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A very informative Juneteenth mail from US ATLAS

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From: Sarah Demers <sarah.demers AT yale.edu>
Date: Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 2:11 PM
Subject: [Usatlas-l] Juneteenth: Statement and Information from the US ATLAS EDI Committee
To: <usatlas-l AT lists.bnl.gov>

Dear Colleagues - Please see the message below, and links to additional information, from our US ATLAS EDI Committee. I'm sending this along to you with thanks to the committee for their work!

Dear US ATLAS community,

On June 17th, 2020, the president signed an executive order declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth, also known as Liberation Day or Emancipation Day, is celebrated annually on June 19 to mark the day when enslaved people learned of their freedom when troops came into Texas to enforce federal laws prohibiting slavery on June 19, 1865. This event occurred 2 years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation became law on January 1, 1863, and more than 2 months after the end of the Civil War on April 9, 1865. You can learn more about the decades-long activism to get Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday in this NPR article.

Juneteenth, blending the words “June” and “nineteenth”, is an opportunity for us to reflect on our country’s history and current treatment of Black Americans and for us to consider how we can keep moving forward towards a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable future. As the US ATLAS EDI committee, we recognize this as a step in the right direction, and we will continue to work with all of you to collectively dismantle systemic challenges that our Black colleagues continue to face. From disproportionate incarceration rates to sweeping legislation that will curtail the right to vote, it is clear that this is an issue that impacts many of us. We encourage you to take the day to reflect on these issues, support the more vulnerable members of your community, and stand in solidarity with them.

Sincerely,

US ATLAS EDI committee

Additional resources:

• https://juneteenth.com/ 

• https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/juneteenth 

• Ally Resources For Supporters Of Black Lives Matter 

• How Can I Be a Better White Ally? | Resources to Get Started 

Books:

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 

Articles to read:

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists

• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD

• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)

• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

• “Why So Many Organizations Stay White” by Victor Ray, Harvard Business Review

• RaceWorks Toolkit – Stanford University

Podcasts:

• The History Of Juneteenth : Fresh Air - NPR
  An oral history of Juneteenth and the events that took place on June 19, 1865 when legal slavery ended in Texas, thus marking the end of enslavement in all of the United States.

Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories - LOC
Through a series of 23 episodes, recordings from 1932 to 1975 of Freed Black Americans retelling their stories are retold for the first time in an auditory format, telling the stories of life as an African American in the United States from 1860’s to the 1930’s and beyond.

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