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News, news, and more news

So many stories have come to our attention, we decided to run an expanded issue of WACAN's email update. Look for additional WACAN features in our mid-November email.

NEWS and FEATURES

There is a Great Gulf Fixed: CURE begins work on reparations support fund

In a lengthy essay CURE's CEO, Ida Hakim, lays out the foundation for white asssistance in the reparations movement, and describes beginning steps toward establishing the fund. See WACANnews story

Radio program captures voices of young white anti-racists

Sometimes it helps to hear it. Listen to what happens when a group of young white people get together to talk about racial issues. See WACANnews story

Curriculum on white anti-racism from Tolerance.org

Tolerance.org, one of the leading sources of educational materials for anti-bias and anti-racist education, has assembled an online curriculum on white anti-racism suitable for elementary through high school. See WACANnews story

Hollywood white-out strikes again

First it was World Trade Center, where a black hero was played by a white actor. Now it's happened again. Black combatants are missing from Clint Eastwood's new flick, Flags of Our Fathers, despite being present for the real thing. See WACANnews story

Nationwide survey on white identity: white people value their race

A national survey of 2,000 households by the University of Minnesota tests assumption that whites are not aware of their racial identity. See WACANnews story

Campus potpourri

Small items and stories from across the nations campuses. See WACANnews story

Race Matters Toolkit released

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released the Race Matters Toolkit, to assist ogranizations in self-evaluation. See WACANnews story

How communities are addressing racial inequities

A report released this summer by MP Associates examines comprehensive community initiatives focused on race relations and racial justice issues. See WACANnews story

Do white awareness workshops work? 'Yes,' says new study

The training group White People Challenging Racism has conducted workshops for 500 people since 1999. Now, in a retrospective study of workshop participants, they find the content and lessons have been retained. See WACANnews story

Tasmania pays reparations to Aborigines

A small number of Aboriginal survivors from a Tasmanian government program of forced adoption will become recipients of a newly formed pool of funds for reparations. See WACANnews story

White women sleep longer

A new study confirms it. See WACANnews story

Laying low amidst change: Post-colonial lifestyles of white people in Kenya

How do the formerly privileged adjust when political control is no longer in their hands, and how do they balance safety and security against holding on to the past? See WACANnews story

The shape of the struggle

Less than 48 hours apart, at opposite ends of the country, two minor events typify the struggle among white people to come to terms with multiracial America. See WACANnews story

Brown University issues report on its ties to slavery

What happens when a historically white Ivy League istitution begins to acknowledge its ties to slavery? Brown University has issued a far reaching report looking into its own history. See WACANnews story

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Black Power, Black Panthers, and White Allies

Did the black power movement make a mistake when it separated from white allies? And even if it was necessary for the times, is it still a viable strategy today? Amin Sharif offers analysis and opinion on this controversial, nearly taboo, topic. See WACANnews story

*** HISTORY, HERITAGE & TRANSFORMATION ***

The 1906 Atlanta race riot

One hundred years ago, white people in Atlanta staged a race riot. See WACANnews story

EVENTS

How to submit an event
CLICK	November 16, 2006	Boston, MA	"Re-Discovering Garrison"	Publicity event	The Boston African American National Historic Site & The Museum of African American History
CLICK	Until December 1, 2006	Urbana-Champaign, IL	"Papers and panel proposals on the critical study of whiteness"	Call for papers	The Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, May 2-5, 2007
CLICK	December 4-7, 2006	Oakland, CA	"Beyond Good Intentions: An Anti-Racism Workshop for White Allies in Faith-based Organizations"	Workshop	The Leaven Center
CLICK	December 11-13, 2006	Sydney, Australia	"The Borderpolitics of Whiteness"	Conference	Macquarie University - Sydney, Dept. of Critical and Cultural Studies & the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association
CLICK	Until December 31, 2006	Roselle, NJ	"Struggling for Direction: White Anti-racist Practice and Accountability"	Call for chapter proposals	Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books, Inc.
CLICK	April 18-21, 2007	Colorado Springs, CO	"WPC8; The Matirx: Examining Intersections, Making Connections & Building Allies"	Conference	The White Privilege Conference & The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs