MCC Theater
In this talk, Jordan T. Camp examines the state surveillance and repression of Black freedom leaders. He offers a new trajectory of U.S. state formation during the Cold War and a historically grounded analysis of racism and counterinsurgency. Linking the violent 1949 Peekskill, New York attack on Black activist Paul Robeson to counterinsurgency programs, he demonstrates the relationship between the build-up of the largest warfare state on the planet and what he terms a “long vendetta” against the Black radical internationalist tradition. Jordan T. Camp is Director of Research at the People’s Forum, Visiting Scholar in the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Co-Director of the Racial Capitalism Working Group in the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University.

Tuesday, October 29, Franklin School, 1111 East Mason St., 6p - A moderated panel presentation of 5 property owners from The Eastside Coalition Against 15 So Alisos, a planned Neighborhood Prototype under CA First Housing for Homeless Project by the Salvation Army, using City and County taxpayer funds.

Tuesday, October 29, Franklin School, 1111 East Mason St., 6p - A moderated panel presentation of 5 property owners from The Eastside Coalition Against 15 So Alisos, a planned Neighborhood Prototype under CA First Housing for Homeless Project by the Salvation Army, using City and County taxpayer funds.

Ricky Anywar is founder of the Ugandan organization Friends of Orphans (FRO). His story is the basis for the book Soldier Boy, by Keely Hutton. Ricky was abducted at age fourteen from his village in 1989 by Joseph Kony's infamous Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Over 60,000 children were abducted during the 20 year war.

Since his ALS diagnosis in 2016, activist Ady Barkan and his family have struggled to keep up with insurance paperwork, doctors’ bills, and prescription drugs. Rather than diminish his voice, these experiences have emboldened Barkan to expand his initiatives in new directions. He co-founded the Be A Hero PAC, wrote an autobiography titled Eyes to

Learn about how Direct Relief responds to new and ongoing disasters in the US and worldwide, and see the organization's warehouse in action on Oct 29.

Learn about how Direct Relief responds to new and ongoing disasters in the US and worldwide, and see the organization's warehouse in action on Oct 29.

Learn about how Direct Relief responds to new and ongoing disasters in the US and worldwide, and see the organization's warehouse in action on Oct 29.

A talk-and-record-listening event by researcher and record producer Ian Nagoski of Canary Records.

MCC Theater
Rocio follows the journey an migrant mother of three who receives a terminal cancer diagnosis and self-deports herself to seek alternative care. Woven from home videos collected by the Guerrero family since 1988, the film serves as a lens through which we begin to understand the Mexican immigrant experience. Rocio was adamant about supporting the community she came from and this film continues that mission by highlighting the flaws in the American healthcare and immigration systems and our peoples’ tenacity in subverting them. 1h 3m

How do your brain and body change when you listen to music? Watch to see how physiological measures can indicate boredom, arousal, pleasure, and displeasure. A volunteer will be connected to recording equipment that shows their measured body signals in response to music. Alan Macy is currently the R&D Director and a co-founder of BIOPAC

A coalition of local non-profit groups is joining together to co-host a speaking engagement on voting rights and voter suppression from the Southern Poverty Law Center on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at the Unitarian Society's Parish Hall.