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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)


Discussion
Poet of Harlem Presents
“Recipe for Change” and Discussion
Sat, Sep 10, 8p-8:30p

Art
What Will We Tell Our Children Who Are Black?
Art Exhibit 
Zawadi
1524 U Street, NW
Fri, Sep 9-Sat, Sep 24
Opening Fri, Sep 9, 6:30p-9p

Hill Center
Fall Solo Exhibitions Opening Reception
featured artist include Jay Durah
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington
Wed, Sep 14, 6:30p-8:30p
Wed, Sep 14-Fri, Jan 6, 2023

Conference
The African 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

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

Discussion
Poet of Harlem Presents
“Recipe for Change” and Discussion
Sat, Sep 10, 8p-8:30p


Economics
Helping Neighborhoods Reduce Poverty Without Displacement
Brookings Institution
Tue, Sept 20, 2p-3p

Helping Neighborhoods Reduce Poverty Without Displacement
Brookings Institution
Tue, Sept 20, 2p-3p

Strengthening the Role of African Sovereign Wealth Funds in the International Financial System
Brown Capital Management Africa Forum

Environment
Save the Dunes Benefit
The Brewery Lodge & Supper Club
5727 N 600 W
Michigan City, IN
Sun, Sep 18, 1p-4:30, $20-$40

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

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Sat, Oct 29, 10a-2p
Search for Year Round Pharmaceutical Disposal Locations

Festivals
African Heritage Festival
Maryland Jockey Club
Laurel. MD
Sat, Sep 24, 12p-6p, free

Celebrate Africa Festival
Bladensburg Waterfront Park
Bladensburg, MD
Sun, Sep 25, 12p-6p, free

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

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.

The Woman King
Release date: Fri, Sep 16

Harriet Tubman: Visions Of Freedom
PBS and PBS Video App
Premieres Tue, Oct 4 

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

History
Anthony Browder: Dr. John Henrik Clarke Project and an update on the ASA Restoration Project
APPEAL, Inc.
Virtual Workshop
Sat, Sep 10,11a, $, free from members

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
The Wilson Center
Mon, Sep. 12, 4-5:30p

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

In Memoriam
Bernard Shaw

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

Music
Ayanna Gregory New Music From Jamaica
(an intentional marriage of African American and Jamaican music and culture)

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

The Importance Of Documenting The Dc Jazz Genre
Martin Luther King Library
901 G St NW
Sat, Sep 17, 3p

A Tribute to the Music of Otis Redding
Publick Playhouse
5445 Landover Rd
Hyattsville, MD
Thu, Oct 13, 11a, $10
Voter Access & the 2022 Midterms

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
The Ronald H. Brown African Series Panel: Online Participation
Mobilizing the Diaspora: Mission Possible
The Harriet Tubman TownHall
The Art Bar 2.0
420B Race Street
Cambridge MD
Sat, Sep 10, 3:30p-5:30p

The Showroom
1099 14th St NW
Washington, D.C., 20005
streamed on Axios.com
Axios Political Reporter Alexi McCammond and Congressional Reporter Alayna Treene will host one-on-one conversations with: Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sherrilyn Ifill, Hannah Fried, and Brianna Cayo Cotter
Tue, Sep 13, 8a-9a

Secret City: How Homosexuality Shaped Politics And Foreign Policy In DC
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Wed, Sep 14, 9a-10a

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

Religion
A Historical Perspective on The Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed American Islamic College
640 W Irving Park Rd,
Chicago, IL 60613
Dinner & Keynote: Fri, Sep 23
Conference: Sat, Sep 24

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

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

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, Sep 17, 1p-5p

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


Politics
The Ronald H. Brown African Series Panel: Online Participation
Mobilizing the Diaspora: Mission Possible
The Harriet Tubman TownHall
The Art Bar 2.0
420B Race Street
Cambridge MD
Sat, Sep 10, 3:30p-5:30p

Television
Pluto TV

Theater
My Brother Langston
Black Ensemble Theater
4450 North Clark Street
Chicago
till Sun, Sep 18

AIN’T NO MO’
Woolly Mammoth Theater
641 D St NW
Washington, DC
Thu, Sep 1-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

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

Travel
The African/African American Liberation Ministry of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD
Ghana 2020
Wed, Sep 28-Sun, Oct 10

What Gambians think about sex tourism in their country?

Young Adults
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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