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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand—Befriending Trees
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \nJoin us for a set of six mid-morning sessions beginning Friday\, September 12\, 2025. We will learn more about trees and ways to engage with them more intimately\, guided by Pope Francis’s insights about integral ecology. \nWhen/Where \n\nFridays beginning September 12\, 2025\nSeptember 12\, 26; October 10\, 24; November 7\, 21\n10 am — 12 pm\nThe Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Ave\, San Rafael\, CA 94901\n\nThe Basic Plan \nYou are invited to a set of six discussion/action sessions to learn afresh our particular connectivity\, to know about trees better than we do already\, to engage some local trees in practical ways—including discovering and marking their common names (for others to appreciate). \nThe regular format will include an hour or so of discussion about trees\, stimulated by our common reading of Peter Wohlleben’s basic but informative Can You Hear the Trees Talking? (2019) or his Hidden Life of Trees (2016). We will spend some time outdoors on the Convent campus (or perhaps you will do so in your own garden)\, coming to grips with our relationship with these other creatures more nearly and dearly. \nThis engagement will help us know and befriend trees at a deeper level. Our main quest is to better understand and more deeply inhabit the tree-filled world\, the larger universe\, and our human existence amid those spaces. Our practical outcome is to begin to place nametags at the base of trees on the Convent grounds. \nRegistration \n\nPlease register online\nYou need not attend all 6 sessions. Register for the ones you can attend.\nThere is a Zoom option for the discussion portion of the session—not the field work. In-person attendance is preferable.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.\n\nRegister for September 12 here \n 
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-befriending-trees/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T160000
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SUMMARY:Exploration of the Parables
DESCRIPTION:Please join us if you are interested in learning about this series to explore Jesus’ parables more closely and freshly than before. \nREGISTER \nWe offer an orientation session (with refreshments) and then five Mondays (all 4-5:30) for this adventure. The kickoff is on June 2; the next sessions are on June 16\, 30; July 14\, 28; August 18. Though the hope is to have attendance at all\, that is not necessary. Come to what you can manage. \nAll gatherings will take place in our Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Avenue; Zoom access will be available upon request. \nREGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/exploration-of-the-parables/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T090000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195157Z
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SUMMARY:Friends of the Sisters—Be a Voice for Synodality
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07eka9weldef49b420 \n The Synod on Synodality is a three-year process of listening and dialogue that began on October 9\, 2021\, and will continue into October 2024 and beyond. Pope Francis challenges us to pursue “ this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” This journey\, which follows in the wake of the Church’s “renewal” proposed by the Second Vatican Council\, is both a gift and a task: by journeying together and reflecting together on the journey that has been made\, the Church will be able to learn through Her experience which processes can help Her to live communion\, to achieve participation\, to open Herself to mission.” The process continues. Pope Francis invites each of us to continue the process in preparation for October 2024. We are inviting you\, our friends to join the Dominican Sisters on March 23 to share your ideas\, visions\, and dreams for church. The day will begin with hospitality at 9:00 am and will continue with conversations in the Spirit and will conclude near 1:00 pm. The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael and the Friends of the Sisters Committee invite you to come and “Be a voice for Synodality.” \n No charge; donations welcome. www.sanrafaelop.org/get-involved/ways-to-give \n Questions? 415.453.8303 or communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org \n REGISTER http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07eka9weldef49b420
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/friends-of-the-sisters-be-a-voice-for-synodality/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T103000
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand: Complexities of Color
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n In-Person or via Zoom! \n A special presentation on how whiteness has shaped the humanity of white people and distorted the national promise of liberty\, freedom\, and equal opportunity. \n In this Gather@Grand learn-in/teach-in\, participants and presenters will come to clarity on what it means that whiteness is constructed (rather than natural); that the ascendancy of color-prejudice can be discerned early in the long story of North America (and re-inscribed often); and that the choice to first see and then resist racism can be made. Come away with ideas as to how to respond. The featured guest speaker (via Zoom and shown on the big screen) is Dr. Jacqueline Battalora of St. Xavier University (Chicago). Others who have been active in the various anti-racism programs of Gather@Grand will assist. \n coffee/tea/decaf provided; no charge; \n Kindly register at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/9ajgrmb
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-complexities-of-color/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231101T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231101T103000
