| | | Sisterspace and Books 202-829-9612 |  We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight Community Newsletter  June 14, 2012 | | June 22nd - 25th, 2012 Join the Labor Heritage Foundation Great Labor Arts Exchange The Great Labor Arts Exchange is a gathering of union and community activists, rank and filers, organizers, cultural workers, artists, labor educators, and youth who use, or support the use of, songs, art, poetry, theater, skits, posters, cartoons, and film to strengthen the labor movement. You don't need to be an artist or performer to attend or perform!!! Full information on the conference can be found on the Labor Heritage Foundation web site. www.laborheritage.org Conference on Creative Organizing The Conference on Creative Organizing Program is a leadership-training program for union staff, organizers, activists, and rank-and-filers. Participants learn how to think outside the box and approach organizing challenges creatively from a different point of view. They will also develop new skills including how to involve others in songs, chants, skits, game shows, costume, theater, and other creative strategies. Learn to use cultural tools to combat fear, get members involved, attract media attention, integrate contemporary or "pop" culture into organizing strategies, and inject "excitement" into union and political campaigns. Full information on the Conference on Creative Organizing can be found on the Labor Heritage Foundation web site. www.laborheritage.org | |
DC Statehood 'Why Do We Want It - How Do We Get It?' Summit
Join us for an exciting afternoon of information on DC history, the ongoing efforts for equal rights in DCand why Statehood will change life in DC for the better!
DC residents voted for statehood over 20 years ago, but still live on the nation's "Last Plantation", completely ruled by the US Congress!
Join elected officials, educators, activists and your friends and neighbors and add your voice to ways we can make DC Statehood a reality! And a little music and poetry will add some "flava" to the day!
When: Saturday, June 16, 2012 – 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where: Howard University - Blackburn Center – Digital Auditorium
2397 6th Street, N.W. - 70 bus, Howard subway exit, green/yellow lines
Light Lunch Provided! - Free and Open to the Public
Free DC! – Statehood NOW!
Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition
(Free DC) www.FreeDC.org, 202-232-2500 | | PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL United Church of Christ 5301 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20011 202-723-5330 (Office) 202-723-9478 (Fax) Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, Senior Minister Website: www.plymouth-ucc.org Email address: plymouthcongregational@yahoo.com MEN'S CLUB MINISTRY On June 16th, the Men's Club Ministry (MCM) will sponsor a church picnic at Rock Creek Park for members and friends of Plymouth UCC. The Men's Day Program with take place the following day (Father's Day) at the 11:00 a.m. service. The featured speaker will be the Rev. Lewis Anthony. Rev. Anthony is a dynamic orator, and the service promises to provide spiritual inspiration for all. Funds raised will be used to support scholarships for the youth of the church, the Building Fund, the food pantry and other MCM activities. The Annual Men's Day program will be held on Father's Day, June 17, 2012. Male members and friends of Plymouth are encouraged to join the male ensemble for the occasion. Please contact Kester Kemp at 301.384.6828 or Waldo Jackson at 202.529.3894. The Reverend Dr. Lewis M. Anthony Episcopal Director for Ecumenical Affairs, Mid-Atlantic II Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church & Pastor of the Saint Lucille A.M.E Zion Church of Washington, D.C. The Reverend Dr. Lewis M. Anthony is a third generation native of Washington, D.C. and a graduate of Anacostia Senior High School, Columbia and Harvard Universities. He presently serves as Episcopal Director for Ecumenical Affairs and Government Relations, Mid-Atlantic II Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the recently appointed pastor of the Saint Lucille A.M.E Zion Church of Washington, D.C. Full Bio is located at the end of the newsletter. | | Saturday, June 16th, 3:00pm 517 T St. N.W. Washington, D.C. TheDC Metro Coalition to free the Cuban Five is hosting a cookout/potluck event. Celebrate the anniversary of Che Guevara's birthday, the Cuban revolution, and demand freedom for the Cuban Five.
