Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 Race to Justice - A Special Day - Late Start Day

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Late Start Day - 10:00 - 3:00

Issues of Today

Race To Justice

Thursday, February 9, 2017 is a REGULAR school day.  School begins at 1:00 am with attendance taken in the regular first period class.    The Schedule for the day is listed below and will be posted at school on Thursday.  The Session workshop titles and descriptions are also listed below.

Education and Learning are continuous and constant.  We must examine our lives and community as we seek to be our personal best today and in the future.  We celebrate and honor the past as well as taking serious attention of the events not in keeping with our best for all of our people.  The future is ours to create.  By understanding and exploration we review possibilities.  Working together is important.  This is a complicated world and these are complicated times.

Welcome to another special day in the life of our community.

Workshop Location	Check In	Workshop Session 1	Workshop Session 2	Lunch	Workshop Session 3	Check In
Time	10:00-10:20	10:30-11:30	11:40-12:40	12:40-1:20	1:30-2:30	2:40-3:00
W101		An Environmental Expedition: Going Green Through Racial Justice Throughout the World By Hema Patel	An Environmental Expedition: Going Green Through Racial Justice Throughout the World By Hema Patel		An Environmental Expedition: Going Green Through Racial Justice Throughout the World By Hema Patel
W108		A Seat At The Table By Natashia Otiso and Caroline Haarman	A Seat At The Table By Natashia Otiso and Caroline Haarman		A Seat At The Table By Natashia Otiso and Caroline Haarman
W109		Watching U Watch Me By Ndolo and Noura	Watching U Watch Me By Ndolo and Noura		Watching U Watch Me By Ndolo and Noura
W114		Student Power In The Age Of Trump By David Boehnke	You Got Me Messed Up By Jada Olsen and Awa Mally		You Got Me Messed Up By Jada Olsen and Awa Mally
W115		Resistance Under Trump By Laye Kwamina Barry	Resistance Under Trump By Laye Kwamina Barry		Philosophy Of Race By Max Rabidue
W116		Guardians of OUR Democracy By Iris Altamirano	Guardians of OUR Democracy By Iris Altamirano		Guardians of OUR Democracy By Iris Altamirano
W117		Disability and Ableism 101 By Rin Culhane	Disability and Ableism 101 By Rin Culhane		Disability and Ableism 101 By Rin Culhane
W124		Anti-Blackness As A Mixed Kid by Aida Rian	Anti-Blackness As A Mixed Kid by Aida Rian
W125		Capturing The Story: Social Justice Photography Training By Ryan Stopera	ACLU's work on Racial Justice & Immigrants Rights by Jana Kooren		Know Your Rights by Jana Kooren
W126		About Autism by Moritz Lindner	About Autism by Moritz Lindner		About Autism by Moritz Lindner
N130		A Voice For The Voiceless by Kailleen Perez	Race + Society: Tips + Tricks For Everyday Consciousness By Ms. Toedt's Students		Safe and Sexy You By Caitlin OFallon
N131		Asian American Feminists: From Representation to Resistence By Jigna Desai	White Allyship By Brontë Cook and Zoey Norling		White Allyship By Brontë Cook and Zoey Norling
N132		Clap Backs To Power by Abby Rombalski and Brontë Cook	Veganism - Nonviolence and Environment By Mr. Johnson		Veganism - Nonviolence and Environment By Mr. Johnson
N133		What Does Racism Have To Do With Capitalism? By Cliff Martin	What Does Racism Have To Do With Capitalism? By Cliff Martin		What Does Racism Have To Do With Capitalism? By Cliff Martin
