Thursday is a trifecta of opportunities for public witness…

The Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center is at the forefront of protecting immigrant and labor rights in this region. At the next Community Issues Forum tomorrow at noon at Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E 4th St, Magda Orlander, campaign coordinator for CIWC, will discuss the unique struggles that low wage and immigrant workers face in Greater Cincinnati as well as several recent labor rights cases where workers prevailed against abusive employers. Recent changes in local and federal government that have had a positive impact will also be reviewed. Bring a lunch, buy a Silverglade sandwich for $6.50 or watch on YouTube here.

Then at 3

Right to Be presents Bystander Intervention to Stop Antisemitic Harassment; this 75-minute training will teach you the 5Ds of bystander intervention methodology, created in collaboration with T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. They’ll start by talking about the forms of antisemitism that the Jewish community faces right now — from microaggressions to violence — using a tool we call the, “Spectrum of Disrespect.” You’ll learn what to look for and the positive impact that bystander intervention has on individuals and communities. Register here.

Finally at 5:30

The Anderson Township Trustees are considering incorporating Sunlite Pool, Marian Spencer’s legacy, into their park system. Tomorrow’s meeting begins at 5:30 at the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Rd. You do not have to be a resident to attend; strength in numbers is important!

NOTE

I am at Bethesda North awaiting the results of another surgery for Grif and may not publish this weekend; if you have something of interest to the membership, please send to announcements@firstuu.com

Weekly Wisdom: 

Rustin [Bayard] had called out a perverse tango decades before books like Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility normalized the idea of a perpetual white guilt that must be constantly confessed but can never be expiated, and long before an army of DEI consultants turned humiliation and intimidation into an industry. In a 1969 essay, Rustin warned that “many liberals have become obsessed with the psychological aspects of the racial problem to the point of neglecting its economic dimensions…” (excerpt from the Washington Post)

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