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“Courageously open and respectful dialogue”
BLACK LIVES / BLUE LIVES Available for schools and organizations on a sliding scale thanks to a grant from NEW JERSEY COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES. Contact INFO@TheTheaterProject.org 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 audience conversations that follow the two monologues are facilitated by retired Theater Project Executive Producer Daaimah Talley, and Dr. Sara Compion, director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Kean University. “There is power in courageously open and respectful dialogue,” says Dr. Compion. “It builds social trust and harmony amongst divided groups. The Black Lives/Blue Lives production offers a venue for this kind of important conversation.” The program has been offered to schools and organizations around the state for the last two years, thanks in part to grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. "This was an amazing event."
"An eye-opening theatrical experience." "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." A PROGRAM THAT 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. |
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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/
