Baltimore Racial Justice Action

Sports and entertainment shape our culture — and in turn, they must be shaped by us.

Fandom is one of the ways we create and hold joyful community. Analyzing your favorites with a critical eye is a show of love and celebration: here's what brings me joy, what makes it messy, and what keeps me coming back. That new show about hockey players? The Orioles? Gaming? Bridgerton? This is why Reddit is a thing.

In May's 13th Community Learning Space, we'll use those everyday passions as "text for learning" — and bring our ARAO lens to bear together in the contact zone.

We grounded in ARAO analysis in March, and in somatic and embodiment practices in April. In May, the fledgling learning community comes together to try it out. Come as you are for tea, cookies, and the contact zone! Register here: https://buff.ly/TLP2SrM

For almost 20 years, BRJA has gathered on the 13th of the month for events featuring antiracism/antioppression analysis. Those sessions have shaped how hundreds of Baltimoreans think about race, power, and what justice actually requires.
This year, we're going deeper.
We're building a sustained community learning space where people don't just receive ARAO analysis, but develop it together over time; where the conversation doesn't end when you leave the room; and where a multiracial group of Baltimoreans can do the real, generative work of thinking together — in a "contact zone," not a safe space.
Starting next week, we're learning in public, through social media: sharing the concepts, thinkers, and questions shaping our work in the 13th Learning Community.
Our May 13th session is coming up.
Follow along — and bring someone who's been meaning to do this work.
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The May Buzz is out! Register for May and June's 13th learning community events; catch up on April, and read the Food for Thought column about the impact of Federal government purges of Black women in the workforce. https://buff.ly/NhXDAo1

Sports and entertainment shape our culture — and in turn, they must be shaped by us.

Fandom is one of the ways we create and hold joyful community. Analyzing your favorites with a critical eye is a show of love and celebration: here's what brings me joy, what makes it messy, and what keeps me coming back. That new show about hockey players? The Orioles? Gaming? Bridgerton? This is why Reddit is a thing.

In May's 13th Community Learning Space, we'll use those everyday passions as "text for learning" — and bring our ARAO lens to bear together in the contact zone.

We grounded in ARAO analysis in March, and in somatic and embodiment practices in April. In May, the fledgling learning community comes together to try it out. Come as you are for tea, cookies, and the contact zone!

Register here: https://buff.ly/rXMdXUx

This book is wonderful - free/low-cost registration to this talk below!

Register Now – How We Get Free: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Ula Y. Taylor – YouTube How We Get Free: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Ula Y. Taylor – YouTube, Thu Apr 23, 2026 - Join Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Ula Y. Taylor as they celebrate the new edition of How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, and discuss its impact.

JOIN US APRIL 13 as we Ground the Self. Join this emerging multiracial, multigenerational antiracist/antioppression learning community as we continue our Grounding Series. Register here: https://buff.ly/eVfjUIy or at QR code.

IYKYK...."what it takes to turn moral clarity into real change." Serious listen here from across the pond. Thanks Michael and CRCfm.

Racism in Castlebar⚠

How does our community respond?👂

Michael Minassie talks to Cora Staunton , Dorothy Burt Baltimore Racial Justice Action Alan Dillon TD and Caroline Brennan South West Mayo Development Company CLG

Amplify EP2 out now🎙

The April BRJA Buzz is now out! This newsletter is your one-stop-shop for event registrations, recent video links, and more. Subscribe and stay in the loop as we continue to form our 13th of the month learning community.
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Great learning opportunities -- starting Thursday. Registration at QR codes.

Join Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle’s 2026 Online Webinar Series featuring Lawrence Grandpré as we break down reframing the security and justice debate, the limits of all of the above public safety, and debunking mythologies on youth gun violence.

This is about reframing the debate and unlocking the truth.

Register now. All webinars begin at 1PM.

In April, we'll be Grounding the Self. Join this emerging multiracial, multigenerational antiracist/antioppression learning community as we continue our Grounding Series. Register here: https://buff.ly/ZUFBTRZ

Our March 13th of the Month event inaugurated our Grounding series by delving into antiracism/antioppression analysis, the "contact zone" as an alternative to safe spaces and cancel culture, and much more. Catch excerpts here if you missed it!

13th Series: Grounding in Analysis (March 2026) This video of March's BRJA 13th of the Month event contains comments on analysis from Dana Polson (bmoreantiracist.org) and Lawrence Grandpre (lbsbaltimore.c...