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Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture Four
Apr
23

Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture Four

Speaker: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Meeting Dates: Tuesdays, April 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd.

Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST (8:00 pm EST to 9:30 pm EST)

In this four lecture course, Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries will take a thematic approach to exploring and making sense of the most troubling aspects of United States history.

Lectures:

  1. Racism: Dr. Jefries will discuss the Founders, the Lost Cause, and Massive Resistance.

  2. Resistance: Dr. Jeffries will discuss the Underground Railroad, Black Wall Street, and the Black Panthers

  3. Democracy: Dr. Jeffries will discuss Reconstruction, Disenfranchisement, Voting Rights Act, and Voter Organizing

  4. Mobility (Immobility): Dr. Jeffries will discussion the Slave Trade (international and domestic), Convict Leasing and Debt Peonage, and the Great Migration

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Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture Three
Apr
16

Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture Three

Speaker: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Meeting Dates: Tuesdays, April 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd.

Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST (8:00 pm EST to 9:30 pm EST)

In this four lecture course, Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries will take a thematic approach to exploring and making sense of the most troubling aspects of United States history.

Lectures:

  1. Racism: Dr. Jefries will discuss the Founders, the Lost Cause, and Massive Resistance.

  2. Resistance: Dr. Jeffries will discuss the Underground Railroad, Black Wall Street, and the Black Panthers

  3. Democracy: Dr. Jeffries will discuss Reconstruction, Disenfranchisement, Voting Rights Act, and Voter Organizing

  4. Mobility (Immobility): Dr. Jeffries will discussion the Slave Trade (international and domestic), Convict Leasing and Debt Peonage, and the Great Migration

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Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture Two
Apr
9

Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture Two

Speaker: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Meeting Dates: Tuesdays, April 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd.

Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST (8:00 pm EST to 9:30 pm EST)

In this four lecture course, Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries will take a thematic approach to exploring and making sense of the most troubling aspects of United States history.

Lectures:

  1. Racism: Dr. Jefries will discuss the Founders, the Lost Cause, and Massive Resistance.

  2. Resistance: Dr. Jeffries will discuss the Underground Railroad, Black Wall Street, and the Black Panthers

  3. Democracy: Dr. Jeffries will discuss Reconstruction, Disenfranchisement, Voting Rights Act, and Voter Organizing

  4. Mobility (Immobility): Dr. Jeffries will discussion the Slave Trade (international and domestic), Convict Leasing and Debt Peonage, and the Great Migration

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Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture One
Apr
2

Foundational Course: Confronting Hard Histories - Lecture One

Speaker: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Meeting Dates: Tuesdays, April 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd.

Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST (8:00 pm EST to 9:30 pm EST)

In this four lecture course, Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries will take a thematic approach to exploring and making sense of the most troubling aspects of United States history.

Lectures:

  1. Racism: Dr. Jefries will discuss the Founders, the Lost Cause, and Massive Resistance.

  2. Resistance: Dr. Jeffries will discuss the Underground Railroad, Black Wall Street, and the Black Panthers

  3. Democracy: Dr. Jeffries will discuss Reconstruction, Disenfranchisement, Voting Rights Act, and Voter Organizing

  4. Mobility (Immobility): Dr. Jeffries will discussion the Slave Trade (international and domestic), Convict Leasing and Debt Peonage, and the Great Migration

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Foundational Course: Practicing Democracy: Women’s Political Activism in the Progressive Era - Lecture Three
Mar
25

Foundational Course: Practicing Democracy: Women’s Political Activism in the Progressive Era - Lecture Three

Speaker: Dr. Cathleen Cahill

Meeting Dates: Mondays, March 11th, 18th, 25th

Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST

This foundational course explores women’s political activity and strategies. Women in US history have always been politically engaged, though the forms of their activism have varied throughout time.

In this class, we primarily focus on women in the Progressive Era, a period spanning the 1890s through WWI. Historians often describe it as a moment of modernization in which Americans confronted issues that remain with us today such as racism and segregation, labor activism, immigration agitation, environmental conservation, and calls for sexual equality.

With a focus on a group of diverse women, we will explore their creative and powerful efforts to address these issues and change their world. In doing so, we will consider what motivated them to become active. What kinds of resistance they faced. How they overcome obstacles. And how they strategically fought for what they believed in. Although we will focus on individual stories, they were not exceptional, but representative of many other women who fought for equality, dignity, and justice. Their stories are inspiring for today's activists and lessons to be learned from as well.

