The Black Diaspora: Black Appalachians, Canadian Blacks and Descendants from the African Continent

ASC Black Appalachian Sessions Friday 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Concurrent Sessions 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.12 - Panel: Documenting Black Cemeteries in SWVA Convener: Willie Dodson   “The Ike Shade Cemetery in Haysi, Virginia and the beginning of the SWVA Black Cemetery Collective,” Willie Dodson (Appalachian Voices)   “The Collier Slave Cemetery in Jonesville, Virginia,” Amy Clark (University of Virginia Wise) “Documenting Black History in Appalachia,” William Isom (East Tennessee PBS) “Searching for Grandma in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Norton, Virginia,” Terran Young (Highlander Center) 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM POSTER Session with Desserts   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “Documenting African American Heritage and Culture in Western Maryland,” Brenna Bohn and Andrew J. Dayton (Frostburg State University) 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...

Martin Luther King: Resilience and His Message for Canada Then and Now Wilburn Hayden, PhD, Professor, York University School of Social Work First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Hamilton January 14, 2018 Resilience is the word that comes to my mind when I remember MLK. A common understanding of resilience is the ability to overcome risks and being able to move forward in a right direction of positive and progressive change.  There are three presumptions associated with resilience: that it can be acquire by anyone if they follow a prescribed course of action; that equality exists amongst all individuals and communities; and that anyone can learn to take the right action.  With these presumptions comes an understanding that people living in marginalized or racialized communities affected by social barriers should be able to foster individual resilience just as easily as people living in privilege communities. Understanding resilience in this way p...

Wilburn Hayden, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, York University White Allies in Anti-Racism Workshop. Hamilton UU 1 st  March 10, 2018 Racism  is the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors based on race that result in one race or individuals of that racial group being disadvantaged because of race. White privilege  is unearned racial advantages that whites as a group and as individuals have that result in oppression by disadvantaging blacks as a group and as individuals. This is not to be confused with earned privileges, such as formal education. In Canadian society) white privileges are more about attitudes and informal practices of whites, other ethnic groups and other blacks that disadvantage blacks. White privilege is locked into the norms of our community culture.    People on both sides of the race line have come to accept incidents as just part of getting along.   At the core of white privilege is the general presumption that white...