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SUMMARY:G@G Lincoln Lectures: The Fiery Trial”—The Evolution of Lincoln’s Thoughts on Race and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n 10:30-noon\n The Gathering Space \n Mick Chantler\, Instructor \n The Fiery Trial”—The Evolution of Lincoln’s Thoughts on Race and Democracy\n Lincoln came of age at a time when Americans’ attitudes on race and slavery were hardening. In the early days of the Republic\, there was hope that these social and economic issues could be solved in time. But as the decades rolled on\, that no longer seemed possible. Lincoln had to overcome a general cultural consensus that African Americans could not live in our country as equals. We will trace the course of Lincoln’s thinking on these knotty problems\, and see how he managed to extricate his mind—to a significant extent at least—from the seemingly hopeless dead end on the subject that the country had come to by 1840.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-lincoln-lectures-the-fiery-trial-the-evolution-of-lincolns-thoughts-on-race-and-democracy/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231016T160000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195150Z
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SUMMARY:Synod Prayer Service
DESCRIPTION:  \n REGISTER \n All are welcome to join the Sisters\n in a special prayer service in solidarity\n with people from around the world\n on the same day that Pope Francis is holding\n “Together—Gathering of the People of God\,”\n an ecumenical prayer vigil—in Rome.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/synod-prayer-service/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231002T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231002T160000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195149Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Guided Discussion #4 (Option B)
DESCRIPTION:Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) \n REGISTER \n Option B will be different than in past iterations. The group assembling will be guided by a new study of Martin Luther King: To Shape A New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry. Terry was interviewed recently by Ezra Klein in a podcast presentation. This set of four in-person or Zoom sessions centering around the podcast and the MLK legacy will invite serious study of these materials\, to help us understand afresh the role of King in the racism and civil rights struggle of his own era\, to investigate what he has to contribute to the present moment\, and to appreciate his contribution to nonviolence and religion-based ethics. We will have the expertise of Klein and Shelby/Terry but will also do our own discussion of their views as well. The basic outcome of the whole study will be 25 or so new and communicable insights regarding MLK on both anti-Black racism and nonviolence in general (theory and practice)\, generated among participants and offered for group consumption. Those who would like to take responsibility to investigate and offer one of these points will be welcomed. \n\nThe sessions will be late in the afternoon on four Mondays (Sept 11\, 25\, Oct 2\, 16: 4-5:30 pm)\n75-minute sessions with participants either present or zooming in.\n\n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-guided-discussion-4-option-b/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230925T160000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195148Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Guided Discussion #3 (Option B)
DESCRIPTION:Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) \n REGISTER \n Option B will be different than in past iterations. The group assembling will be guided by a new study of Martin Luther King: To Shape A New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry. Terry was interviewed recently by Ezra Klein in a podcast presentation. This set of four in-person or Zoom sessions centering around the podcast and the MLK legacy will invite serious study of these materials\, to help us understand afresh the role of King in the racism and civil rights struggle of his own era\, to investigate what he has to contribute to the present moment\, and to appreciate his contribution to nonviolence and religion-based ethics. We will have the expertise of Klein and Shelby/Terry but will also do our own discussion of their views as well. The basic outcome of the whole study will be 25 or so new and communicable insights regarding MLK on both anti-Black racism and nonviolence in general (theory and practice)\, generated among participants and offered for group consumption. Those who would like to take responsibility to investigate and offer one of these points will be welcomed. \n\nThe sessions will be late in the afternoon on four Mondays (Sept 11\, 25\, Oct 2\, 16: 4-5:30 pm)\n75-minute sessions with participants either present or zooming in.\n\n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-guided-discussion-3-option-b/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T160000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195147Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Guided Discussion #2 (Option B)
