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Resources from Obama.org

Via Obama.org: ANGUISH AND ACTION We work to help leaders change their world—and the world needs changing. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to list, have left our nation anguished and outraged. While now is a time for grief and anger, it is … Read More

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Justice in June (Or Any Month!)

Via Autumn Gupta with Bryanna Wallace:  Justice in June This resource was compiled by Autumn Gupta with Bryanna Wallace’s oversight for the purpose of providing a starting place for individuals trying to become better allies.    Choose how much time you have each day to become more informed as step one to becoming an active … Read More

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#BecauseWe’veRead

Via #BecauseWe’veRead: A radical, international book club challenging understandings of the status quo & mobilizing communities globally. The current book: The Fire Next Time (& other Readings on Black U.S. Liberation), “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” The past week, the United … Read More

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Open Yale Course: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

Via Open Yale Course:  African American History: From Emancipation to the Present Course Number AFAM 162 About the Course The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African … Read More

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For Black Girls: Black History BootCamp by GirlTrek

Over the next month, we will walk through Black history together celebrating our powerful foremothers each day. They blazed a trail for us. Sign up below for this special #daughtersof walking challenge and each day, we will email you an inspiring Black history story, a playlist, a secret code to join a fun phone conversation with thousands … Read More

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Thoughts on opening night of a new work

A show that I produced and did some writing for is going to open in just a few hours.  It’s a music-theater work made up of ten songs, written by ten composers, all of whom are immigrants or children of immigrants.  It’s called SWELL. And it happens to be running the same weekend ICE is … Read More

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