Cohousing-L Mailing List: Deepening Black History Month w/Facts, Humor, Music, Science and Tragedy

[Daisy (daisykbirch]

Welcome Fellow Cohousers, to a Special *Deepening Black History* Month 🌿

Black History Month is one major part of supporting accuracy-in-history for
the whole of the U.S. Because history (inaccurate or accurate) impacts the
entire country, and informs current inspiring and horrific events.

Many Cohousing Communities have taken on deepening their
personal, familial, and/or community awareness of the countless aspects of
U.S. Black History.

Inspired by international partnerships, and requests from
CohoUS's Community for All Conference, The *Deepening Diversity-From Our
Voices Circles Guide*
<https://www.cohousing.org/black-cultural-awareness-menu-an-intro/> (on
CohoUS’s site) was curated.

Now, many diverse people use it at work, home, in school and in community.

For example:  In this 4-minute video,
*Black Parents Explain* <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coryt8IZ-DE&t=16s> (to
their kids) How to Deal with the Police, is one of the top requested/viewed.

*Deepening Diversity-From Our Voices Circles Guide*
<https://www.cohousing.org/black-cultural-awareness-menu-an-intro/> is free
and available to everyone, 24/7.  It covers countless subjects and
categories that are updated periodically: Humor & educomedy, cinema, panel
discussions, family & kids, academia, history, science, music, medicine,
sports, travel, housing, health, excellence, etc.

There are many entertaining, humorous, inspiring and deeply challenging
approaches to deepening awareness of U.S. history and daily perceptions, to
suit your current focus and mood.

Feel free to explore great heroes, villains, and everyday people every
month, and especially this month. Here are two more video examples to start
with:

For Black History Month specific facts, here is a 6-minute newsroom style
commentary by Comedienne/Writer/Host Amber Ruffin:
*Why We Need a White History* *Month*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdRAuBuZMNQ&t=7s>  (you can play a
fact-check game w/her commentary within the links list, with a
word-search).

More on CohoUS's very valuable *Community for All Conference*. recording..
(our community passed the hat and bought it—we can view sections or
binge-watch it).

Here is a 4-minute trailer of CohoUS’s Community for All Conference
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brG9ez5Y8Vg&t=13s>.
The Community for All Site says
<https://www.cohousing.org/2020-all/schedule/> for a discount community
rate for the Community For All Full Conference recording, The website still
says to email Karin Hoskin at karincohous [at] gmail.com.to purchase your copy
It is a valuable conference that remains very insightful and impactful.

With much warmth and healing insights,


EVC’s Outreach Group 🌿
Eastern Village Cohousing,
Silver Spring, MD