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Foundational Course: Practicing Democracy: Women’s Political Activism in the Progressive Era - Lecture Two
Mar
18

Foundational Course: Practicing Democracy: Women’s Political Activism in the Progressive Era - Lecture Two

Speaker: Dr. Cathleen Cahill

Meeting Dates: Mondays, March 11th, 18th, 25th

Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST

This foundational course explores women’s political activity and strategies. Women in US history have always been politically engaged, though the forms of their activism have varied throughout time.

In this class, we primarily focus on women in the Progressive Era, a period spanning the 1890s through WWI. Historians often describe it as a moment of modernization in which Americans confronted issues that remain with us today such as racism and segregation, labor activism, immigration agitation, environmental conservation, and calls for sexual equality.

With a focus on a group of diverse women, we will explore their creative and powerful efforts to address these issues and change their world. In doing so, we will consider what motivated them to become active. What kinds of resistance they faced. How they overcome obstacles. And how they strategically fought for what they believed in. Although we will focus on individual stories, they were not exceptional, but representative of many other women who fought for equality, dignity, and justice. Their stories are inspiring for today's activists and lessons to be learned from as well.

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Foundational Course: Practicing Democracy: Women’s Political Activism in the Progressive Era - Lecture One
Mar
11

Foundational Course: Practicing Democracy: Women’s Political Activism in the Progressive Era - Lecture One

Speaker: Dr. Cathleen Cahill

Meeting Dates: Mondays, March 11th, 18th, 25th

Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST

This foundational course explores women’s political activity and strategies. Women in US history have always been politically engaged, though the forms of their activism have varied throughout time.

In this class, we primarily focus on women in the Progressive Era, a period spanning the 1890s through WWI. Historians often describe it as a moment of modernization in which Americans confronted issues that remain with us today such as racism and segregation, labor activism, immigration agitation, environmental conservation, and calls for sexual equality.

With a focus on a group of diverse women, we will explore their creative and powerful efforts to address these issues and change their world. In doing so, we will consider what motivated them to become active. What kinds of resistance they faced. How they overcome obstacles. And how they strategically fought for what they believed in. Although we will focus on individual stories, they were not exceptional, but representative of many other women who fought for equality, dignity, and justice. Their stories are inspiring for today's activists and lessons to be learned from as well.

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Defcon 1: In Search of Truth in Education in Florida (In-Person & Online Event)
Mar
20

Defcon 1: In Search of Truth in Education in Florida (In-Person & Online Event)

We are confronted today in America by an attack on truth in education. The Institute for Common Power cannot and will not idly watch.

Speakers: Dr. David Domke, Institute for Common Power; Dr. Terry Anne Scott, Director, Institute for Common Power; and Dr. Michael Butler, Professor, Flagler College

Event Date: March 20

Event Starting Time: 5 pm PDT

Location: Online Via Zoom OR In person 1525 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

The Institute’s Truth Matters Initiative is committed to teaching truth, to countering those who are trying to silence it, to supporting educators who stand for truth, and to partnering with organizations and leaders who are committed to combating efforts to erase truth from existence.

The attack by political conservatives on accurate education about American history, especially on matters of race and voting, is at DefCon 1. Florida is ground zero for this assault on truth. There’s textbook censorship, School Board meetings disrupted, the “Don’t Say Gay” law, Civil Rights history canceled, and an Orwellian state “Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative.” Institute for Common Power Director Terry Anne Scott will discuss her plans for a public lecture in St. Augustine FL on lynching and leisure.

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Was access to reproductive freedoms ever really accessible to everyone?
Aug
17

Was access to reproductive freedoms ever really accessible to everyone?

There’s been a lot of information and resources shared since we had to process the Supreme Court's decision that shifted reproductive access for millions of us in this country. There's a lot of history that got us to this point, and in this session, we will take bite-size pieces to help us figure out how we got here and hopefully guide us and give us language to talk about how we can work together on what we can do moving forward.

First, we must understand Eugenics, what it even is, and its ties to what happening now. This is important because it will inform sessions we will have in the future as they will go into how a system was built out of this theory and how it's still spreading its influence even today.

