[ Reader Comments: Police Culture; Woke Origins; Women;
Announcements: Mumia Abu-Jamal; New Deal for CUNY; Love Rising Benefit
Concert; Reclaiming Water for the Public Good; Centennial Year
Celebration of Dr. Antonia Pantoja; Cartoons; more ....]
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TIDBITS – MAR. 09, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: POLICE CULTURE; WOKE
ORIGINS; WOMEN; ANNOUNCEMENTS: MUMIA ABU-JAMAL; NEW DEAL FOR CUNY;
LOVE RISING BENEFIT CONCERT – TENN; RECLAIMING WATER FOR THE PUBLIC
GOOD; CELEBRATION OF DR. ANTONIA PANTOJA;  
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_ Reader Comments: Police Culture; Woke Origins; Women;
Announcements: Mumia Abu-Jamal; New Deal for CUNY; Love Rising Benefit
Concert; Reclaiming Water for the Public Good; Centennial Year
Celebration of Dr. Antonia Pantoja; Cartoons; more .... _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Mar. 09, 2023, xxxxxx

 

* RE: HOW POLICE CULTURE HAS RESHAPED AMERICA  (TOM WILSON; SAL
MANGIAGLI; LAURA BARNES; E.W. ANDERSON; TY DEPASS; CHRISTÓFOROS JEAN
MAC CIONAODHA)

* RE: WOKENESS = KINDNESS  (TRACY ANN ESSOGLOU; ARLENE HALFON)
* THE WOKE JOKE  --  CARTOON BY ADAM ZYGLIS
* RE: SETTING OUR SIGHTS ON THE EQUALITY OF WOMEN  (GINA KLEIN)
* RE: JUNE JORDAN’S LEGACY OF SOLIDARITY AND LOVE REMAINS RELEVANT
 (JOE KAYE)
* I'M REPLACING YOU  --  CARTOON BY JEFF KOTERBA
* RE: SCIENCE SUNDAY: DO NO UNCONSCIOUS HARM  (MARIANNE BRUCKER)
* RE: NOAM CHOMSKY: THE FALSE PROMISE OF CHATGPT  (THE MEDIAMENTOR
DIGITAL)
* RE: THE LONGEST STRIKE IN THE U.S. JUST ENDED: THIS IS THE
WORKERS’ STORY  (KEN LAWRENCE; KURT STAND)
* RE: THE NUCLEAR “WAR” IN UKRAINE MAY NOT BE THE ONE WE EXPECT
 (BRANDON MOUSER; BERNARD SAMPSON)
* RE: 20 YEARS AGO, THE WORLD SAID NO TO WAR  (BOB HARRISON; ARI
CAMAROTA; JAMES RODRIGUEZ)
* RE: HAYMARKET BOOKS FIGHTS BACK AGAINST REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON
EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM  (ROBERT LAITE)
* RACIST COMIC  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: A RARELY REVIVED LORRAINE HANSBERRY PLAY IS HERE — AND
IT’S MESSY BUT POWERFUL  (LISA E DAVIS)
* WOKE MOB  --  MEME

Resources:
 

* Woke Origin - Lead Belly: "Scottsboro Boys"   (Mark Naison in
Historians of the Black Freedom Movement)

Honoring Pathbreakers  -  Honoring Women  -  Celebrating
International Women's Day March 8

* SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY

Announcements:
 

* BEARING WITNESS IN THE CASE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL - PHILADELPHIA -
MARCH 11 (CAMPAIGN TO BRING MUMIA HOME)
* MARCH IN MARCH - MARCH OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE FOR THE NEW DEAL
FOR CUNY - NEW YORK - MARCH 19 (#NEWDEAL4CUNY)
* SPOTLIGHTING WORKERS' RIGHTS IN LABOR SPRING - WASHINGTON, DC -
MARCH 20 (THE KALMANOVITZ INITIATIVE FOR LABOR AND THE WORKING POOR)
* LOVE RISING BENEFIT CONCERT - NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 20 (TENNESSEE
EQUALITY PROJECT, INCLUSION TENNESSEE, OUTMEMPHIS AND THE TENNESSEE
PRIDE CHAMBER)
* UN 2023 WATER CONFERENCE SIDE EVENT: RECLAIMING WATER FOR THE
PUBLIC GOOD - NEW YORK - MARCH 22 (ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG)
* CENTENNIAL YEAR CELEBRATION OF DR. ANTONIA PANTOJA - MARCH 23
(FRIENDS OF PUERTO RICO INITIATIVE)

RE: HOW POLICE CULTURE HAS RESHAPED AMERICA

 

Not the world I want to live in!

