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Structural racism and a mother’s choice

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In this clip, Connie Heller, donor activist with the Linked Fate Fund for Justice, explains how structural racism impacts her decision about where to raise her children. This video is from the film/dialogue project Cracking the Codes: Race & Relationships…

A simple trip to the grocery store….

This fall I want to share this footage from Cracking the Codes: Understanding the System. In it, author and educator Joy DeGruy tells how her sister-in-law used her white privilege to take a stand against the system of inequity. I hope you will share this with others and take time…

ImproviSOUL Concert to Benefit World Trust, Sunday July 24th

Acclaimed vocalist and musician Amikaeyla Gaston is hosting ImproviSoul, an afternoon of food, wine, music, film, poetry & prose benefiting World Trust starting at 3:00 pm on Sunday, July 24th at Avonova in Oakland’s Temescal District. “We are excited and honored to have Ami offer this event…

W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports Cracking the Codes, a new World Trust film & dialogue project

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World Trust Educational Services of Oakland, CA is developing a new film/dialogue project, “Cracking the Codes: Race and Relationships in the 21^st Century” that is designed to illuminate self-perpetuating systems of racial inequity and move individuals from inspiration to action in ways that support change.

Major funding for…

Shakti Butler on Racial Equity changemakers: “We must look beyond our personal feelings, but not leave them out”

“To create effective strategies for change, we must be able to analyze the external manifestations of racism — policy, laws and the structural relationship between institutions, ” says Shakti Butler, executive director of World Trust, “yet we can’t leave out the role of personal feelings and the internal components of…

Case Study: “Mirrors of Privilege” Film aids K-12 Cultural Competency Effort

Gerald Denman, Executive Director of the Office of Diversity Affairs in a school district located in Washington State, incorporates the film Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible within a multi-year, district-wide program that is creating a culturally responsive learning community. “This film is the right tool for us. Watching…

Honoring MLK: In the Name of Love

We are sharing this video tribute to encourage each of us to make time to reflect on Dr. King’s words, to notice their connection to our own story, and to see the relevance of his words today.

We strive to infuse our work with the strong, demanding…

Filming Complete: Help Us Finish Cracking the Codes!

In the clip below from Cracking the Codes: Race & Relationships in the 21st Century, two educators, Ise Lyfe and Tilman Smith, share their insights and experience on race and relationships in education.

Please click the Donate button below to contribute online, or you may send a check to…

Shakti Butler: Facing Race Conference provides vision, aligned action

Shakti Butler’s workshop, “Exploring the Connections through Film & Dialogue: Linking Interpersonal and Institutional Racism,” drew a standing room-only crowd at the Facing Race Conference, held this year in Chicago on September 24-25th. Surrounded by enlivening workshops by change makers, including journalists, community organizers, educators and activists, her World…

Oakland Tribune: Racial justice a complex concept and struggle, Oakland film argues

The Oakland Tribune published an insightful article about World Trust’s efforts to raise money to complete its current film/dialogue project, Cracking the Codes: Race and Relationships in the 21st Century and deepen the national conversation about race. “We’re trying to shift and deepen the framing of race in this…