There are a lot of resources for this session. Get through what you can, jump around to the ones that hold your attention, and remember, you do not have to read all the resources to participate in the conversation.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpceurrDwqG9FNJPOJiklFpgpBCPb-OtAJ

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Community and Music: The necessity of the Black church in the Civil Rights Movement
Aug
3

Community and Music: The necessity of the Black church in the Civil Rights Movement

For this session, we are going to look at the role of the Black church from the days of enslavement to the Civil Rights Movement and in between. We will look at how gospel music and Movement songs were inextricably tied together and how the role of pastors and clergy as leaders of the community-led some to become some of the first Black politicians in this country. While religion can be a slippery slope for some, for this conversation, we are focusing on the role of the Church in the fight for equity and how different the Movement and even Black survival would look had Black folks not had the church to look to.

Remember, you do not have to read all the articles to participate. Do what you can and come for the amazing conversations.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAufumtqTMvE9fzcIaSdt1xryIggOEo0RFE

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Understanding the origins of redlining and two of its major outcomes: Education and Health disparities 
Jul
20

Understanding the origins of redlining and two of its major outcomes: Education and Health disparities 

In redlined communities, we saw declining schools and a lack of funding for community resources, most of these communities are located in hazardous areas and experience a radically unfair amount of exposure to toxic materials almost daily. For this session of Lunch and Learn, we will look at how the redlining came to be, how those areas look now, and what the effects are today. Remember, read what you are able to read. Even if you didn’t get to all of the articles, you can always still participate.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvduihqTgqGNWX6HXlZmjMtaAnuvtzhZcz

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Why is Black hair a political issue? Understanding the CROWN act and history of discrimination due to natural hair
Jul
6

Why is Black hair a political issue? Understanding the CROWN act and history of discrimination due to natural hair

There’s always been a fascination with Black hair, especially when it comes to Black women due to the versatility our hair has. It’s played out in private and in public and now we are seeing news stories of children being sent home from school due to how their hair is done.

For this session, we are going to look at the history of the Tignon laws and how they set the stage for hair discrimination in this country. We will learn what it’s like for children to be sent home due to or embarrassed in public sports events. Then we will look at how politics are navigating discrimination through policies like the CROWN act.

Remember, you do not have to read all the articles to participate, but it’s highly recommended to read through as many as you are able.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvceChrDgtHtd2assKhvRgBQD3OGXfQMeG

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Is there a physicality to Racism and can it affect the human body?
Jun
22

Is there a physicality to Racism and can it affect the human body?

For this session of Lunch and Learn, we are going to take a look into how the body deals with racism on a physical level and the restrictions that come with it. How white folks are also affected by racism? No, I’m not talking about reverse racism because that doesn’t exist. I’m talking about the ways in which white folks' lives are also hindered when there is an inequity in resources, opportunities, and more. Let’s go on this journey together and see what we discover.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsc-2gqjgoG9TXG1th56IadA1ag8unpoW8

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Understanding support and opposition to Critical Race Theory. Is it really being taught in schools?
Jun
8

Understanding support and opposition to Critical Race Theory. Is it really being taught in schools?

In honor of the launch of the Institute, we are going to look at the origins of CRT from one of its founders and also look at what those in opposition are actually opposing. In order for us to move with care and equity, we must be able to look at all sides of an argument. We have an uphill battle ahead of us, let’s make sure we are well equipt for the work ahead.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdOmurzIjGdwXapgtgwrswDTLy69sImfB

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Food desert vs food apartheid: How your zip code affects your access to food
May
25

Food desert vs food apartheid: How your zip code affects your access to food

Have you heard of the terms ‘food desert’ or ‘food apartheid’ in conversations more recently and are not too sure what it means? Maybe you have never heard of these terms before but you might have driven through communities experiencing this. For this session of lunch and learn, we will learn about difficulties in getting access to fresh and healthy foods, understand what the terms ‘food desert’ or ‘food apartheid’ mean,s and get introduced to some folks that are on the front lines of getting healthier food into more homes.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctf-qrrjwuGNHAADcMMWirNVklPWbB9xFj

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AJ's Lunch and Learn Mother's Day edition: Know the name Beulah Mae Donald
May
11

AJ's Lunch and Learn Mother's Day edition: Know the name Beulah Mae Donald

In honor of Mother’s day 2022, we are going to learn about one of the most fearless mothers that most of us don’t know about. Like too many Black mothers of sons, Beulah Mae Donald lived through the murder of her youngest boy, Michael. In 1981, a lynching took the life of the 19-year-old walking to the store to buy cigarettes for his older sister in Mobile, AL. In this session, we are going to understand that lynching didn’t stop with the passing of the civil rights act of 1964. The Klan was alive and well and we will connect this story to current events that we should not turn a blind eye to. I will be honest, this will be a difficult session. I hope the LL community can manage for an afternoon and practice some self-care after so we are all better equipped to build a beloved community safe for all.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkceqhqzopHNx14fpxk4NsDauKSQa8A3nu

