“Poverty” Issue Back on the Campaign TrailBarack Obama at the CBC Annual...
Dr. King once said that economic justice is the inseparable twin to racial justice. It makes no difference if you can sit at the lunch counter if you can’t afford the lunch. It makes no difference if a...
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Community Organizers Hall of Famer: Ella Baker
In 1981 the womens a capella group Sweet Honey in the Rock recorded “Ella’s Song,” written by the group’s founder civil rights activist Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagan. The opejning lyrics begin with “We...
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This week’s Community Organizer Hall of Famer: Markos Moulitsas Zuniga aka Kos
If I were stranded on an island today, I would want these three books at my side: The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Build, or Manage a Business by Martha Stewart...
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Something to Keep You Warm – Quilts for Obama
Yesterday I decided to go offline and visit the Historical Society of Washington, DC (801 K Street, NW) to see the opening of “Quilts for Obama: Celebrating the Inauguration of Our 44th President.” The...
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Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I may be wrong, but just in case we have another abridged King birthday with a looping of “I Have A Dream,” I want to share my favorite quote by Dr. King from his sermon “Time to Break Silence” which...
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The Eclectique Citizen: Van Jones named Special Advisor for Green Jobs,...
Van Jones, co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland , CA. Van Jones, co-founder of ColorofChange.org. Van Jones, founder and president of Green for All. Van Jones, author of The...
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Quote of the Day
I want to be remembered as someone who used herself and anything she could touch to work for justice and freedom…. I want to be remembered as one who tried. Dorothy Height (1912 – 2010) Update:...
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Coming Together
I will not watch television, listen to the radio or engage in any media voyeurism for the 10th anniversary of September 11. Instead, I plan to come together with real live people coming together. It’s...
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Eclectique Interview: Sarah Browning, Split This Rock Poetry Festival
It’s been awhile since the last Eclectique Interview. This will be the second interview with a poet. That’s Sarah Browning, director of D.C. Poets Against the War and Split This Rock Poetry Festival....
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ITVS Community Cinema @ Washington DCJCC –“The Powerbroker,”“Soul Food Junkies”
Here’s what’s coming up for Community Cinema DC at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center (the second venue is Busboys and Poets). You’ll want to be there and get involved. Find a Community Cinema...
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Abraham, Martin, and John Lewis
This past Sunday, PBS held a preview screening of the documentary THE MARCH at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. THE MARCH is directed by John Akomfrah. It has its television premiere...
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Ruby Dee (1922 – 2014)
Ossie and Ruby Ruby Dee mural at Karamu House, Cleveland, OHSometimes we forget Ruby Dee was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Say “Karamu House” and you know Ruby Dee. Ruby and Harlem paired perfectly like...
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Can Resilience Rebuild?
The day before the 2nd anniversary of the Hurricane Sandy disaster, I attended a reception and screening of the documentary THIS TIME NEXT YEAR at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC....
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Be More…
Michaela Brown, 22, of West Balt and a Morgan St junior, on youth "solidarity" march: "Young people have power too." pic.twitter.com/M0zaWHD2Ud — Kevin Rector (@RectorSun) April 29, 2015 I spend more...
View ArticleDavid Simon’s “Show Me a Hero” premieres on HBO August 16
Featurette From David Simon (HBO’s “Treme” and “The Wire”) and Paul Haggis (“Crash”), the HBO Miniseries presentation SHOW ME A HERO debuts its first two parts back-to-back SUNDAY, AUG. 16 (8:00-10:00...
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Vera J. Katz & Liz Lerman in Conversation (October 24) at The Potter’s House
E. Ethelbert Miller likes to “conversate” with people who have ideas not just jobs. He’s pulled together two women who’ve never shared ideas in the same room before: Vera J. Katz and Liz Lerman. Many...
View ArticleThe Black Panthers on PBS Tonight
Watch the full-length version of #BlackPanthersPBS Feb 16, 9p/8c on @IndependentLens @RepBarbaraLee @RepBobbyRush pic.twitter.com/YWzPd80ZC5 — Indie Lens Pop-Up DC (@ILPopUpDC) February 12, 2016 We...
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