Tom Wilson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Is violence and brutal power contagious?

But given the complexities of military culture, it’s hardly
surprising that a certain segment of Black people, Latinos and other
people of color, just like some of their white counterparts, would
return from war sharing the far-right’s illiberal embrace of brute
force. That may mean an increased comfort with cruelty, as well as a
tendency toward gun fetishization, the increasing dehumanization of
adversaries and the conflation of freedom with violence.

Sal Mangiagli
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Um. It's not just POC that are opposed to a police state. What affects
one, affects us all. Unity, not division.

Laura Barnes
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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they said “led by” not “exclusive to.” There’s nothing
divisive about recognizing that POC have been disproportionately
impacted, and that it’s a serious problem for all of us.

E.W. Anderson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Exactly my point. What effects "one" affects us all so we should all
be coming together as one to fight against it. It isn't a competition.
We are one people.

Laura Barnes
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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America’s prison culture and military commitments have transformed
America’s cultural and economic landscape — particularly among
communities of color. By treating citizens of color as monolithic
entities, they have failed to consider how attitudes toward policing
and homeland security have been shaped not only by white supremacy but
also by decades of endless war at home and abroad.
    
Ty DePass
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Turning us into a feudal state

Christóforos Jean Mac Cionaodha
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: WOKENESS = KINDNESS
 

Sorry but Wokeness = Care (or caring) is a much better alignment
because

1) can't always be kind to haters
2) if we care we can learn, grow expand
3) from caring come myriad other positive dispositions that each all
facets of life: care for planet, other species, pollution... gets
results.

Tracy Ann Essoglou
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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WE HATE HOLOCAUST DENIERS!!!

Germans are learning, and have learned ,the truth.

The Germans I know are happy that they learned the truth and they try
to compensate by working in Peace and Justice Organizations. They feel
good about themselves.

My grandson's closest friend is the grandson of German Nazis. His
mother volunteers at a Jewish Community Center and he, along with my
grandson, started a Peace and Justice Club in 7th Grade.
Germany gets more people who have abdicated from Israel than any other
country in the world.

History is history and should not be taught based on selection
factors; it should be taught as truth.

Arlene Halfon

 

THE WOKE JOKE  --  CARTOON BY ADAM ZYGLIS

 

 

How do these FOX pundits keep a straight face?

Adam Zyglis
February 22, 2023
The Buffalo News
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RE: SETTING OUR SIGHTS ON THE EQUALITY OF WOMEN
 

This issue needs much more ATTENTION!  Please share this article.

Gina Klein
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: JUNE JORDAN’S LEGACY OF SOLIDARITY AND LOVE REMAINS RELEVANT
 

A beautiful and moving piece. 

Joe Kaye

 

I'M REPLACING YOU  --  CARTOON BY JEFF KOTERBA

 

Jeff Koterba
February 28, 2023
Omaha World-Herald
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RE: SCIENCE SUNDAY: DO NO UNCONSCIOUS HARM
 

Very insightful and not addressed enough.

Marianne Brucker
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: NOAM CHOMSKY: THE FALSE PROMISE OF CHATGPT
 

“… We know from the science of linguistics and the philosophy of
knowledge that AI minds

differ profoundly from how humans reason and use language. These
differences place significant limitations on what these programs can
do, encoding them with ineradicable defects.…”
     
The MediaMentor Digital [[link removed]]
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE LONGEST STRIKE IN THE U.S. JUST ENDED: THIS IS THE WORKERS’
STORY
 

The Kohler strike lasted from 1954 to at least 1960. How is this
strike longer? Doesn't xxxxxx Labor know labor history?
 
Ken Lawrence
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania

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Ken Lawrence has a point, the Kohler Strike was longer, so too was the
strike at Diamond Walnut, the Watsonville Canning strike and a number
of others -- these are all worthy of note as they speak well of the
determination of working people and speak ill of US labor law.
 Careful reading of the headline and first paragraph, however, should
make clear that Kim Kelly is talking about current strikes in the US.

More important, we ought not lose sight of the main point of the
article:  the UMWA and the broader labor movement currently lack the
strength to defeat a corporation like Warrior Met, notwithstanding the
courage of those who walked the line.   That is the reality we need
to address.

