. Sign up free and use it with your organization or just explore on your own.

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

@isaiah_thompson @BrooksAmes1 “Carved out”? Or “walled off”? “Hoarded from within”? “Latched onto like a parasite”?

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

I was invited to give an MLK speech today and a small number of members of the group hosting me wrote and then leaked emails opposing my giving this speech, as it dishonored Dr. King for me to do so. They called me a "discredited activist" "unworthy of such association with King"

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

@Beacon_Testing we are running late for the last appointment of the day in Winthrop! Should we turn around or is there a chance we will be seen?

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

Trying to model a kind of white man who owns up to mistakes and supports women of color. So I’m in this book, which I am proud to promote! https://t.co/Uh5ONozuwb

[A Better Brookline @CityofBrookline]

Introducing: our brand new website! Use the link in our bio to reach the site, where you can make a plan to sign the petition, learn about our mission, meet our team, and contact us. Please check it out!

[Colin Stokes @stokescolin]

@PeterTPiazza @orfieldtweet @diverse_schools @LPI_Learning @METCOIncHq I was surprised to learn that the idea of @metcoinchq emerged from the white suburbs reaching out to support the goals of black city activists. Organizing in the suburbs needs much more attention IMO. We took our resources out, and we have an obligation to make it right.