Mick Chantler, Instructor REGISTER for Session Two: The Dred Scott Decision and the Coming of the Civil War Wednesday, October 19 10:30-noon Gathering Space (1520 Grand Ave; San Rafael) 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
Join us for our next virtual film discussion. The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 American period drama film written and directed by Nate Parker in his directorial debut. It is based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. STUDY GUIDE:
Mick Chantler, Instructor Register for Session Three: Black Americans and Reconstruction Wednesday, November 30 10:30-noon 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
Mick Chantler, Instructor REGISTER for Session One: The Founding Fathers on Race and Slavery Wednesday, October 5 10:30-noon Gathering Space (1520 Grand Ave; San Rafael) 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
REGISTER January 30, 2023 7 pm via Zoom 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. A Centennial Exploration of the 1921 Race Massacre: Although rarely mentioned in textbooks, there is no question that
Mick Chantler, Instructor Register for Session Four: Black Americans and Reconstruction Thursday, December 15 (note change of day) 10:30-noon 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
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." REGISTER 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
REGISTER 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
Called to Be a Disciple—A Hiking Retreat 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
Acclaimed Dominican speaker and author Ann Garrido offers a Day of Prayer event ahead of her retreat at Santa Sabina Center. Please register here. 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 Uncomfortable Truth (2017), from Award-winning filmmaker Loki Mulholland, is his story as he dives into the 400-year history of institutional racism in America and is confronted with the shocking reality that his family helped start it all from the very beginning. Loki is an activist and son of civil rights icon, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland,
Join us for our next discussion on Zoom on May 15. REGISTER 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