Learn more by traveling with the Evertsbergs to Chicago—Selma—Montgomery—Birmingham. Join the Racial Justice Tour.
Learning Blocks
History
People of any race growing up in under-resourced communities is very different from those growing up in safe stable communities.
Black Experience
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man hosted by Emmanuel Acho.
Knowledge and Support
What can each of us do to address racial issues in our society? One way to begin is to increase our understanding of barriers and challenges faced by Black people and others.
Knowledge
Attend RJC events to better understand and support the lives, experiences, and perspectives of others.
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold.
Proverbs 3:13–14
Newspaper clipping from Winnetka Historical Society “Martin Luther King, Jr. In Winnetka”
How we treat others and our expectations of others’ behavior is grounded in our own life experiences. To better understand and support others we need to understand their life experiences and their perception of the world.
Co-Chairs: Dana Connell and Laura Connell, Staff: Bill Evertsberg, At Large: Melinda Blake, Susan Bondurant, Sally Campbell, Maria Fowkes, Jennifer Lind, Scott Myers, and Diane Rand.
Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.
John Steinbeck
We are all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding.
Beau Taplin
Sometimes being understanding is more important than being right. Sometimes we need not a brilliant mind that speaks but a patient heart that listens. Not a keen eye that always sees faults but open arms that accept. Not a finger that points out mistakes but gentle hands that lead. Pavithra Ram
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