2025 Meeting Summaries

February Meeting

Debrief about national politics.

April Meeting

We listened to Heather Cox Richardson's April 18 post that, at the end, remarked that 'one little thing can move the story forward'.

When Trayce talked about 'repair', it resonated around the table. We'll put something together to follow-up.

Resources: what was mentioned

1. Neptune Frost is free on Kanopy.

2. 2. Dark Money Game on HBO.

3. Jeffry Sachs, Columbia University economist, on youtube.

4. Many thanks to Carole for sharing details of the censorship case.

June Meeting

The topic for the next four months is Repair. In this meeting you will receive a notebook, a $1.00 bill, and some questions. After opening the meeting, we will spend 20 minutes writing answers to these question. Following that we will have a dialogue circle response and then open discussion.

Treating the dollar bill as 'you', answer these questsions:

1. Who are you?

2. Why did you come here today?

3. What message do you have for me?

4. What else do you have to say?

5. What do I know about money now?

6. What does money have to do with CTTT?

August Meeting

We will continue with the next three chapters of Desmond's book. We will continue with the model of writing, discussing.

Questions:

1. What is my housing history regarding moving, renting, buying?

2. How do I feel about and react to people living on the streets unsheltered?

3. What government subsidies benefit me?

4. How do I ignore the needs of others?

5. Can I give an example of 'private opulence and public squalor' in Tucson?

October Meeting

Notes from CTTT Tucson October 19, 2025 meeting:

We welcome new member Melissa!  

Cara enlightened us about restoration in general and Restorative Justice in Tucson in particular. She explained the exciting program out of the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Restorative Justice is an inclusive approach to addressing harm and conflict with an emphasis on repairing relationships, meeting victim needs, and providing the wrongdoer a path to take responsibility. If you are interested in taking training and participating as a community member or a facilitator, please contact Emmanuelle Fahey at 520-724-5521.

At the meeting we had several circle rounds of questions:

·         What do you already know about RJ and what thoughts/feelings/images feelings come up when you hear the term?

·         What have you observed about how harm and accountability are currently handled in our Tucson community?

·         How might restorative practices show up in your own relationships, workplace, or community spaces?

·         How do you see restorative justice practices connecting to the work of racial healing and reconciliation that CTTT centers?

RESOURCES MENTIONED AT MEETING:

The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice, Howard Zehr

Here Zehr proposes workable principles and practices for making Restorative Justice possible in this revised and updated edition of his bestselling, seminal book on the movement.

Restorative Justice, with its emphasis on identifying the justice needs of everyone involved in a crime, is a worldwide movement of growing influence that is helping victims and communities heal, while holding criminals accountable for their actions.

This is not soft-on-crime, feel-good philosophy, but rather a concrete effort to bring justice and healing to everyone involved in a crime. In The Little Book of Restorative Justice, Zehr first explores how restorative justice is different from criminal justice. Then, before letting those appealing observations drift out of reach into theoretical space, Zehr presents Restorative Justice practices. Zehr undertakes a massive and complex subject and puts it in graspable from, without reducing or trivializing it. Topics include:

·         Three pillars of restorative justice

·         The “who” and the “how” are important

·         The goals of restorative justice

·         Core approaches often involve an encounter

·         And much more!

This resource is also suitable for academic classes and workshops, for conferences and trainings, as well as for the layperson interested in understanding this innovative and influential movement.

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Pima County Teen Court

525 North Bonita Avenue

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Pima County Teen Court is a diversion program for minors that have been arrested and have admitted guilt to their crime. These teens choose to be sentenced by a jury of their peers instead of going through the juvenile justice court system. All participants are teens, except for the judge.

Schedule for the morning; visitors can come for part or all of the morning.

8:30: Jury orientation; all visitors can witness this.

9:00 and then on the half-hour: 2 cases in separate rooms are heard; 3 observers at a time can attend. At times there are as many as 6 cases; sometimes only 1. When that happens, there are then mock cases that can be observed.

After the completion of all cases, teams debrief. All can witness this.

(https://www.pcteencourt.com/; 4-minute video on Home page

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Daryl Davis

Daryl Davis, an African American musician and activist, is known for his unconventional approach to combating racism by befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups. His efforts have led to numerous Klansmen leaving and denouncing the organization. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB4LBzesn1k

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The organization Melissa mentioned

12:00PM – 3:30PM

Miller-Golf Links Library, 9340 E. Golf Links Rd.

🌎🤝 TUCSON WOMEN — IT’S TIME TO UNITE!

In a world that feels more divided than ever, we believe the answer is friendship. ❤️

Join Sisters of Another Color, a growing movement of women building bridges across racial lines — one friendship at a time.

