REGISTER Gather@Grand—BACKGROUND Now entering its fifth year of vibrant programming and ministerial outreach, the Gather@Grand speaker series offered by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael continues to present innovative and relevant content for a wide variety of guests and community members. Invitational by design Gather@Grand is meant to be just that—a community gathering in our
2020 Gather as if @ Grand Virtual Film Discussion Series Films within the Gather as if @ Grand 2020 program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda C. Pete, who will provide a study guide to all registrants in order to facilitate study, reflection, and conversation. MOVIE #1: Amistad 155 minutes;
Join us for the second in our Film Discussion Series as we dive into Roots (Season 1; Episode 1) Films within the Gather as if @ Grand 2020 program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda Carter Pete, who will provide a study guide to all registrants in order to facilitate
Join us for the third in our Film Discussion Series as we explore the PBS Documentary: Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Revisited. Films within the Gather as if @ Grand 2020 program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda Carter Pete, who provides a study guide to all registrants in
Join us for the fourth in our Film Discussion Series as we explore Something the Lord Made. Films within the Gather as if @ Grand program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda Carter Pete, who provides a study guide to all registrants in order to facilitate study, reflection, and conversation.
Join us for the fifth film in our Film Discussion Series as we explore 42: The True Story of an American Legend. Films within the Gather as if @ Grand program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda Carter Pete, who provides a study guide to all registrants in order to
Join us for the 6th film in our Film Discussion Series as we explore Miss Evers’ Boys (TV Movie 1997). Films within the Gather as if @ Grand program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda Carter Pete, who provides a study guide to all registrants in order to facilitate study,
Gather@Grand Virtual Film Discussion for November 2021 Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? A documentary murder mystery about the filmmaker's family, set in lower Alabama, 18 miles north of the Florida state line. On an October night in 1946, S.E. Branch twice shot a man named Bill Spann in the small neighborhood market that
Burden Our second movie this season is Burden. Mike Burden was a Ku Klux Klan member who left the Klan, eventually aligning himself with a Black minister he was once told to assassinate. Meanwhile, Rev. Kennedy preaches a gospel of love from his pulpit. But notably, he and his family soon find that loving one’s
Two Films: Hidden Figures and To Kill a Mockingbird As we remember incidents of police brutality and the killings of Oscar Grant, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, it’s worth reevaluating how the media we view has perpetuated racist stereotypes and historical inaccuracies while claiming to take on racism. We can't keep sweeping issues of racism
The Hate U Give Our fourth discussion this season will focus on the movie The Hate U Give. A teenager witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood friend by a police officer and must decide if she will testify. DOWNLOAD: The Hate U Give-studyguide REGISTER
Since 2020 the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael have been offering a special Gather@Grand program providing opportunities to explore systemic racism. We hope you will consider joining us this spring for a 2-day seminar: Engaging White Privilege—Courage and Skills Addressing White Racism. This in-person, highly interactive, seven-hour event focuses on two aspects of exploring and