The Board of Directors of Challenging Racism would like to congratulate our Executive Director, Alicia Jones McLeod, for her selection as a member of the 2022 Class of Leadership Arlington!  This honor and opportunity is a clear recognition of the contributions she has already made and continues to make as a community leader in Arlington and beyond. Congratulations Alicia!
- Challenging Racism Board of Directors

John Oliver breaks down the long history of housing discrimination in the U.S., the damage it’s done, and, crucially, what we can do about it.
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The Keegan Theatre recently announced the details of their 25th anniversary season, which will include old favorites, regional and world premieres, new play development, and a summer repertory for families.

This season will also mark the the company’s first time partnering with the Arlington-based organization Challenging Racism to support education on the prevalence of discrimination and provide tools to challenge hatred...

John Oliver discusses the large and diverse group of people who fall under the term “Asian American”, the history of the model minority stereotype, and why our conversations on the subject need to be better-informed.
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CR Executive Director Alicia Jones McLeod moderated this session, the second in a three-part series hosted by Maryland Humanities that focuses on operationalizing racial equity work in the humanities field.

This event featured Tonya Aikens, President & CEO, Howard County Library System.
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Gail Perry and Judy Knight, with Nancy Brown, co-facilitated the virtual Challenging Racism: Continued program Voter Rights/Voter Suppression, on 3/24/21, from 6:30-8:30 PM. About 18 people participated. The focus of the program was to look at the history and current trend of laws intended to restrict access to voting, after the largest voter turnout in modern history.

CR Executive Director Alicia Jones McLeod moderated this session, the second in a three-part series hosted by Maryland Humanities that focuses on operationalizing racial equity work in the humanities field.
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This event will featured Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan, President, St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

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CR Executive Director Alicia Jones McLeod moderated this session, the first in a three-part series hosted by Maryland Humanities that focuses on operationalizing racial equity work in the humanities field.
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See the whole clip here.

On Thursday February 4th, Alicia Jones McLeod participated in the “All Ways Evolving” podcast, a conscious living podcast that addresses how we can continue to grow and evolve into better, more loving, more expansive versions of ourselves.

The segment was about Being White and Racism in America, where Alicia Joined host Erica Boucher and Dan McCool, Ph.D., and author of "Self, Institutions, and Others" and the founder of Blue Revolution.
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Listen to the full Podcast here.

Watch here the conversation that Dr. Deborah Jackson, former principal of McLean High School and now President of the Rotary Club of McLean, had with Challenging Racism’s Executive Director Alicia Jones McLeod.