DESCRIPTION:Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) \n REGISTER \n Option B will be different than in past iterations. The group assembling will be guided by a new study of Martin Luther King: To Shape A New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry. Terry was interviewed recently by Ezra Klein in a podcast presentation. This set of four in-person or Zoom sessions centering around the podcast and the MLK legacy will invite serious study of these materials\, to help us understand afresh the role of King in the racism and civil rights struggle of his own era\, to investigate what he has to contribute to the present moment\, and to appreciate his contribution to nonviolence and religion-based ethics. We will have the expertise of Klein and Shelby/Terry but will also do our own discussion of their views as well. The basic outcome of the whole study will be 25 or so new and communicable insights regarding MLK on both anti-Black racism and nonviolence in general (theory and practice)\, generated among participants and offered for group consumption. Those who would like to take responsibility to investigate and offer one of these points will be welcomed. \n\nThe sessions will be late in the afternoon on four Mondays (Sept 11\, 25\, Oct 2\, 16: 4-5:30 pm)\n75-minute sessions with participants either present or zooming in.\n\n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-guided-discussion-2-option-b/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230515T190000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195140Z
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SUMMARY:Jubilee 2023
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration streaming live from our Gathering Space \n at 10:00 am (online) \n **Live broadcast info here (starting at 9:45 am on Sat. July 22.)** \n Read about our Jubilarians here. \n\nSr. Bernice Garcia (70)\nSr. Joan King (70)\nSr. Rosanne Van Housen (70)\nSr. Judith Kay Campbell (60)\nSr. Sally Lowell (25)\n\n Please REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/jubilee-2023/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230417T190000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195139Z
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand Film Studies: Whose Streets?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next discussion on Zoom on May 15. \n REGISTER \n Whose Streets? is a film told by the activists and leaders who lived and breathed a movement for justice. Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising that occurred when unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police and left lying in the street for hours. \n It is a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis\, Missouri who have suffered grief\, long-standing racial tensions\, and renewed anger. The murder of Michael Brown brings residents together for prayer vigils and protests. Empowered parents\, artists\, and teachers from around the country come together as freedom fighters. As the National Guard descends on Ferguson\, Missouri with military-grade weaponry\, these young community members become the torchbearers of a new resistance. \n Filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis know this story because they are the story. Whose Streets? is a powerful battle cry from a generation fighting\, not for their civil rights\, but for the right to live. \n REGISTER \n DOWNLOAD STUDY GUIDE: Whose Streets.docx
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-film-studies-whose-streets/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230327T190000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195122Z
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SUMMARY:Ann Garrido "Living Truth" Day of Prayer
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed Dominican speaker and author Ann Garrido offers a Day of Prayer event ahead of her retreat at Santa Sabina Center. Please register here. \n Ann M. Garrido is an associate professor of homiletics and past director of the Doctorate of Ministry program at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis\, Missouri. Ann has served as the Marten Faculty Fellow in Homiletics at the University of Notre Dame. Author of multiple books\, including the award-winning Redeeming Administration\, Redeeming Conflict\, and Let’s Talk About Truth\, Ann travels nationally and internationally helping communities talk about the topics they find toughest to talk about. These tough conversations always involve questions of truth. Ann regularly preaches on www.Word.op.org and offers retreats as time permits. She lives with her husband in Atlanta\, Georgia. Take a moment to listen to Ann on Truth: www.anngarrido.com  \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/ann-garrido-living-truth-day-of-prayer/
LOCATION:Santa Sabina Center\, 25 Magnolia Ave\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230227T190000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195118Z
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SUMMARY:A Hiking Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Called to Be a Disciple—A Hiking Retreat \n If you are a single\, Catholic woman between the ages of 18 to 45\, consider spending half a day as we hike around scenic Lands End along the coast of San Francisco. The hike is approximately two hours in length and includes level walking paths and a few steep inclines with magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean. We will take some stops along the path for prayer and conversation. \n   \n REGISTER: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07ejnrndf5851da6be
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/a-hiking-retreat/
LOCATION:Lands End\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94121
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230130T190000
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DTSTAMP:20240827T195117Z
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SUMMARY:G@G FilmStudies—I am Not Your Negro
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n In 1979\, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project\, “Remember This House.” The book was to be a revolutionary\, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers\, Malcolm X\, and Martin Luther King\, Jr. At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987\, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. \n Download the Study Guide: I Am Not Your Negro-SS \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-filmstudies-i-am-not-your-negro/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221215T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221215T103000
