Meeting Dates for January (Poughkeepsie ENJAN)

  • ENJAN is not meeting on Jan. 22 (just as it didn't meet on Jan. 8 due to a conflicting meeting at the Unitarian Fellowship). ENJAN will meet on Jan. 29.
  • After that, ENJAN will meet the second and fourth Wednesday of every month, as usual.

UUFP on Randolph Ave on Jan 8

As we announced weeks ago, the UUFP on Randolph Ave. is hosting a discussion with Tom Angell (Public Defender), Mary Ellen Still (Probation director), Marie Shultis reentry program and some former offenders. It's at 7 PM tonight (Jan. 8). Just a reminder but, as you can see, the program is expanded. If you have questions I am at 845-345-7107 or 631-525-1715

ENJAN will meet both next Wednesday (Jan 15) and the week after (Jan 22).

Saturday, Jan 18

19th Annual Mid-Hudson Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
March for Social and Economic Justice

Saturday, January 18, 2014.12:00pm.

Join us for the 19th Annual Real Majority Project Mid-Hudson Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. March for Social and Economic Justice!

Sat. Jan. 18th Noon
Smith Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church
124 Smith Street Poughkeepsie...

Noon: Meet inside Smith Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church for speeches & songs

1 pm: Start MLK March-- to Dutchess County Office Building at 22
Market Chiz's Heart Street

3 pm: Discussion/refreshments: Holy Light Pentecostal Church-- 33 Clover Street

Information:
Mae Parker-Harris: 485-3516
Ann Perry: 454-0947
Rev. H. Dwight Bolton: 454-1913
http://www.DutchessDemocracy.blogspot.com/ joeltyner@earthlink.net
876 2488/453-2105

[this year we're doing this two days early-- so we can help Pete
Seeger mobilize 1000+ for his MLK march on Jan. 20th (MLK Day)
starting at 10 am that morning from Springfield Baptist Church in
Beacon!]

Who Is Jim Crow?

Who Is Jim Crow?” Film Series
Event Type: Adult Film Program
Date: 1/18/2014
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Auditorium

Description: Film: "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness". This movie features Michelle Alexander who talks about her book "The New Jim Crow" that sparked a nationwide movement to end mass incarceration and the racial caste system it has created.

A film discussion will be led by Odell Winfield, founder of ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network) and Rev. Steve Ruelke (Ecclesia Ministries of Newburgh). The series is sponsored by: Greater Newburgh Ministerial Association, ENJAN, Ecclesia Ministries of Newburgh and Newburgh Free Library.

A film discussion will be led by Odell Winfield, founder of ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network) and Rev. Steve Ruelke (Ecclesia Ministries of Newburgh). The series is sponsored by Sponsored by: Greater Newburgh Ministerial Association, ENJAN, Ecclesia Ministries of Newburgh and Newburgh Free Library.

Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Day

A community reading and discussion of his fabulous
“Letter from Birmingham Jail”

at New Progressive Baptist Church in Kingston.

The event is 6-8pm on Monday, January 20.

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