The event offers an opportunity to discuss Che's role in the revolution, demand freedom for the Five, the continuingU.S. embargo against Cuba , and, of course socialize with supporters and those who want to learn more about Cuba .
For more info you can call Kamau at 202 986-5839.
Bring friends and family!Bring your favorite dish!
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Sunday, June 17th, 11:00am HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Celebrate the men in your life and in the Community. Celebrate the Fathers and Brothers, Sons and Uncles, Husbands and Mentors, Teachers and Preachers, Doctors and Nurses, Entertainers and SportSmen, Policemen and Firemen, Dentist and Engineers,Homeless and Unemployed, 12thstepmen and artist,working-class and Activist-Organizer-Men. Celebrate Your Men!!! Celebrate Our Men!!! Celebrate Men!!! The first modern celebration of a "Father's Day" was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Clayton was mourning the loss of her father when, on December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested her pastor Robert Thomas Webb to honor all those fathers.Grace Golden Clayton chose the Sunday nearest to the birthday of her father, Methodist minister Fletcher Golden. The event did not have repercussions outside of Fairmont for several reasons, among them: the city was overwhelmed by other events, the celebration was never promoted outside of the town itself and no proclamation was made in the City Council. Also two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence DayJuly 4, 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows including a hot air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old girl on July 4. The local church and Council were overwhelmed and they didn't even think of promoting the event, and it wasn't celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced in press and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event or even talked to other persons about it. Clayton also might have been inspired by Anna Jarvis' crusade to establish Mother's Day; two months prior, Jarvis had held a celebration for her dead mother in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles (24 km) away from Fairmont.
| | Annual Voices of Palestine Summer Film Series Wednesdays, June 20Th - July 18th,2012, 6:30 p.m. The Jerusalem Fund 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037 The Jerusalem Fund and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University are pleased to present their annual summer film series highlighting recent documentary and feature films from and about Palestine that explore the social, cultural and political complexities of Palestinian life and identity. This film is the first in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2012 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. | | Help Protect Our Right to Decent, Affordable Housing! Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 1:00pm - 4:00pm National City Christian Church 5 Thomas Circle N.W. Join Tenants from across the city to talk with elected officials and government agencies about our housing needs and priorities! Get involved in campaigns for affordable housing and strategize to build a stronger tenant movement in DC. TheTown Hall has a strong track record of winning the priorities put forth at the event. We have big plans for this year, and hope you can help make them possible! Free lunch and childcare will be provided! Please RSVP for childcare by June 15th. There will be interpretation in Spanish, Amharic and Chinese. For more information contact LEDC: 202-540-7419 or TenantsRights@ledcmetro.org Register your seat now!
| Will You JOIN Us For Our Right To Housing Teach-In and Celebration? Sunday, June 24th Noon – 9:00 pm Lamont Park (Mt. Pleasant and Lamont Streets N.W.) We Must Build A Strong Movement For Quality Affordable Housing In District of Columbia District of Columbia's Affordable Housing Tools: ** Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) Program ** Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Requirements ** Rent Control Law/Rent Stabilization Policy ** And Much, Much More... Bring A Picnic Basket! Bring A Lawn Chair! Bring Another Resident! Linda Leaks Justice Advocacy Alliance (JAA) | | Smithsonian to host Funk Concert on National Mall
Funk music will have its place on the National Mall this summer during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
The Smithsonian has announced plans for a "Bring Back the Funk" concert June 27 featuring musicians
George Clinton, Meshell Ndegeocello and Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will host the free evening concert. It will open the Folklife Festival's evening concert series near the site of the future black history museum.
Last year, Clinton donated the iconic stage prop, "The Mothership," used by his group Parliament-Funkadelic, to the museum.
When it opens, one of the black history museum's first exhibits will be called "Musical Crossroads" to tell the story ofAfrican-American music over time. The museum is under construction and scheduled to open in 2015.
