Saturday, January 8, 2011 - Events

November 8, 2010

Monday

WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL? film/dvd showing coming to a city near you!
Nov 8, 2010 at 1:00pm EST to Mar 31, 2011 at 3:00pm EDT
Location: Your city and venue. You choose!
Description: "WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL?"Coming to a city near you soon! Scheduling now....from Nov 2010 to March 2011!THE EMMETT TILL LEGACY FOUNDATION along with Award winning Journalist Ray Metoyer now ready to present the Film "WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL?" at your next gathering!The Film "Who Killed Emmett Till?" (45 min DVD) directed by the award winning journalist and TV anchor Ray Metoyer (produced by the former Black Family channel) is a powerful educational piece that the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation (ETLF) is presenting with post discussion (incl, Till family and ETLF Board Dir- Deborah Watts and Ray Metoyer, schedule permitting) at youth forums, schools programs, colleges and Universities across the country.Let us know... if you are interested in hosting the showing and post discussion in your city. The schedule is filling up fast! (we are available to schedule showings in Atlanta (Nov 8-16), Minneapolis, Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis (Nov 22-24, 27-29) San Francisco, Detroit, Pensacola, Miami)C
Created by: Emmett Till Legacy Foundation

December 8, 2010

Wednesday

SAVE THE DATES!
Dec 8, 2010 at 2:15pm to Dec 14, 2011 at 6:00pm EST
Location: Maysles Cinema
Description: Dec. 8-14/2010For 411 & reservations:cinema@mayslesinsitute.orgBJ710nyc@gmail.com Panthershepcat@aol.comPlan now to attendFilms we will be Screening:“The Legacy of the BPP”“New Haven Oral History”“Aoki”“Black August”“In Prison my whole Life”“Cointelpro 101“Eldridge Cleaver:Black Panther”“In The Land of the Free”More TBA
Created by: BJ

January 8, 2011

Saturday

Campaign to free Oscar Lopez Rivera, Puerto Rican Political Prisoner
Jan 8, 2011 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm EST
Location: St. Mary’s Church
Description: The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign's New Campaign In solidarity with the National Boricua Human Rights Network's (NBHRN) new campaign to ask for parole for Oscar Lopez Rivera, one of our two Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, ProLibertad has started an online petition to pressure President Brack Obama to give Oscar parole or to commute his sentence. We are asking all freedom loving people to support both the online petition, which will be sent to President Barack Obama once we have reached our goal of 10,000 petitioners, and to support the letter writing campaign by the NBHRN. Our letters and online support will help us bring one of the longest held political prisoners home! Both campaigns are important! We must use all avenues available to help win parole/commutation for Oscar. Sign our petition: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Parole4OscarLopezR/ and send a letter out: http://boricuahumanrights.org/ "Agitation, organization, resistance, struggle and love are the ingredients th
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