SISTERSPACE AND BOOKS
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We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight Community Newsletter
January 13, 2010

 

 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Starting in 1965, King began to express doubts about the United States' role in the Vietnam War.  In an April 4, 1967 appearance at the New York City Riverside Church—exactly one year before his death—King delivered a speech titled "Beyond Vietnam". In the speech, he spoke strongly against the U.S.'s role in the war, insisting that the U.S. was in Vietnam "to occupy it as an American colony" and calling the U.S. government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today". He also argued that the country needed larger and broader moral changes: A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in, and, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say...To read more Click Here

 

 

Purchase your Martin Luther King, Jr. Poster from Sisterspace and Books ($6.00)
 

Booksigning and Discussion

 

 

Friday, January 15th, 6:00pm-8:00pm

 

Come and meet London-based African writer, blogger, gender and LGBTI activist Sokari Ekine at Sisterspace and Books (3717 Georgia Avenue N.W.). Join Sokari as she discusses and signs her new, edited book, "SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa", and updates us on gender violence in Nigeria's oil-rich and exploited Niger Delta region. A social justice activist with a background in technology, education and human rights, Ekine's award-winning blog, Black Looks, focuses on issues generally ignored by mainstream media and other African bloggers.

 

Sokari deftly addresses issues such as women and gender in the Niger Delta, gender and militarisation, LGBTI experiences and activism in Africa, and other human rights issues.Ekine is a regular contributor to the UK-based New Internationalist, and to the pan-African newsletter, Pambazuka News. Her new book, "SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa", including contributions from 14 contributors, is published by Pambazuka Press. 

 

Sunday, January 17th, 4:00pm~Brother Bey’s Coat Drive for the Homeless: A Christmas Musical with Jeff Majors. Featuring U.T.B.C. Praise Team, Ron Iceman Wallace, Psalm Exchange Production’s Ron and Davey Yarborough, Vernon Burch and Servant Southern Gospel Singers, Sensational Nightingales, Laron Young, Dave Bass, Ivy Hilton Anderson, Rahim Muhammad, and MC Evangelist Rev. Jewel Boykin co-host of “Nothing But the Truth Broadcast WYCB 1340am.” Advance Tickets: $15.00. Bring a coat and or new socks for the homeless and get in for free. Bring a homeless person with you (they get in free). Location: Union Temple Baptist Church, 1225 W. Street, S.E. For more information call 202-255-2654 or 202-678-8822. A WPFW 89.3fm Radio Media Sponsor.

 

Monday, January 18th, 10:00am-1:00pm~Women in the Life Brunch. We want to know what more of you think! What type of programs would you like to see WITLA offer lesbians of color? The Women in the Life Association is hosting a series of focus groups to listen to you, our community, and to see what your needs are! Please join us for this free brunch. WITLA is a social justice organization advancing the rights of lesbians of color through cultural affirmation, education and advocacy. www.womeninthelife.com, www.facebook.com/witla. Location: Sisterspace and Books, 3717 Georgia Avenue N.W. For more information contact tribble2@verizon.net or call 202-829-0306.

Monday, January 18th, 3:00pm-5:00pm~Booksigning and Discussion with author Larry Chang. “Two key themes of my life are Anomaly and Synthesis. Since I was born of Chinese parents in Jamaica and grew up there, I’m culturally black which did not sit well with my family, and gay, which is anathema to the majority of my fellow Jamaicans, resulting in my being granted asylum in the US. I've known 30 gay men who've been killed in Jamaica, so my fear of persecution is a tad more than just academic. Here in the US, I don't fit into the Asian community, the Jamaicans are wary of anyone who would flee their idealized paradise, and African Americans don’t quite know what to make of me. Hence, I don't fit anywhere, have become a man without a country, the Eternal Outsider. That perspective, however, has its advantages as my varied identities, ethnicities and experience affords me a wider repertoire of possibilities. I'm able also to blend and meld diverse elements into new combinations. I'm accomplished in many fields, having been blessed with numerous talents, which paradoxically can present a challenge of having too many choices. Being intelligently lazy and laid-back, I do what i can when i can and go with the flow. I'm almost completely self-sufficient, granted my wants and lifestyle are simple, needing only the intimate companionship of a partner. The signs of the times are now telling me to pursue my dream of living in intentional community.”  Chang will discuss and sign his books, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing, and Wisdom for the Soul of Black Folk. http://ecolocity.ning.com/.  Location: Sisterspace and Books, 3717 Georgia Avenue, N.W. 202-829-0306

Sunday, January 31st, 9:00am-3:00pm~ Spiritual Readings by Ajike Kendrick. An opportunity to look beyond the veil of circumstances into personal truths using round, multicultural goddess-centered tarot with an empowering philosophy. Identify recurring personal patterns and tools for change. Àjíké Kendrick, M.A. is a Life Coach & Leadership Consultant. Spiritry (www.spiritry.com) is her unique consulting business which provides individuals and organizations with cutting edge, spiritually-based leadership development services: life coaching, readings, seminars, weekend retreats, and meditation circles. Àjíké holds a M.A. from New York University where she concentrated in leadership development and women’s studies. She received her B.A. in International Relations from Shaw University in 1993. Location: 2519 University Place N.W. #C (University Place is between 14th and 15th and Euclid Street N.W.). Limited spaces available. To schedule a reading please call Takada at 202-276-7156 or send an email to arulla6@yahoo.com.