{"id":842,"date":"2020-06-05T20:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T00:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=842"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:15:26","slug":"allyship-and-processing-being-black-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/allyship-and-processing-being-black-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Allyship and Processing Being Black In America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In this webinar, our host, Kurt Merriweather, sat down with Donald Thompson, CEO of the Diversity Movement, Danya Perry, Director of Equitable Economic Development at Wake County Economic Development and head of the Triangle Diversity Equity and Inclusion Alliance, and Dr. Deborah Stroman, Associate Professor of Social Justice at UNC\u2019s Gillings School of Global Public Health to discuss issues around race in the United States and how we can all learn to become better allies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@drstroman\/what-should-white-america-do-now-this-fe1a4dcab33d\">link<\/a> to read &#8220;What Should White America Do Now? 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