N135		Misogynoir By April Houston and Fola Wilson	Misogynoir By April Houston and Fola Wilson		Misogynoir by April Houston and Fola Wilson
N136		White Allyship By Simon Tolman and Fiona Hanley	White Allyship By Simon Tolman and Fiona Hanley
N137		Misogyny In Hookup Culture By Zoey Norling and Julia Hart	Current Events Discussion by Claire Pince and Asma Shafi		Current Events Discussion By Lucy Kegley and Carli Grossman
N144		SAFE SPACE By Munira Ali, Emily Van Ryn, and Lolo Walser	SAFE SPACE By Ella Paine and Amanda Stagg		SAFE SPACE By Asma Shafi, Laila Chaplin, and Carly Madden
N145		The Power of Youth Grassroots Organizing Within Your School By Amir Sharif	Post Racial Society And Color Blindness By Certeria Magee		Post Racial Society And Color Blindness By Certeria Magee
N148		Microaggressions By Omar Ceesay	Microaggressions By Omar Ceesay		Microaggressions By Omar Ceesay
N149		Race/Sports/Rethinking The Win By Lea B Olsen	Destroying Myths Of The Strong Black Woman By Destiny Anderson		Destroying Myths Of The Strong Black Woman By Destiny Anderson
N150		Alternative Facts By Ms. Mariama	Alternative Facts By Ms. Mariama
N151		Genocide In Indian Country By Richard Merlin Johnson Jr. and Shannon Nordby	Hip Hop In The Curriculum By Averie Mitchell-Brown		Triple Evils -- Poverty, Racism, & Militarism: How We Respond Matters by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
N152		Misogynoir By Aminata Kromah and Najma Yusuf	Misogynoir By Aminata Kromah and Najma Yusuf		Misogynoir By Aminata Kromah and Najma Yusuf
N153		Why Obama's Not S**t But He's Still My Guy By Isak Douah	Why Obama's Not S**t But He's Still My Guy By Isak Douah		The Power of Youth Grassroots Organizing Within Your School By Amir Sharif
W215 Choir Room	Per 1 Release Check In	Teachers Learn Too: An Interactive Lesson On Systematic Oppression In Your Classroom By Collin Robinson	Teachers Learn Too: An Interactive Lesson On Systematic Oppression In Your Classroom By Collin Robinson			Per 7 Release Check In
W214 Band Room		Anti-Blackness In The Muslim Community By MSA	Muslim Ban/Islamophobia By MSA		Anti-Blackness In The Muslim Community By MSA
Black Box		The 13th Screening - Emma Grabowski and Tess Nelson	The 13th Screening - Mo Omar and Olivia Leighton		Social Justice Performance By Washburn Theater Group
W225		Organizing Tactics 101 By Tony Williams	Organizing Tactics 101 By Tony Williams		Organizing Tactics 101 By Tony Williams
W226		Whitewashed Black Music, with a focus on Hip Hop and Jazz By Riley Swain and Harun Rasheed	Environmental Justice Is Racial Justice By Kyra Brown		Whitewashed Black Music, with a focus on Hop Hop and Jazz By Riley Swain and Harun Rasheed
W223		How Do We Work Together? By Cypress Kenney	How Do We Work Together? By Cypress Kenney		How Do We Work Together? By Cypress Kenney
W230			How You Can Disupt Islamophobia By Fuduma Warsame		How You Can Disupt Islamophobia By Fuduma Warsame
W201			Mixed/Multicultural/Biracial: Lets Talk About It By Alissa Paris
W202		Intro To Social Justice By Maggie Mcclun and Sophia Meza	Intro To Social Justice By Amir Sharif and Eleanor Munshower		Intro To Social Justice By Olivia Leighton and Mo Omar
W204		Violence In Social Movements By Vanessa Taylor	Violence In Social Movements By Vanessa Taylor		Violence In Social Movements By Vanessa Taylor

