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February 21, 2009
Saturday

  • The Battle to Save Public Education: Black Women Speak Out!

  • Feb 21, 2009 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm
  • Location: Freedom Hall
  • Description: A panel of activists will talk about lessons from the historic struggle for the right to learn; defending those hit hardest by school closures, budget cuts and tuition hikes; and building a united movement of students, teachers, campus workers and community. Speakers include Sherrie Moody, University Student Senator & Student Government Association Treasurer at Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Norma Abdulah, Co-founder of the United Federation of Teachers-NYC and member of Radical Women; and Dr. Andrée-Nicola McLaughlin, Chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Dept. and Professor of Women's Studies & Cross-Cultural Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY. Add your voice to the open discussion following the presentations. A Southern supper will be served at 5:30pm for an $8.50 donation. Door donation $3.00. Work exchange available. Childcare will be provided. For more information, call (212) 222-0633 or email nycradicalwomen@nyct.net . Event co-sponsored by Radical Women and Freedom So
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February 20, 2009
Friday

  • Register now for the AAPDEP Conference, Feb 21-22 in St. Pete

  • Feb 20, 2009 to Feb 22, 2009
  • Location: Uhuru House", the International Headquarters of the African People's Socialist Party
  • Description: The All African People's Development & Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) is calling on African students, scientists, engineers, electricians, health care professionals and other skilled Africans with expertise in health, nutrition, water purification, waste-water treatment, well-building, renewable energy technology, ecological sanitation, agriculture, construction, fundraising, web design, graphic arts, and other related areas to participate in the second annual AAPDEP Conference at the "Uhuru House", the International Headquarters of the African People's Socialist Party in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 21st through 22nd, 2009. It is an exciting period for this dynamic organization. In the short year since AAPDEP's inception, we have successfully launched a water purification and harvesting program in Sierra Leone as well as the Oloshoro Fishing Program. And in Zimbabwe, we have initiated an irrigation and farming project. The purpose of this conference is to: 1)further consolidate
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February 14, 2009
Saturday

  • 09' Black History Month Blog Carnival Pt 2

  • Feb 14, 2009 to Feb 27, 2009
  • Location: http://badgals-radio.com/
  • Description:


    What About Black History Month, Makes it Deserve a Blog Carnival -

    Since we're celebrating the election and soon to be inauguration of Barack Obama as the nations 44th president. Do We All Remember the road that led him there ?

    as our contribution to History - During the month of February 2009 BadGalsRadio will sponsor the 2009' Black History Month Blog Carnival.

    With your help and research we can compile the rest of our history and complete the history of America; to include All It's History. Because Without Black History There isn't american history.

  • Created by: RE Ausetkmt
February 12, 2009
Thursday
February 11, 2009
Wednesday

  • NAACP Centennial Convention (100 years)

  • Feb 11, 2009 to Feb 16, 2009
  • Location: New York
  • Description:

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest pre-eminent civil rights organization. In existence for nearly a century the NAACP is responsible for a number of victories in the struggle for justice and equality in America. The Association continues to be at the forefront of issues paramount to our communities. Our efforts have lead to the launch of new initiatives and programs aimed at eliminating disparities in economic development, healthcare, education, technology and many other issues. The Association is active internationally, dividing the United States and four supporting countries into seven regions. With a current active membership of more than 600,000, the NAACP has over 200 college chapters, 500 youth councils and 1700 adult branches with overseas branches in Germany, Italy, Korea and Japan. Contact NAACP
  • Created by: KWASI Akyeampong
February 10, 2009
Tuesday

  • Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance Meeting

  • Feb 10, 2009 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location: St.James Church
  • Description: Hear a report back on our talks with the Armory Developer, the Related Companies Preview the documentary film about KARA Plan actions to turn up the heat on the Related Companies Let's make the Armory an economic stimulus for the BRONX, not for wall street! For more info: Ava Farkas Community Organizer Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition Cell: 646-533-5454 Office: 718-584-0515 X316
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  • Growing Wealth

  • Feb 10, 2009 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • Location: Call-in Number:(646) 716-9827
  • Description: THE INTERNATIONAL BLACK SUMMIT TALKSHOW NETWORK presents: Glenn Greenidge IBS Talkshow Host Growing Wealth DATE: Tuesday February 10, 2009 TIME: 6:30 - 8:00 PM LOCATION: http://www.blacksummit.org/talkshow Call-in Number:(646) 716-9827 Topics that will increase your financial intelligence and encourage you to expand the opportunity to change your personal net worth through investments. FEATURING: NAIC: Better Investing New York City Chapter John Carr Topics: How to start an investment club What are the strengths of Investment Clubs How to pick stocks using NAIC Guidelines
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February 8, 2009
Sunday

