August 2011
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Take Action for Rikers’ Island Prisoners! Demand the City Create an Emergency Evacuation Plan
Take Action for Rikers’ Island Prisoners! Demand the City Create an Emergency Evacuation Plan
Mayor Bloomberg has announced that in the event of a hurricane, that he will not evacuate prisoners at Rikers’ Island, claiming instead to have a “contingency plan” in place. The experience of prisoners in...
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“If you haven’t confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...”
– Marcus Garvey
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Jay-Z declares J. Cole’s album a ‘Classic’ →
Jay-Z has spoken. The hip-hop tycoon has given his stamp of approval to J. Cole’s debut album, calling it a “classic.” More →
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“…political collectivities striving for radical change can provide the kind...”
– Angela Davis, Foreword of Safiya Bukhari’s “The War Before”
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Black August Study Group
Join the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement’s Black August Study group. We’ll be reading Safiya Bukhari’s “The War Before” (& possibly other pieces of literature). Meeting once a week in NYC through the month of August to discuss readings. Email Linda at linda@mxgm.org by next Wednesday, August 10th to join. Open to all.
“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via illuminatedbeing)
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taking this wolof language class has been one of the most fulfilling experiences. ever.
so grateful.
looking forward to moving on to intermediate and then to advanced coursework.
…oh and to getting on that plane to senegal. sooner than later i hope :-)
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
– Anaïs Nin (via creatingaquietmind) 