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Health/COVID-19
Why you should upgrade your mask as the Omicron variant spreads

NIOSH-approved N95 Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators
(The US certifies N95s, while China approves KN95s)


Conferences
Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly And Moral March On Washington And To The Polls
Sat, Jun 18, 9a gather, 10a start
Washington, DC: FAQ

Art
Biennale
Dakar
Through Tue, Jun 21

2022 Juneteenth Group Exhibition
Friendship Gallery
Friendship Heights Village Center 
4433 South Park Avenue
through Sat, Jun 25

Drop-in Art Making – In person/Facebook
The Walters Art Museum
600 N Charles St
Baltimore
Sats and Suns, 11a-1p
Jun 25 and Jun 26

Comedy
Wanda Sykes
Hard Rock Live
Gary, IN
Fri, Jun 17, 7p, $

Conference
Building a Visionary Antiwar Movement
featuring conversation last night with Ramón Mejía, Lindsay Koshgarian, and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II of the Poor People's March:

Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly And Moral March On Washington And To The Polls
Sat, Jun 18, 9a gather, 10a start
Washington, DC FAQ

Africa Tourism Association
Africa Youth In Tourism Innovation Summit And Challenge
Safari Court, Hotel and Conference Centre
Windhoek, Namibia
Wed, Jul 27-Fri, Jul 29

Woodhull's Sexual Freedom Summit 2022
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel
5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA
Thu, Aug 4,–Sun, Aug 7, $

Current Events
How a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program is Helping Some in Gary, Indiana
PBS NewsHour

Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts David H. Koch Theater
New York City
through-Sun, Jun 19

Alvin Ailey's Revelations Streaming
through Sun, Jun 19, free

Environment
Redressing Sustainability
Sustainable Brooklyn works to make sustainability more inclusive through education and events for normally under-served communities.

Capitol Heights Metro Station Area Walking Tour
RISE Prince George's and Coalition for Smarter Growth
133 Central Ave
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Fri, Jun 17 at 5:30p-7:30p

Save the Dunes 70th Anniversary Celebration & Hike
Indiana Dunes National Park Chellberg Farm
709-747 North Mineral Springs Road
Porter, IN
Tue, Jun 21, 6:30p-9p 

Festivals
Liberia: The Land of Return - Commemorating 200 Years of Freedom and Pan-African Leadership
Fri, Jan 7-Sat, Dec 1

20th Annual Baltimore Natural Hair Care Expo
Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel
903 Dulaney Valley Road
Towson, MD
Fri, Jun 24, 6p-10p; Sat, Jun 25-Sun, Jun 26, 11a-7p

Summerfest
Milwaukee
Thus-Sats, Jun 23-Jul 9

Film
Neutral Ground
A new documentary about memory, monuments, and how to break up with the Confederacy.

The Films At The Stone
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - Bookstore
1964 Independence Avenue SW.
Washington DC.
Fatherhood
Thu, Jun 16, 8p
Encanto
Thu, Jul 21, 8p
Just Mercy
Aug 25, 8p

Roxbury Film Festival
Boston
Thu, Jun 23-Sat, Jul 2

Health
Glaucoma Patient Summit
Glaucoma Research Foundation
The Hyatt Lodge
Oak Brook, IL
Sat, Jun 25

Walk4Health-The Gambia
Every Sat, 7:30a
Independence Stadium
Bakau, Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia

History
Freedom House Museum - Grand Opening
1315 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA
Event at Shiloh Baptist Church Worship Center
1401 Jamieson Avenue (across from museum)
Mon, Jun 20, 6p
Freedom House Museum Mon, Jun 20 hours: 1p–5:30p

Mary McLeod Birthday Celebration
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial
Lincoln Park
East Capitol Street & 11th Street, N.E.
Sun, July 10, 4p-6:30p


1st Annual Martin R. Delany Symposium
The African American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fri, Aug 26-Sat, Aug 27

A History of Haiti

In Memoriam
Marion Elizabeth Osborne Crawford

Juneteenth
Juneteenth 2022 Virtual Program
ten leading Black museums and historical institutions
premieres June 19, 1p

