"This was an amazing event."
"I think this performance could be used at universities across the country. I think it could be used in police trainings and high schools."
“Everyone should have to watch this performance.” “Bravo on the writing."
"I think this performance could be used at universities across the country. I think it could be used in police trainings and high schools."
“Everyone should have to watch this performance.” “Bravo on the writing."
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Two playwrights, two actors: BLACK LIVES/BLUE LIVES consists of two monologues: WHAT I KNOW by Steve Harper; WHAT COPS KNOW by Bill Mesce, Jr. The plays serve as a springboard for a moderated talkback in which audiences are invited to discuss, “Where do we go from here?” THE THEATER PROJECT PROGRAM LOOKS AT RACE AND POLICING IN DUELING ONE-ACTS The Theater Project believes that a performance can be a safe space to discuss painful and difficult subjects. We hope to engage a cross-section of citizens to confront an issue that, for many of us, is easy to ignore by changing the channel when the stories grow too many or too grim. "An eye-opening theatrical experience." Contact us at info@thetheaterproject.org for information about bringing this program to your group, rates flexible thanks to a grant from NEW JERSEY COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES. The Theater Project is proud to announce the award of a COVID-19 Response Grant of $6800 from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH). This gift is to support the company’s BLACK LIVES/BLUE LIVES program and its transition to virtual platforms this summer and fall as The Theater Project, like so many cultural institutions, looks for new ways to keep old programs available. The grant will make the program accessible to a wider audience as the company offers it, via Zoom, to interested community organizations. |
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RESOURCE LIST:
Below are some articles, web sites and recordings that may be helpful in exploring these issues.
Below are some articles, web sites and recordings that may be helpful in exploring these issues.
TIME OUT NEW YORK: How you can help the Black Lives Matter movement and protesters in NYC right now
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Resources from Oprah’s Where Do We Go From Here: http://www.oprah.com/app/resources.html
Racial Awareness resources for teachers from Yale: https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/RacialAwareness
(for educators) The White Journey To Racial Awareness from Education Week
https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_deeply/2017/07/the_white_journey_to_racial_awareness_a_stage_theory.html
Robin DiAngelo’s website (Author of White Fragility): https://robindiangelo.com/publications/
Author Ta-Nahesi Coates speaks at West Point about the case for reparations: https://ta-nehisicoates.com/speaking/
Podcast: Code Switch: NPR show about race and ethnicity: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/
Wired: Body Cameras Haven’t Stopped Police Brutality. Here’s Why? https://www.wired.com/story/body-cameras-stopped-police-brutality-george-floyd/
NY Times: The search for police recruits who resist Warrior Culture: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/police-training-recruits-tactics.html
USA Today: What is Systemic Racism and How you can help dismantle it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/
Time: America’s Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism: https://time.com/5851855/systemic-racism-america/
We Forum: 7 Ways You Can Uproot Systemic Racism: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/7-steps-organisations-corporations-uproot-systemic-racism-workplace-diversity-leadership-intersectionality/
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Resources from Oprah’s Where Do We Go From Here: http://www.oprah.com/app/resources.html
Racial Awareness resources for teachers from Yale: https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/RacialAwareness
(for educators) The White Journey To Racial Awareness from Education Week
https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_deeply/2017/07/the_white_journey_to_racial_awareness_a_stage_theory.html
Robin DiAngelo’s website (Author of White Fragility): https://robindiangelo.com/publications/
Author Ta-Nahesi Coates speaks at West Point about the case for reparations: https://ta-nehisicoates.com/speaking/
Podcast: Code Switch: NPR show about race and ethnicity: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/
Wired: Body Cameras Haven’t Stopped Police Brutality. Here’s Why? https://www.wired.com/story/body-cameras-stopped-police-brutality-george-floyd/
NY Times: The search for police recruits who resist Warrior Culture: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/police-training-recruits-tactics.html
USA Today: What is Systemic Racism and How you can help dismantle it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/
Time: America’s Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism: https://time.com/5851855/systemic-racism-america/
We Forum: 7 Ways You Can Uproot Systemic Racism: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/7-steps-organisations-corporations-uproot-systemic-racism-workplace-diversity-leadership-intersectionality/
