Hi everyone! Welcome to our tour—Fighting the Good Fight: Protests and Community Action in Durham, NC! We’d love to know who else is here with us today so if you feel comfortable, feel free to send your name, university or where you’re zooming in from in the chat!

Sara Heilman, Duke University, Durham!

Amiya Mehrotra, Duke University, Durham!

Jeanette Stokes, I’m in Durham and I’m on the Pauli Murray Center board.

Hi, Kathleen, attending from Reno, NV. Employee at LPCH Stanford

Syd Gallup (she/her) in thomasville NC - transfer counselor at Davidson David Community College :)

Leslie Parkins, Duke University, Durham, NC

hi everyone, I'm Travis Lovett (he/him/his) and work on staff at Harvard's Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship

Kathy Sikes, Duke Service-Learning

Maggie Frail, Brevard North Carolina, attending from Brevard North Carolina

mandy martin, Lexington, she/her/hers, studying nursing

Kim Dean-Anderson (she/her), staff at Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)

Brandy, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Heather Morrone, UNC Wilmington

Rev. Jimmie R. Hawkins, Washington DC, Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Public Witness & United Nations

Anthony Johnson, UNC WIlmington

Nathan Walser in Lexington NC-(he/him/his) at Davidson Davie Community College studying nursing and IT.

Stelfanie Williams, Duke U in Durham, NC

How have you heard people and media discuss violence in protests? What language did they use and what points did they clarify? Was it a fair explanation of what happened? How does language reflect our societal position?What does it mean to be a good ally? What are some actions good allies can take? In this section, we have looked at various types of activism -- financial, legal, boycotts, allyship, and protest. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each of these? Which of these do you think is most effective?

So sorry to leave before the breakouts. Great presentation

Im waiting to join a room. Not sure how

A circle in Bismarck w/ native people in the center and white people on the edge that seems to have protected the native people from the police.

Small groups of people CAN make a difference.

^!!!

@Jeanette - absolutely!

One person can make a change!

the next generation gives me a lot of hope

I am feeling very warm and inspired :-)

This has been awesome! Havent had a social rights conversation w university students since I was one. So glad to hear all the voices!

Thank you for this very interesting presentation!

What do you think is particular about Durham that created this vibrant social movements? So much was generated from this location.

Kathleen, I would say the vibrant social movements are in part a reflection of the diverse populations that always existed in Durham. There were indigenous people, formerly enslaved populations, free people of color, planter-class whites and family farmers. When golden leaf tobacco took off, there's another element of growth and people who came to work in Durham

Thanks, Frachele.

So good to know.. thanks! Lots to learn. Sounds like a great place.

Where you have diverse populations, all of whom want to thrive, there will be movements.

https://www.durhamcivilrightsmap.org/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OxzoSfG-ag3R8Afnk7iDndhkuCNLAtCLEYjExKQGHRQ/edit?usp=sharing

1 thing we did in the 60s was, upon leaving academia, to go to work somewhere like the Ford plant on the assembly line to organize working class folks

this was wonderful. thanks!

thanks so much!!

https://engage.richmond.edu/events/journeystowardjustice.html