Workshop Session Topics:

Hip Hop In The Curriculum By Averie-Mitchell Brown (Session 2)

This workshop is about how hip hop based curriculum can help engage and improve students learning as well as the pedagogy that surrounds education.

Washburn Blackbox Acting Program Theatre 3 Social Justice Theatre Performance By Washburn Theater Group (Session 3)

Come witness original youth voice in a performance about the school to prison pipeline, sexual identity, rape culture, and more! This play was made by Washburn Blackbox Acting Students.

Micro Aggressions By Omar Ceesay (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

A detailed description and display of the effects of microaggressions on a person's mental health.

Race/Sports/and Rethinking the Win By Lea Olsen (Session 1)

A discussion on the modern day athlete, expectations we have of them and what do we need to do differently as athletes, coaches and parents.

White Allyship By Fiona Hanley and Simon Tolman (Sessions 1 and 2), Bronte Cook and Zoey Norling (Sessions 2 and 3)

Workshop committed to exploring and understanding the ways white people can get involved with and aide in racial/social justice movements. We will be discussing steps we as white people and students can take in order to become better allies in our communities. We will also be covering topics such as understanding privileges, the white savior complex, and our place as white people in the movement.

Misogynoir By April Houston and Fola Wilson (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

We will be discussing intersectional feminism issues.

Destroying Myths of the Strong Black Women By Destiny Anderson (Sessions 2 and 3)

This workshop will focus on destroying the idea that black womyn are solely valued for their ability to suffer, endure pain and love black men without reciprocation.

Alternative Facts by Ms. Mariama Gifftian Kpaka (Sessions 1 and 2)

How do you effectively communicate with a person with whom you disagree? A Discourse to Provoke your Sense of Awareness, Styles of Communication and Navigating Conflict.

Misogynoir By Najma Yusuf and and Aminata Kromah (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

Talking about Misogynoir and how it affects black womxn.

What Does Racism Have To Do With Capitalism? By Cliff Martin (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

This workshop will tie together the different levels of racism: personal/interpersonal, institutional, structural, and systemic into a clear root cause tree analysis that shows us the connections between the racism people experience in daily life and the political economic system of capitalism.

Asian American Feminists: From Representation to Resistance By Jigna Desai (Session 1)

Have you heard about the Page Law? What do you think of Cho Chang and the Patil sisters in Harry Potter? Who are Yuri Kochiyama and Grace Lee Boggs? And why are Asian American feminists so invisible? In this workshop, we will learn a little history and then mostly talk about Asian American feminist activism and poetry. Participants will have an opportunity to start their own poem at the end.

Triple Evils--Poverty, Racism, & Militarism:  How We Respond Matters By Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer (Session 3)

Martin Luther King named and combated these "triple evils" and so must we.  This workshop will exam how these "triple evils" impact our lives today and how we can challenge them.

Clap Back to Power By Abby Rombalski and Bronte Cook (Session 1)

This is a collaborative space. What are your sources of knowledge and information? How do you respond to inequities/oppression in your daily life? After I learn more about the group, we'll practice asking hard questions and learn four ways to see and work against oppression. Talking about race (including whiteness) and intersectionality will be normed in this space.

Veganism - Nonviolence & Environmentalism By Mitchell Johnson (Sessions 2 and 3)

Deforestation, water/soil pollution, climate change, world hunger, cancer, heart disease, water usage, species extinction, and the deaths of more than 100 billion animals annually - Come discuss how a vegan lifestyle can help solve some of our planet’s most serious problems.

Student Power in the Age of Trump By David Boehnke (Session 1)

Trump is changing the political landscape and all of us our figuring out what we can do. What power do students have to impact change? What lessons can we learn from previous struggles? What knowledge can we arm ourselves with about ourselves and the present? Come share your ideas, questions, and perspectives with a long time Twin Cities organizer and revolutionary.

Know Your Rights - What to do if you are stopped by police By Jane Kooren (Session 3)

Learn about what you should and should not do if you are stopped by police.

ACLU's work on Racial Justice & Immigrants Rights By Jane Kooren (Session 2)

Learn about some racial justice and immigrants rights work that is happening in Minnesota.

About Autism By Moritz Lindner (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

I describe autism, the challenges people with autism face, and the stigma in a slide show presentation.

Safe & Sexy You By Caitlin OFallon (Session 3)

How to have safe and sexy sexy-time!

A Voice for the Voiceless By Kailleen Perez (Session 1)

This workshop will provide an equal representation for students of color who feel underrepresented and misrepresented to raise awareness of what is happening and discuss solutions to problems through the use of games, media and other authentic materials.

Anti-Blackness as a Mixed Kid By Aida Rian (Sessions 1 and 2)

How anti-blackness affects kids mixed kids & their identities as black children.

Disability & Ableism 101 By Rin Culhane (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

Disability & Ableism 101 is a crash course for anyone and everyone! Maybe you don't know anything about ableism, or maybe you're pretty well read, either way this workshop has something for you! Ask those awkward questions you've been too afraid to ask! Come and learn about how ableism and disability fit into your activism!

