Subject: DC
Voices: Bringing Globalization Home
Date: Wed,
17 Jan 2001 18:48:13 -0500
Here is an additional event during Pro-Democracy Week in
DC which will be of interest to many:
Popular Education Leadership Development Initiative
PELDI 2001 Video Series
“DC Community Voices: Bringing Globalization Home”
We continue our video series about working women & men
of all racial & ethnic groups and their struggles for economic and social
justice throughout our history. We will derive lessons for building our
movement today
Date: Thursday,
January 18, 2001
Time: 7:00 pm
to 9:00 pm
Place: St.
Stephen’s Church
1525
Newton St., NW
[Columbia Heights metro, Church @ the
northeast corner of Newton & 16th Sts]
Event: 14th
Street Freestyle: 68 2 98
Mount
Pleasant: The Roots of a Rebellion!
The Fire this Time – One of the stories by young directors
from Martha’s Table who interview older
activists and document events surrounding the uprising in Washington, DC that
took place in 1968 after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sparked by a 1991 incident in Adams Morgan in which DC police
shoot and severely wound Daniel Gomez, angry community members take to the
streets against police brutality. The
mayor of DC cracks down on the rebellion by putting the area under a general
curfew.
A total of 30 minutes of video showing will be follow by
dialogue. The video series is open to the public. There are no fees, but donations
are welcomed!
Sponsors: Project South: Institute for the Elimination of
Poverty & Genocide * American U. Sociology Dept. * Committee of Indigenous Solidarity–
CIS * Copwatch DC * St. Stephen’s Community Center
·
STICS– Stand Tall in Community Struggle
For information contact: Project South Washington Office @
202.332.5333 or 301.320.4034