✨ Planning Meeting – Tucson Chapter

📅 Saturday, November 1st

📍 Miller–Golf Links Library

At this gathering, we’ll:

💬 Share why we started

🫶 Connect with like-hearted women

🎉 Plan fun, meaningful activities for the year ahead

We already have thriving groups in Eloy and Phoenix, and members from Canada, Australia, Kenya, and London — now we’re growing right here in Tucson!

If you’re ready to stand for UNITY, DIVERSITY, and CONNECTION during these chaotic times — this is your moment. 💪

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Watch The Quilters on Netflix

Trailer:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32165461/

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Tucson Black Film Club

Meets every other month; will start again in January

Contact Barbara Lewis for more information or to be added to the elist:

       lewisbarbara446@gmail.com

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Pima County Black Book Club

The Kindred Team invites you to Read Black! Join us for a monthly book club by zoom that is designed to further the conversation on Black literature, history, and culture.

On odd months, there will be a facilitated discussion about a specific book by a Black author.  

On even months, there will be a round-robin book share of recent or longtime favorites written by Black authors. Bring a book to share with others and discover new books to enjoy. On these months, the facilitating member of Kindred will collect titles for a list to be shared on the library website.

Read Black Book Club

Oct 25th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Online Event

Free read by any Black writer

Read Black Book Club

Nov 22nd | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Online Event

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye, by Briony Cameron

Read Black Book Club

Dec 27th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Online Event

Free read by any Black writer

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Save the Date: Diverse Voices in Prevention: Brave Spaces, Youth-centered Wellness and Resilience 12th Annual Cultural Humility Roundtable, Thursday January 29, 2026, Amethyst Room, Pima Community College Downtown Campus, 1255 N. Stone Avenue.

December Meeting

DECEMBER 21, 2025 CTTT TUCSON MEETING NOTES

What a wonderment it is to come together at the Table each month! 

For Opening Circle:

1.    How have I grown through this group this year?

2.    Where do I want to grow next year?

3.    We have spent several months considering the topic Repair. How has this affected you?

For open discussion - Plans for 2026:

1.    Do we want to continue to deepen into the topic of Repair?

2.    Do we want to participate in action that has evolved from our journey into Repair?

3.    Does the topic leave you wanting more?

4.    Do we want to go in a different direction?

Some suggestions for 2026:

Read book, write at Table, share, discuss.

Indigenous history.

Investigate the land we live on.

Ancestors, enslavers, enslaved.

Films, plays, event attendance.

Restorative justice.

Housing in Tucson.

Share actions we are involved in.

It was conclusive that whatever we do should lead to a discussion about taking an action, individually, as a group, indirect, direct.

BOOKS READ, WRITE AT TABLE, SHARE --- ACTION

1.    Grandmothers With Voices, a collection of poems, by Sabreen Adeeba.

Grandmothers with Voices reveals the struggles of grandmothers on the front lines of social warfare. Inspired by true-life stories, Grandmothers with Voices was written with passionate truth and spiritual elements, in hopes of placing the tragic ills of society under a microscope.

2.    Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, by Dr. Joy DeGruy.

A result of twelve years of quantitative and qualitative research, Dr. DeGruy developed her theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, publishing her findings in the book "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome – America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing”. The book addresses the residual impacts of generations of slavery and opens up the discussion of how the black community can use the strengths we have developed in the past to heal in the present.

3.    Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson

As the keeper of her family’s stories and treasured dishes, Wilkinson shares her inheritance in Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts. She found their stories in her apron pockets, floating inside the steam of hot mustard greens and tucked into the sweet scent of clove and cinnamon in her kitchen. Part memoir, part cookbook, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts weaves those stories together with recipes, family photos, and a lyrical imagination to present a culinary portrait of a family that has lived and worked the earth of the mountains for over a century.

4.    The Anti-Social Contract, by Y.N. Kly.

Is the U.S. Constitution, in relation to its national minorities, a true social contract, or did it mark the consolidation of an unwritten, unspoken anti-social contract that even to this day submerges the rights of American national minorities to historic, cultural and socio-economic recognition as founding peoples of the United States of America?

Dr. Kly views the African-American minority problem within the context of an historically evolved American problematic of white nationalism, which is used to subject American minorities to what may be called domestic colonialism. This places the American minority problem within the context of the on-going dissolution of colonial empires, and the exercise by emergent nations of the right to self determination.

5.    The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein.

Widely heralded as a “masterful” (Washington Post) and “essential” (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law offers “the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation” (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. A groundbreaking, “virtually indispensable” study that has already transformed our understanding of twentieth-century urban history (Chicago Daily Observer), The Color of Law forces us to face the obligation to remedy our unconstitutional past. 13 illustrations

FILM TO WATCH AND DISCUSS

1.    Grandmother’s Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdTvkrWX2Ig