29] "Muslim
minority: State Relations- Violence, Integration and Policy” – Feb. 24
30] Discussion
on film SPOTLIGHT – Feb. 24
31] See SELMA – Feb.
24
32] Solitary
confinement – Feb. 24
33] Book UNSETTLED – Feb. 24
34] Sudanese refugees – Feb. 24
35] Book
"Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality" – Feb. 25
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29] – Come
to PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL CENTER FOR MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING, Bunn
Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 260, 3700 O St. NW, WDC, on Wed., Feb. 24
from 12:30 to 1:45 PM for the launch of "Muslim minority: State
Relations- Violence, Integration and Policy." The author Robert Mason will
speak on Muslim minorities in Europe, Asia and Africa and the lessons learned
there. Mason is a lecturer from the British University in Egypt, and has been
as well as a visiting research fellow in the King Faisial center for Research
in Riyadh in 2011, a visiting fellow at London school of Economic Studies in
2014-15, and more. Email acmcu@georgetown.edu.
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-state-and-muslim-minorities-today-lessons-from-europe-africa-and-asia-with-robert-mason-tickets-21451723683.
30] – Come
to the Doyle/Forman Theater in AU School of Communication, 4400 Massachusetts
Ave. NW, WDC, on Wed., Feb. 24 at 6:15 PM to see "Spotlight" movie
clips and catch a behind-the-scenes interview and discussion with Martin Baron,
the Washington Post executive editor who is portrayed in the film. "Spotlight"
is being hailed as one of the best movies of the year for its depiction of the
investigation of the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal by the Boston Globe.
Baron--who was the editor of the Boston Globe and spearheaded the
investigation--was directly involved in the making of the film, which raises
important issues across media. SOC Journalism Professor Jane Hall will moderate
the interview and student Q&A. his event is sponsored by AU’s School
of Communication, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and the Center for Media
and Social Impact. Contact Jennifer Baron Knowles at jbaron@american.edu, Assistant
Director, Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University.
31] – Come
to the Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA, on
Wed., Feb. 24 at 6:30 PM to see SELMA, which chronicles the tumultuous
three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous
campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The
epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom
Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant
victories for the civil rights movement. While the movie is free, moviegoers
are used to bring nonperishable food items (no glass please) to donate to the
Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). Donations will be taken to help
families in need around the area. Go to http://aarp.cvent.com/events/join-aarp-virginia-for-a-free-screening-of-selma-arlington/event-summary-209116820ac9467098872be0e9db7889.aspx.
32] – On Wed., Feb. 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM learn about the
abuse of Solitary Confinement at the Episcopal Church of
the Ascension, 633 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring with Rabbi Charles Feinberg, Executive
Director of IAHR, Diamonte Brown, Executive Director of Out for Justice, and
Returning Citizens. Learn about the abuse of solitary confinement in
Maryland State Prisons. Rabbi Feinberg will discuss the policy issues. Ms.
Brown and the returning citizens will share their personal experiences in
Maryland prisons. Visit http://www.ma4jr.org.
33] – After
surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide, followed by years of confinement to
international refugee camps, as many as 10,000 Southeast Asian refugees arrived
in the Bronx during the 1980s and ‘90s. The book “Unsettled” chronicles the
unfinished odyssey of Bronx Cambodians, closely following one woman and her
family for several years as they survive yet resist their literal insertion
into concentrated Bronx poverty. At Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Road
NW, WDC, on Wed., Feb. 24 at 7 PM, Eric Tang tells the harrowing and inspiring
stories of these refugees to make sense of how and why the displaced migrants
have been resettled in the “hyperghetto.” He argues that refuge is never found,
that rescue discourses mask a more profound urban reality characterized by
racialized geographic enclosure, economic displacement and unrelenting poverty,
and the criminalization of daily life. The book views the hyperghetto as
a site of extreme isolation, punishment, and confinement. The refugees remain
captives in late-capitalist urban America. Tang ultimately asks, What does it
mean for these Cambodians to resettle into this distinct time and space of
slavery’s afterlife? Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/440399759492797/.
34] – At
the Mosaic Theater Company DC, 1333 H St. NE, WDC, on Wed., Feb. 24 at 8 PM,
Safia Elhillo will respond to The Promised Land, a play about
Sudanese refugees in Israel by Shahar Pinkhas and Shay Pitovsky,
running through Feb. 28. Elhillo, working with Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts
Here, is Sudanese by way of Washington, D.C. A Cave Canem fellow and
poetry editor for Kinfolks Quarterly, a journal of black expression, she
received an MFA in poetry from the New School. Safia is the winner of the
2016 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her
manuscript, Asmarani. Go to http://www.amsshdc2016.org/safia-elhillo.html.
Split This Rock can be reached at shatha@splitthisrock.org.
35] – Join American University for a
breakfast discussion & book launch of "Capital Dilemma: Growth and
Inequality" in the D.C. Founders Room, School of International Service
(SIS), American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC, on Thurs., Feb. 25
from 9:30 to 11:30 AM. The book uncovers and explains the dynamics
that have influenced the contemporary economic advancement of Washington, D.C.
The book talk will feature co-editors Derek Hyra and Sabiyha Prince, as well AU's
Dr. Brett Williams. This volume’s unique interdisciplinary approach using
historical, sociological, anthropological, economic, geographic, political, and
linguistic theories and approaches, captures the comprehensive factors related
to changes taking place in one of the world’s most important cities. “Capital
Dilemma” clarifies how preexisting urban social hierarchies, established mainly
along race and class lines but also along national and local interests, are
linked with the city’s contemporary inequitable growth. Breakfast will be
served. Contact Statia Thomas at st7572a@american.edu or 202-885-2440.
See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-metropolitan-policy-centers-capital-dilemma-book-launch-registration-20735949784.
To be continued.
Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence
Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Ph: 410-366-1637; Email:
mobuszewski [at] verizon.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
"The master class has always declared the wars; the
subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to
gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and
everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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