League of Women Voters ^®
of Connecticut

Come learn about government and architecture "then" and "now" when you tour the Connecticut State Capitol and Connecticut's Old State House this summer!

Come learn about government and architecture "then" and "now" when you tour the Connecticut State Capitol and Connecticut's Old State House this summer!

For many white women, the idea of niceness is ingrained from an early age as a virtue. But what exactly does it mean to be nice? Does it require silence? An avoidance of anything supposedly unpleasant? An uncritical going with the flow?

Join Regina Jackson and Saira Rao, authors of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better, for deep, honest, unflinching conversation about the culture of niceness as part and parcel of white supremacy. Part 3 of this 4-part series presented by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, will be on Whiteness, Whiteplaining, and Colorism: Everyday “mundane” White Supremacy . Click Read More to get the zoom link and register for this program.

For many white women, the idea of niceness is ingrained from an early age as a virtue. But what exactly does it mean to be nice? Does it require silence? An avoidance of anything supposedly unpleasant? An uncritical going with the flow?

Join Regina Jackson co-author of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better, for deep, honest, unflinching conversation about the culture of niceness as part and parcel of white supremacy. Part 2 of this 4-part series presented by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, will be on Deflecting, gaslighting, and exceptionalizing: How discomfort leads to awareness . Click Read More to get the zoom link and register for this program.