For more information visit www.festival.si.edu | | written by Michael Payne Moss 4 Performances Only - June 28-July 1, 2012! (Thurs., Fri., Sat. at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday at 2:30 p.m.) At the H Street Playhouse Call: 202-529-5763 | The devastations of drug addiction, a release from prison, an impending judicial appointment, an unpaid debt, and revenge collide when two brothers, with very different paths, are reunited. Each must make fateful decisions, and accept the consequences, as long-held secrets expose contradictions in their lives. Issues emerge that call into question what it means to be a son, brother, father, a man. | | Cast members include Daron P. Stewart, Keith E. Irby, DeJeanette Horne, and JoAnn M. Williams. The play is directed by Shirley Basfield-Dunlap. Day of Atonement can be enjoyed by audiences of all backgrounds because of the various issues highlighted throughout. African Continuum Theatre offers public readings of new works by playwrights of color through its Fresh Flavas New Play Development program and short performances with its Off the Circuit Performance Ensemble. | | |
The Hieroglyphic Signs and Symbols of Traditional Black/African Hair featuring Mama Konta The Author of The Mother Braid Come learn the coding in the art and history of braiding and styling and the secrets they keep about who we are and your health. | | Hi Folks Here is the url: I saw this play two years ago. Friends saw him in NYC. Very political. Very true to Robeson's politics. Could way to spend an evening with friends and great discussion afterwards! Please check it out. In struggle Sarah | | Join Us on June 17th, 11:00am at Plymouth Congregational Church UCC to hear our men's day (Fathers day) speaker. The Reverend Dr. Lewis M. Anthony Episcopal Director for Ecumenical Affairs, Mid-Atlantic II Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church & Pastor of the Saint Lucille A.M.E Zion Church of Washington, D.C. The Reverend Dr. Lewis M. Anthony is a third generation native of Washington, D.C. and a graduate of Anacostia Senior High School, Columbia and Harvard Universities. He presently serves as Episcopal Director for Ecumenical Affairs and Government Relations, Mid-Atlantic II Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the recently appointed pastor of the Saint Lucille A.M.E Zion Church of Washington, D.C. Prior to these assignments, he served with distinction for seventeen years as Senior Pastor of Washington's historic Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church. Founded in 1832, the Metropolitan Wesley church served as a station on the famed "Underground Railroad, birthplace of the first public school for Washington's African-American children and is the "Mother Church" of the witness of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in the Nation's Capitol. A veteran of civic and public affairs, he began his long involvement in public service and advocacy as a student leader in the movement to convince the Congress of the United States to build a new Shaw Junior High School and as a contributor to the first student Bill of Rights for the D.C. Public Schools. In 1969 following his speech at the dedication of Washington's Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, he was appointed the city's first Youth Representative and Youth Advisor to the Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia, by The Honorable Walter E. Washington. On the 4th of July 1969, representing the Mayor-Commissioner, he spoke from a personally prepared speech , to an audience of over 180,000 people on the National Mall at the age of 17. Upon his election as Washington's first elected Mayor, Mayor Washington appointed Dr. Anthony as Assistant to the Mayor and City Administrator of the District of Columbia in 1977. During this time, he was appointed to lead the Municipal Code Compilation Project, the assembly and subsequent codification of all the regulations of the District of Columbia. In 1979, following the election of Washington's second elected Mayor, The Honorable Marion Barry, he was appointed as Assistant to the Secretary of the District of Columbia for Appeals, Executive Issuances, Protocol and Ceremonies and was twice appointed to serve as Assistant to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for Religious Affairs. Subsequently, he served two years as Director of the Congressional District Office, of The Honorable Walter E. Fauntroy, Washington's first elected representative to the United States House of Representatives and noted civil rights leader and advisor to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From 1977-1984, Dr. Anthony was privileged to serve the church of his childhood as Assistant Pastor of Washington's historic Union Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church and briefly as a ministerial advisor to the then Reston Community Fellowship Church of Reston, Virginia. In 1984 he was appointed pastor of the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church