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“I grew up in a village on the Erie Canal east of Rochester. Everyone was white. The first Black person I met was Terry, who joined my third grade class when his family worked on a local farm during harvest season. We became friends but he didn’t stay long. Migrant workers must follow the crops. A decade later, I met a second Black person. Priscilla was my freshman roommate at SUNY Albany. We became friends, too, but grew apart after that first year. Now that I am much older, and challenged by the work of anti-racism, I wonder about them. • How did they navigate the mostly white spaces where I met them? • Did I fail them?
• How do I confront white supremacy, in all its blatant and subtle forms, today?” Guest speaker Anne Klaeysen shares a personal exploration and viewpoints regarding anti-racism and white supremacy today.
Anne Klaeysen is Leader Emerita of the NY Society for Ethical Culture and a member of the Brooklyn Society. She also serves as Ethical Humanist Religious Life Adviser at Columbia University and Humanist Spiritual Life Adviser at New York University. Anne holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in pastoral care and counseling from Hebrew Union College.