Guardians of OUR Democracy By Iris Altamirano (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

This is a racial equity and social justice workshop that will strive to teach from the perspective of service, justice and fundamental fairness both in a historical context and in our current-- trouble filled times.

Capturing the Story: Social Justice Photography Training By Ryan Stopera (Session 1)

Social justice work is about people, power and the stories that come from them. This workshop will teach you how to take your skills in organizing around issues, and adding hands on photography skills to speak truth to power to make positive change. In media we are in a constant battle of narrative. We are up against biased media, fake news and an ocean of trolls sharing misinformation. We are on the right side of history. It is as important for us to tell our truth as it is to show it.

Race + Society: Tips + Tricks for Everyday Consciousness By Ms. Toedt’s students (Session 2)

This session will help you stay awake to issues of race in everyday life today. Presentation topics include:  How can I test TV shows and movies for equitable racial representation? How does religious background affect our perception of race and gender? To what extent does skin color matter biologically? Socially? How have norms in Disney and other corporations perpetuated or challenged racial stereotyping? What's the current situation in American politics concerning racial and gender representation? Who runs major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter and does that matter? And more!

Violence In Social Movements By Vanessa Taylor (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

A run down of the history of (non) violence within social movements, along with current cultural perceptions of violence. Namely, who is regarded as violent? What makes an action violent? And how is violence utilized as a tool of oppression?

Watching You Watching Me By Ndolo Elate and Noura (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

In this workshop we'll be talking about the history and evolution of government surveillance and the invasive, covert intervention methods they use when things aren't going their way. Come thru & learn what you can do to protect yourself from the government’s snooping…

A Seat At The Table By Natashia Otiso and Caroline Haarman (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

We'll start with an introduction to the basic ideas of intersectional feminism, what it is and what it's purpose is. Then we'll look deeper into how race and other intersections affect how we experience misogyny, how we perceive it, how we react to it individually, and as a society.

The Power of Youth  Grassroots organizing within your school By Amir Sharif (Sessions 1 and 3)

A workshop that teaches students how to plan and organize in school settings.

An Environmental Expedition: Going Green Through Racial Justice Around the World By Hema Patel (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

In this workshop we will be diving into the deeper issues of how different countries around the world interact with the environment. For example, we will juxtapose America's over consumption problems with the incredible zero waste villages of Japan. Worldly waste affects all parts of life. We, as the students of Southwest High school, are so privileged that if any school could help make a difference, it would be us. We will also learn about DAPL and other current events concerning the environment. Come learn about going green across the universe!!!!!!!!!

Post Racial Society and Color Blindness By Certeria Magee (Sessions 2 and 3)

This workshop will be talking about the ideology of color blindness. Having a series of discussion of what color blindness is and how the idea plays a part of systematic racism. Getting a deeper understanding of racial equality.

How Do We Work Together? By Cypress Kenney (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

A open discussion/talk back about how we, as such a diverse community, can come together and do important work.

Philosophy of Race By Max Rabidue (Session 3)

Discussion of the origins of race, authors and books discussing race, and the general philosophy of race.

Genocide in Indian Country By Richard Merlin Johnson Jr. and Shannon Nordby (Session 1)

As Minnesotans, we are all living on stolen Dakota Land.
What are some of the issues Native Americans face in Minnesota?
"There could never really be justice on stolen land" #NativeLivesMatter #noDAPL #noLine3

Anti-Blackness in the Muslim Community By The Muslim Student Alliance (Session 1 and 3)

How black Muslims also face racism around our community.

Organizing Tactics 101 By Tony Williams (Sessions 1, 2, and 3)

Learn some basic organizing tactics! Topics will include base building, campaign planning, escalation, and direct action.

Muslim Ban/Islamophobia By The Muslim Student Alliance (Session 2)

How the Muslim ban and islamophobia affect the Muslim community.

Environmental Justice is Racial Justice By Kyra Brown (Session 2)

Environmental justice is often whitewashed and classist. In reality, environmental issues impact low income communities of colors. For any real change to occur, we must be intersectional with our issues. This workshop will go through historical examples of climate issues and discuss what people can do now to help with current events.

