Courageous Conversations
Join us the 4th Monday of month for a conversation. Courageous Conversations explores issues of race in Rock County. Topics are selected each month based on current events and the issues people of color are currently facing both locally and nationwide.
The conversations are moderated by members of YWCA Rock County’s racial justice team as well as members of the Diversity Action Team of Rock County.
Courageous Conversations are currently being held virtually via Zoom. Courageous Conversations is held the fourth Monday of each month from 5:30pm – 7 pm. The event is free to attend, but registration is required.
(Please note, Courageous Conversations will be recorded and placed online. Members of the media are also invited to attend. If members of the media are present, an announcement will be made at the beginning of the meeting.)
November 24th, 2025: 6-7pm via Zoom
Courageous Conversations
Pushback and Persistence: A Tribal Perspective
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/t0lqktUSSaWkexZCyloCbw
Understanding the social and cultural history of tribal people through a historical continuum. Featuring Alton Smart
This presentation explores the historical and ongoing challenges Indigenous communities experience in sustaining their cultural traditions and identities. It will offer context for understanding today’s “pushback” by using the concept of a “historical pendulum” — illustrating how societal attitudes and policies toward Indigenous peoples have shifted over time, and how Native nations continue to navigate, resist, and reclaim in the face of these movements.
Parking Lot: 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Unmoderated Interaction After the Discussion – if needed)
Just to remind us all - the agreements for Courageous Conversations are:
1) stay engaged,
2) experience discomfort,
3) speak your truth, and
4) expect and accept non-closure