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  • Abolition, Cultural Freedom, Liberation

    Zoom Meeting NY

    The Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for 2020 was awarded to Angela Y. Davis for her lifetime achievements as a public intellectual advocating for racial, gender, and economic justice; to Mike Davis for his life’s work as a public intellectual who encourages critical analysis of society in the service of constructing an alternative, post-capitalist future in both theory and practice; […]

    $25

  • Communities Not Cages coalition kickoff

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom; register here. Communities Not Cages is a new statewide campaign building the power of people and families impacted by mass incarceration to overhaul New York's racist and draconian sentencing laws. Together, we're taking on mandatory minimums, two- and three-strike laws, opportunities for re-sentencing, and good/merit time laws with the goal of decarcerating state […]

  • Moving BEYOND “White Fragility”: Honest, Effective Conversations About Race

    Burchfield-Penny Art Center Buffalo State College, Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY

    Robin DiAngelo coined the phrase "white fragility" to describe many white people's insistence that race conversations be comfortable and non-threatening for them. Black writer Nanette D. Massey of Buffalo believes we are way beyond holding hands when it comes to talking about race. Massey presents her take on the book's ideas in very practical terms. […]

    $25

  • SURJ Abolition Action Hour

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Join Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)'s monthly Action Hours to take action together to close jails and detention centers, defund police, invest in communities, and protect Indigenous rights to land and water. You'll receive education and training in community, and then be supported to participate in frontline racial justice campaigns. (If you can't make […]

    Free

  • Exploring Hate: Truth of the Matter

    Online

    A town hall about understanding and confronting racist conspiracy theories that threaten diverse communities and the nation at large. About this event Exploring Hate Presents: THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER: Grievance, Greed & Conspiracy Theories What motivations and beliefs explain the racist conspiracy theories that threaten diverse communities across the U.S. and the nation at […]

    Free

  • CANY: Breaking the Cycle (session 1/2)

    Zoom Meeting NY

    This workshop will be done in two sessions, on Tuesday, October 12th and Wednesday, October 13th from 6:00-8:00pm. You can join both by using this Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82877901666 In this workshop, Citizen Action of NY explores the motivations and drivers of the criminal legal system, including policing and mass incarceration. We pay special attention to the […]

    Free

  • CANY: Breaking the Cycle (session 2/2)

    Zoom Meeting NY

    This workshop will be done in two sessions, on Tuesday, October 12th and Wednesday, October 13th from 6:00-8:00pm. You can join both by using this Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82877901666 In this workshop, Citizen Action of NY explores the motivations and drivers of the criminal legal system, including policing and mass incarceration. We pay special attention to the […]

    Free

  • National Critical Race Theory Teach-In

    Zoom Meeting NY

    The African American Policy Forum invites you to their National Critical Race Theory Teach-In on October 14 beginning at 3:00PM ET. Featuring: Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw on What’s Behind the Attacks on CRT Panel on Faculty Senate Resolution Campaign with Professors Emily Houh, Jennifer Ruth & Valerie Johnson Breakout Sessions: Exposing the Disinformation Grift about Academic […]

  • Exploring Hate: Disrupting Deceit

    Online

    A town hall about exposing and opposing racist disinformation campaigns that erode trust in voting, vaccinations, and democracy. About this event Exploring Hate Presents: DISRUPTING DECEIT: Exposing & Opposing Disinformation Campaigns Why do orchestrated attacks on voting, vaccinations, and the Census target the same communities that are accused of plotting against the U.S.? Who benefits […]

    Free

  • What Does It Feel Like to be Targeted by ICE?

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Despite the administration’s stated commitment to addressing racial justice, the DHS policy reinforces the role of policing and incarceration as a feeder into the deportation system. This forum features community members who remain at risk for deportation under the new ICE policy, or who were previously targeted due to ICE’s entanglement with the criminal-legal system. […]

    Free

  • Sharing ‘The 1619 Project’ in Afterschool Education Spaces

    Zoom Meeting NY

    How can educators working in the afterschool space use resources from The 1619 Project to spark their students' creativity, teamwork, critical thinking, and media literacy skills? Join us for a webinar to explore new educational resources and methods to help educators bring The 1619 Project into the afterschool space. In addition to examining the history and the legacy of slavery […]

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