[ATTW-L] ATTW-L Digest, Vol 27, Issue 8

Wed Jun 3 23:07:40 UTC 2020

Thank you for these resources.

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>    1. Re: ATTW President's Call to Action to Redress Anti-Blackness
>       and White Supremacy (Cagle, Lauren E.)
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> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 22:35:03 +0000
> From: "Cagle, Lauren E." <lauren.cagle at uky.edu>
> To: "Haas, Angela" <ahaas at ilstu.edu>, "attw-l at attw.org"
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> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] ATTW President's Call to Action to Redress
>         Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy
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> Dr. Haas, thank you so much for this call to action.
>
> Dr. Mckoy, Dr. Jones, and Dr. Gonzales, thank you so much for contributing
> to its writing and to your ongoing anti-racist work.
>
> I am proud to be a member of ATTW and to be called to do the work with you.
>
> Cagle
>
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> Lauren E. Cagle, PhD
>
>
> Assistant Professor | Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies, University of
> Kentucky<https://wrd.as.uky.edu/>
>
> Program Faculty | Environmental and Sustainability Studies, University of
> Kentucky<https://ens.as.uky.edu/about-faculty>
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> First Vice-President | Association for Rhetoric of Science, Technology,
> and Medicine<http://www.arstmonline.org/>
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> Director & Co-Founder | Kentucky Climate Consortium<
> https://www.research.uky.edu/climate-consortium>
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> Pronouns: she/her/hers
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> University of Kentucky
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> 1351 Patterson Office Tower
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> lauren.cagle at uky.edu
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> ________________________________
> From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Haas, Angela <
> ahaas at ilstu.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:00 PM
> To: attw-l at attw.org <attw-l at attw.org>
> Subject: [ATTW-L] ATTW President's Call to Action to Redress
> Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy
>
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> Dear ATTW members,
>
>
>
> As the President of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, I
> call on our non-Black membership to mobilize our (proximity to) white
> privilege and use our rhetoric and technical communication skills to
> redress anti-Blackness in our spheres of influence. Witnessing in horror is
> not enough. Acknowledging our white and light-skinned privilege is not
> enough. Reading and teaching Black authors is not enough. Being non-racist
> is not enough. These measures have not stopped the state sanctioned
> murdering of and violence against Black people in the U.S. nor have they
> led to systemic justice for the Black community. If they did, the families
> of Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Nina Pop, and
> thousands of others before them would not be grieving and seeking justice
> for them. I ask that we confront our complicity in anti-Blackness and how
> we have personally benefitted from the institutions and systems that uphold
> white supremacy and then assess how we can use our personal agency and
> privilege to make anti-racist change.
>
>
>
> I?m asking our ATTW membership?including our executive committee?to PLAN
> and DO at least three tangible things this summer that directly redress
> anti-Blackness in your spheres of micro, meso, and macro level influence,
> advocate for the human and legal rights of Black people, and support Black
> communities and organizations.
>
>   *   First, educate yourself on performative allyship<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40hello_82693%2Fperformative-allyship-is-deadly-c900645d9f1f&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240142511&sdata=yOmw8l13ivI6xfxk2lyHsYj1o9vgadcZMHlBoirjj9g%3D&reserved=0>
> and make a plan for how you will decenter yourself in your efforts to
> support Black communities.
>   *   Secure anti-racist partners who will hold you accountable to: doing
> the research on how Black communities are asking to be supported before
> doing the work; doing the work itself; and ensuring the work is
> intersectional<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.columbia.edu%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fkimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality-more-two-decades-later&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240142511&sdata=JGaJVS0axc6zu9Vuoe1EvRBtkhFv8QQNsCrcTn8AGT4%3D&reserved=0>
> and doesn?t re-center whiteness<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feverydayfeminism.com%2F2016%2F02%2Fwhite-people-emotions-tears%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240142511&sdata=8RAlgMbjd3Dm64QhNPZCGVEHyVa450ZaHtGOYQxv9Yw%3D&reserved=0
> >.
>   *   Prioritize Black voices on how to do this coalitional work and
