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The New Jim Crow: American Social Justice Tour

Submitted by Tjadendevries on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 5:46pm
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Wed, 05/25/2011 - 6:30pm

"The New Jim Crow: American Social Justice Tour" Featuring Professor Michelle Alexander

Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 6:30PM-8:00PM

Women's Civic Improvement Center, 3555 3rd Avenue, Sacramento, CA

A longtime civil rights advocate and litigator, Michelle Alexander won a 2005 Soros Justice Fellowship and now holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University. Alexander served for several years as director of the Racial Justice Project at the ACLU of Northern California, and subsequently directed the Civil Rights Clinics at Stanford Law School, where she was an associate professor. Alexander is a former law clerk for Justice Harry Blackmun on the US Supreme Court and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. The New Jim Crow is her first book. [The following event is free admission to the public.]

March 11, 2010 DemocracyNow interview below

The New Jim Crow

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial March

Submitted by billl on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 12:23pm
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Mon, 01/17/2011 - 8:00am

Please join Peace & Justice groups like Sacramento for Democracy, the Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento, Sacramento Peace Action, the Sacramento ACLU, Sacramento CAIR, the Peace & Freedom Party & more in this year's

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial March starts 8am, Mon, 01/17 at Oak Park Community Center, 3425 MLK Jr. Blvd. Join the Stop the Wars & End the Occupations Peace & Justice Contingent enroute 9:15am, Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd, Sac., to march to the Convention Center, 13th and K streets.

JANUARY 17th, 2011 - MARCH - 8:00 am
Location: Oak Park Community Center (3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.)

  • Opening Ceremonies begin 8:00am
  • Oak Park March departs 8:30am
  • Arrives Sacramento City College approx. 9:15am
  • Departs Sacramento City College approx. 9:30am
  • Arrives Sacramento Convention Center (13th & K Sts) 11:30am
  • March/Rally/Review approx. 11:30am

The North Area March, begins at Grant High School the same time the Oak Park march begins at Oak Park (8:30 am). It goes directly to the Sacramento Convention Center. For questions related to the March, contact Thomas Burruss, March Coordinator: tomburruss@comcast.net

CPAC- Tri-Caucus Informational Briefing August 10 State Capitol

Submitted by billl on Mon, 08/02/2010 - 9:16am
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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 2:00pm

Dear Colleagues:

We welcome your participation at an Informational Briefing on August 10th held by the California Legislative Tri-Caucus, the Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, and African-American Caucuses. The intent of this briefing is to unveil four major California health assessment reports on Latinos, Asian Pacific Islanders, African Americans and Native Americans. (See attached Project Executive Summary.) The project has been implemented by the California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) and has been funded by The California Endowment. The briefing will be held in the State Capitol from 2-4pm on Thursday, August 10th in Room 447. There will be a reception held by CPAC and The California Endowment, and co-hosted by the Tri-Caucus in Room 211 from 5 to 6:30pm that evening.

We celebrate the efforts of the four ethnic partner agencies and the four research investigators who have carried out this important and historic effort. They include:

Ca. Court Rules in Favor of Racist Slumlord Donald Sterling?!?

Submitted by Tjadendevries on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 6:28pm


California Court Okays Discrimination Against Section 8 Tenants


by Dean Preston of Tenants Together‚ Apr. 13‚ 2010

    Remember Donald Sterling, the NBA team owner and Los Angeles mega-landlord who has been sued multiple times for outrageous housing discrimination, most recently by the U.S. Department of Justice? Sterling is back in the news this week, again for discrimination in his role as landlord. This time, however, Sterling convinced a California Court of Appeal that it was just fine for him to discriminate against a Section 8 tenant. At this point, anyone who still believes in the myth that judges are “liberal activists” needs to have his or her head examined.

Chuck D Advises Sac State Audience to Challenge Authority and Rampant Consumerism

Submitted by Tjadendevries on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 3:28pm


Rapper-activist Chuck D: Challenge authority, consumer culture

By Carla Meyer
Published: Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 3B

    In the two decades Public Enemy frontman Chuck D has rapped and lectured about fighting the power, rap music has been swallowed by the mainstream, record companies have lost ground to the Internet, and the United States has elected an African American president.

    Yet Chuck D, 49, the rapper, author and activist in town Thursday night to speak to California State University, Sacramento, students, still delivers what is in essence the same message: challenge authority and the consumer culture and make the most of educational opportunities.

    In other words, as he told the crowd of 1,200 at the University Union during a free-form, humor-filled talk, "Have full capacity of yourself and do not be a robot."

    That means always questioning what one is being fed, whether it is by MTV or people using the catchphrase "post-racial."

"The Meeting" By: Jeff Stetson - Jan 14 - 17th

Submitted by billl on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 1:26am
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Thu, 01/14/2010 - 7:00pm
Fri, 01/15/2010 - 7:00pm
Sat, 01/16/2010 - 7:00pm
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 7:00pm

Theatre3 Productions Presents "The Meeting" By: Jeff Stetson, Based on Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X's 1 time meeting...Starring James Ellison, Romann Hodge and Brandon Rubin opens January 14-17th (with two shows on the 16th) at the Fred Robinson Center, Sacramento.

