Are you looking for a way to become with familiar with the basics in discussing race?  We are offering a nine week book study based on Ijeoma Oluo's book So You Want to Talk About Race this Fall.  The book is a very accessible one for learning about such ideas as race, microaggressions, intersectionality, language around race, and many others that you hear in the news and in your day-to-day life.  We plan to cover about two chapters per week; about twenty pages.  We'll be providing discussion questions and other food for thought in advance each week so that people can join in each session with their insights and questions.  The discussion will be facilitated by Mary Repp, Craig Repp, and the Rev. Dr. Terry LePage in a way that helps people to engage in the discussion bravely while listening graciously to the other participants.

The Stigma of Addiction, Systemic Racism, and the War on Drugs:  The Need for a New National Drug Policy  

Speakers:  Gretchen Bergman, Caroline Steward, LCSW, the Rev. Mary Moreno-Zermeno Richardson

For 50 years,  the United States has fought the "War on Drugs".  A lot of the bipartisan rhetoric of our Drug War propaganda has stigmatized a treatable medical condition like Substance Use Disorder (SUD) as a moral failing.  The real life consequences of these 50 year policies of the War on Drugs have resulted in increased overdose deaths, deaths from drug gang and cartel violence, and mass incarceration of people for non-violent drug offenses.  A lot of these deaths and incarcerations have also disparately impacted communities of color.    

Join IUCC D&I Task Force on Sunday September 27th, 2020 at 12:30pm for a virtual panel discussion and Q&A on this national public health problem and how we can reform our national drug policy to help people with a treatable medical condition like SUD.   This program is being held in recognition of National Recovery Month,  a national observance held every September to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with mental and substance use disorders to live healthy and rewarding lives.  

To join the Zoom Meeting:
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OR Dial-in by phone (using one of these numbers):
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