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Jun 1 – Jun 14, 2023
 
 
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Ways to Manage (Obvious) Cognitive Decline

Today, an estimated 6.7 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and experts expect that number to increase rapidly as the baby boomer generation ages. Although there is no cure, there are steps you can take now to reduce the impact on those affected.
 
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Benkos Biohó: Liberator (late 16th century–1621), Colombia

Benkos Biohó, formed an army of escaped Africans. They conquered the area around the Montes de María and founded San Basilio de Palenque circa 1600. San Basilio de Palenque became the first free town for formerly enslaved Africans in the Americas in 1691. Image by Hampton R. Olfus, Jr.
 
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Africa Stays on Our Travel List

Although we have beautiful beaches in the United States, only a precious few (including perhaps in Hawaii) could rival those such as on Tanzania's island of Zanzibar. We found it to be so lovely that my wife and I ditched the group to spend time alone.
 
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Michael Coteau

Black Canadian and Black American Legislators Meet

"The fact that it's taken this long for Black politicians from Canada and the United States to connect for the first time is pretty astonishing,” Parliamentary Black Caucus co–chair Michael Coteau told the Toronto Star.
 
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Environmentalists Prevail Over Dispute to Build New US Embassy near Monkey Park, The Gambia

The president of the Gambia Environmental Alliance and former US Mandela Fellow, Momodou Inkeh Bah, says his group was the first to pick up a fight against the acquisition. "I learned that leadership is not only about being in position of authority, but that you have to be sincere and passionate about what you believe in especially if it's for the common good."
 
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One Day Only: Nina Simone & Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

Soul Doctor comes to the big screen for a one day only musical journey. The movie musical, which was filmed live in Jerusalem, is a poignant and entertaining portrayal of how music and spirituality formed an unlikely friendship between rockstar Rabbi, Shlomo Carlebach and legendary singer and activist, Nina Simone.  
 
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Activities

You will find a new Reparations section in Activities. PBS presents a non–traditional cast in Richard III, see Television. The Afro Latin Film Festival is in Waterbury, CT Jun 16–18, A Men's Health Conference is at Howard University Hospital on Jun 17 and Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence is at the de Young in San Francisco until Oct 18. Photo: The Two Mississippi Museums observes the 60th anniversary of Medgar Evers’ death in Jackson.
 
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Readers' Trends

Facebook readers most liked United Black Community's reparations discussion announcement. If you missed the meeting, you will find the link to its recording on the Activities’ page under Reparations. Guess what was number one again on our website?
 
 
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