Month: March 2016

Dontre Day! We are already in the early stages of planning #DontreDay on Saturday, April 30, 2016. The time listed above is not accurate it’s TBA. We plan on having entertainment for the entire family along with other community organizations and supporters to help make REMEMBERING DONTRE BIG! If you’re interested in helping to make […]

Robin D.G. Kelley makes the case that the university is not an engine of social transformation, activism is. He opens a debate published by the Boston Review. Respondents include: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Barbara Ransby, Charlene Carruthers, Michael Eric Dyson and others. – See more at: http://portside.org/2016-03-16/black-study-black-struggle#sthash.ElqcPLWK.dpuf

Colombian Peace Talks and Trade Unions: A presentation by Colombian agricultural union leader Nidia Quintero FENSUAGRO (agricultural workers union) General Secretary Nidia Quintero will discuss the aspirations and fears of workers in Colombia. This event is part of a national tour hosted by Alliance for Global Justice, and Colombian Action Network. The world is hopeful […]

Demand Community Input on Critical MPS Decisions! MICAH Education Task Force wants members of congregations to attend the MPS school board meeting on March 22. Partners from Schools and Communities United are seeking our support in inviting parents, grandparents, teachers, and members of our faith communities to come out in force. From our friends at […]

http://www.herald.co.zw/somalia-attacks-expose-us-hunger-to-dominate-africa/ http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/ This same article by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, on the recent Pentagon bombing and commando raids in Somalia which killed over 170 people, was reprinted by the state-run Zimbabwe Herald in Harare. The report examines the evolution of United States foreign and military policy towards the Horn of Africa […]