Two-Part Course on "Race and Culture in America" with Diane Keon, hosted by No Place for Hate - Falmouth

Saturdays, April 2 & 9, 2-5pm

Falmouth Jewish Congregation, 7 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth (corner of Sandwich Road)

Free of charge, but donations are accepted and welcome to help defray costs.

RSVP is required and space is limited. Please RSVP by March 21 to npfhfalmouth@gmail.com or call 508-540-1476. Walk-ins are possible as space permits.

Falmouth’s No Place for Hate group invites the public to participate in a community course entitled “Race and Culture in America,” taught by Nauset High educator Diane Keon. This two-part course, appropriate for adults and older students (high school and college), will take place on two consecutive Saturday afternoons, April 2 and 9, from 2:00 – 5:00 P.M. at Falmouth Jewish Congregation, 7 Hatchville Road. Facilities are accessible to all. Reservations are required to help us plan appropriately, and space is limited. Please RSVP by March 21 to npfhfalmouth@gmail.com or call 508-540-1476. The course is free of charge, but contributions to support No Place for Hate – Falmouth’s community and educational programs are appreciated. Donations can be made at the course or online at the website of Cape Cod Foundation, the group’s fiscal sponsor. Visit www.capecodfoundation.org and click “donate to one of our funds.”

Diane Keon, the featured speaker at this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday breakfast in Falmouth, is an anti-bias workshop leader and educator at Nauset High School, where she uses a curriculum developed by the acclaimed Brookline-based educational organization Facing History & Ourselves (www.facinghistory.org) that helps students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives. This course will go into a deeper examination of many topics addressed in Ms. Keon’s January presentation. The first session will focus on history, covering subjects such as “Guns, Germs, and Steel” (Jared Diamond’s bestselling historical study that examines the great forces that have shaped human history over the past 10,000 years), the science of race (Petrus Camper and Samuel George Morton), and cultural racism (examining artifacts from American popular culture). The second session will focus on institutional racism and the psychology of race. The course will combine presentations by Ms. Keon with opportunities for reflection and discussion.

No Place For Hate - Falmouth is a community-based organization whose purpose is to build bridges to combat bias and to promote respect for all people. It meets once a month on Thursday evenings at the Gus Canty Community Center. All are welcome at its meetings and events. Like No Place for Hate – Falmouth on Facebook to receive notices about events or write to npfhfalmouth@gmail.com with questions and comments.