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Meet Dr. Tamura Lomax: Featured Speaker at the Upcoming Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series

Tamura Lomax received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in Religion. She specialized in Black Religion and Black Diaspora Studies and developed expertise in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Black Cultural Studies. She is CEO and visionary for The Feminist Wire, an online publication committed to feminist, anti-racist, socio-political critique.   Tamura Lomax will be a featured speaker at the upcoming [...]

2023-07-18T12:55:58-04:00July 18th, 2023|Art, Interviews, Past Events|0 Comments
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Meet Alicia Garza: Featured Speaker at the Upcoming Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series

Alicia Garza believes that Black communities deserve what all communities deserve — to be powerful in every aspect of their lives. An innovator, strategist, organizer, and cheeseburger enthusiast, Alicia founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the [...]

2023-07-18T12:14:56-04:00July 18th, 2023|Art, Interviews, Past Events|0 Comments
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Meet W. Kamau Bell: Featured Speaker at the Upcoming Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series

Kamau Bell is a stand-up comedian and the director and executive producer of the critically-acclaimed four-part Showtime documentary, We Need To Talk About Cosby, which premiered at Sundance.He is the host and executive-producer of the Emmy-Award-winning CNN docu-series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. Kamau’s work often highlights untold and occasionally controversial stories and centers marginalized voices on screen [...]

2023-07-18T10:45:20-04:00July 18th, 2023|Interviews, Past Events|0 Comments
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Meet Emil Wilbekin: Featured Speaker at the Upcoming Kehinde Wiley Speaker Series

Emil Wilbekin is an American journalist, media executive, stylist, content creator, culture critic, and human rights activist. He is the former editor-in-chief of Vibe and Giant, editor-at-large at Essence and managing editor of its associated website Essence.com, and chief content officer of Afropunk. He is the founder of Native Son Now, an organization dedicated to empowering and lifting up Black gay [...]

2023-07-17T19:29:43-04:00July 17th, 2023|Interviews, Past Events|0 Comments
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Unjustly Taken: the Tragic Death of Darius Tarver at the Hands of Denton Police Officers

At just 23 years old, Darius Tarver tragically lost his life at the hands of the police. Concerned neighbors had called for help, hoping to ensure his wellbeing. However, instead of providing the assistance he desperately needed, four Denton Police officers responded by using a taser and shooting him, leading to his untimely death. Darius was recovering at home from a [...]

2023-06-06T16:29:35-04:00June 6th, 2023|Police Brutality|0 Comments
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Meet Uncle Bobby: the Social Justice Activist Leading the Fight Against Police Brutality in America

Cephus Johnson, a.k.a Uncle Bobby, is a social justice activist at the forefront of ending police brutality in America. After his nephew, Oscar Grant, was murdered by a Bart police officer in 2009, Cephus founded two social justice organizations, the Oscar Grant Foundation and Love Not Blood Campaign. Since then, Cephus has received many prestigious awards for his activism, including The [...]

2023-06-05T13:36:40-04:00June 5th, 2023|Police Brutality|0 Comments
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Pastor Mike McBride interviews Damita Davis, Antonio Cediel and Teny Gross

https://youtu.be/7nsTMvUK6JI Live Free panel interview with Pastor Mike McBride. Get inspired by the amazing work of Damita Davis, Antonio Cediel, and Teny Gross who recount their experiences on the Lifelines to Healing Gun Violence Tour Damita Davis (Howard Cease Fire) Antonio Cediel (Live Free USA) Teny Gross (Institute of Non Violence Chicago)

2023-03-28T10:56:16-04:00March 28th, 2023|Gun Violence, Interviews, News|0 Comments
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Justice for Najee Seabrooks | #justicefornajee

Najee Seabrooks was a Paterson violence intervention activist who was killed by Paterson police officers on Friday, March 3rd. Najee was having a mental health crisis when police arrived at his home. The police presence turned his health crisis into a 5-hour standoff. Family and friends begged police to let them talk to Najee to help resolve the situation themselves. Police [...]

2023-03-09T15:12:48-05:00March 9th, 2023|News, Police Brutality|0 Comments
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Najee Seabrooks | Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was Clearly In Crisis: Advocates

Najee Seabrooks| Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was Clearly In Crisis: Advocates Publication: South Passaic Daily Voice Author: Jerry DeMarco Date: March, 4, 2023 Summary: - The shooting death of a Paterson non-violence activist following a five-hour barricaded standoff with city police has a pained, shaken and angry community demanding answers. - Officers initially responded to a report [...]

2023-03-09T14:12:32-05:00March 9th, 2023|News, Police Brutality|0 Comments
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Fund Peace Coalition Panel w/Dr. Antonio Cediel, Marcus McCallister, Shani Buggs & Dr. Chico Tillman

Fund Peace Coalition Panel w/Dr. Antonio Cediel FEATURING: Marcus McCallister, Shani Buggs & Dr. Chico Tillman   This summer, Fund Peace will be hosting a series of summits around the country to bring communities together, hear concerns related to community and gun-related violence in your cities, and provide information about advocacy efforts and grant funding opportunities for organizations. Please fill out [...]

2023-03-28T11:29:34-04:00February 2nd, 2023|Gun Violence, News, Politics|0 Comments
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