Conference on Accomplishments of African American Women
On March 28, 2009 the Graduate Center for Worker Education at Brooklyn College will welcome leading activists and scholars to take part in a national conference that will discuss the historical and current accomplishments of Black women in the United States and abroad.
Black women have been leading the struggle for social transformation dating from the American Revolution to the recent struggle for the presidency of the United States. This conference will examine the multifaceted leadership contributions of Black women as presented by leading scholars and social activists.
Featuring:
Angela Davis
Manning Marable
Genna Rae McNeil
Leith Mullings
Erik McDuffie
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Gerald Horne
Frances Fox Piven
more...
Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education
ATTN: Black Women 2009
25 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10004, 212.966.4014
Email:
info@blackwomen2009.org
Find out more and register here: http://blackwomen2009.org
Political Affairs Readers Group:
Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 10 a.m.
Discuss the Question: "Afghanistan: What is A Progressive Solution?"
We will begin with a discussion of this important issue led by Conn Hallinan, analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus.
This discussion will take place at:
Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. between Alcatraz and 66th Streets
Oakland, CA
For further information, see the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library website:
www.marxistlibr.org.
Or, phone: (510) 595-7417
Email:
NPML@marxistlibr.org
The Niebyl Proctor Library is wheelchair accessible.
March on Wall Street
United for Peace & Justice
Saturday April 4, 2009
New York City
The theme of the march is "Beyond War: A New Economy is Possible, Yes We Can!"
With the historic election of President Obama, the new administration and Congress needs a strong grassroots movement, built on the tenets of racial and economic justice and an end to militarism, to struggle for a new set of national priorities rooted in the Dr. King’s vision of a world without poverty, racism, or war.
Now is the time to mobilize the peace majority to support a call to dramatically cut military spending! The march will give voice to the urgency to refocus our government’s spending priorities.
The struggle to pass the Employee Free Choice Act is another struggle that the peace movement must and will mobilize for in the same way that we have mobilized to end the war in Iraq. Justice, as Dr. King defined it, included the basic right to form unions and bargain collectively for a better life. April 4 will be a day that connects the rights of working families with the need for a more peaceful world.
An economy based on corporate greed and lawlessness and a foreign policy based on war and aggression must end. Help fulfill King’s legacy, join us.
Yes we can build a new world of justice, equality and peace!
17th Annual Hershel Walker ‘Peace & Justice’ Awards Breakfast
Missouri/Kansas Friends of People’s Weekly World
St Louis, MO
April 25, Sat., 9:30 a.m.
Keynote speaker: Margarida Jorge, Nat’l Field Dir HCAN (Health Care for America Now!). Awardees: Lara Granich, Exec Dir Missouri Jobs with Justice, Don Giljum, Bus Mgr Operating Engineers Local 148, VP of St. Louis Central Labor Council, Maida Coleman, former 5th Dist Sen & current candidate for mayor.
Location TBA. Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at door. Tables $150. Program booklet ads: full page, $400; half-page, $200; quarter page, $100.
Send checks payable to: MO/KS PWW, 438 N. Skinker, St Louis, MO 63130.
Info: Tony Pecinovsky at 314-583-9152
or tonypec@sbcglobal.net.
WE NEED A UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE PLAN!
Salt of the Earth Labor College
Public Forum
Sat., April 25, 2 p.m.
Arizona health care workers, union & political leaders will lead a discussion on legislation to create a single payer system for all Americans. How can we build a local coalition that will do battle for this long overdue reform?
Salt of the Earth Labor College, 1902 E. Irene Vista, Tucson, Az 85713
For more information e-mail
SELC@webtv.net
