Examining Whiteness Workshop

Recent events from Charlottesville to the NFL to the White House have raised awareness about white supremacy and how it operates in today’s society. It has raised an opportunity to examine what it means to be white, and to participate in a system that supports white supremacy. This workshop will explore the history and construction of whiteness, what it means to be white in today’s world, and how people who are white can disrupt racism and whiteness personally, interpersonally, and systemically.

Facilitator: Rev. Julie A Mavity Maddalena is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies and Director of Spiritual Life at Brooks School in North Andover, where she has facilitated Examining Whiteness workshops. Her research interests include Critical Studies of Whiteness and Critical Race Theories and Theologies.