Jul 30 – Aug 12, 2020
- Looking at Power: Male Privilege/Heterosexual Privilege
Eddie Moore added, we sometimes are even aware of our privileges and use them to our advantage. "I sometimes use my maleness, and become very domineering and intimidating to female service workers when I am complaining or seeking more from the service industry," he sadly admits.
- Bayard Rustin: Defying the Odds
When Bayard Rustin began to organize the March on Washington, Strom Thurmond rose on the floor of the U.S. Senate and attacked Rustin as a draft dodger, homosexual, and communist. Despite his "baggage," the march leaders did not relent and chose Rustin to organize the march where the late John Lewis was the youngest speaker and Dr. King delivered his now famous, "I Have a Dream" speech.
- How To Cope With Anxiety During The Coronavirus
Franciscan Health psychologist Dr. Deann Harvey answers questions about anxiety during this time of shut downs and fears of coronavirus transmission concerns and offers tips on how people can cope and adapt.
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July 16 – July 29, 2020
- Changed to a Virtual Conference: Afro–American Historical and Genealogical Society
More than 50 sessions will present lectures on subjects targeted to the beginner, the advanced, the hobbyist, and the professional genealogical researcher.
- How To Have A Sustainable, Germ–Free Home
A green home doesn't just mean using natural disinfectants and scrubbing everything with baking soda. A sustainable house uses fewer products in general, reducing waste and investing in sustainable materials.
- Lisa and Rasheida Bennett
The Bennett's have been married for 18 years, have 4 children, and 6 grandchildren. They are sharing their midwestern story on the Internet to help others understand that you can have the "American Dream" and an outstanding relationship with Jesus Christ.
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July 02 – July 15, 2020
- The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918, the Nation's Capital, and the Making of Charles Drew
African Americans residents of the city were initially given little thought. A small Jim Crow medical facility was finally set up for them in October at the Armstrong School at First and P Streets, N.W.
- Living Historians "Take Back the Park"
A swath of historians and poets met protesters who have been demanding the removal of the Abraham Lincoln statue in Washington, DC. Former enslaved Africans funded the statue, the first ever built of Lincoln to symbolize his role in ending slavery in the U.S., according to the National Park Service.
- Surviving Twice: An Amerasian Child of the Vietnam War
When he dreamed of coming to the United States so many years ago, he thought there would be a car, a house, and he would find his father. Louis seldom mentions his American father now.
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June 18 – July 1, 2020
- And She Could Be Next – Coming to PBS
Filmed from 2018 through 2019, the miniseries follows forward-thinking candidates and organizers across the U.S. including: Stacey Abrams (Georgia), Bushra Amiwala (Skokie, IL), Maria Elena Durazo (Los Angeles, CA), Veronica Escobar (El Paso, TX), Lucy McBath (Atlanta, GA), Rashida Tlaib (Detroit, MI) and Nse Ufot, Executive Director of the New Georgia Project (Atlanta, GA).
- Can You Love God and Sex?
Rev. Dr. Susan Newman answered, “Beloved, God does not mind if you use your cell phone, palm pilot, or microwave oven—if you cannot hear, get a hearing aid. If you cannot see, get eyeglasses, and if you need help in the area of genital stimulation for sexual fulfillment—get a vibrator and thank the Lord!” God created our sexual responses, and we created sexual repression.
- Activities
From the theater production, "The Fannie Lou Hamer Story," to "Take Your Knee Off My Neck: A Virtual Town Hall Meeting of the Minds," with 100 male writers, both on Juneteenth, we have plenty of safe, on–line, activities you can attend. Also, just in: Juneteenth, a nine–minute lecture from CR Gibbs. We now categorize the events under headings, in red, ranging from Art and Health/COVID–19 to Music and Travel. Photo: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden teams up with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch.
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June 04 – June 17, 2020
- From RSV To COVID-19, Racism Significantly Contributes to Health Disparities - A Mother's Call for Action
Not only does your health insurance determine the amount of care you will obtain, your race and age determine if your symptoms are even acknowledged. The study confirmed my life experience, not only with my daughter’s case but with my own health treatment and that of my parents and sons.
- Aunt Jemima to Shine Again
For nearly a century the final resting place of an important figure in Black history resembled a pauper’s grave that was fit for the forgotten.
- This Old House
"I was elated when I got the news that This Old House, the leading media authority on home-improvement and renovation, had chosen me to be the architect for the Washington Project," Genell Anderson, Managing Member at AMAR Group.
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