This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
Last year, at Toronto Oasis, we watched and discussed the following video featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones, an American investigative journalist, known for her coverage of civil rights in the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSVBR964RiY
In this video, Hannah-Jones talks about her work on the 1619 Project – a long-form journalism endeavor that re-examines the legacy of slavery in the United States. In 2020, Hannah-Jones won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her work on the 1619 Project.
As a follow-up to that topic and discussion we had about a year ago, this Sunday we’ll be watching and discussing an interview of Nikole Hannah-Jones by one of her critics, broadcast journalist Chris Wallace. It’s a tough but very interesting debate-style interview. It’s particularly relevant given the current climate in the United States where some states are passing legislation “forbidding any teacher or lesson from mentioning race/racism, and even gender/sexism” (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/07/02/why-are-states-banning-critical-race-theory/). More recently, in Florida, the DeSantis administration has blocked an AP course on African American Studies for high school students (https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/ron-desantis-ap-african-american-studies/index.html)
This topic and video were selected and will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.
Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:
https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/khbwzsyfcdbhb/
Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!