Kurt Stand,
one of the moderators at xxxxxx Labor

 

RE: THE NUCLEAR “WAR” IN UKRAINE MAY NOT BE THE ONE WE EXPECT
 

Last I checked, the US started this arms race when Bush pushed for
tactical nukes and violated treaties to start developing them. It has
been continued under every President since. We are also leading the
way in violating international treaties by weaponizing space, etc.
This is usually where someone comes in and starts regurgitating
“Putin was the one who invaded”, which is true, but also omits all
of the treaties the West has broken to put Russian security up against
the wall.

Brandon Mouser
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Nice article putting the blame on Russia not the US ,the only country
to ever use nuclear weapons.

Bernard Sampson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: 20 YEARS AGO, THE WORLD SAID NO TO WAR
 

I was in D.C. and it was 17 degrees that day and the following day the
Washington Post had a picture that showed thousands of protesters... I
used a magnifying glass and found me and my son in the midst of the
protest... BTW, people forget that Hans Blix had just reported to the
UN Security Council that Iraq was cooperating fully in letting the
weapons inspectors go where ever they wanted???

Bob Harrison
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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in Oliver Stone's film "W", when Cheney is pointing out the plan for
going into the MiddleEast, Powell asks "What's the exit plan?" & the
Dick replies "There is no exit plan."

Ari Camarota
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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And yet, war still drives the world economy

James Rodriguez
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: HAYMARKET BOOKS FIGHTS BACK AGAINST REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON
EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM
 

I think it's hilarious that after all these years Republicans haven't
figured out that telling people (especially young people) "We forbid
you to do X" only makes them want to do it more.

Robert Laite
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RACIST COMIC  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
February 28, 2023
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RE: A RARELY REVIVED LORRAINE HANSBERRY PLAY IS HERE — AND IT’S
MESSY BUT POWERFUL

 

Be sure to let everybody know that tickets cost $200-300 at BAM.
Lorraine would be disgusted.

Lisa E Davis

 

WOKE MOB  --  MEME

 

 

WOKE ORIGIN - LEAD BELLY: "SCOTTSBORO BOYS"

 

The Lead Belly song about the "Scottsboro Boys" where the phrase "stay
woke" first appears in popular culture. I wonder how many people
currently campaigning against "Wokeness" know this history, and
whether they would care if they knew!

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March 3, 2023

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Honoring Pathbreakers  -  Honoring Women  -  Celebrating
International Women's Day March 8

 

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY resurrects the buried history of
the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s
movement from 1966 to 1971.   SHE’S BEAUTIFUL takes us from the
founding of NOW, with ladies in hats and gloves, to the emergence of
more radical factions of women’s liberation; from intellectuals like
Kate Millett to the street theatrics of W.I.T.C.H. (Women’s
International Conspiracy from Hell!).  Artfully combining
dramatizations, performance and archival imagery, the film recounts
the stories of women who fought for their own equality, and in the
process created a world-wide revolution. 

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL does not try to romanticize the early movement, but
dramatizes it in its exhilarating, quarrelsome, sometimes
heart-wrenching glory.   The film does not shy away from the
controversies over race, sexual preference and leadership that arose
in the women’s movement.  SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S
ANGRY captures the spirit of the time --- thrilling, scandalous, and
often hilarious.

That story still resonates today for women who are facing new
challenges around reproductive rights and sexual violence, as the
film shows present-day activists creating their generation's own
version of feminism. SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY is a film
about activists, made to inspire women and men to work for feminism
and human rights.  

 

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Now streaming on Prime and Kanopy

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BEARING WITNESS IN THE CASE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL - PHILADELPHIA - MARCH
11 (CAMPAIGN TO BRING MUMIA HOME)

 

Saturday, March 11th, 2023, from 2 - 4 pm (EST)
First United Methodist Church of Germantown
6001 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA.

EVIDENCE OF ABU-JAMAL’S INNOCENCE WAS ILLEGALLY WITHHELD BY
PROSECUTORS AT HIS TRIAL AND SUBSEQUENT APPEALS

_Will Judge Lucretia Clemons have the impartiality and independence to
make a decision that reckons with the long history of racism in
Philadelphia?_

THE CASE OF BLACK JOURNALIST MUMIA ABU-JAMAL, FALSELY CONVICTED IN
1982 OF THE MURDER OF POLICE OFFICER DANIEL FAULKNER THE YEAR BEFORE
IS NOW BACK IN COURT. NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE, PREVIOUSLY WITHHELD
BY PROSECUTORS, A CLEAR VIOLATION OF LAW, MAKES IT CLEAR THAT
ABU-JAMAL SHOULD BE FREED OR GIVEN A NEW TRIAL. ABU-JAMAL HAS ENDURED
OVER 40 YEARS OF WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT AND ALMOST THREE DECADES ON
DEATH ROW.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge, Lucretia Clemons, is
expected to rule by March 16, 2023, on whether newly-found documents
pointing to Abu-Jamal’s innocence are worthy of an evidentiary
hearing where they can be properly reviewed and examined.