> center and amplify their work when doing yours. But please do your homework<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chapequity.com%2Fresources.html&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240152513&sdata=AByb%2BaM9L%2FcDOQorz9YbnHJiN2E010LDtHrAm1HXnRI%3D&reserved=0>
> before asking your Black relatives and friends for their assistance.
>
> The NAACP<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnaacp.org%2Fcampaigns%2Fwe-are-done-dying%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240152513&sdata=OWJXKabvu6nqysEOpds2q5%2F91M9gBgBwn8skdKUILP8%3D&reserved=0>,
> Black Lives Matter<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblacklivesmatter.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240162504&sdata=ySxVO%2FfUG82yrMGvn1dCq8Ns3sjQkm4QZwVVohjmpZ8%3D&reserved=0>,
> and the Obama Foundation<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.obama.org%2Fanguish-and-action%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240162504&sdata=OJacSxhZnp6hc1xWPjoVDG3TVPzIGB1QvL3qQlJM5sI%3D&reserved=0>?among
> hundreds of other organizations?have offered specific suggestions for
> supporting Black people, organizations, businesses, communities, and
> Black-organized movements. (Perhaps one of our members would like to
> assemble a digital archive of such suggestions as one of their action items
> on their accomplice to-do list.) I also urge you to seek out local chapters
> of these organizations in your communities, donate (if you are able), and
> follow their lead.
>
>
>
> Next, I would like for you to REPORT out those tangible anti-racist
> actions. What specifically did you do to intentionally redress
> anti-Blackness in your spheres of influence? How were those actions
> successful, or not, at the personal, organizational, community, and/or
> institutional levels? Why (not)? How can you package that work into useful,
> usable, and accessible templates and models for others to redress
> anti-Blackness in their spheres of influence? Which audiences and venues
> can benefit most from learning from your anti-racist work? Which platforms,
> media, and genres should you use for reporting that work and inspiring
> others to do anti-racist work? You can consider adapting and using this
> chart<
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1JisDCPuLtMvXLystbWx9G3mp3Ao8Z0AnN85h5Z8iJ9I%2Fedit&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240172499&sdata=1IpfOcccsH3NZgL3rhMgrdNSwBplaTxjHt69n%2BDRVAs%3D&reserved=0>
> designed by the Michigan League for Public Policy?s 21-Day Racial Equity
> Challenge as well as contributing to this forum <
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmlpp.org%2F21-day-forum%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clauren.cagle%40uky.edu%7Cc35f8347ea464730298108d807409394%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637267321240172499&sdata=ERBTMSJYg4BN7inEMR%2FQlY3AXYOMPqzRHYhNDBXh%2FOg%3D&reserved=0>
> to track and discuss your progress. Note that the purpose of reporting out
> is not to seek affirmation, rather to participate in anti-racist skill
> sharing among your white and non-Black relatives and friends to inform and
> drive more productive action.
>
>
>
> Please consider this an invitation to participate?and to do so in ways
> that move beyond the aforementioned suggestions. Though participation is
> not compulsory, I sincerely hope that you consider using your status as
> educators and public intellectuals?and rhetorical skills in civic and
> community engagement?to advocate for systemic justice for Black people at
> this kairotic moment in history. If you choose not to participate, please
> do so quietly, but also know that your choice is just as political as my
> choice.
>
>
>
> I will report my own goals, actions, and results specific to redressing
> anti-Blackness in the communities to which I belong on social media and
> other venues. I will tag #BlackLivesMatter in all social media posts
> related to this anti-racist work, and I will add #ATTW when reporting on
> actions specific to our organization. As your President, I welcome your
> input, but please center the perspectives of Black people when offering it.
>
>
>
> I offer my deepest gratitude to inaugural ATTW Amplification Award winner
> Temptaous Mckoy, ATTW Vice-President Natasha Jones, and ATTW At-Large
> member Laura Gonzales for your input on this call to action, for calling me
> in when necessary, and modeling how to call out and redress injustice in
> pro-Black and anti-colonial ways. I also appreciate ATTW Past-President
> Michelle Eble for your steadfast counsel.
>
>
>
> Many thanks to those of you already doing important anti-racist work and
> to those considering this coalitional call to action. Black Lives Matter.
> All of them.
>
>
>
> Angela
>
>
>
> For the online version of this call:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SlewDtMX41u6hjo1Xydp3D-gNy1anUJ9kCinRCH0li4
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>
> --
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> Angela M. Haas, PhD
>
> Graduate Program Director and Professor, Department of English, Illinois
> State University
>
> President, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
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> Coordinator, Computers & Writing Graduate Research Network
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