  • HarlemForum: ZIMBABWE- Pan-Africanism or Imperialism

  • Feb 8, 2009 all day
  • Location: National Black Theater
  • Description: Commemoration of Black History Month An Historic Pan African Forum ZIMBABWE Pan-Africanism or Imperialism Keynote Speaker DR. MOLEFI ASANTE Professor, Author, Esteemed International Pan-Africanist Speakers Dr. Leonard Jefferies Professor, City College CUNY Amiri Baraka Unity & Struggle Newspaper Viola Plummer December 12th Movement Dr. James McIntosh C.E.M.O.T.A.P. Atty Malik Zulu Shabazz New Black Panther Party Monica Moorehead International Action Center Chaka Cousins All African People's Revolutionary Party Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 3:00 PM National Black Theater 2051 5th Ave (off 125th Street) Harlem, NY For Information call (718) 398-1766 or Email D12M@aol.com Please be sure to leave your phone of E-mail information Sponsored by: December 12th Movement, Friends of Zimbabwe, All African People's Revolutionary Party, Africans Helping Africans "The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state." Kwame Nkrumah
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February 6, 2009
Friday

  • BAY AREA BLACK UNITED FUND, INC. CONVENES AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH SUMMIT 2009

  • Feb 6, 2009 to Feb 7, 2009
  • Location: Oakland Marriott City Center and Convention Center
  • Description: BlackNews.com) - The Center for Disease Control (CDC) Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities reports the following dreadful statistics: the infant death rate among African Americans is more than double that of whites. Heart disease death rates are more than 40 percent higher for African Americans than for whites. The death rate for all cancers is 30 percent higher for African Americans than for whites; for prostate cancer, it is more than double that for whites. African American women have a higher death rate from breast cancer despite having a mammography screening rate that is nearly the same as the rate for white women. The death rate from HIV/AIDS for African Americans is more than seven times that for whites; the rate of homicide is six times that for whites. On Friday and Saturday, February 6 and 7, 2009, Bay Area Black United Fund, Inc. (BABUF) will convene the comprehensive African American Health Summit 2009 at Oakland Marriott City Center and Convention Center, 1001
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February 4, 2009
Wednesday

  • 4th Annual National Human Rights Institute

  • Feb 4, 2009 to Feb 6, 2009
  • Location: Urban Justice Center
  • Description: The Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center, the Womens Institute for Leadership and Development (WILD) for Human Rights, and the US Human Rights Network invite applications for the fourth National Human Rights Institute in San Francisco on February 4-6, 2009. The National Human Rights Institute is a three-day advanced training program on local implementation of human rights standards to address multiple forms of discrimination. The program is designed for participants who are already engaged in the local implementation of human rights treaties For more info: http://www.ushrnetwork.org/
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February 3, 2009
Tuesday

  • Rites of Passage for Young Black Males

  • Feb 3, 2009 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm
  • Location: Jackson Medical Mall - Suite 2260
  • Description: Press ReleaseFor Immediate Use: 31 January 2009Contact: Asinia Lukata Chikuyu601.957.2969100+ Aspiring Strong Young Brothers 2009 RecruitmentFirst Level - (Age 5-10)(Tabura Mkondo - Swahili meaning Training for the Passage)The 100 Plus ASYB - Rites-of-Passage Projects (100+ASYB), by Kuumba Promos - ALC, a grassroots organization, shall inspire our children to believe that they can “Rise To The Top” through education, positive affirmation and personal motivation that will have young males “Moving Toward Manhood”; shall serve as a means to enhance the academic, social, and cultural development of it’s participants, their families and their community; to nurture participants’ life management skills and improve technical skills; shall promote participants’ professional careers development through the sharing and dispersing of career exploration information; shall promote the social and cultural character building ethics in our participants; shall develop and improve educational standards f
  • Created by: Asinia Lukata Chikuyu
January 31, 2009
Saturday

  • 09' Black History Month Blog Carnival

  • Jan 31, 2009 to Feb 14, 2009
  • Location: http://badgals-radio.com/
  • Description:


    What About Black History Month, Makes it Deserve a Blog Carnival -

    Since we're celebrating the election and soon to be inauguration of Barack Obama as the nations 44th president. Do We All Remember the road that led him there ?

    as our contribution to History - During the month of February 2009 BadGalsRadio will sponsor the 2009' Black History Month Blog Carnival.

    With your help and research we can compile the rest of our history and complete the history of America; to include All It's History. Because Without Black History There isn't american history.

  • Created by: RE Ausetkmt
 

  • BLACK BUSINESS: TWO DAYS. ONE EVENT. LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES

  • Jan 31, 2009 to Feb 1, 2009
  • Location: Alpert JJ Center Complex
  • Description: LONG BEACH BLACK CHAMBER AND BLACK BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH PRESENTS LONG BEACH BLACK BUSINESS & HealthCare EXPO 2009 January 31 & February 1, 2009 Alpert JJ Center Complex 3801 E. Willow Street Long Beach, CA 90815 The mission of “Long Beach Black Business EXPO & Health Fair 2009” is to promote black owned and other businesses and to expand awareness of significant and beneficial health issues and concerns. The “Long Beach Black Business EXPO & Health Fair 2009” is a remarkable and unique opportunity for attendees, exhibitors, vendors, and businesses to learn about and participate in knowing of your business services and products. Continental breakfast networking featuring leaders in business and education • Panel discussions, and networking sessions • *Business presentations by vendors and exhibitors DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION SUBMITTAL January 22, 2009 AT 5:00 PM FOR SPONSORSHIPS, VENDOR AND BOOTH DETAILS, PLEASE CALL (562) 436-8221 CONNECT TO SUCCESS
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  • NBLC Invitation to Undisclosed Recipients

