Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Boston: From Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter




~ Program ~
(5:30 pm – 7:45 pm)
Welcome/Opening Remarks............................Vanessa Silva
Panel Discussion.........................................Guest Speakers
Dr. Muhammad Ahmad
Malcolm X's former political assistant and co-founder of RAM
Saladin Muhammad
African People’s Party (APP) and Black Workers for Justice (BWFJ)
Askia Toure
SNCC, RAM and leader of the Black Arts Movement
Nino Brown
Mass Action Against Police Brutality (MAABP) and ANSWER Coalition
Lanise Frazier
Black Lives Matter Boston (BLM)
Michelle Santana
We Are The Ones (WATO)
Khlaida Smalls
Services Employees International Union (SEIU) and A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
Reflections
Please keep comments brief so others may share
Closing Remarks..................................Tony Van Der Meer

Dr. Muhammad Ahmad
https://vimeo.com/19174560
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp/stanford.html
Saladin Muhammad
http://theblm.net/saladin/
http://livestream.com/accounts/2710797/events/5302091


~ Resources ~
Malcolm X
http://www.brothermalcolm.net http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp/finalmonths.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9AmuYqjRyg
Askia Toure
https://vimeo.com/19921546 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=p8O-dyEEOuE
Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
http://search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?view_collection=129
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_student_nonviolent_coo
rdinating_committee_sncc/
A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
http://apri.org/
Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition
http://www.answercoalition.org/boston
Black Lives Matter Boston (BLM)
https://www.facebook.com/BlackLivesMatterBOS http://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2015/08/20/5-questions-with-the-leader-of-black- lives-matter-boston
Mass Action Against Police Brutality (MAAPB)
https://www.facebook.com/maapb617/
Services Employees International Union (SEIU)
http://www.seiu.org/
We Are The Ones (WATO)
https://www.facebook.com/wearetheonesboston http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adebukola-ajao/the-reeducation-of-we-are_b_6600800.html
“History rewards all those who research it.” Malcolm X

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