of Baltimore, Maryland. After two years of transforming and rewarding ministry in Baltimore, he was appointed pastor of the Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church by Bishop Foggie on May 25, 1986 During his six years as pastor of Varick Memorial, God wonderfully blessed the congregation to share over one hundred thousand dollars with the poor, elderly and disinherited. The congregation also received recognition for it prison ministry, mentor outreach to African-American men, youth ministry and ministry to families and individuals caught in the affliction of addiction. Following this fruitful ministry, he was appointed to the historic Metropolitan Wesley Church by Bishop Hoggard on May 24, 1992. In 1989 the Board of Bishops appointed Dr. Anthony to serve as the Enabler for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church to the Consultation on Church Union. He also served as an Alternate Member of the Connectional Judicial Council until by the gracious suffrage of his colleagues he was elected as a General Conference delegate in 1991. At a critical and urgent time in Zion's history, he was appointed by Bishop Milton Alexander Williams to serve the Full Gospel A.M.E. Zion Church first as supply pastor and subsequently as the fifth appointed pastor. He discharged these assignments while simultaneously serving a pastor of Metropolitan until May 2004. II By the undeserved providence of God, a widely traveled speaker, teacher and preacher (See Appendix), Dr. Anthony is also active in many activities, serving as the Protestant Chaplain for the Metropolitan Police and Fire Departments. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Council of Churches of Greater Washington, D.C. United Way, District of Columbia CASA (Court Appointed Service Advocates), Black United Fund, Citizen's Advisory Board of the D.C. Department of Corrections, Wednesday Morning Clergy Fellowship, Board of Directors of D.C. One Church One Child, Chairman of the D.C. branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Council and Vice President for Academic Affairs for the Maple Springs Bible College and Seminary. He has served as National Advisor to the Anti-Drug Program of the Congress of National Black Churches, Consultant to the National Crime Prevention Council, Chairman of the D.C. Coalition for the Homeless, Chairman of the District of Columbia State Advisory Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission, President of the Council of Churches of Greater Washington, Spirituality Coordinator for the National Black Family Reunion of the National Council of Negro Women and was appointed by the United States District Court of the District of Columbia to serve as a member Advisory Board of DC Child and Family Services during the agency's receivership. Beyond his ecumenical assignments, he serves his beloved denomination as Administrative Assistant for Spiritual Direction to the General Secretary and Department of Christian Education, Advisor to the Assembly of Christian Educators for the A.M.E Zion Church, Member of the Connectional Council of the AME Zion Church, Restructuring Commission and by appointment of Bishop Warren Matthew Brown, Chairman of the Conference Committee of Admissions and Ecumenical Relations Committee for the Philadelphia Baltimore Annual Conference. III Awards and Citations He is recipient of numerous awards and citations including citations from Presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson and Richard Milhous Nixon, the Van Am Prize Medal of Columbia University, the Distinguished Public Service Award of the District of Columbia (the city's highest honor), the Grassroots Award for Community Service of the Southern Christian Leadership Council and the National Trio Achiever's Award, of the National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations. He has also been honored by the Governor of Kentucky as an "Honorary Kentucky Colonel" ; the Governor of Nebraska as an " Admiral of the Great Navy of Nebraska"; the Mayor and Council of Huntsville, Alabama as an "Honorary Citizen" and has received "Keys to the City", to Akron, Ohio, Omaha, Nebraska, Forth Worth , Texas and the Seal of Durham North Carolina. Listed in the 1979 edition of Outstanding Young Men In America, he was also chosen as " Minister of the Year" at the 1987 Washington Achievement Awards of Class International and in 1990 was saluted as the Outstanding Former Title I Student in America, by the National Association of State Coordinators. In August 2001 he was citied by the Center of Substance Abuse and Treatment of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for contributions to local and national efforts to combat drug abuse and in the same year by the National Crime Prevention Council for contributions to community and service as a Public Safety Chaplain serving at the Pentagon following the terrorist attacks of September 11. He has also received the Dean's Award of the Andrew Rankin Chapel