Hi from YB Knoxville!

Rebecca Paavola, Director of Education and Training, SEAT Center

Gina Plata, Chief Program Officer YBUSA

desmondhawk youth program Atlanta

Amber Palmeri, Mile High Youth Corps, Denver

Desmond, good to see you on the call

Lee Hofrichter, Director of Development, YBUSA

Thank you, Jahi!

Thank you, Jahi!

Kariem saboor

Hello Everyone, Elizabeth Brown, Project Director East Georgia YouthBuild, Thomson Georgia

Saboor, glad you could make it.

Great to see everyone. Working on tech difficulties to get video on

🙏🙏🙏 for our YouthBuild family who is gone

Thank you Mike!

and they were at the wrong house

Yup. And he's still in jail for defending his family. Enough is enough

Now over 3 months and Breonna Taylor's murderers still not even arrested. Still

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

that's so sad 😥

Thank you Mike!

Thank you Mike. It’s so important to hear what is happening on on the ground.

And thank you even more for your strong leadership.

thank you tony

CAU!!!!!!!!!!!

Jasmine lol

Thanks Tony... Mrs.Kristy, thanks for repping for ATL..

Thank you Mike, Tony, and Christina, I agree, your testimony about your communities is so important to hear and learn from.

Thank you for sharing your experiences. It is very powerful and important work you are doing for your communities and the nation.

Thank You Mrs.Kristy

Your awesome

We appreciate you Kristy!

from doug yb Northshore thank you krristina

Thanks guys...Keep Rayshard Brooks family in your prayers. People of

color should not be killed by police

no should be killed for

The liberation of Black Men, Black Women, and Black Trans folks is liberation for all.

It’s also important to have a multi-faceted approach to impact change, protests are a critical aspect - but the depth of systemic racism needs to be hit on all fronts.

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Yes Kabir!! I 100% agree

Agreed. I've been hosting roundtable discussions recently to help people understand the movement better. Some are so intimidated by the protests they become resistant to hearing the message at times

We white folks have our own work to do, which will often be uncomfortable.

I think my fellow white people. We need to sit in our challenges that make us uncomfortable.

What I love about the protests is there are many shades of color protesting police brutality.

Yes, and educate ourselves!

People are working together to obliterate systemic racism. We need to keep our foot on the gas!

Right on, Mike. YES

my goodness

yes. yes. yes

YES!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!

preach brotha

YESSSS!!!!!!

Yes!!

Powerful word sir

Hi everyone, the following are the focus questions for the breakout! 1) What does support look like for you in your program or community? 2) What type of action feels meaningful in the circles you're part of? 3) What do you need from YouthBuild USA to support this action?

How do we join the group.

Great to see everyone!

Shout-out to breakout 6! Such an insightful conversation thank you to all who shared their thoughts.

from doug breakout 8 you rock

absolutely educate and empower our young people

Breakout Room 9

Thanks, Jeremy. :)

Yes, great opportunity to change policing policy that is being discussed in every locality. We can use Youth Policy Committee to help guide this. What would we like to see. Whether ending Qualified Immunity or "Defunding the Police" that reallocates resources to other more effective community services. This fits well into our Leadership Component and there are past examples of young people affecting change

Qualified Immunity! Thats major Charles

And teaching our youth their rights and how to “Clearly Establish” them when they encounter a police officer.

Before we finish the call, can we address that "influencing legislation" is an AmeriCorps prohibited activity and how we can work around that? Talking to our young people about the impact that influencing legislation is majorly important right now.

*impact that influencing legislation has, sorry about that

I think the answer is to make sure the members don't have any AMeriCorps gear on. YOu should be safe after that.

^

Yeah, we need some non-uniform days right now for sure!

Thank you Elizabeth!

Yes Elizabeth!!! YES WE CAN

Thank you, Elizabeth!

YES!!!

Also, to develop other curriculum based on the BP model - that teaches academic skills through social justice lens, with suggested activities that demand the incorporation of local realities (the way that Blueprint For Democracy is developed)

We were group 9 and all but one of us are white. We talked about how it is long overdue for white people to be uncomfortable with the history of our country.

The Blueprint for Democracy Curriculum is great but we need to update it with information for the last few years. I can support this as I have used this over the years as part of the Youthbuild Movement.

Neil Qusba and Eliska also mentioned that there are international social justice strategies that we should consult and contextualize to our communities.

Definitely -love that idea of connecting youth!

9 was awesome

Eliska also mentioned the specific role of white people and making sure white staff in predominantly white YB's are properly informing white students. Also using privilege to impact local power to impact policies

I like that Charles

Well said Charles, thank you!

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Boston College Institute for Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) Racial Trauma Toolkit https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/isprc/isprc-advisory-board.html

Becoming Antiracists Toolkit - Ibram X.Kendi https://chicagobeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Toolkit_-Becoming-Anti-Racist-CB.pdf (edited)

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Color of Change, NAACP,

THAT WAS GREAT CHARLES!

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Thanks, Everyone! This was great!

Thank you all this was awesome!! Mike S, Mike P, Tony Z, thanks for the great convo.

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Thank you so much everyone!

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Thank you everyone for sharing!

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much love, everyone.

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God bless you too

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