Juneteenth: Lift Every Voice


Museum

Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
830 East Pratt Street
Baltimore
Fri, Feb 11–Sun, Aug 14

Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience National Geographic Museum
1145 17th St NW, Washington, DC
Opening Jun 2022, waitlist, $

Music
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St., SW
Washington, DC
Every Friday night, from 6p-9p
Monday Night Blues
Admission $10 -- Children under 16 are FREE Food and Beverages available 5:30p-8:45p

Seth Rudetsky's Broadway starring Vanessa Williams
Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York
Mon, Jun 20, 8p, $62

soca singer Patrice Roberts, reggae singer Gyptian
Wingate Park
entrance Brooklyn Avenue and Winthrop Street,
ADA = Rutland Road
Central Brooklyn, the concert will be held
Tue, June 28, 6p-11p

Jazz@Olney - Akua Allrich
Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD
Sat, Jul 9, 7:30p, $35

Photography
El Barrio's Artspace PS109
215 East 99th Street
New York City
Tue, Jun 7–Fri, Jun 24

Black Is? (Photo exhibit)
Montpelier Arts Center
9652 Muirkirk Road
Laurel, MD
Sat, Jun 11-Sun, Aug 7

Politics

Angela Davis on Continuing to Fight for Change
CBS This Morning (aired May 29, 2022)

National Black Political Convention
NJIT Wellness + Events Center
Newark, New Jersey
Mon, Aug 4-Thu, Aug 7, 2022

Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow
"Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won't."

Race
Episode 11: Black & Latin: Racism Within
The Estefans discuss colorism within the Latin community with the Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown and singer and TV star (VH1 reality TV show Love & Hip Hop) Amara La Negra. The universality of anti-Africanism revealed.

Religion
Yusef Salaam - “I was closest to God in prison.”

Shopping/Restaurants
MarketPlace
1918 MLK Ave, SE
Washington, DC
Every Friday, 3p-10p

Miller Beach Farmers Market
667 S. Lake St
Gary
May 15-Sep 25, Suns 11a-1p

The Black Saturdays CO-OP and Farmers Market
APPEAL
2015 Bunker Hill Road, N.E.
Washington, DC
Sat, Jun 18, 2p-5p


Theater
In His Hands
Mosaic Theater
1333 H Street NE
Mon, Jun 22-Sun, Jul 17
Theater
Grandma’s Jukebox
Black Ensemble Theater
4450 North Clark Street
Chicago
May 29-Jun 26

Drumfolk By Step Afrika!
Arena Stage
1101 Sixth Street, SW
Washington, DC
Tue, May 31-Sun, Jun 26

In His Hands
Mosaic Theater
1333 H Street NE
Mon, Jun 22-Sun, Jul 17

Dinner and Drag
Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD
Thu, July 7, 7:30p, $20

Cabaret - A Celebration of Black Musicals
Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD
Sat, Sep 3, 7:30p, $35

Hit ‘Em On The Blackside (YouTube Series)
Congo Square Theater
Chicago

Travel
Lou Fields’ BBH Tours
Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Reunion Tour
Departs Baltimore for Great Auburn, NY
Thu, Jul 21-Sun, Jul 24, $
bbhtours@gmail.com

Spicemas Cxarnival
Grenada
Mon, Aug 8-Tue, Augu 9

The African/African American Liberation Ministry of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD
Ghana 2020
Wed, Sep 28-Sun, Oct 2

What Gambians think about sex tourism in their country?

Young Adults
International Summer Camps in The Gambia
Camp Irshad
Helping Muslim Children Navigate The World
Thu, Jun 16–Mon, Jun 20

Camp Akebulan
Sat, Jul 4–Wed, Jul 8

Bao Baada Camp
Sat, Jul 4–Wed, Jul 8

Camp Hikma
Mon, Jul 18-Fri, Jul 22

Reggie Rice: Fool of Illusions
Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road,
Olney, MD
Sat, Sep 3, 11a, $15

 
 
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