of Howard University and the prestigious James F. Jenkins, Pillar of Faith Award for "outstanding contributions in the spiritual community" awarded by the Howard University School of Divinity and United Church of Christ. On July 22, 1998 he was privileged to be invited to the White House to introduce President William J. Clinton on the occasion of the announcement of the release of millions of dollars in federal grants to support faith based initiatives for the prevention of juvenile, violence, abuse and delinquency. He is listed in National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals and on April 30, 2000 was inducted into the inaugural class of the Washington D.C. Hall of Fame, receiving the Legacy Award for Religion. Appendix A Summary Listing of the Undeserved Privilege to Share Keynote Addresses and Plenary Presentations -
American Probation Association -
Congress of National Black Churches, AIDS Conference -
National Convention of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) -
National Youth Congress of MADD -
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (twice keynote and Adjunct Faculty for Religious Symposium -
International Association of Black Firefighters -
National Conference on Solutions for Crime in the Black Community (four times) -
The National Weed and Seed Conference, U.S. Department of Justice -
Symposium of the Center of Substance Abuse and Treatment, (Role of Religion in Substance Abuse Prevention) -
Annual Lifesaver's National Safety Conference -
Governor's Drug Abuse Conference, State of Nevada -
Judicial Conference on Juvenile Justice for the Commonwealth of Virginia -
State Convention of the Virginia PTA -
South Carolina Cross-Cultural Conference for Mental Health -
Annual Kennedy-King Dinner, D.C. Democratic Central Committee -
New Hampshire Teachers Association -
Governor's Drug Prevention Conference for Nebraska -
Statewide Mississippi DARE Conference -
National Head Start Parents Conferences -
New Jersey Statewide Head Start Parents Conference -
Missouri Police Chief's Association/National Police Chief's Association -
Balm In Gilead, National Service for the Healing of AIDS -
The Roosevelt Thompson Awards Banquet, AME Zion Church (Twice) -
Regional Conferences in Five Cities for the United States Department of Justice (Office of Juvenile Justice Programs) -
National Meeting of U.S. Attorneys, San Francisco, California -
Social Workers Conference, New York, New York University Presentations -
Shaw University Honors Convocation -
Spring Convocation Address, Bowie State University -
Commencement Prayer Breakfast, Howard University -
Student Leadership Conference, Montgomery College -
Fall Convocation Address, South Carolina State University -
Bowie State University Freshman Convocation (twice) -
Lomax-Hannon College Founder's Day, Alabama Florida Episcopal District Sermons and Prayers -
Privileged to preach the opening sermon at the Andrew Rankin Chapel, Howard University for the freshman class for over ten years -
Preacher, Washington National Cathedral, D.C. Day and Good Friday Services -
Speaker, Urban Dinner proceeding the National Prayer Breakfast -
Prayers at the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Prayer Breakfast -
Opening Prayer at the 2006 National NAACP Convention -
Preacher, Washington Hebrew Congregation Service in memory of Rabbi Joseph Weinberg and Martin Luther King , Jr. -
Prayers at the National Convention of NOBLE -
Prayers Congressional Black Caucus Prayer Service for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Martin Luther King Day Celebrations -
United Planning Organization Annual Citywide MLK Prayer Breakfast for Washington, D.C. (twice) -
Interfaith Conference of Washington, Annual MLK Service -
Citywide Observance, Durham, North Carolina Martin Luther King Day Celebrations (continued) -
Citywide Observance, Rochester, New York -
Citywide Observance, Tampa, Florida -
Citywide Observance, Los Vegas, Nevada -
Concordia University, Chicago, Illinois -
African Methodist Ministers Alliance, Annual Citywide Observance, Buffalo, New York Public Education -
Frequent speaker at High Schools and other public school Commencements in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, having the distinction of addressing a majority of the DCPS High School graduations in the District of Columbia -
Annual Citywide Graduation of GED graduates at the University of the District of Columbia (twice) -
First Commencement Speaker at the Citywide Annual Rainbow Graduation held for seniors completing courses and credits for High School graduation from summer school -
Chosen to address all the employees of the D.C. Public School (senior staff, administrators, teachers, staff custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and employees at the Superintendent's Citywide Convocation at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -
Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, New York | | | | | | |
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