The court is reviewing three sets of documents that the prosecution
withheld from Abu-Jamal’s attorneys for more than 36 years:

* Handwritten notes by prosecutor Joe McGill that show that he
tracked the race of potential jurors during the jury selection
process;
* A handwritten letter by star witness, Robert Chobert, in which he
asks prosecutor Joe McGill for money “owed” him, an indication
that Chobert’s testimony was bribed, and,
* A series of memoranda between prosecutors and officers of the
judicial system in and outside of the state of Pennsylvania indicated
that the prosecutor’s other main witness, Cynthia White, was also
bribed. Just months after her testimony at Abu-Jamal’s trial, all of
White’s pending prostitution charges were suddenly dismissed.

Failure to release Robert Chobert’s letter and the series of
memoranda between the prosecutor and numerous officers of the court
across state lines is a flagrant violation of the 1963 landmark U.S.
Supreme Court ruling in the case of BRADY V. MARYLAND. Brady
established that prosecutors MUST turn over to defense attorneys, all
potential evidence pointing to a defendant’s innocence.

Prosecutors in District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office who are
currently litigating Abu-Jamal’s case today are arguing, against all
reason, that Robert Chobert’s letter demanding money owed to him as
well as all the memoranda seeking favorable treatment for Cynthia
White are not “materially important” and that, therefore, the
Brady claim is not merited in Abu-Jamal’s case. They argue that
Abu-Jamal would have been convicted with or without the testimony of
these witnesses.

But the other “evidence” used to convict Abu-Jamal mainly
consisted of a made-up confession allegedly heard by police and their
claim that Abu-Jamal’s gun was found next to him at the scene, but
which police failed to test to prove it had been fired. The alleged
confession was “remembered” two to three months after the fact by
police, among them one who wrote in his report about Abu-Jamal the
night of the shooting, “the negro male made no comment.” Both
claims were made by the very same police officers who beat Abu-Jamal
brutally, within an inch of his life, shouting “Kill the Black
motherfucker, beat the shit out of the Black motherfucker,” and lied
on the stand about having properly handled the crime scene, while in
fact, the police did the opposite.

DA Larry Krasner’s office is, thereby upholding the perjured
testimonies and theory of the case put forth by the same homicidally
violent police officers whose behavior, according to an investigation
of the Philadelphia Police by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1979,
“shocks the conscience.”

The narrative of what happened on the night that Office Faulkner was
killed promoted by Larry Krasner’s office and the racist Fraternal
Order of Police (FOP) is false.

In fact, the original prosecutor in the case had to bribe the
testimonies of key witnesses, Chobert and White, because they did not
see what happened that night, as long-standing evidence shows. The
newly discovered evidence is “material” because the original trial
court heavily relied on their bribed testimony to convict Abu-Jamal.
If jurors would have known that Chobert and White were, respectively,
paid and relieved of prison time in exchange for their testimonies,
the jury would have doubted the prosecutor’s theory of the case. And
the fact that this new evidence of bribery was withheld for almost
four decades by Philadelphia prosecutors requires throwing
Abu-Jamal’s conviction out, or at the very least, holding an
evidentiary hearing.

Our event brings together eminent scholars, experts, and activists who
will bear witness to constitutional violations in a case that is
emblematic of how the prosecutor’s office operates and disfigures
the lives of Black people, their families, and communicates in
Philadelphia. Participants include CORNEL WEST, who will testify to
the cruel and inhumane nature of death row’s solitary confinement
and death by incarceration; recently retired Arkansas state
judge, REV. WENDELL GRIFFIN, who will address the Brady v. Maryland
violation; Professor and social critic, DR. MARC LAMONT HILL;
Abu-Jamal’s friend and defense team liaison, DR. JOHANNA FERNANDEZ;
and photographer PEDRO POLAKOFF whose photos, among other things,
document the absence of cab driver Robert Chobert from the crime
scene.

THE EVIDENCE THAT JUSTICE WAS NOT DONE IN MUMIA’S CASE AND THAT
FEDERAL LAW WAS VIOLATED IS OVERWHELMING. WILL JUDGE CLEMONS OF THE
CCP LISTEN TO IT AND DO THE RIGHT THING?

