Start an RRD in Your Area

Handshake between black and white human woman and male hands with the message text Standing Together against HATE. Concept of Black Lives Matter protest against racism and police brutality.
Happy friends from different races and culture laughing in front of phone camera – Young millennial people having fun together – Multiracial generation concept – Main focus on center girls
Racism and human civil rights as diverse people of different ethnicity holding hands together as a social solidarity concept of a multiracial group working as united partners.
Be part of the solution! Start a local RRD. It’s as easy as 1,2,3.
  1. Recruit a couple of likeminded friends to help.
  2. Find a meeting place at a community room in a city hall, library, restaurant or place of worship.
  3. Announce your first meeting in local media, church bulletins, the internet, on flyers.
Typical Meeting Agenda:
  1. Welcome all. Explain RRD values of mutual respect, careful listening, openness, honesty and good will. (5 minutes)
  2. Show an appropriate internet video (see list below) of about 20-30 minutes. (about 30 minutes)
  3. Provide starter discussion questions and break into small, mixed race groups of about four to six. Each group should appoint a reporter. (35 minutes)
  4. Regather for reports from each group. (10 minutes)
  5. Open for large group discussion. (10 minutes)
  6. Announce next meeting and adjourn.

Total: 90 minutes

Some Suggested Videos for Your RRD Meetings

Let’s get to the root of racial injustice – Megan Ming FrancisHow to deconstruct racism one headline at a time – Baratunde Thurston
How we are priming some kids for college and others for prison – Alice Goffman How racism makes us sick – David R. Williams
Understanding structural racism – Luizza LodderThe future of race in America – Michelle Alexander
You can help stop the violence against young black men – Verna MyersDeconstructing white privilege – Robin Diangelo
Click on each video to take you directly to YouTube. Each video is appropriately 20 minutes long.