Widen the Circle

RSVP

<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Please join us for a special Widen the Circle gathering and benefit in Oakland <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Monday, February 24<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">6:00 PM - 8:00 PM<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">353 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA <a href="https://widenthecircle.org/" style="text-decoration:none;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Widen the Circle</a><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> invites you to join us for an <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">evening gathering and benefit at Clio’s Bookstore & Bar in Oakland. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Widen the Circle uses history and remembrance to heal from past injustice and combat modern prejudice. We empower local activists in Germany and the US to create a more just world, focusing on German-Jewish history and the history of racism in the US. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Our special guest will be Kristi Williams, a 2024 Fellow in Widen the Circle’s yearlong Fellowship program. Kristi is descended from a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and she has played a leading role in uncovering and preserving the history of that event. She founded Black History Saturdays, a pioneering institution that teaches African American history, including topics banned in Oklahoma schools. And she has created an extensive library of banned books. In June, she received a prestigious Wayfinder award from National Geographic. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">We’ll be talking about Kristi’s inspiring story, and the impact her experience in Germany and the connections she’s made in the fellowship have had on her work. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Widen the Circle founder Joel Obermayer will discuss how the Obermayer Awards, a project founded by his father 25 years ago, has grown in influence and impact through the creation of Widen the Circle. He will also share how important work being done in Germany is creating understanding and reconciliation where none seemed possible, and why this type of community-based effort is so effective and holds so much hope for the future.

Please join us for a special Widen the Circle gathering and benefit in Oakland Monday, February 246:00 PM - 8:00 PM353 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA <a href="https://widenthecircle.org/">Widen the Circle</a> invites you to join us for an evening gathering and benefit at Clio’s Bookstore &amp; Bar in Oakland. Widen the Circle uses history and remembrance to heal from past injustice and combat modern prejudice. We empower local activists in Germany and the US to create a more just world, focusing on German-Jewish history and the history of racism in the US. Our special guest will be Kristi Williams, a 2024 Fellow in Widen the Circle’s yearlong Fellowship program. Kristi is descended from a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and she has played a leading role in uncovering and preserving the history of that event. She founded Black History Saturdays, a pioneering institution that teaches African American history, including topics banned in Oklahoma schools. And she has created an extensive library of banned books. In June, she received a prestigious Wayfinder award from National Geographic. We’ll be talking about Kristi’s inspiring story, and the impact her experience in Germany and the connections she’s made in the fellowship have had on her work. Widen the Circle founder Joel Obermayer will discuss how the Obermayer Awards, a project founded by his father 25 years ago, has grown in influence and impact through the creation of Widen the Circle. He will also share how important work being done in Germany is creating understanding and reconciliation where none seemed possible, and why this type of community-based effort is so effective and holds so much hope for the future.

Widen the Circle

An Evening Gathering & Benefit for Widen the Circle - Oakland

353 Grand Ave

RSVP

Free