All tickets only $10.00! Get your's early this is guaranteed to be a sold out show!! We have some of the hottest actors in Sacramento!! Contact Sherry Dunn for Booking or Ticket Availability at (916) 256-9212 or Email: T3prods@yahoo.com

Tickets may be purchased at:

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial March

Submitted by billl on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 1:09am
Date: 
Mon, 01/18/2010 - 8:00am

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial March starts 8am, Mon, 01/18 at Oak Park Community Center, 3425 MLK Jr. Blvd. Join the Stop the Wars & End the Occupations Peace & Justice Contingent enroute 9:15am, Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd, Sac.
Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd, Sac., to march to the Convention Center, 13th and J streets.

For info on the day's activities: www.mlk365.org

Environmental Issues and Sustainable Living in the Black World

Submitted by billl on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:25pm
Date: 
Sat, 01/09/2010 - 2:00pm

Environmental Issues and Sustainable Living in the Black World, speaker Dr. James Reede, CSUS Prof. of Environmental Science,  honoring Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy and the environment.

Women’s Civic Improvement Center, 3555 3rd Ave., Sac

Saturday, Jan 9, 2 - 4pm

The Obama Presidency: Is More Than Race at Issue?

Submitted by billl on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 1:15pm

The Obama Presidency: Is More Than Race at Issue?
Presented by Eugene Robinson, the Washington Post 2009 Pulitzer Price Winning Columnist

Monday, September 28th, 2009
7:15pm Speaker Presentation
Sacramento State Alumni Center
CSUS Campus

Space is limited for this complimentary event
RSVP at 916-231-5278

The Legacy of Dr. King by Cindy Sheehan

Submitted by billl on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 5:40pm

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies---or else? The chain reaction of evil---hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars---must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Today, I wept as my forehead was pressed against the wall of glass partitioning me and other National Civil Rights' Museum goers from the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, lie after he was shot down by an assassin's bullet on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tn. I wept for perhaps the greatest American civil rights' leader, but also for the man who had begun (against the wishes of many of his colleagues) to vigorously not only speak out against the murder in Vietnam, but also strenuously against militarism, which he called in his Building the Beloved Community (which I feel is King's opus) speech delivered at Riverside Church in NYC exactly one year before his death: one of the greatest of "evils" along with racism and poverty.

I also wept for my son, Casey, who was killed on the same day (April 4th) 36 years later and thousands of miles away. Dr. King and Casey were killed by the same evils: militarism, racism and poverty. Casey was killed by the racism of genocide against the Iraqi people; obviously gross militarism that led our nation to Iraq in the first place; and the poverty of being from a working class family that couldn't afford to send him to university. All of these factors combined also, obviously, killed Dr. King.

Martin Luther King Jr. March and Celebration

Submitted by billl on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:34am

Martin Luther King Jr. March and Celebration

When: Monday, January 19, 2009
Time: March (8:00 AM) Celebration (10:30 AM)
Locations: March (see map) & Sacramento Convention Ctr.
Why: You are the Dream, and the Dream is Now!
Event Hotline: (916) 920-8655

Sacramento for Democracy invites you to attend the Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual March. SFD will be marching with the anti-war coalition. We welcome you to join us.

Monday, Jan 19, 8:30am, Martin Luther King Jr March starts at the Oak Park Community Center, 3425 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. & goes to Sacramento Convention Center for program & displays at about 11:30. Join the Sacramento for Democracy contingent at 9:15am at Sac City College, 3855 Freeport Blvd. (The North Area March, begins at Grant High School the same time the Oak Park march begins at Oak Park (8:30 am). It goes directly to the Sacramento Convention Center. For more information, contact Thomas Burruss, March Coordinator: tomburruss@comcast.net)

Ps: Please read this brief article about MLK and his anti-war statements about the Vietnam War:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/encyclopedia/vietnam.htm

Here are a few of his quotes... Feel free to use them on a sign. You can also watch this video montage set to an excerpt from his speech, "Beyond Vietnam":
http://www.bushflash.com/mlk2005.html

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."

"The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government."

"The chain reaction of evil--wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation."

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

"The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America."

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Results from the Sacramento Black Political Convention

Submitted by Dan Bacher on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 7:56am

RESULTS FROM THE SACRAMENTO BLACK POLITICAL CONVENTION

On Saturday, September 21, 2008, the Congress of African People’s hosted a second Black Political Convention at Faith Fellowship Community Church in North Highlands. Participants discussed and voted on candidates and measures which will appear on the November 4 Presidential ballot.

A sample of the ballot results are as follows: for the presidential office, 90 votes cast for Barack Obama, 9 for Cynthia McKinney, 7 for Ralph Nader, 3 for John McCain and 2 for Alan Keyes. On the US Congressional District, District 3, 61 votes for Bill Durston, 21 votes for Dina Padilla, and 5 for Dan Lungren.

Willie Brown Said "Obama Needs To Bring More Excitement"

Submitted by bluntpie on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 12:06am

I cant find a youtube clip of it but yesterday on Hardball, Willie Brown was saying that alot of democrats are worried with Obama as of late.

He went on to explain that in the primaries, Obama was dynamic and showing us what he was bringing to the game. Brown stated that Obama has been less exciting and needed to keep the excitment coming..

Sacramento Community Racial Profiling Commission Meeting

Submitted by Tjadendevries on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 6:30pm

The Sacramento Community Racial Profiling Commission will conduct public meetings this week on a report about how the Police Department conducts traffic stops..

Oak Park Community Center
3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Sacramento, CA
8/14/2008 - 6 PM

Sacramento Community Racial Profiling Commission Meeting

Submitted by Tjadendevries on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 6:24pm

The Sacramento Community Racial Profiling Commission will conduct public meetings this week on a report about how the Police Department conducts traffic stops.