The Morningside Neighborhood Association (MNA)
and Edina Morningside Community Church (EMCUCC)
invite you to view and discuss
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
A Free Two-Part Event
All are welcome to view via Zoom the PBS documentary, Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America, and to participate in an optional, facilitated small group discussion. Based on Gretchen Sorin’s book, “Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights" (W.W. Norton, 2020), the film shows "how the advent of the car brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.” — PBS promotional page, https://www.pbs.org/show/driving-while-black/
The MNA and EMCUCC will host this free two-part event from 7 to 9 PM on
Part 1. Tuesday, 6/01/21 (film via Zoom). The film will start promptly at 7 PM and runs for just under two hours.
Part 2. Tuesday, 6/15/21 (small group discussions via Zoom and/or in person, open to all who viewed the film in Part 1 or on their own).
Here is how to get the Zoom link for the film:
If you are a Morningside resident and on the MNA email list, you will receive the link in an MNA email before the event.
If you are a Morningside resident and not on the MNA email list, please sign up for MNA emails at edina.morningside@gmail.com.
If you are a member of EMCUCC or on its email list, you will receive the link in an EMCUCC email before the event.
All others, please register for the event by email to edina.morningside@gmail.com by Friday, May 28. The Zoom link will be sent to the email address in your RSVP.
If you prefer to watch the film on your own, here is the Twin Cities Public Television link: https://www.tpt.org/driving-while/black/
To participate in a small group discussion, please register by email to edina.morningside@gmail.com or to emcucc@emcucc.org. by Friday, June 11.
Please indicate in your email whether you prefer to participate by Zoom, in person, or either. If by Zoom, the link will be sent to the email address in your RSVP.
Questions about the film, discussion format, or how to use Zoom?
Please contact edina.morningside@gmail.com