FORJ December Updates

Coming up in January 2021, check out Dr. Eddie Moore Jr’s “21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge”©: https://www.eddiemoorejr.com/21daychallenge/#act  As families, we are often working on doing for our kids or others. This challenge is a chance to center ourselves in the work, learning and action against racism.

Also, in terms of self-care (and family care, too!), have a look at this blog by FORJ member and Newton North High School parent Amy Behrens about helping to move through the stress cycle: a blog on ways of releasing stress for ourselves and our kids. (https://www.amybehrens.com/strategies-for-soulful-parents/release-stress-and-power-your-parenting-skills/)

If you and your kids are looking for ways to express yourselves, the ICA Teen Arts Council posted a fun “Reimagining Public Arts” exercise: https://www.icaboston.org/articles/reimagining-public-monuments?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MKTGCarePackage%3AArtistVoice%2BFirstFridays&utm_content=version_A&promo

FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice) is a coalition of school-aged families in Newton coming together to teach our children – and ourselves – how to stand up for racial equality.  Our Lincoln-Eliot FORJ contact is parent Lanni Isenberg, lanni_harris@yahoo.com.