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AJ's Lunch and Learn: Let’s break down the origins of policing together
Apr
27

AJ's Lunch and Learn: Let’s break down the origins of policing together

For most folks, there comes a time when you need to have important conversations with the young people in your life. For Black and Brown folks, one of the earliest conversations is usually about how to interact with the police. Before the pandemic, for hundreds of years, the movements of Black and Brown folks have been patroled in various ways. During enslavement, slave patrols and militias were used as a tool to make sure Black folks “stayed in their place” and that same method is used today. For this session, we are going to look at the origins of policing in this country and how that ties into the treatment of Black and Brown folks today.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIod-6orT4sGdWOFnHoJ32M4e3l4XruXzwZ

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AJ's Lunch and Learn: Breaking down the "blue eyes, brown eyes" methods of Jane Elliott
Apr
13

AJ's Lunch and Learn: Breaking down the "blue eyes, brown eyes" methods of Jane Elliott

For this session of L&L, we are going to explore the world and methods of Jane Elliott. We are not here to critique or argue with her methodology but to look at what she does, why she does it that way, and what lessons we can learn from and then use to move the conversations on race forward. This session includes our traditional articles but you can’t get the full Jane Elliott experience without seeing her in action so we have videos as a part of our resources.

Register in advance for this session: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdeqtqDwoHtGykOqSMC-eBJFYhJYi_IVK

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AJ's Lunch and Learn: The Founding Fathers - Sally Hemings and Jefferson
Mar
23

AJ's Lunch and Learn: The Founding Fathers - Sally Hemings and Jefferson

In this session, we are going to look at the complexity of life in slavery when you are held by one of the most powerful men in the world, the brilliant circumstantial planning a young teenage girl navigated that solidified the freedom of her offspring decades later and how that unwanted union that is still being debated to this day.

Remember, please read what you are able to. There are short video clips to break up some of the information so please feel free to hop around and read what draws your interest.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkfuqsrTojHNBBA0Br_WBqRLAntN7UzmA_

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AJ's Lunch and Learn: The Founding Fathers - Ona "Oney" Judge and Washington
Mar
9

AJ's Lunch and Learn: The Founding Fathers - Ona "Oney" Judge and Washington

In the middle of 1790, a woman who was held in bondage by the family of the first Commander in Chief of this country took her life into her own hands and seemed to simply disappear. For the rest of her life, Ms. Judge was on the run from a life in bondage and the single focus of the President. Even through all of this, she was able to carve out a life for herself and have a family.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcldu2przIsGdetLJjw2MOatLvoy6ku-sl7

For the first session of this two-part session, we will start with the first person to hold the title of commander in chief. George Washington and Ona Judge are connected in a way that is not taught to us that would give us a fuller picture of the man who led this country through its revolution from the British monarchy.

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Domke Lecture: How the Democrats COULD win in 2022: Congressional Redistricting
Feb
15

Domke Lecture: How the Democrats COULD win in 2022: Congressional Redistricting

This is the first in a series of public lectures -- to be done roughly every other month until Election Day -- exploring how the Democratic Party COULD win the midterm congressional elections in 2022. To be clear, such an outcome is very, very unlikely. But just possibly, if Covid gets better and the Dems make some good choices and the Republicans don’t and then a bunch of other things line up, just maybe the Democrats could hold the US Senate and US House. This lecture series will explore a collection of political dynamics that could offer some hope for the Democrats this year. This specific lecture will focus on the 2021 and 2022 re-drawing of congressional districts by states, which has been better for Democrats than we might have expected.

Speaker: Professor David Domke, Common Power

Lecture viewing: This lecture both (a) will occur live at 5 pm PT on February 15 via Zoom, and (b) will be recorded for everyone to watch on your own timing. Registrants will receive viewing instructions one day in advance of the lecture and then one hour before.

Registration: There are four levels of registration for these lectures, starting with FREE. The content is the same across the levels; the different price points are merely for you to pick the one you wish!

