What do we want to do?
Dialogue is only the first step; we are committed to deepening relationships, building trust, and working together to build a more just and equitable world for all. Understanding that it would require uncomfortable and challenging conversations and actionable interior and exterior changes to confront and address issues of biases and racial injustices. Working together to develop initiatives that promote an anti-racist and more equitable society:
- Creating a welcoming safe space for conversation and dialogue between victims of racial injustice and those benefiting from White Privilege and Supremacy.
- Foster self-awareness by developing initiatives to confront and combat racial injustices.
- Supporting and creating an anti-racist community within the Focolare Movement, within our local region, and within our families.
- Confront overt and covert acts of racism.
- Develop and provide educational resources and outlets to further foster anti-racist education and self-reflection.
How do we go about doing this?
We want to turn dialogue and discussion into initiative and action. Every encounter is to be a call to action, to brainstorm concrete actions that we can take as individuals, within our families, and in our various communities:
- Create forums of dialogue to discuss racial issues and personal experiences.
- Ways to confront and subvert racism, bias, and marginalization.
- Foster and implement anti-racism initiatives and projects.
- Promote a greater culture of sharing, artistic expression, ideas, and creativity to close the gap between culture, races, religions, genders, etc.
