Four Black men, who happen to be scholars, will come together to participate in a moderated, candid discussion--first amongst themselves, and then with the audience--about racial healing, history, and the law. featuring: Kwami Abdul-Bey of Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement (author of “THE TABLES HAVE TURNED: A Street Guide to Guerrilla Lawfare & co-author […]
The UA-Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy will host the 2023 Advancing Equity Award ceremony and the inaugural convocation for the Racial Healing Certification Program on Thursday, January 19, 2023 - in commemoration of National Day of Racial Healing. The Advancing Equity Award is presented to organizations using innovative solutions to address […]
UA-Little Rock, UALR-Downtown, UA-Clinton School of Public Service, the Racial Barriers Committee, the APJMM Pulaski County Community Remembrance Project and From Noose to Needle AR will co-host this community dialogue that will begin with a listening session on “Scars Brought into Focus: The Silver Screen of the Mind * Images * Memories (A True Horror […]
The UA-Fort Smith Baha'i Club will host an in-person screening of the film "An American Story: Racial Amity and the Other Tradition" on the UA-Fort Smith campus at the Windgate Art & Design Theatre. The first ten high school or college students (from any Arkansas or Oklahoma campus) to arrive to the screening, and stay […]
The UA-Little Rock Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Racial Barriers Committee (RBC) will host the second annual NDORH-AR 2023 Open Mic Night, a hybrid event on the UA-Little Rock campus at the Donaghey Student Center. *** PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO ACCESS REGISTRATION FOR ALL EVENTS: https://APJMM.news/NDORHAR2023 *** ***THIS EVENT WILL BE […]
With the current politically-motivated wave of attacks on Black History under the guise of "an anti-CRT movement," it is very important to understand the past so that connections can be made to the present. This dialogue will feature: Kwami Abdul-Bey of Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement (author of “THE TABLES HAVE TURNED: A Street […]
Civic Saturday is a civic analogue to a faith gathering designed to rebuild belief in our civic institutions and in each other by bringing friends and strangers together to nurture a spirit of shared purpose. It is a place to connect around the values and practices of being an active citizen, to reckon with and […]
H.E.R.2 Spot (Healing Empowering & Ratchet Restoration) is like a morning convo with your favorite sister, a lunch with a great mentor, as you prepare for a sophistirachet evening of fun with the girls. Drenched with coffee-colored melanin of gorgeous shades and hues, showered with BlackGirlMagic this conversation is a kickstart and wind down to […]
The struggles and repercussions of discrimination, of prejudice, and of racism loom large in American society. Is racism actually a moral and even spiritual disease that needs to go beyond changing laws and reforming institutions? Does the cure to finally eradicate it also demand profound changes in how we think and see each other, ultimately […]
Out of Hand Theater ATL joins with the Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement to begin offering Equitable Dinners specific to Arkansas, using the Equitable Dinners Atlanta model that brings together people of all backgrounds to have vital conversations on how this history connects to systemic issues today – and inspire positive action for moving […]