Sign up is here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-the-democrats-could-win-in-2022-congressional-redistricting-tickets-259888382147

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AJ's Lunch and Learn BHM edition: Origins of racial tropes/stereotypes and how we can counter them
Feb
9

AJ's Lunch and Learn BHM edition: Origins of racial tropes/stereotypes and how we can counter them

Stereotypes are a curious thing at times. There’s the idea that they come from a kernel of truth but really, they turn false narratives into accepted perceptions. In this Lunch and Learn session, we are going to learn and identify stereotypes placed on multiple demographics. It’s something we all deal with and they inform our interactions with each other consciously and unconsciously and this is especially important because of the work we do here at CP and more critically, where we do that work.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrc-6sqjspGdSGv0TLTjvJ7ZXndPZYq0Qq

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"Common Power Day Q&A" AFTER Fannie Lou Hamer Play
Jan
22

"Common Power Day Q&A" AFTER Fannie Lou Hamer Play

Starting in mid-January, the Seattle Repertory Theatre will be performing a main stage play about Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, an American hero revered by Common Power in the fight for voting justice. This one-woman play is authored by renown playwright Cheryl West. On Saturday, Jan 22, the Theatre is holding a 2 pm matinee, and after this showing there will be a public Q & A with Bob, who knew Mrs. Hamer well. This CP Q&A will occur from 3:15pm - 4:00pm immediately following the play in the Rotunda area.

We encourage CP community members – if the Covid protocols in place can work for you – to join CP leaders at the Repertory Theatre this day. It will be educational, inspirational, and solidifying. Details are below for the play and ticket purchases.

Thank you to CP community members and Seattle Rep Board members Terri Olson Miller, John Keegan, and Winky Hussey for making this happen!

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Fannie Lou Hamer Play (Starts at 2pm)
Jan
22

Fannie Lou Hamer Play (Starts at 2pm)

2pm - 3:15pm — Play occurs

3:15pm - 4pm — CP Q&A occurs

Starting in mid-January, the Seattle Repertory Theatre will be performing a main stage play about Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, an American hero revered by Common Power in the fight for voting justice. This one-woman play is authored by renown playwright Cheryl West. On Saturday, Jan 22, the Theatre is holding a 2 pm matinee, and after this showing there will be a public Q & A with Bob, who knew Mrs. Hamer well. This CP Q&A will occur from 3:15pm - 4:00pm immediately following the play in the Rotunda area.

We encourage CP community members – if the Covid protocols in place can work for you – to join CP leaders at the Repertory Theatre this day. It will be educational, inspirational, and solidifying. Details are below for the play and ticket purchases.

Thank you to CP community members and Seattle Rep Board members Terri Olson Miller, John Keegan, and Winky Hussey for making this happen!

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AJ's Lunch and Learn: The (typically unknown) historical weight January 1st holds in this country
Jan
20

AJ's Lunch and Learn: The (typically unknown) historical weight January 1st holds in this country

For our first session of the year, we’re going to take a look at how slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, and practices held today show the connectivity of the past to the present and help kick start our journey into a hell of a fight ahead of us. History gives us the tools we need, we just have to pick them up and use them.

Register in advance for this session:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoce2gqzMuGtTpoiPgu0euhtlXYNnM2JWQ

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Final Info Session: Texas Learning Tour
Jan
18

Final Info Session: Texas Learning Tour

This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth.  Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.

This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke.  Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.

David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001.  The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation.  There will also be a question and answer session. 

More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses:  david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org

 
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Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour
Jan
8

Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour

This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth.  Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.

This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke.  Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.

David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001.  The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation.  There will also be a question and answer session.  Please choose one of the following options to join us for a session:

·       Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 6 PM

·       Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:30 PM

·       Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10 AM

More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses:  david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org

 
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Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour
Jan
6

Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour

This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth.  Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.

This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke.  Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.

David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001.  The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation.  There will also be a question and answer session.  Please choose one of the following options to join us for a session:

·       Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 6 PM

·       Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:30 PM

·       Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10 AM

More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses:  david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org

 
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Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour
Jan
4

Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour

This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth.  Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.

This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke.  Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.

David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001.  The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation.  There will also be a question and answer session.  Please choose one of the following options to join us for a session:

·       Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 6 PM

·       Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:30 PM

·       Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10 AM

More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses:  david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org

 
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Truth to Power: Moments That Shifted the Civil Rights Movement - Eight Minutes of Pure Brilliance and Bravery
Aug
25

Truth to Power: Moments That Shifted the Civil Rights Movement - Eight Minutes of Pure Brilliance and Bravery

The Civil Rights Movement is made up of many moments of immense bravery from original people. Back by popular demand, AJ and David will embark on a three-part lecture series that will start and finish with us breaking down two of the greatest speeches of the Movement.

One ticket will be good for the whole series!

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