HR!Day623 - Systemic Racism Day 3: A Conversation with Black Men About Finding One’s Passion To Make A Difference at Individual and Collective Levels
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This Week: Shedding The Shackles of Systemic Racism
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On the planet, there is a need to heal race-linked wounds, particularly anti-black race-linked wounds that stem from systemic racism. It is well known and chronicled that anti-black race-linked wounds are embedded in cultural scripts and societal practices and have been inflicted historically on enslaved people of African descent in the United States, as well as on darker complexion people globally. More specifically, Black men more often have been the targets for many of the inhumane acts exhibited by those who consciously or unconsciously created and/or maintain systemic racism.
Systemic racism, grounded in patriarchy and colonial attitudes, mirrors numerous and harmful institutional “shackles” that Black men have had to deal with and overcome over the years. The purpose of these series of sessions, then, is to bring together a number of Black men, with varied voices, to share their stories about how they have tapped into their own unique talents and structured creative journeys to make a difference at individual and collective levels.
Through a five-day series, the intent is to have conversations among Black men from various walks of life to share their views on the effects of systemic racism in regard to: (1) self-definition and self-determination; (2) personal, societal, and/or global challenges and resilience; (3) finding one’s passion to make a difference; (4) educational journeys; and (5) creative visions for the future. These topical areas for conversations are simply lens through which to view personal, societal, and global race-linked issues and dynamics, as well as lived experiences, and therefore may have similarities, differences, and/or overlaps as the conversations unfold.
Convener
- Dr. Carroy (Cuf) Ferguson has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston College. He has been President or Co-President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology for many years, making history in 2006 as the first African American and first person of color to be President of this national Association since its founding in 1962 by world-renown psychologists in the field like Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. He is a tenured Full Professor and former Dean at University of Massachusetts-Boston, currently serves as Human Services Program Director and Human Service Internship Coordinator, is a co-founder of two visionary organizations (Interculture, Inc. and Associates in Human Understanding), is a co-founder of Massachusetts’ historic Commonwealth Diversity Fellows Program, has been a clinical practitioner for over 35+ years, is a member of a number of boards, is a human relations, multicultural, and organizational development consultant, and workshop facilitator, is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and is a published author of books, articles, and other writings (e.g., Evolving The Human Race Game; A New Perspective on Race and Color; Transitions in Consciousness from an African American Perspective; and Innovative Approaches to Education and Community Service).
- Panelists
- Rev./Dr. Kevin Peterson is the founder and executive director of The New Democracy Coalition, a non-partisan and non-profit organization that focuses on civic literacy, civic policy, and electoral justice in Boston, MA and across the United States. He earned his Master’s Degree of Arts and Urban Ministry at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, where he served as a Pierce Fellow. He sits on the board of directors of Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries and the Foot Soldiers Park in Selma, Alabama. An ordained minister, Rev. Peterson received an Honorary Doctorate pf Humane Letters from the Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary, an institun found before the end of slavery. He is associate minister at The Metropolitan Baptist Church in the Dorchester section of Boston. He fashions himself “as a political theologian, focusing on applied social ethics and racial justice in the public square.” He values the importance of public policy as an ameliorative tool in the interest of civic equity. Rev./Dr. Peterson has published numerous academic journal articles, book reviews, and opinion editorials on race, culture, and politics. He has appeared on national programs such as Nightline and National Public Radio. He has been an editorial contributor to the Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Nation, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has hosted a radio program called Politics and Grits and currently writes for Medium.Com. Rev./Dr. Peterson has lectured at universities nationally and in West Africa (Mali and Senegal), and he has served on the board of directors of the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute. He has received numerous awards and recognition, including citations from the U.S. Congress, Massachusetts Governors Deval Patrick, Gov. Charlie Baker, The Urban League, and Mass Peace Action. February 24 is Kevin C. Peterson Day in the City of Boston. He is proud mostly of receiving the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Award from the Elliot Church in Roxbury, MA. February 24 is Kevin C. Peterson Day in the City of Boston. He is pg Rights Museum and Institute. He has received numerous awards and recognition, including citations from the U.S. Congress, Massachusetts Governors
- Art Johnson is a former instructor of Ethnic Studies and holds an MA in Political Science from the University of California in Berkeley. Art has also conducted advanced graduate research in the History of Consciousness Program at UC Santa Cruz, studying the dynamic implications of Hegel's Master/Slave Relationship for the African American experience. His early teaching experience and community resource development work with public radio and public television led to his decades-long career in state-of-the-art global communications, business development, and learning. Currently, Art serves as CEO and Chief Learning Officer at New World Communications, his own remote consulting practice and virtual enterprise, delivering timely, mission-critical transformation, across generations, across genders, across communities, and across market sectors across our planet.