DTSTAMP:20240827T195059Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Film Studies—Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
DESCRIPTION:The next film discussion in our ongoing Gather@Grand film series is Monday\, November 28\, 2022\, when we will discuss PBS’s “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.” \n REGISTER \n Henry Louis Gates\, Jr. presents the definitive history of the transformative years following the American Civil War when the nation struggled to rebuild itself amidst profound loss\, massive destruction\, and revolutionary social change. \n Episode 1 – Experience the aftermath of the Civil War -a bewildering\, exhilarating and terrifying time. African Americans who had played a crucial role in the war now grapple with the terms and implications of Reconstruction and their hard-won freedom.\n 55min \n Episode 2 – Discover how post-Civil War America was a new world. Learn how African Americans made political\, social\, and economic progress in the face of violence.\n 55min \n Episode 3 – Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.\n 55min \n The films can be purchased on Apple TV or Amazon. There are 4 films in the series however we will focus on episodes 1-3. \n   \n DOWNLOAD THE STUDY GUIDE: Reconstruction America after the Civil War \n   \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-film-studies-reconstruction-america-after-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221130T103000
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U.S. History Session 4—The ‘Jim Crow’ Era in American History—1890 to the 1960s
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n Register for Session Four: Black Americans and Reconstruction \n Thursday\, December 15 (note change of day)  \n 10:30-noon \n The idealism engendered by the Abolitionist movement during the Civil War era did not survive the period of Reconstruction. By the 1880s\, most Americans wanted to forget “the late unpleasantries” and move on with the business of settling the west and building a world-class economy. Consequently\, Southerners were given the green light to regulate their internal affairs as they saw fit\, and consign their Black population to a degraded position in society. The \n Federal Government looked the other way as cities and states throughout the land (and not just in the South) segregated social and political institutions by race\, denied Blacks the franchise\, and reneged on the promise of equality enshrined in the Reconstruction Era constitutional settlement. Additionally\, of course\, Blacks were subjected to appalling extra-legal violence meted out by terrorist groups like the KKK. It was a dark period for American Blacks\, and few whites on either side of the Mason-Dixon Line seemed to care about ameliorating the situation. In this final talk we will look at the various ways white society systematically degraded and humiliated Blacks\, and established what some historians call “herrenvolk democracy”—a political system guaranteeing legal equality for whites while casting African-Americans into outer darkness. \n Register
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-session-4-the-jim-crow-era-in-american-history-1890-to-the-1960s/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221128T190000
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SUMMARY:G@G Film Studies: Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n January 30\, 2023 \n 7 pm \n via Zoom \n The movie under discussion will be Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten: A Centennial Exploration of the 1921 Race Massacre. (90 minutes) for rent on Prime and PBS passport. \n A Centennial Exploration of the 1921 Race Massacre: Although rarely mentioned in textbooks\, there is no question that the Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of racial violence in American history. As the country continues to reflect on the shocking murders and arson that took place from May 31-June 1\, 1921 and considers more recent incidents of social injustice like the killing of George Floyd last May\, a new documentary Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten\, directed by Jonathan Silvers\, examines this deadly assault on humanity on the 100th anniversary of the crime. \n Download the Study Guide: Tulsa_ The Fire and the Forgotten_PBS) \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-film-studies-tulsa-the-fire-and-the-forgotten/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221024T190000
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U. S. History—The Founding Fathers on Race and Slavery
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n REGISTER for Session One: The Founding Fathers on Race and Slavery \n Wednesday\, October 5 \n 10:30-noon \n Gathering Space (1520 Grand Ave; San Rafael) \n It is worth pondering the fact that most of the key leaders of the American Revolution were slaveholders: Washington\, Jefferson\, Madison\, Patrick Henry\, George Mason\, and many others in the “Glorious Cause” owned hundreds of Africans. Even kindly old Benjamin Franklin owned a few slaves\, and acted as a broker for their purchase and sale\, although to his credit he recanted his position late in life\, and became one of the early abolitionists in Pennsylvania. The framers of the Constitution even enshrined slavery in our national compact. This is not to say that these men all felt comfortable with the bizarre juxtaposition of a free republic in which “all men were created equal\,” which yet countenanced the practice of holding human beings as chattel property. We will examine the attitudes and practices of these remarkable statesmen on the touchy—even for them—subject. We will also examine Founders such as John Adams and Alexander Hamilton\, men who despised slavery\, and did what they could to contain the evil before it thoroughly corrupted their beloved republic. \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-the-founding-fathers-on-race-and-slavery/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T103000
