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Health/COVID-19
Test Your COVID IQ!

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)


ART
African Modernism in America, 1947 – 1967
Fisk University Galleries,
Nashville, TN
Fri, Oct 7-Sat, Feb 11, 2023

Art
African Modernism in America, 1947 – 1967
Fisk University Galleries,
Nashville, TN
Fri, Oct 7-Sat, Feb 11, 2023

Business
Empower Your Email Marketing
Impact Hub Baltimore
Thu, Oct 13, 11a–1p, free

Empower Your Social Media for the Holidays
Impact Hub Baltimore
Thu, Nov 3, 11a–1p, free

Conference
Africa Tourism Leadership Forum and Awards
Gaborone, Botswana
Mon, Oct 24 -Wed, Oct 26

Renaissance Cultural Conference & Honors
Chiekh Anta Diop University
Fri, Nov 4-Sat, Nov 5
Dakar, Senegal

Biden-Harris
U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Washington, Douglass Commonwealth
Tue, Dec 13-Thu, Dec 15



Celebrations
Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher Day
Gary, IN
Mon, Oct 10

College

The Alfred Street Baptist Church
20th Annual HBCU Festival Friday (Virtual)
Fri, Oct 7, 4p-8p
Sat (Virtual & In-Person) 
Sat, Oct 8, 10a-2p

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

Secrets of the Sahara: Mauritania's Dark Side
(In 1981 Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery)

nvironment
Downtown Largo Walking Tour & Social!
Coalition for Smarter Growth
Thu, Oct 6, 5:30p-8p

Festivals
DC Africa Festival
Meridian Hill Park
16th Street & W Street, NW
Washington, DC
Sat, Oct 8, 2p-5p

Fiesta De La Familia
Lane Manor Park
7601 W Park Dr
Adelphi, MD
Sun, Oct 16, 1p-4p

Harlem Brew Fest 2022
2328 12th Ave
New York, MY
Sat, Nov 12-Sun, Nov 13, $

Black Women’s Expo
Georgia International Convention Center, 2000 Convention Center Concourse
College Park, GA
Sat, Dec 17-Sun, Dec 18

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

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

Gary International Black Film Festival
Indiana University NW - Savannah Hall
3400 Broadway
Gary, IN
Fri, Oct 7-Sun, Oct 9

Becoming Frederick Douglass 
PBS and PBS Video App
Premieres Tue, Oct 11 

Food
Jewish Food Can Be Black Food — and Vice Versa (podcast)

Health
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America National Convention
Tue, Oct. 11-Sat, Oct 15

Understanding this Medicare Mess
with Tayvon Jackson
Wed, Oct 12, 6p

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

Glaucoma Research Foundation
Neuroprotection: A New Path for Glaucoma Patients
featuring Ahmara Gibbons Ross, MD, PhD
Thu, Oct 27, 4p

History
The opera "Omar," on a Muslim slave in America
CBS News Sunday Morning (aired May 29, 2022) West Africans In Early America - Hajji Omar ibn Sayyid

The Meaning of Mahu
(In Native Hawaiian and Tahitian cultures are third gender people with traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture, similar to Tongan fakaleiti and Samoan fa'afafine)

A History of Haiti

“Africans on the Mississippi “Cuttin” Cane”
Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP) taping

In Memoriam
Sacheen Littlefeather

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

Music
Dahsyat Aina Abdul Covers Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

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

Open House
Center for African Studies Open House
Center for African Studies at Howard University
Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center
2218 6th Street, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C.
Tue, Oct 11, 12p-1:30p

Photography
Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West at 77th Street
New York, NY
Now till Jan 15, 2023, $ Black Is? (Photo exhibit)

Reginald Cunningham: Black Pearls 
(photographs honoring Pearl City, one of the earliest and longest lasting African American neighborhoods in Florida)
Boca Raton Museum of Art in South Florida
Boca Raton
Now through Sun, Jan. 22, 2023

Politics
Axios: A Conversation on Voting And The 2022 Midterms

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

Reparations
California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans 
Oakland in December 2022
San Diego in January 2023
Sacramento in February 2023

Religion
The National Coalition of Churches For Reparations
“1 Voice Prayer Movement”: We Are Praying and Fasting For The Poor & Oppressed in Our City, State, Nation & World
Wed, Oct 7, 6p

Atheists Late Night
Atheists In Kenya Society
Fridays, 4p-5p

Rodeo
Las Vegas Black Rodeo
by Black Rodeo USA Association
Horseman's Park
5800 East Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV
Sat, Oct 15, 1p and 7p, $25

Shopping/Restaurants
Anacostia Art Gallery & Boutique
119 Raleigh St, SE
Washington, DC
Fridays-Sundays 11a-6p

The Black Saturdays CO-OP and Farmers Market
APPEAL
2015 Bunker Hill Road, N.E.
Washington, DC
Sat, Oct 15, 1p-5p

Sports
The 49th Annual Bayou Classic
Caesars Superdome
New Orleans
Sat, Nov 26


Open House
Center for African Studies Open House
Center for African Studies at Howard University
Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center
2218 6th Street, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C.
Tue, Oct 11, 12p-1:30p
Television
Pluto TV

Theater
AIN’T NO MO’
Woolly Mammoth Theater
641 D St NW
Washington, DC
now thru -Sun, Oct 9

A Night with Jackie “Moms” Mabley
Anacostia Arts Center
1231 Good Hope Road, SE
Washington, DC
Fri, Sep 23-Sun, Oct 9, Fri and Sat @ 7:30p and Sun @ 4p, $33
A happy hour begins  one hour before each performance

The Till Trilogy
(productions can be seen in any order)
Mosaic Theater Company at Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE
Washington, DC
Tue, Oct 4-Sun, Nov 20

Blue Heaven
Black Ensemble Theater
4450 N Clark St
Chicago
Sun, Oct 30-Sun, Nov 27

Just for Us
Woolly Mammoth Theater
641 D Street NW,
Washington, DC
Nov 16-Dec 23

Travel
What Gambians think about sex tourism in their country?

Young Adults
Tayvon Jackson's Goal Setting for Kids

Tayvon Jackson's How I Taught a Child About Stocks

Read Africa Aloud
(A new project which features author readings of outstanding books on Africa together with classroom applications and fun activities for children. More than 100 African Studies scholars are members of our review team.)

 
 
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