Rootznews - Pan-African Calendar

January 2006

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January 20 - 22, 2006 - International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration

January 16 - 24, 2006
6th African Union Summit, Khartoum, Sudan

January 15, 2006
Realizing The Dream, The Riverside Church, New York City

January 14 - February 5, 2006
Find Our Folks Tour

20 - 22 January 2006 - International Commission of Inquiry On

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January 20 - 22, 2006
The Bush Commission - International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration

Initiated by the
Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience
and endorsed by: Center for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild, After Downing Street.Org and many others (see Charter)

Friday, January 20, at 5:00 pm at The Riverside Church
Saturday, January 21, at 10 am at The Riverside Church
use 91 Claremont Avenue entrance (map)
Sunday, Jan. 22, at 1 pm at the Columbia Univ. Law School
116th & Am msterdaAve (map)

(views expressed in the Commission do not necessarily reflect the views of organizations providing a venue)

16 - 24 January 2006 6th African Union Summit

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6th African Union Summit Khartoum, Sudan 16 - 24 January 2006

15 January 2006 - Realizing The Dream - Riverside Church, New York City

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Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 4:45 p.m. in the Nave

Why Here?

On April 4th, 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of his bravest and most important speeches at The Riverside Church.

In “Beyond Vietnam,” Dr. King spoke out forcefully against America’s “police actions” in Northern Vietnam, linking the war to its fundamental economic inequities. In so doing, Dr. King not only joined the voices of many dissenting Americans, he controversially and boldly expanded the parameters of his core mission: from serving as the nation’s conscience on racial injustice, He also laid the groundwork for a comprehensive campaign against dehumanizing foreign policy and structural economic inequality. It is sobering to think what he might have achieved, but even without him we must take inspiration from his leadership in addressing the problems we face in 2006.

Why now?

Economic inequality has grown far more pronounced since Dr. Martin Luther King’s lifetime. In 1960, the gap in wealth between the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the population was thirty-fold. Four decades later, it is more than seventy-five fold.

At the start of 2006, we live in an America characterized by deregulation, gutting of the public sector, and exuberant faith in the markets. The concentration of income and wealth in the hands of the elite is at its highest level since King was born in the roaring 20s.

Why Now? The record shows that Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign – his aborted fight against inequality of capital and opportunity – is in desperate need of revival.

Please Join Martin Luther King III, Stephen Baldwin, Marian Wright Edelman, Dr. Susannah Heschel, Cissy Houston, Susan Sarandon, Jeffrey Wright, William Wachtel, Ambassador Andrew Young, and our Senior Minister, The Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. and a host of others as we gather to revive and realize the dream of Dr. King.

“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now”

From “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence”
Delivered on April 4th, 1967, at Riverside Church

14 January - 5 February 2006 Find Our Folks

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Find Our Folks Festival

During the Finding Our Folk tour, high school and college students supported by community elders and grassroots organizations will tour America region by region and visit the cities where Hurricane Katrina survivors are currently living. The tour will partner with local and national community based organizations and learning institutions, to identify evacuees and the cities where they are, to develop curriculum and provide training for high school and college students, to conduct workshops and support the overall documentation of the tour.In each city, we will convene survivors and local community residents to share their stories, and to participate in the different tour activities. In selected cities, the day of learning and healing will culminate in a large scale celebration of the people and culture of the Gulf Coast region. These events will allow evacuees to share their journey through art and culture and feature performances by national and local performers, musicians, poets and visual artists, intertwined with speeches by veterans of the civil rights and current resistance movements.

Link to: Find Our Folks

Realizing The Dream - A Call to Conscience - Martin Luther King

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Realizing The Dream
A call to conscience in honor of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
on his Birthday

Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 4:45 p.m. in the Nave

Why Here?

On April 4th, 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of his bravest and most important speeches at The Riverside Church.

In “Beyond Vietnam,” Dr. King spoke out forcefully against America’s “police actions” in Northern Vietnam, linking the war to its fundamental economic inequities. In so doing, Dr. King not only joined the voices of many dissenting Americans, he controversially and boldly expanded the parameters of his core mission: from serving as the nation’s conscience on racial injustice, He also laid the groundwork for a comprehensive campaign against dehumanizing foreign policy and structural economic inequality. It is sobering to think what he might have achieved, but even without him we must take inspiration from his leadership in addressing the problems we face in 2006.

Why now?

Economic inequality has grown far more pronounced since Dr. Martin Luther King’s lifetime. In 1960, the gap in wealth between the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the population was thirty-fold. Four decades later, it is more than seventy-five fold.

At the start of 2006, we live in an America characterized by deregulation, gutting of the public sector, and exuberant faith in the markets. The concentration of income and wealth in the hands of the elite is at its highest level since King was born in the roaring 20s.

Why Now? The record shows that Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign – his aborted fight against inequality of capital and opportunity – is in desperate need of revival.

Please Join Martin Luther King III, Stephen Baldwin, Marian Wright Edelman, Dr. Susannah Heschel, Cissy Houston, Susan Sarandon, Jeffrey Wright, William Wachtel, Ambassador Andrew Young, and our Senior Minister, The Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. and a host of others as we gather to revive and realize the dream of Dr. King.

“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now”

From “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence”
Delivered on April 4th, 1967, at Riverside Church