A social justice workshop aimed at white people takes place Saturday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the downstairs meeting room of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave. Tucson Solidarity group hopes to provide “white folks” with the tools they need to speak out against moments of racial injustice as they occur. The hope is that focusing on this demographic will help connect to other white people and create a conversation to show solidarity with people of color. Of course, the workshop accepts not only white people, but anyone from any background. Attendees can expect to hear about why uniting together to end white supremacy and instead create a supportive culture benefits all. The event is free and lunch is provided with proper RSVP to tucsonsolidaritygroup@gmail.com, but space is limited. Donations to offset the cost of lunch and to provide funding for future events are accepted. More information can be found on the event’s Facebook page.

This article appears in May 7-13, 2015.

2 replies on “Answering the Call”

  1. No matter the color, background or circumstances, the best way to solve our violence issues is to commit no crimes against each other, or ourselves for that matter. There is no white supremacy, there is only segregation, and its just these types of functions that continue to create the very divide in our society that exists. There should be no mention of color or ethnicity anywhere in our society if we truly want to be know as one America, no check blocks on any government forms or applications. Ask yourself this, everyone no person of any race, creed, color or religion… is prevented from attaining an education in this country, from the ghetto to the white house we all take a different path to attain an education, however, its open to all. Once educated, we could all then agree, that these special emphasis groups touting this group or that group only support racism and segregation. If we genuinely want to be counted as one, “Americans” we need to push to remove any reference to this or that type of person in our schools and our own vocabulary, but I warn you, the government likes us divided, there is strength in numbers, they know that and therefore, support continued segregation through special emphasis groups, have a nice day.

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