Michelle Alexander will deliver a lecture on The New Jim Crow on Thursday, March 1, at 7:00 -- 8:30 PM, in the Nelly Goletti Theater in the Student Center, Marist College.

For futher information, contact Kate Donham, 575-3629, kate.donham@marist.edu.
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Need for a Prosecutorial Conduct Commission

Thu, January 25, 2018
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST

LOCATION
Peekskill High School
1072 Elm Street

Peekskill, NY 10566

The Peekskill NAACP Criminal Justice Committee and the Peekskill High School Black Culture Club invite all to an evening of education and discussion on the need for a Prosecutorial Conduct Commission.

Our Voices Matter! Prosecutorial Misconduct is an Illegal Act: Make it the Law in New York will raise awareness and expand an ever growing coalition of individuals and organizations pressuring the NYS Legislature to act on two pending pieces of legislation that would create a Prosecutorial Conduct Commission similar to the State's Judicial Conduct Commission.

A panel of five distinguished guests will share their expertise and personal accounts related to this issue: Dr. Leroy Gadsden, Dr. Bennett Gershman, Kenneth Chamberlain Jr., Bill Bastuk, and Jeffrey Deskovic. This panel discussion will include opportunities for questions and comments from the audience.


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Feb 6 in Yonkers


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Continuing MKL's struggle

As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, it is important to remember that African Americans continue to face many of the same inequalities today that Dr. King gave his life to fight for decades ago.

Click here to read EPI’s new report titled, “Racial inequalities in wages, income, and wealth show that MLK’s work remains unfinished.”

There are three major indicators by which we commonly measure racial economic inequality: median hourly wage, median household income and median family net worth or wealth.

In 2016, the most recent year for which all of these data are available:
  • the median black worker earned 75 percent of what the median white worker earned in an hour ($14.92 for black workers, $19.79 for white workers);
  • the median black household earned 61 percent of the income the median white household earned in a year ($39,490 for black households, $65,041 for white households);
  • and the value of net worth for the median black family was just 10 percent of the value for the median white family ($17,600 for black families, $171,000 for white families).
The differences in median household income and median family net worth are major indicators that we are a long way from remedying the vestiges of racism and the centuries of federal, state and local policies that created these disparities.

Click here to read the full report, “Racial inequalities in wages, income, and wealth show that MLK’s work remains unfinished.”

Together, let us continue Dr. King’s struggle for equality and demand an economy that works for everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or social class.

Thank you,

Valerie Wilson
Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy, EPI
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Weekend visits reinstated

I have some wonderful news: The weekend visits at the Dutchess County Jail have been reinstated!

"Mission Accomplished," as stated by Pastor Bottoms.
 
Job well done ENJAN-Pok!  Thank you all. Thanks to the UU and all the churches,  leaders and Pastor Bottoms who supported our efforts.

Pass it on!!

Your sister in Solidarity,
Ray Ray
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Woodstock MLK Event

FRIDAY JANUARY 12 at 6 PM
Join us for this Commemoration and Celebration of the teaching of Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Modele Clarke, Pastor of the New Progressive Baptist Church in Kingston will be our Guest Preacher, and we will be joined by members of New Progressive Community.  
Robert Bard on bass and Cathie Malach on piano will accompany our service so the music is going to soar!
After the service, good food!
Bring a dessert to share if possible!
at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation
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MLK Celebration in Poughkeepsie

23rd Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March for Social & Economic Justice in Dutchess

Monday, January 15 at 12 PM - 3 PM

Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church - Poughkeepsie, NY 124 Smith Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601


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Rosendale MLK Celebration

A Free Community Event Celebrating
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
at The Rosendale Theatre
January 15, 2018
2:00 PM

A FREE Community Event celebrating the life, achievements and birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. See the iconic newsreel film of his “I Have a Dream” speech on the big screen, plus a new short film “My Dreams” made especially for this occasion by filmmaker, Nan Bress.  Participate in a Civil Rights sing-along & enjoy birthday cake. Then watch 2017 feature film “Marshall.”
      Schedule of Events:
          2:00    Screening of “I Have a Dream Speech”
          2:20    Screening of the short film “My Dreams” by Nan Bress
          2:30    Sing-Along of civil rights songs facilitated by Fre Atlast
          2:45    Cake is served, provided by Deisings!
          3:15    Screening of “Marshall” (PG - 13)
          5:15    Movie Ends

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Deeper Than The Skin


Deeper Than The Skin: Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway in a  musical presentation on Race in America
 When: Thursday, January 25, 2018, 7pm
 Where: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 67 South Randolph Ave. Poughkeepsie, NY
 Suggested donation, $15, Refreshments will be served
 On Thursday evening, Jan. 25th at 7pm, The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will pres­ent Deeper Than the Skin, a musical presentation on Race in America by Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway. Reggie and Greg have a unique story. Born three days apart, ancestry flowing through the same portal of history, Richmond, VA, they are on a pilgrimage together - one that began three decades ago.

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