HOPE Community Reflections - SPRING 2025 Racelighting
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Beginning on Thursday, February 27, 2025, HOPE will begin its Spring Community Reflections. These sessions will serve as an excellent opportunity to contextualize and deepen our work at the college as we move forward. Additionally, there will be paid opportunities for faculty that will be announced at our kick-off event on February 13.We will begin this exercise through the collective engagement in the Racelighting Course, created by Dr. J. Luke Wood, the pivotal voice behind the Black Minds Matter Course. This five-part course addresses how schools, colleges, and universities can address this issue, which is distinguished from gaslighting when the messages used to invalidate the victim are racial. Racelighting is an act of psychological manipulation where Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) receive racial messages that distort their realities and lead them to second-guess themselves.
Community Reflections will happen in two parts: a 45-50 minute review of the course content; and 20-30 minute deep dive immediately following the session designed for participants, with a focus on group discussions and real-world applications of learning.
Days and Times
Racelighting (Thursday afternoons, 2-3:15 p.m.)
*All videos can be found on YouTube
Introduction: Antecedents of Racelighting | Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Meeting ID: 865 8829 2442
Chapter 1: Racial Microaggressions | Thursday, March 27, 2025
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Chapter 2: An introduction to Racelighting | Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Chapter 3: Common Messages Racelighters Use | Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Chapter 4: Strategies for Improvement | Thursday, May 2025 (TBD)
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