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ARRK – March 2023 Discussion

Posted on by Katrina Frank

ARRK March 2023 Discussion

Participants restricted to Kalamazoo College Faculty, Staff, Students, and Administration

11:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 21st
ARRK Meeting Space (MS Teams)

Join us on Tuesday, March 21st in the ARRK Meeting Space to discuss Chapter Five: There is No Innocence (37 pages total), of Reckoning : Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past by Anne Dueweke. If you are unable to attend the discussion, please feel free to post your thoughts on the chapter in the ARRK Meeting Space.

The AntiRacism Reading Knook (ARRK) is a collaboration between the K College library staff and our Inclusive Excellence (KCIE) leadership team. This initiative is NOT a book club, but seeks to facilitate campus-wide engagement with the books in the KCIE Reading for Change book collection. This collection was created to encourage learning about and facilitate greater access to antiracism information to all members of the campus community.

ARRK aims to:

  1. reduce barrier to entry into reading antiracism books,
  2. identify and highlight campus facilitators with experience teaching and/or disciplinary expertise who can provide context and guide discussions of specific texts,
  3. foster broader relationships among faculty and staff, and thus
  4. build greater capacity for an inclusive campus through sustained and focused engagement with shared texts.
  5. help catalyze members of the campus to engage in small group discussions of entire books in the collection (self-organized book clubs, if you will).

For further information on #ARRK see the KCIE AntiRacism Reading Knook page. To volunteer to lead one of these sessions complete the ARRK Discussion Leader application.

ARRK – Feb 2023 Discussion

Posted on by Katrina Frank

ARRK Feb 2023 Discussion

Participants restricted to Kalamazoo College Faculty, Staff, Students, and Administration

4:10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, February 21st
ARRK Meeting Space (MS Teams)

Join us on Tuesday, February 21st in the ARRK Meeting Space to discuss Chapter Four: Behind the Mask (24 pages total), of Reckoning : Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past by Anne Dueweke. If you are unable to attend the discussion, please feel free to post your thoughts on the chapter in the ARRK Meeting Space.

The AntiRacism Reading Knook (ARRK) is a collaboration between the K College library staff and our Inclusive Excellence (KCIE) leadership team. This initiative is NOT a book club, but seeks to facilitate campus-wide engagement with the books in the KCIE Reading for Change book collection. This collection was created to encourage learning about and facilitate greater access to antiracism information to all members of the campus community.

ARRK aims to:

  1. reduce barrier to entry into reading antiracism books,
  2. identify and highlight campus facilitators with experience teaching and/or disciplinary expertise who can provide context and guide discussions of specific texts,
  3. foster broader relationships among faculty and staff, and thus
  4. build greater capacity for an inclusive campus through sustained and focused engagement with shared texts.
  5. help catalyze members of the campus to engage in small group discussions of entire books in the collection (self-organized book clubs, if you will).

For further information on #ARRK see the KCIE AntiRacism Reading Knook page. To volunteer to lead one of these sessions complete the ARRK Discussion Leader application.

ARRK – Nov 2022 Discussion

Posted on by Katrina Frank

ARRK Nov 2022 Discussion

Participants restricted to Kalamazoo College Faculty, Staff, Students, and Administration

4:10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 15th
ARRK Meeting Space (MS Teams)

Join us on Tuesday, November 15th in the ARRK Meeting Space to discuss Chapter Two: Dissenters and Heretics (44 pages total), of Reckoning : Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past by Anne Dueweke. If you are unable to attend the discussion, please feel free to post your thoughts on the chapter in the ARRK Meeting Space.

The AntiRacism Reading Knook (ARRK) is a collaboration between the K College library staff and our Inclusive Excellence (KCIE) leadership team. This initiative is NOT a book club, but seeks to facilitate campus-wide engagement with the books in the KCIE Reading for Change book collection. This collection was created to encourage learning about and facilitate greater access to antiracism information to all members of the campus community.