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U.S. History—Black Americans and Reconstruction
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n Register for Session Three: Black Americans and Reconstruction \n Wednesday\, November 30  \n 10:30-noon \n The Civil War may have ended slavery\, but it certainly did not solve the conundrum of race relations in America. Northern “radicals” in Congress—led by men like the fiery Thaddeus Stevens—were determined to use this precious window of opportunity to permanently alter the status of African Americans\, and guarantee them constitutional liberty and equality. Recalcitrant Southerners were just as determined to thwart any substantive change in the racial hierarchy of Old Dixie. The stage was set for a violent and painful showdown between the forces of progress and reaction. (Sound familiar?) We will examine the three key constitutional amendments passed during Reconstruction—the 13th\, 14th\, and 15th amendments—and see how they changed American politics\, at least for a brief period. (Reconstruction ended in 1877 and for nearly a century Blacks were kept in a subservient state embarrassingly close to that which they had endured under slavery.) \n Register
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-black-americans-and-reconstruction/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221005T103000
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U.S. History—The Dred Scott Decision and the Coming of the Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n REGISTER for Session Two: \n The Dred Scott Decision and the Coming of the Civil War \n Wednesday\, October 19 \n 10:30-noon \n Gathering Space (1520 Grand Ave; San Rafael) \n In 1857 the Supreme Court handed down the most controversial decision in the history of that august body. Chief Justice Roger Taney six of his colleagues ruled that African-Americans were not and could not be citizens of the United States. Their ruling excluding Blacks from the national body politic included free Blacks as well as slaves. (Yes\, there were thousands of free African-Americans on the eve of the Civil War—in some Northern states they could even vote.) The Court also struck down the Missouri Compromise\, a political strategy that had kept slavery out of many of the newly formed states in the west for nearly forty years. The ruling outraged antislavery men and women in the North\, including one Abraham Lincoln. We will dissect this complicated and thorny court ruling\, and see how it placed the country directly on the path to secession and the Civil War. \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-the-dred-scott-decision-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220919T170000
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SUMMARY:BRANCH OUT: Taking Action for Our Common Home
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n   \n You are invited to partner with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael in exploring and living into our Ladauto Si’ Action Platform. Laudato Si’ is the second encyclical of Pope Francis and includes the subtitle “on care for our common home”. In this challenging address to people of goodwill\, the Pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development\, laments environmental degradation and global warming\, and calls all people of the world to take “swift and unified global action” to counter these effects we did not see coming. \n On October 4\, 2022\, aptly coinciding with the conclusion of the month-long Season of Creation\, the Sisters will host a launch presentation (in person and via Zoom) to share their vision and priorities relative to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform\, and they are looking for partners who also seek to BRANCH OUT. We shall seek inspiration from each other and our environment. Discover how the olive trees on campus can help us in our response to the Pope’s challenge. Enjoy a casual reception following the presentation and a short walk of the grounds. \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/branch-out-taking-action-for-our-common-home/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220518T190000
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SUMMARY:G@G Film Discussion—Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a May film discussion and last event before a summer break. \n This film. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\, is the story of a Black woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter\, Deborah Lacks\, the film chronicles her search\, aided by journalist Rebecca Skloot\, to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks’ cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs\, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever. It’s a story of medical arrogance and triumph\, race\, poverty and deep friendship between the unlikeliest of people. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions\, yet she remains virtually unknown. Rent on Amazon\, Vudu\, or Apple TV. Buy on Apple TV\, Amazon\, YouTube or Vudu. \nLink: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/segregated-by-design/  \n STUDY GUIDE: Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Study \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-film-discussion-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220427T190000
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand Film Discussion: Owned and Segregated by Design