MORE INFORMATION HERE
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MARCH OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE FOR THE NEW DEAL FOR CUNY - NEW YORK -
MARCH 19 (#NEWDEAL4CUNY)

 

 

MARCH OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE FOR A NEW DEAL FOR CUNY

SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 12:00 PM BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL

Tell us you’ll be there for this student-led march over the Brooklyn
Bridge in support of a #NewDeal4CUNY. 
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begins at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon St.) at 12:00 noon and
ends at City Hall.  Download a flyer here
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photo credit: Erik McGregor (PSC CUNY)
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SPOTLIGHTING WORKERS' RIGHTS IN LABOR SPRING - WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH
20 (THE KALMANOVITZ INITIATIVE FOR LABOR AND THE WORKING POOR)

 

REGISTER NOW
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Spotlighting Workers’ Rights in Labor Spring
Worker Rights Institute / Georgetown University Law
March 20, 2023 
3-5 pm ET
Gewirz Student Center / 12th Floor / Georgetown University Law
Center 

THE WORKERS’ RIGHTS INSTITUTE OF GEORGETOWN LAW IS HOSTING A
WORKERS’ RIGHTS FORUM AS PART OF LABOR SPRING
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labor teach-ins and events on campuses and in communities nationwide,
launched by the GU Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working
Poor [[link removed]].
 
The GU Workers’ Rights Institute's Labor Spring forum will lift up
workers' rights and labor law in a moment of sweeping organizing and
activity among the nation’s working people, in the wake of the
coronavirus pandemic.
 
This forum is building on a newfound public appreciation for working
people and their organizations in the pandemic. PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
UNIONISM IS AT A HISTORIC HIGH – 71% APPROVE OF UNIONS, THE HIGHEST
LEVEL SINCE 1965!! The forum will also lift up the need for more
labor education in our schools and communities. It will highlight how
already vulnerable workers (especially workers of color) have been
made more vulnerable since the pandemic through inadequate wages and
safety protections, abusive monitoring causing a proliferation of
workplace injuries, surveillance of union activity and unlawful
termination, and laws and policies on captive audience speeches allow
for coercion and intimidation and the silence of worker voice.
policies on captive audience speeches allow for coercion and
intimidation and the silence of worker voice.

Speakers will include: 

* SARA STEFFENS, Secretary-Treasurer, Communications Workers of
America (CWA)
* ERICA SMILEY, Director, Jobs with Justice (JWJ)
* JENNIFER ABRUZZO, General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB)
* SEN. SHERROD BROWN (OH), (by video) 
* STARBUCKS WORKERS / ORGANIZING WITH WORKERS UNITED (MICHELLE
EISEN, ALEAH BACETTI, THANYA CRUZ BORRAZÁ) 

We are expecting an audience of up to 150 students, academics,
practitioners, activists and policy makers!! The event will be
livestreamed.  Some speakers will participate by video.  

Refreshments will be provided.  ADVANCE RSVP AND COVID PROTOCOL ARE
REQUIRED.  

More on Labor Spring can be found on this press release
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on our website laborspring.org [[link removed]]

REGISTER NOW
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The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
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209 Maguire Hall
Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW
Washington, DC 20057

 

LOVE RISING BENEFIT CONCERT - NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 20 (TENNESSEE
EQUALITY PROJECT, INCLUSION TENNESSEE, OUTMEMPHIS AND THE TENNESSEE
PRIDE CHAMBER)

 

ANNOUNCING LOVE RISING

Featuring Allison Russell, Amanda Shires, Brittany Howard, Brothers
Osborne, Hayley Williams, Hozier, Jake Wesley Rogers, Jason Isbell,
Joy Oladokun, Julien Baker, Maren Morris, Mya Byrne, Sheryl Crow, The
Rainbow Coalition Band, Yola and more TBA
March 20 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
Presented by Live Nation

A Benefit Concert for Tennessee Equality Project, Inclusion Tennessee,
OUTMemphis and The Tennessee Pride Chamber in Partnership With Looking
Out Foundation
TICKETS ON SALE STARTING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH
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A celebration of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Let Freedom Sing — and Dance!