Teachers Learn Too: An Interactive Lesson on Systematic Oppression in Your Classroom By Collin Robinson (Sessions 1 and 2)

This workshop is a teacher focused, historic based, analytic workshop about understanding racism, and systematic oppression including its intersections. This is a teacher/Administrator only space, with the exception of a student share out in the end of the workshop, allowing students to freely talk about their experiences at Southwest. We will look into Minneapolis-the specific elements that have shaped our public school system, as well as understanding our school and how the history of Southwest shapes the way we teach and students learn today. This workshop does differentiate from the one presented last year, so please come ready to learn!

Mixed/Multiracial/Biracial: Let’s Talk About It By Alissa Paris (Session 2)

Students who identify as more than one race (multiracial/biracial i.e. mixed) even if you do not choose to call yourself mixed, are all welcome to this safe space to talk about your experiences. We will be doing some activities and discussing the history of mixed people from all over the world. Not everyone is mixed with just black/African and white/Caucasian; a binary conversation that we hear a lot when talking about issues concerning race. We want to invite anyone mixed of any combination of races, even if you are not clear on what you are mixed with, or if you do not appear to be mixed (i.e. can pass as one race).

Intro to Social Justice By Maggie McClun and Sophia Meza (Session 1), Amir Sharif and Eleanor Munshower (Session 2), Olivia Leighton and Mo Omar (Session 3)

This introductory workshop will go over key terms and concepts of social justice and activism.

The 13th Screening By Emma Grabowski, Tess Nelson, Mo Omar, and Olivia Leighton (Session 1-2)

In this workshop, students will watch and then discuss The 13th which is a 2016 documentary film directed by Ava Duvernay. Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, the film is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed slavery (unless as punishment for a crime).

Misogyny in Hookup Culture By Zoey Norling and Julia Hart (Session 1)

Workshop focusing on sexuality, and how there are misogynistic undertones present in the hookup culture today. We will be discussing ways to stay safe in the hookup culture, and how to recognize these undertones especially at Southwest and in our community.

You Got Me Messed Up By Jada Olsen and Awa Mally (Sessions 2 and 3)

Two amazing and powerful black femmes talk about how they, as well as other femmes and queer people, are forgotten and pushed aside in social movements and how this affects them and the movement.

Resistance Under Trump By Laye Kwamina Barry (Sessions 1 and 2)

#FDT: The Lit Ass Resistance Against Trump - For the first time in US history, we have elected a Nacho Cheese Dorito as president. How can we organize grassroots movement(s) to effectively fight against his fascist agenda and the neo-Nazis in his cabinet? How can we start/sustain a young people's movement that will work to abolish not only the President's policies but also the harmful system(s) that created a country in which he could be elected in the first place.

Current Events Discussion By Claire Pince, Asma Shafi, Lucy Kegley, and Carli Grossman (Sessions 1 and 2)

This space will be for open discussion about current events including the women’s march, the Dakota Access Pipeline, Israel/Palestine, the Muslim Ban, and more.

Why Obama’s Not S**t But He’s Still My Guy By Isak Douah (Sessions 1 and 2)

Barack Obama's presidency will be difficult to define. Obama was definitely the president of symbolism. He made history by being elected in the first place. With that being said, it would be erroneous to ignore a lot of the Obama administration’s crooked policies like his drone program and setting deportation records. In this workshop we will be discussing Obama's presidency and legacy.

How You Can Disrupt Islamophobia By Fuduma Warsame (Sessions 2 and 3)

This workshop will focus on helping students develop and increase understanding of Islamophobia and the complexity of how it manifests. Whether it be through daily interactions (microaggressions) or larger and often destructive policies that are kept hidden from the public. Through discussion and reflection, participants will practice identifying and discussing Islamophobia and ways to disrupt it.

Whitewashed Black Music, With a Focus on Hip Hop and Jazz By Riley Swain, Harun Rasheed, and Solomon Parham (Sessions 1 and 3)

This workshop will be discussion based, in which the leaders will present on how black music like jazz and hip hop have progressively been taken over by mainly white artists, causing an inequality in media coverage.