fs Beloved Moving from 2016
Community Towards Transformative
1 Center Organizing in 2017
What Now? To many, ihe 2016 ctection was ike # soctal/cultural earthquake followed by a Tsunami.
Thaok upand then washed over everything with destruction, leaving dangers lurking all arvunid. Howevs,
‘the midst of thts mega-change is a historic oppartunity to teihink, reimagine, nespirit, and rebuild neigh-
Dberkoods, communities and localities actass this laid. In fast iis the challenge and the opportuaily for “the
‘people to redireet our nathon toward a more compassionate, equitable and just direction. Please read this en-
tire End of Fear Brechuere, especially the letter from our ce-directors on paze two.
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Comnaunie City Work
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liaired by Greeusbore|
Mayor Nancy Vaughan
Jand BCC’ Co-Director
Rex, Nelson Johnson. A
miore complete report on
Jerr police accouaurbilityIt’s on “Us” to Resist, Reimagine and Rebuild
and iigoiy Pie Ever
By Nelson and Joyce Johnson, Co-Executive Directors ofthe
BEC
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evttability.” An end tothe “levareby’ af human value” that fuels car eel beral
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tread range of capable; non-bierarchical leadership. While there are importa
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|Greeasboro, but als laspires and equips others xeross the sat. Thank
you api Base a very productive New Year
Neliow & Joyce, December 2016)BOTHI
The Beloved Organizing Training and Healing Institute (BOTHI)
‘One ofthe key goals of the Beloved Community Center (sto hep teain the next generation of sous people to
prow in engaging the work of community building and welal trinsfarmation. Over the past year we bave
‘worked hard to build good rekatianships with the local, state and pstional keulersélp of Black Llves Matter
and other emersing yauth sroups, The BCC held a welesming dinner For the tno-day corference For the na-
‘inal and local leadership of Back Lves Matter in August, W bile we support protest we are increasingly
seeking ways to “bend” protest enerey towards building Ive alternatives.
The Beloved Organizing, Training ‘Our training will pot foows mainly on making a fow
and Healing Institute (BOTHI) ‘adjustments to “fit in’* better toa collapsing social or-
Try torinmgine a Greenchoro where we bave gresly re: det. Instead, we will reimagine what i fakes to make
diced of even ceaticatod the hice é: the chanees necessary to forse
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abuse. Taagise a Greeiubro| ized. This period will cer-
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