DESCRIPTION:Our April discussion in two films: \n Owned: A Tale of Two Americas and Segregated by Design. \n ‘Owned’ is a fever dream vision into the dark history behind the US housing economy. Tracking its overtly racist beginnings to its unbridled commoditization\, the doc exposes a foundational story few Americans understand as their own. \n ‘Segregated’ tells the forgotten history of how our federal\, state\, and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy. \nThis month we will be looking into America’s history of segregated housing by watching 2 films. Owned: A Tale of Two Americas is a documentary that takes us into the history behind the US housing economy. This documentary exposes a foundational story that is still affecting Black people today. The one-hour and 23-minute documentary can be rented on Apple TV\, Amazon\, Vudu\, or YouTube. Segregated By Design examines the forgotten history of how our federal\, state\, and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy. This 20-minute film can be viewed by using the link provided below:  \nLink: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/segregated-by-design/  \n STUDY GUIDE: Home Ownership-Owned and Segregated by Design \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-film-discussion-owned-and-segregated-by-design/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220324T190000
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand Film Discussion: Just Mercy
DESCRIPTION:Our next film is Just Mercy. \n Just Mercy – After graduating from Harvard\, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian\, who was sentenced to die in 1987. This movie is based on a true story. \n DOWNLOAD STUDY GUIDE: Just MercyStudy Guide \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-film-discussion-just-mercy/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220312T000000
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DTSTAMP:20240827T195001Z
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand Seminar: Engaging White Privilege—Courage and Skills Addressing White Racism
DESCRIPTION: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. \n This in-person\, highly interactive\, seven-hour event focuses on two aspects of exploring and confronting societal racism in the United States: \n\nRecognizing the ubiquitous nature of institutional and structural racism. Every system from education to health care to law enforcement is rife with inherent disparities and injustices based on race.\nLearning tools and techniques to address the internal discomfort and the difficulties talking about race.\n\n These tools are surprisingly simple\, easy to learn\, and profoundly powerful for mitigating stress and anxiety\, allowing us to show up for anti-racism as well as other challenges\, bringing our courage and best judgment. These tools facilitate access to our best wisdom\, experience\, and intuition in the moment (i.e. in real-time). \n The presenters/ facilitators are Jennae Wallach\, Peace Educator and Public Health Consultant and Alanya Snyder\, Educator and Anti-racism Organizer. \n The workshop will be held in the afternoon on the weekend of March 12-13 from 1:30 to 5:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday. The arrival time is 1:15 pm on both days. Please register only if you can attend on both days for the full seven (7) hours of the course. \n Please Note: Class size is limited. \n Click here to REGISTER \n IMPORTANT NOTE – COVID-19 Precautions: \n This is the first in-person workshop the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael have scheduled since shelter-in-place started in March 2020. The Sisters and the trainers wish to meet at the Gather@Grand Gathering Space and absolutely want to protect the health of everyone involved. Please note and follow the precautions outlined below: \n\nAll participants are asked to be masked throughout the training hours in the training room\, the hallways\, and the restrooms. There will be scheduled breaks to step outdoors\, remove your masks\, have snacks\, etc. Please bring your own snacks.\nParticipants are asked to bring proof of vaccination and boosters to present when they first arrive on Saturday. Participants are encouraged to self-test if possible. If you suspect you have been exposed to COVID or are experiencing COVID symptoms\, please let Sister Barbara know that you will not be attending.\nDress warmly. The doors of the training room will be kept open to facilitate ventilation\, the heat will be turned on to keep the space at a comfortable temperature\, and an air filter will be placed around the room.\nThe trainers will self-test for COVID in the days immediately prior to the weekend and on both days of the workshop so that they can teach without masks and stand near each other. They will mask when talking to participants one-on-one.\nIf there is a surge in COVID\, the workshop will be shifted to an online forum via Zoom. If that scenario occurs\, participants will be notified of the change via email by March 10\, 2022.\n\n Thank you\, in advance\, for working with us\, being flexible\, and honoring everyone’s safety. We are very excited to provide this course and learn together. \n Read more about our Gather@Grand program here.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-seminar-engaging-white-privilege-courage-and-skills-addressing-white-racism/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film Discussion: The Hate You Give
DESCRIPTION:The Hate U Give\n 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. \n DOWNLOAD: The Hate U Give-studyguide \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/virtual-film-discussion-the-hate-you-give/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T190000
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SUMMARY:G@G Virtual Film Discussion: White Savior Movies
DESCRIPTION:Two Films: Hidden Figures and To Kill a Mockingbird\n 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. \n We can’t keep sweeping issues of racism in America under the rug. Do Black lives really matter? It is time to confront our beliefs about racism. \n Our third discussion this season will focus on To Kill a Mockingbird & Hidden Figures on Thursday\, January 27\, 2022 \n DOWNLOAD STUDY GUIDE: White Savior Movie Study Guide 2B \n REGISTER: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07eizjaeya4606c21a
