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Sep 05 – Sep 18, 2024
 
 
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New Film Covers: Hiking While Black

"That's for White people" is a phrase that infuriated Gary Wilkerson, Jr., as a young Black kid wanting to do outdoorsy things, like camping. "Black Outsider" is a new film about his journey to face that warning he has heard since he couldn't understand it's meaning.
 
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Neglected Sudan – The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis

"Sudan has the real possibility of becoming the world's largest humanitarian crisis," Cindy McCain warned in June 2024. The International Rescue Committee has since declared Sudan as the world's largest humanitarian crisis. In addition to several million refugees who fled to neighboring countries, about 10 million Sudanese are internally displaced within the African Union member nation as a result of the conflict between two warring factions.
 
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DC Set to Vote on Rank Voting – What Is It?

Ranked choice voting is a system to hold politicians accountable to a majority of voters. Our current winner-take–all system requires strategic voting to avoid "splitting the vote," creating situations where voters feel pressured to vote for the "electable candidate"
over the person they would most like to support. Ranked choice voting remedies this.
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Tobaksi2025 Preliminary Itinerary

In the 16 times I have been to the Smiling Coast of Africa, I have been there for Tobaski only once, Tobaski 2019. I had the best time ever. I plan to return for Tobaski 2025 and you are welcome to join me..
 
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$275, Our First Donation Educates Three Young Women

Ric Irick, who sponsored Fatoumata J. Bah, one of our 2023 high school graduates, was the first to donate to this year's fundraising goal of $3,600. His $275 donation will keep three more female students in school this year. With your help, we have reached 49 percent of our goal in two weeks.
 
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Black Beaches Celebrated in New Art Exhibit

Rik Freeman's "Black Beaches During Segregation" opened at Honfleur Gallery in Southeast Washington, DC. The paintings depict scenes from the Black beaches created during the American apartheid era and document their history.
 
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Activities

Tommy Davidson is in Washington from September 12 to 15. DC's LEGO Discovery Center is allowing teachers in for free. French classes for kids start in Nairobi. The Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit begins online. Even if you are not an Opera fan, you may like the tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer under "Music."
 
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