April 2011
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Jay's Other Stuff: The two big news stories this... →
jsmooth995:
The two big news stories this week have been:
A) A young couple being exalted and celebrated and treated as more worthy & special than all the rest of us, for no reason but the family they were born into, or are marrying into.
and
B) A man who started from nothing, yet pulled himself up to…
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“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at...”
– Augustine of Hippo
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#FreeEmAll
Words from Herman Bell, 3/26/11 “25 to Life - What does that mean to me?”
Although I have served more than 37 years in prison, I am still unable to wrap my mind around what that means; years of locking in-and-out of cells, letters from home and the occasional family photo; one letter telling that the new baby has arrived, another telling that my niece or...
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“let me be yo wil
derness let me be yo wind
blowing you all day.”
– “Blues Haiku” by Sonia Sanchez
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People's Self-Defense Campaign - Malcolm X... →
The People’s Self-Defense Campaign of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (NY Chapter) is currently scheduling our Know Your Rights workshops for spring/summer ‘11- if you work with a non-profit group/community org/church/ after-school program that has members affected by NYPD Stop & Frisk tactics or other forms of police misconduct please contact Djibril (917) 865-9639 or Joe (917)...
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SATURDAY: SCOTT SISTERS SPEAK IN BROOKLYN!
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement & National Conference of Black Lawyers
To Host Forum featuring Jamie & Gladys Scott and Chokwe Lumumba,
with panelists Michael Tarif Warren, Marc Lamont Hill, and Rukia Lumumba, moderated by April R. Silver: April 23 at Restoration Plaza, 1:00pm
WHO:
Featured Guests: Jamie and Gladys Scott (aka the Scott...
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Public Memorial Service for Dr. Manning Marable
The public is invited to attend a Memorial Service for Dr. Manning Marble on Thursday May 26, 2011 at 5:30pm on the Morningside Campus of Columbia University Roone Alredge Auditorium, Lerner Hall
http://iraas.org/node/221
Message from Colonel Mu’ummar Qaddafi
13.04.2011
Gaddafi Unplugged and Uncensored
Translated by Professor Sam Hamod, Ph.D.
Recollections of My Life: Col. Mu’ummar Qaddafi, The Leader of the Revolution. April 5, 2011.
In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful…
For 40 years, or was it longer, I can’t remember, I did all I could to give people houses,...
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Watch“Unity” ~ Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown
…peace, unity, love, and having fun
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Watchrawrmanifesto:
Insecurities about the “Darkness” of Skin.
Hey, I know this video is kind of long, but I felt that this was an important issue for me to talk about. Alot of my followers talk to me about wanting lighter skin, and this is just my response to some issues relating to skin-based insecurities.
How to Talk to Someone Who is Abusive →
applecoresandpeachpits:
…Or Otherwise Acting Oppressively:
Everyone in the community has a role to play in preventing abuse and/or oppression. You may suspect abuse is happening to a neighbour, friend, family member or co-worker, but don’t know what to do or how to talk about it. You may worry about making the…
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Message from Sundiata Acoli on Why you should...
Greetings Everyone, My name is Sundiata Acoli (Soon-dee-AH’-tah Ah-COH’-lee). I’m a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army (BPP/BLA) who was captured on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973 and am now a Black Political Prisoner and Prisoner of War (PP/POW) who’s been held by the government for the last 37 years. So why should you care about any of this...
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“The purpose of the word “slut” is: controlling women through shame...”
– Jessica Valenti
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The People's Self-Defense Campaign of the Malcolm... →
You can also contact us if you’re interested in attending/getting a Know Your Rights workshop! We do workshops for the community, high school students, and even colleges/universities.
“The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is an organization of Afrikans in America/New Afrikans whose mission is to defend the human rights of our people and promote self-determination in our community. We...
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National Lawyers Guild (NYC Chapter) - Street Law... →
Request a workshop here!
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Calll for Art & Film: Black August 2011 New York... →
amakacamille:
Second Annual Black August Art Exhibition and Fundraiser
Project Overview
The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) is seeking art of various mediums including, but not limited photography, drawings, sculptures, paintings, collages, live-art, and other forms of for the Second…
Come to @theCCR's event THIS Wednesday:...
Resistance in Honduras
An Evening with Gerardo Torres of the National Front of Popular Resistance
Wednesday April 13, 2011, 6:30-8pm
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South, NYC
Since the 2009 coup d’etat, wide sectors of Honduran society have formed a diverse opposition to the coup regime. This resistance movement has faced severe political repression; scores of political...
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“Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. It is rooted in the love of...”
– bell hooks (via freestallion)
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“Simply because one is Black or Latino or lesbian or gay or whatever does not...”
– Manning Marable (via dreamhampton1)
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“The revolution and women’s liberation go together. We do not talk of women’s...”
– Thomas Sankara (via yourhue)
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Black Studies Scholar Manning Marable Dies at 60 →
Marable, a professor of history and political science at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York, was also the director of the university’s Institute for Research in African American Studies. His long-awaited biography of Malcolm X — Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention — is scheduled for release on Monday, April 4. He had been working on...
