Kritikos Anti-Racist Reading Group 

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. - James Baldwin

Fridays, 1-2:30 pm, September 29 – November 10

 Please join us for our first topic: Felony Disenfranchisement

 1-2:30 pm on October 13, 2023 

This event is free and open to the public.

Visit https://cvpa.gmu.edu/events/arts-context/kritikos-anti-racist-reading-group for details.

Dear Mason Friends and Neighbors:

Inspired by mass actions and worldwide protests demanding racial justice, CVPA’s Arts in Context continues the Kritikos Anti-Racist Reading Group this semester, moderated by Mason faculty members Jessica Kallista and Kristin Johnsen-Neshati, with help from co-organizers, Cynthia Fuchs, Jordan McRae, and Sang Nam.

Members of the community are called to meet this semester for a 90-minute session once a week with a goal of long-term commitment to relationship building, awareness, reimagining, transformation, and action, around anti-racist practices, racial justice, and the creation of conversations as well as systems of compassion and healing. We continue to focus on anti-Black racism and its effects on society. 
 
Grounded in the knowledge that it is not a question of whether we are racist, but rather, how racism is expressed and experienced in ourselves, our lives, our behaviors, and our institutions, we explore books, music, art, essays, podcasts, and documentaries that allow us to critically question and consider our roles as artists, thinkers, citizens, and creatives in a society founded on racist values and practices.

—The Kritikos Anti-Racist Reading Group Organizing Committee