Module 3: A Place In History
Introduction to Module 3
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“You will remember, think, and feel.”
This is the central guidance we provide in the third module of the 400 Years of Inequality online course. Hello, my name is Tim Nottage and I am a member of the 400 Years of Inequality National Organizing Committee. Thank you for joining us today. The first two modules in this online course helped us understand how we live within, are affected by, and possibly help reproduce or strive to counter the ecology of inequality.
In this third module, we invite you to consider where your ancestors are placed in this ecology of inequality. That is, what collective memory have you inherited? We also ask you to look to the future. What can you and others do today to ensure that we will live in a world of equality and equity tomorrow?
We use a contemplative practice to help us explore collective memory and envision a just future. This practice combines memory, thoughtful reflection, and emotions. As I noted earlier: “You will remember, think, and feel.”
We remember so that we do not repeat the violence of the past. We also remember the hopes and desires of those who came before us so that we might shepherd into the future our long held demands for freedom and equality. The work of justice requires us to know the history of inequality and feel its continued presence, including its wounds and its hopes, in our bodies and places that are important to us.
“You will remember, think, and feel.”
This is the central guidance we provide in the third module of the 400 Years of Inequality online course. Hello, my name is Tim Nottage and I am a member of the 400 Years of Inequality National Organizing Committee. Thank you for joining us today. The first two modules in this online course helped us understand how we live within, are affected by, and possibly help reproduce or strive to counter the ecology of inequality.
In this third module, we invite you to consider where your ancestors are placed in this ecology of inequality. That is, what collective memory have you inherited? We also ask you to look to the future. What can you and others do today to ensure that we will live in a world of equality and equity tomorrow?
We use a contemplative practice to help us explore collective memory and envision a just future. This practice combines memory, thoughtful reflection, and emotions. As I noted earlier: “You will remember, think, and feel.”
We remember so that we do not repeat the violence of the past. We also remember the hopes and desires of those who came before us so that we might shepherd into the future our long held demands for freedom and equality. The work of justice requires us to know the history of inequality and feel its continued presence, including its wounds and its hopes, in our bodies and places that are important to us.
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