Follow the Power: A Look at Systems and Structures

Who's upstream? We dig into the systems & structures of white supremacy and capitalism and who holds wealth and power to keep them running.
About this Event

Systems of white supremacy and capitalism encourage us to seek happiness through individuality and consumerism — keeping those systems well-fed. They divert potential collective action into individual action: focus on your household carbon footprint, check your own privilege, cancel someone online.

But what if we looked upstream instead? What's happening when people holding wealth and whiteness are manufacturing our realities to serve their needs, not ours? What if, alongside the ongoing work of naming and documenting the resulting violence, we spent more time looking at how these systems actually work — and who keeps them running?

Antiracism/antioppression analysis calls us to think in terms of systems and structures. In June's 13th Community Learning Space, we'll work together to ask: who and what is sustaining these oppressive systems, and for what ends? We'll bring in examples to work through these questions together.

Join us for some hands-on time exploring and demystifying systems and structures. We'll meet at 4MLK from 11am–1:00pm. Coffee, donuts, and healthy snacks will be provided.

Registration is free but we request a $10 donation if you are able to make one.