From Rev. Arnold Thomas:
Host Rev. Arnold Thomas meets with David Geddes, Jen Daniels, and Aaron Goldberg.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has fueled political tensions and hate crimes throughout the world including our state. We shall discuss this crisis through the various perspectives of Palestinian and Jewish Vermonters. In this first session we will provide an historical context to the conflict and meet with Palestinian and Jewish Vermonters critical of the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians.
When African Americans mention “The Talk,” they refer to important conversations their parents or elders had with them concerning how to survive in a racist, hostile, environment, specifically when confronted by the police. I imagine similar conversations occur between parents and children among all People of Color and marginalized communities. However, in a nation that will soon be dominated by people of color, it is crucial that such conversations occur among White families as well concerning how to live peacefully and productively in a multiracial and multicultural country where all prosper. The Talk, Vermont is about the concerns and interests of Black Vermonters, Vermonters of Color, and other marginalized communities that can be shared with all Vermonters and those who wish to live in one of the whitest state in the nation, in the hope that we can truly learn and grow from our interactions with one other, and make Vermont a truly hospitable state in which all may learn and grow.
Videography credit: Verity Thomson/MMCTV
