LEWISTON — YWCA Central Maine will join YWCAs nationwide in launching the 21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge on Monday, March 1, as part of a national movement to engage communities in anti-racist work.
Participants will receive a daily email directing them to three or four curated activities such as reading an article, listening to a podcast, watching a video or reflecting on their personal experiences. Each activity is designed to foster greater understanding and awareness, and challenge participants to confront their own understandings and take action toward the advancement of racial equity.
Taking part in an activity helps participants discover how racial inequity and social injustice impact the community, connect with others, and identify ways to dismantle racism and other forms of discrimination. The challenge will begin March 1 and continue Monday to Friday, through Monday, March 29. All content is newly curated by YWCA for this year to include fresh and up-to-date content. Over 30,000 people from 1,800 zip codes across the country took the challenge in 2020.
Registration for the challenge is open on Eventbrite at eventbrite.com/e/21-day-racial-equity-and-social-justice-challenge-tickets-142010249479. The registration fee is $21.
YWCA’s challenge was inspired by Food Solutions New England, the first organization to adapt an exercise from Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. and Debby Irving’s book into the interactive 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge. The challenge is designed to create dedicated time and space to build more effective social justice habits and bring awareness to issues of race, power, privilege and leadership.
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