ARRK aims to:

  1. reduce barrier to entry into reading antiracism books,
  2. identify and highlight campus facilitators with experience teaching and/or disciplinary expertise who can provide context and guide discussions of specific texts,
  3. foster broader relationships among faculty and staff, and thus
  4. build greater capacity for an inclusive campus through sustained and focused engagement with shared texts.
  5. help catalyze members of the campus to engage in small group discussions of entire books in the collection (self-organized book clubs, if you will).

For further information on #ARRK see the KCIE AntiRacism Reading Knook page. To volunteer to lead one of these sessions complete the ARRK Discussion Leader application.

ARRK – Sept 2022 Discussion

Posted on by Katrina Frank

ARRK Sept 2022 Discussion

Participants restricted to Kalamazoo College Faculty, Staff, Students, and Administration

4:10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 20th
ARRK Meeting Space (MS Teams)

Welcome back! Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, September 20th in the ARRK Meeting Space for the first discussion of the academic year!

We will be discussing the Introduction to Reckoning : Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past (6 pages total) by Anne Dueweke and possibly applying some of the ideas from Justice at Work to look at K’s past and use our collective power to dismantle systems of oppression on campus.

Please note we are considering spending the year focusing on Reckoning; however, we would love your feedback on this layout. Please provide your answer through the ARRK anonymous survey

The AntiRacism Reading Knook (ARRK) is a collaboration between the K College library staff and our Inclusive Excellence (KCIE) leadership team. This initiative is NOT a book club, but seeks to facilitate campus-wide engagement with the books in the KCIE Reading for Change book collection. This collection was created to encourage learning about and facilitate greater access to antiracism information to all members of the campus community.

ARRK aims to:

  1. reduce barrier to entry into reading antiracism books,
  2. identify and highlight campus facilitators with experience teaching and/or disciplinary expertise who can provide context and guide discussions of specific texts,
  3. foster broader relationships among faculty and staff, and thus
  4. build greater capacity for an inclusive campus through sustained and focused engagement with shared texts.
  5. help catalyze members of the campus to engage in small group discussions of entire books in the collection (self-organized book clubs, if you will).

For further information on #ARRK see the KCIE AntiRacism Reading Knook page. To volunteer to lead one of these sessions complete the ARRK Discussion Leader application.

ARRK – March 2022 Discussion

Posted on by Katrina Frank

ARRK March 2022 Discussion with Amelia Katanski

Participants restricted to Kalamazoo College Faculty, Staff, Students, and Administration

A discussion surrounding the concept of how settler colonialism interacts with–and potentially adds complexity to–the way we think of antiracism work.

4:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15th
ARRK Meeting Space (MS Teams)
Discussion Leader: Amelia Katanski

Amelia Katanski will be leading the March ARRK discussion surrounding the concept of settler colonialism interacts with–and potentially adds complexity to–the way we think of antiracism work. We’ll begin the discussion with the first 16 pages of Daniel Heath Justice’s, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter (visit the ARRK Meeting Space for a downloadable PDF of the intro) and/or the 7 minute video, What is Settler Colonialism?

The AntiRacism Reading Knook (ARRK) is a collaboration between the K College library staff and our Inclusive Excellence (KCIE) leadership team. This initiative is NOT a book club, but seeks to facilitate campus-wide engagement with the books in the KCIE Reading for Change book collection. This collection was created to encourage learning about and facilitate greater access to antiracism information to all members of the campus community.

ARRK aims to:

  1. reduce barrier to entry into reading antiracism books,
  2. identify and highlight campus facilitators with experience teaching and/or disciplinary expertise who can provide context and guide discussions of specific texts,
  3. foster broader relationships among faculty and staff, and thus
  4. build greater capacity for an inclusive campus through sustained and focused engagement with shared texts.
  5. help catalyze members of the campus to engage in small group discussions of entire books in the collection (self-organized book clubs, if you will).

For further information on #ARRK see the KCIE AntiRacism Reading Knook page. To volunteer to lead one of these sessions complete the ARRK Discussion Leader application.