There are a few great organizations in our country that have decades-long reputations as effective agents against the crushing impact of hate and racism. In this episode I shared a very personal, yet highly informative conversation with Tafeni English, the wise and warm-hearted Director of the CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Tafeni English first joined the SPLC in 1997 as a research analyst for the Intelligence Project. She later served as the first director of Teaching Tolerance, now called Learning for Justice. Since the early 1970’s, the Southern Poverty Law Center, in Montgomery, Alabama, has been dismantling white supremacy, strengthening intersectional movements, and advancing the human rights of all people. This podcast exists to share my deep-dive into learning the layers of realities of life in America for Black people in this very white-centric country of ours… realities that never penetrated my awareness until George Floyd’s senseless murder by a white police officer. Some have told me they think what I’m doing is hard, and I get why they think that, but for me it’s harder to remain tethered to filtered facts and false narratives, causing me to unconsciously engage in the unwarranted, unjust, imbalanced, disrespectful, harmful and just plain wrong systems of separation that seek to divide people based on their skin color. I love sharing this learning journey, I love and deeply respect the people I’ve been learning from on this discovery journey, and I’m hoping you’ll subscribe, and leave a rating, maybe even sign up to donate $2.00 a month to help me hire someone to do the tech stuff for uploading these episodes… so that more shy but well-intentioned members of the ‘white’ race can learn alongside you and me. If enough people put in that $2.00 a month, it would save me hours of time and make a serious difference for my efforts here. But whether or not you donate, the same learning experience will be here for everyone, because nothing else would make sense… so… … Welcome to the One White Woman podcast. My name is Nini White, and I hope you know how very grateful I am to be sharing this beautiful and healing learning with you. Civil Rights Memorial Center:  https://www.splcenter.org/civil-rights-memorial SPLC and the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) are committed to providing resources to the people building community resilience against extremism and for a more just and inclusive society.https://www.splcenter.org/peril The book:  "White Fragility," by Robin DiAngelo:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Fragility I need to make a more 'official' way to donate to this podcast, but meantime, here's my Venmo account:  @Nini-White Thank you!  More soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/onewhitewoman/message