  • Jan 31, 2009 all day
  • Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Description: Greetings;The next Quarterly Leadership Gathering of the NATIONALIST Black LeadershipCoalition (NBLC) will take place on Saturday, January 31, 2009 here in West Palm Beach, Florida. This will be a deliberative, working, solutions-seeking session, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM; and a closing plenary from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. One major focus area will be funding for African-centered education, with a special emphasis on public charter schools.As one observes the process underway to put the Obama administration in place, it is impossible not to notice the array of outstanding, talentedexperts being assembled. If credentials and experience is any indication, President-elect Obama will have a top-flight team working with him to do whatever it is that he and his associates intend to accomplish during the next four years while they hold the reins of political power in America. Rest assured there will be no "second-stringers" on his "starting-team," and only "sixth-man"-calibre individuals set to "come
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January 29, 2009
Thursday

  • WCAR Human Rights Round Table

  • Jan 29, 2009 all day
  • Location: The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center
  • Description: The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz 3940 Broadway Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center New York, NY 10032 Press Release For Immediate Release: January 13, 2009 Contact: Dowoti Désir, Telephone: (212) 568-1341 Email: admin@theshabazzcenter.net WCAR Human Rights Round Table Thursday, January 29, 2009, 10.30 am to 4.00 pm The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center 3940 Broadway, Harlem, NY (at 165th Street) African-Americans Mobilizing Civil Society at the Historic Audubon Ballroom The week after Barack Obama's inauguration, a distinguish panel of African descendents community leaders and thinkers will gather to address the issues of racism in a historical and projective manner in anticipation of the Durban World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) Review held by the United Nations in April 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center (The Shabazz Center) will host a WCAR Human Right
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January 24, 2009
Saturday

  • Birthday Tribute & WADU Community Forum

  • Jan 24, 2009 to Jan 25, 2009
  • Location: African -American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC,
  • Description: World Afrikan Diaspora Union (WADU) Birthday Tribute & Community Forum Come join the celebration of a “Living Legend,” Honorable Dudley Thompson and also Dr. Leonard Jeffries in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Saturday, January 24 & Sunday 25, 2009 African -American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC, Saturday, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Library WADU Planning Meeting *WADU Diaspora Economic Initiatives *Diaspora Union Update *Blueprint for the Diaspora *Towards One Union Government in Africa …………… Birthday Reception & Tribute 6:00 p.m. …………… WADU Community Forum Sunday, January 25, 2009 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. With His Excellency Dr. Dudley Thompson, WADU President & Dr. Leonard Jeffries, WADU Vice President At the African -American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd, 33311 Tel: 954 625 2800 Fort Lauderdale, Florida FREE ADMISSION Co-host – Nana Niara Sudarkasa, Chief Advisor Contact Baba Kwame Afoah, Chief Elder of Florida Phone: 954-585-
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January 22, 2009
Thursday

  • Forum on "technology to empower the people" @ Howard University

  • Jan 22, 2009 all day
  • Location: Gallery Lounge, Blackburn Center
  • Description: Technology to Empower the People Gallery Lounge, Blackburn Center 3-5pm, Thursday, January 22, 2009 Last November, Howard University co-sponsored the 3Rd International Conference on Appropriate Technology held in Kigali, Rwanda. Four faculty members presented papers and a delegation of five Howard University students participated. This forum is a ‘report back’ from this historic conference. It will feature presentations by Howard University researchers you attended the conference; a presentation of a video produced by the students on their experience in Rwanda; a presentation and discussion on the way forward in building a truly ‘International Network of Appropriate Technology’. Appropriate technology is technology that is culturally sensitive; economically sustainable; and ecologically compatible. Most importantly appropriate technology seeks to empower the people by placing them in control of the techniques and technology that sustain their livelihood. As academics, engineers, sc
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  • Deep Tones for Peace fundraiser at the United Nations

  • Jan 22, 2009 all day
  • Location: the United Nations
  • Description: Deep Tones for Peace fundraiser at the United Nations in New York City, with Henry Grimes playing solo bass, and others among the Deep Tones for Peace musicians listed below also playing at the fundraiser either in person or in virtual, pre-recorded, or Powerpoint format. Admission is by tax-deductible donation ($25,OOO is the goal), reservations required in advance, space limited, first come, first served. Contact Sarah Weaver, 734-277-269O, sarah@isimprov.org. Tax-deductible donations can also be made online at isimprov.org, or by mail: Deep Tones for Peace, c/o International Society for Improvised Music, P.O. Box 16O3, Ann Arbor, MI 481O6-16O3; please make checks payable to ISIM, with memo “Deep Tones for Peace.” A short explanation of this project: Deep Tones for Peace is an international Internet music performance for peace in the Middle East, to take place on Saturday, April 25th, ‘O9 in Jerusalem and New York City, and to be streamed worldwide, performed simultaneously at thr
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