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-virtual-film-discussion-white-savior-movies/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211216T190000
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand Virtual Film Discussion: Burden
DESCRIPTION:Burden\n 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 enemies becomes much more difficult when it becomes personal. It sounds too neat\, too crazy\, too scripted. But Mike Burden is real. This movie is a redemption story that doesn’t cut corners and or look for easy answers. It can be rented on Amazon\, Apple TV\, YouTube\, and Red Box. \nDOWNLOAD STUDY GUIDE\nREGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-virtual-film-discussion-burden/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T190000
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SUMMARY:G@G Virtual Film Discussion: Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
DESCRIPTION:Gather@Grand Virtual Film Discussion for November 2021\n Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? \n 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 Branch owned. Two days later\, Spann died in a segregated black hospital. Branch was white-a Klansman-and Spann was black. Branch claimed self-defense\, but despite that claim and the political climate in Dothan\, Alabama in 1946\, Branch was charged with first-degree murder. S.E. Branch was the artist’s great granddaddy\, on his mother’s side. Everyone says they looked alike. That this story echoes across decades and generations says much about the distance traveled by U.S. society since 1946. \n REGISTER \n DOWNLOAD STUDY GUIDE: Did You WonderStudy Guide \n   \n Confronting Racism—part of the 2021-22 Gather@Grand Program \n We will view a series of films exploring variously tendencies and resolves to sweep racism under the rug and also the courage and persistence to confront it\, with study and discussion questions provided by Ms. Linda Pete; the films can be viewed when convenient and then zoom sessions will be scheduled for those choosing to discuss issues in common. This option is designed and co-led by Linda and Sr. Patricia Dougherty\, OP\, educators who led the series last year with nine films\, study questions\, discussion process. Discussions will be Thursday evenings once a month\, with the first one scheduled for Thursday evening\, November 18\, 7-8:30 pm. Dates are Nov. 18\, Dec. 16\, Jan 27\, Feb. 24\, Mar. 24\, Apr. 28\, May 26. \n LEARN MORE
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-virtual-film-discussion-did-you-wonder-who-fired-the-gun/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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SUMMARY:Gather as if @ Grand Virtual Film Discussion: Miss Evers’ Boys
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 6th film in our Film Discussion Series as we explore Miss Evers’ Boys (TV Movie 1997). \n 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. \n MOVIE #6: Miss Evers’ Boys (TV Movie 1997) \n ABOUT: The true story of the U.S. Government’s 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment\, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die\, despite a cure having been developed. In 1932 Macon County\, Alabama\, the federal government launched a medical study called the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks with Syphilis. \n The movie is available via HBO Max (subscription)\, Hulu (premium subscription)\, Amazon Prime (premium subscription)\, YouTube TV. \n Zoom Discussion: May 21\, 2021; 7–8:15 pm (links/details will be sent to all registrants). \n HOW: Ahead of the virtual discussion\, plan on viewing the movie through your streaming service. All registrants will be sent a study guide to facilitate their own reflection on the film and spark discussion. \n REGISTER: On Eventbrite \n DOWNLOAD: Film Study Guide: Miss Evers Boys Study Guide \n PowerPoint Slides: MissEversBoys Powerpoint \n Additional Resources \n\n\n1. Black Americans don’t trust our healthcare system — here’s why:\n\nhttps://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/347780-black-americans-dont-have-trust-in-our-healthcare-system?rl=1\n\n2. Why so many Black Americans mistrust the health care system\nhttps://pix11.com/news/created-equal/why-black-americans-mistrust-the-health-care-system/\n \n \n \n   \n ABOUT THE STUDY GUIDE CREATOR: Born in Georgia and currently residing in the East Bay\, Linda Carter Pete’s formative years had her residing in Thailand\, Iran\, Okinawa\, Belgium\, and Germany as a military dependent for sixteen years before returning to Alexandria\, Virginia to finish high school. Linda went on to attend Dominican College of San Rafael where she earned her BA in History\, a single subject Teaching Credential\, and an MS in Education: Curriculum & Instruction. Linda continued her graduate education at Stanford University where she earned her MA in Education: Administration and Policy Analysis as well as her Administrative Credential. \n Linda began her teaching career as a substitute in the Oakland Unified School District and then worked in the San Francisco Unified School District. She taught in middle and high schools for seven years before becoming an administrator. She has spent the last twenty-one years supporting school communities in San Francisco and now works with Mt. Diablo Unified School District in Concord\, California. Linda has also taught “Voice\, Equity\, Diversity\, and Social Justice” in the Teaching Credential Program at Chapman University at their Concord and Fairfield campuses\, and Children’s Church for children (ages 5-11). \n More about Gather as if @ Grand—Racism: Roots\, Resolves\, and Results here.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-as-if-grand-virtual-film-discussion-miss-evers-boys/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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