- Rev./Dr. Charles Mentos, Jr. was born in Boston, MA’s “Blizzard of 78” at Beth Israel Hospital (Boson, Ma). Growing up in Mattapan, MA, Rev./Dr. Mentos’ past experiences in the inner city, facing systemic inequalities, disparities, and social injustices, led him to make a difference in his community. He worked 13yrs for the Department of Youth Service (incarceration), as an administrative supervisor. These programs caught a lot of attention by the courts, and district offices. Given the Juvenile Justice system, he partnered and co-coordinated with a colleague to support, and create pathways for the system involving youths (DCF, DYS, & District attorney referrals). He further engaged youths in workshops to explore career awareness at college campuses with professors at Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Brandeis University, and Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, to name a few. Rev./Dr. Mentos has an undergraduate B.S in Criminal Justice Administration from Salem State University, Master’s Degree from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Urban & Global Leadership, and he received an Honorary Doctorate from the School of the Great Commission Bible College & Seminary in Divinity. Rev./Dr. Mentos’ passion is bringing the church and community together. In that light, he serves as an Ordained Elder, and he leads a Youth Ministry Programs at Grace Church of All Nations (Dorchester, Ma.), with over a 1,000 members. Additionally, he has served for two years as Director of Operations/ Dean of Students at the Martin Luther King jr. k-8 school (Dorchester, Ma), and currently works with families and teachers as a Family Liaison/Administrator. Further, he served as an interim principal from Jan. 2022- Apr 1, 2022. and serves on the Board of Directors for The New Democracy Coalition. He has been married for 11 years. In sum, his passion is to mentor, serve his church and community while creating positive pathways designed for children, youth, and families. This passion, therefore, involves dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
- Tony Benjamin is a nationally recognized entrepreneur who fosters positive dialogue that brings about progressive results on emerging initiatives. After a stint with the NFL Seattle Seahawks, he began his entrepreneurial endeavors in 1980. He has held numerous consulting and leadership roles over the years. Some of these roles include: Owner of his own consulting firm, Benjamin & Associates; Executive Director, FuturePreneurs Unlimited; President, Youth Centric, SPC; Director, CDCC with the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle; President, TransportSafe Training Center; President, Certified Learning Systems; President, CT Express; Financial Consultant with Shearson Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith. Additionally, Mr. Benjamin has served as Program Manager for Team Issachar Youth Mentors, a holistic development program for “at-risk” young men ages 9-18, since the organization’s founding in 2011. He serves on the Board of Directors of Mentor Washington, the mission of which is to promote, support, and expand quality mentoring that fosters positive youth development, academic success, and job and career readiness in Washington State. He participated in the Minority Business Executive Program (MBEP) at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH (1991 to 2000), and he served as president of the program’s alumni association, and on the Board of Trustees for the MBA programs at Tuck. Mr. Benjamin also served as one of the tri-captains of the Duke University Varsity Football Team in 1977, whereby he earned several All-American honors from his freshman through senior academic years at Duke.
Co-convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
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