Health/COVID-19
Black Households & COVID-19: Impediments To Economic Security (now on YouTube)
The Brookings Institution
Thu, August 13, 11:39a-12:45p

The Jamaican Health Community
JAMINARS

Phen 16th Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit
Sep 9, 2020 02:00 PM
Town Hall Meeting: The Impact of Covid-19 On the Prostate Cancer Racial Disparity?
Sep 16, 2020 02:00 PM
Clinical Trials, Important Studies and African American Patients
Sep 23, 2020 02:00 PM
Understanding Treatment Pathways for Prostate Cancer and Empowering the Patients
Sep 30, 2020 02:00 PM
Importance of Community Outreach and Engagement on Eliminating the Prostate Cancer Racial Disparity

COVID-19 Self Test
free

Recorded and Upcoming End-of-Life Planning Webinars

Referral Service: The National Partnership for Hospice Innovation
For in-home elderly medical care (versus a more risky emergency room visit)
1-844-438-6744

Art
GAP: Crossing Borders U.S.A.
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery
3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd
Lafayette, CA
Now through Sa Oct 3, Wed-Fri 2p-6p, Sat 12p-6p, Appts Welcome

Brian Auerbach's OBLITERANTS
(and Other Brush Strokes)
Project Gallerie Renee Marie
1028 First Street
Benicia, Ca
Sat, Aug 1-Sat,Oct 31

Children and Young Adults
African American Storytime: Before She Was Harriet

Rainbow Me Kids.com Videos

The Red Curtain Project

Bookmaking Workshop with Karen O. Brown

Civic Involvement
Classic Car Show to support Meals on Wheels NWI
Pete & Sons Auto Repair
1001 Breuckman Dr
Crown Point, IN
Sun, Aug 29, 11a-3p

A Virtual March on Washington
(In commemoration of the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington)
Fri, Aug 28

Advocating for Africa in the Mist of the Pandemic
2020 Ronald H. Brown African Affairs Series
Constituency for Africa
Sep 12–Sep 19

Canada-US Diaspora Engagement: Building an Operational Strategy for Unity
Tue, September 15, 2020 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, free

The Vanishing American Dream: The Economic Realities Facing Middle- And Lower-Income Americans
Brookings Institution
Wed, Sept 16, 10a-11:30a

Conventions
2020 Black National Convention
Fri, Aug 28

Facing Race: A National Virtual Conference
Race Forward
Tue, Nov 10-Thu, Nov 12, 2020, $

Games
Los Angeles Times Games, Puzzles & Crossword

New York Times Games

History
Africa Access presents: Discover Ethiopia in the DMV-Professional Development Workshop for Educators K-12
Thu, Sep 17, 4p–6:30p, free

Ancient African Empires
CR Gibbs
Aug 28, 7p
Meeting ID: 938 8364 1807
Passcode: 054562

Sunset 1919: A World Premiere Short Film
July 27, 2020, marks the 101st anniversary of the start of the 1919 Chicago race riots, five days of deadly violence sparked by the murder of a Black teen, Eugene Williams, at the hands of a White man, simply for crossing an imaginary “color line” in Lake Michigan.

The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States (Jeffery Robinson, the ACLU’s top racial justice expert, discusses the dark history of Confederate symbols across the country and outlines what we can do to learn from our past and combat systemic racism.)

Insurance
Mike Jones
State Farm Insurance Agent
532 8th St SE
Washington DC
202-546-3200

Internet Talk Shows
Black Urban America
Tuesday's 8p
516-531-9540

Lisa and Rasheida Bennett
Wednesday's, 8p
Meeting ID: 812 385 298
Password: 295985

Port Of Harlem Talk Radio
Thu, Aug 20, 8p
516-531-9540

LGBQT+
PBS' Prideland Series

Museum Exhibits
America's Islamic Heritage Museum
2315 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, SE
Washington, DC
Our New Hours Until October 3, 2020
Wed–Sat, 12p-4p

National Museum of African American History and Culture
Talking About Race

Music
Africa Day Benefit Concert At Home
Hosted by Idris Elba

Movies
SURGE 
Showtime's plex channel SHOxBET
premieres Tue, Sep 8, 9p
follows three congressional candidates in Texas, Indiana and Illinois, who were each looking to flip their deep red districts to blue, including Lauren Underwood, the youngest Black woman ever to be elected to Congress. A registered nurse and public health expert, Underwood is now on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and a leading voice on racial injustice. 

Chez Jolie Coiffure
PBS
premiers Mon, Aug 3, 10p


13th is a 2016 American documentary film by director Ava DuVernay

Nature
Backyard Birding with Audubon's Jennifer Johnson (Within the video, Jennifer will walk you through what supplies you will need, how to spot birds, and how to create a birding checklist.)

News
American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map)

NPR: Pulling down statues? It’s a tradition that dates back to U.S. independence

PBS: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Sending American Agriculture into Chaos

When White Supremacists Overthrew a Government (In November 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of 2,000 white men expelled Black and White political leaders, destroyed the property of the city’s black residents, and killed dozens — if not hundreds — of people)

Port Of Harlem Readers' Short Survey
Click here to participate in the eight question 2020 survey.

Theater
SPIT DAT: Our Favorite Poets' Favorite
Poets Wooly Mammoth Theater
Mon, Sep 7, 8p On Zoom! 8p-9:30p

Inherit The Windbag
Mosaic Theater
1333 H St, NE
Wed, Aug 19-Thu,Sep 20, $

Unbought & Unbossed: Reclaiming Our Vote
National Black Theatre
2031 5th Avenue
Wed, Sep 16-Oct 28

The Till Trilogy
Mosaic Theater
1333 H St, NE
Jun 2021

Black Ensemble Theater
4450 N Clark St
Chicago
What Was I Thinking by Lillian Mitchum - 16 minutes

Spendor Written by Jil Ross - 32 minutes

The Laundromat by Viola Bennett - 20 minutes

Numbers by Michelle Renee Bester -20 minutes

Scandalous by Ervin Gardner -

Travel
100 BLACK 2 Egypt - North Africa
From Washington Dulles International Airport
Postponed Until Further Notice

The African/African American Liberation Ministry of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD
Ghana 2020
Postponed Until Further Notice