LOVE RISING, a benefit concert for the Tennessee Equality Project,
inclusion tennessee, OUTMemphis and The Tennessee Pride Chamber will
take place on March 20th at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
presented by Live Nation. Performers include Sheryl Crow, Maren
Morris, Jason Isbell, Hayley Williams, Hozier, Brittany Howard,
Brothers Osborne, Amanda Shires, Julien Baker, Joy Oladokun, Yola,
Jake Wesley Rogers, Mya Byrne and Allison Russell and the  Rainbow
Coalition Band, with more to be announced. Tickets go on sale
 beginning Wednesday, March 8th at 10AM local time with net proceeds
benefiting these important organizations. The Looking Out Foundation
will support the event by accepting donations and doubling
contributions received, up to a maximum of $100,000. Fans can purchase
tickets HERE [[link removed]].

Since 2015, Tennessee has enacted more anti-LGBTQIA+ laws than any
other state in the country. The latest of these are Senate Bill 3 and
House Bill 9 — two anti-LGBTQIA+ bills that ban all performances
deemed male or female impersonation otherwise known as “drag” from
taking place on any public property in the state, as well as in any
location where people under 18 could be present.

“As a queer, intersectional artist and mother, raising my child in
Nashville, it's important to me to support these wonderful Tennessee
LGBTQIA+ advocacy organizations, working so hard to build bridges,
reduce harm and promote equality for all Tennesseans,” says Allison
Russell. “LGBTQIA+ contributions and creativity are foundational to
every genre of modern song and arts performance. I think it speaks
volumes that so many in our community are feeling the same call to
support, celebrate and uplift!” “SB3/HB9 and SB1/HB1 are clearly
targeted attacks on Tennesseans who haven’t done anything wrong,”
says Jason Isbell. “These bills add up to an attempt to eradicate a
valuable part of our community and force good people to live in fear.
We can’t in good conscience just stand by and let that happen.”

Allison Russell
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UN 2023 WATER CONFERENCE SIDE EVENT: RECLAIMING WATER FOR THE PUBLIC
GOOD - NEW YORK - MARCH 22 (ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG)

 

 

On the occasion of the UN 2023 Water Conference, join us for a UN 2023
Water Conference Official Side Event to learn from different
experiences from around the world about utilities public ownership,
democratization of public services, and how water defenders continue
the fight for economic, social, climate and ecological justice

Featuring: ANNE LE STRAT, former Executive of Eau De Paris and Paris
Deputy Mayor (France); MIRIAM PLANAS, Engineering Without Borders
(Spain); MARCELA OLIVERA, Blue Planet Project (Bolivia); and HANNAH
THOMAS, missionary for the Mount Zion Baptist Church and a long time
North Bellport resident and community advocate of the Setalcott
Nation.

Moderated by PROFESSOR MICHAEL MENSER, CUNY (USA)

This panel is co-organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York
Office and CUNY Earth and Environmental Sciences Department.

Capacity is limited. Entrance will be on a first come, first serve
basis for those registered.

Please notice the guidelines for Building Entry. To enter the Graduate
Center, visitors are required to show a government-issued photo ID to
the security officers at the lobby’s front desk.

REGISTER
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2023, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

Martin E. Segal Theatre
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue First floor
New York, NY 10016

This panel is co-organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York
Office and CUNY Earth and Environmental Sciences Department.

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CENTENNIAL YEAR CELEBRATION OF DR. ANTONIA PANTOJA - MARCH 23 (FRIENDS
OF PUERTO RICO INITIATIVE)

 

Dr. Antonia Pantoja  (photo credit:  Center for Puerto Rican
Studies, Hunter College, CUNY)
Dr. Antonia Pantoja, is an icon for Puerto Ricans both in the US and
in Puerto Rico. Committees to celebrate her life have been organizing
events in both countries to celebrate the centennial of her birth.

In New York, Friends of Puerto Rico Initiative will be hosting a Zoom
with Lillian Jimenez, director of the film, Antonia Pantoja
¡Presente!

Dr. Antonia Pantoja was one of the most important leaders of the
Puerto Rican Diaspora, or Puerto Ricans who immigrated to the United
States throughout the 20th Century. Born outside of Old San Juan in
Puerta de Tierra in 1922, Dr. Pantoja worked as a schoolteacher in
rural Puerto Rico before finding her calling as a community organizer
and educational activist in the United States. Over the course of her
life, she founded several community-focused organizations, including
the Puerto Rican Forum, which served as an incubator for local
programs that promoted economic self-sufficiency, and ASPIRA, which
trains young, high school-aged Puerto Ricans to take on leadership
roles in their schools and local communities. Dr. Pantoja also helped
to bring about the implementation of bilingual education in New York
City public schools, and co-founded the Universidad Boricua, the
precursor to today’s Boricua College.

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