Jun 26 – Ju1 09, 2025
How Our Ancestors Buried the Keys to Our Liberation in Plain Sight
Our ancestors encoded a message for us. By burying essential information in symbols, structures, and stories that would be preserved by the very people who conquered them, they ensured that the tools for liberation would survive. If you're reading this and feeling that spark of recognition, your job isn't to convert the unwilling or convince the skeptical. Your job is to:
New Season, New Plays from Washington to Chicago
Studio Theater and Woolly Mammoth in Washington, DC, Center Stage in Baltimore, and the Black Ensemble Theater and Court Theater in Chicago have released their listings of fall productions. However, these six upcoming productions caught our attention..
Aging Out of Foster Care Program is Working
Each year, more than 20,000 youth age out of foster care and lose their safety nets overnight. When foster youth turn 18– or, in some states, 21–they lose access to the financial, educational, and social supports provided through the child welfare system.
Do Afternoon Naps Put Your Life At Risk
A new study published in the medical journal SLEEP compared the daytime nap habits of nearly 87,000 adults to their mortality rates. The researchers looked at nap duration, variability of nap duration and time of day.
Activities
Please join us at Mary McLeod Bethune’s 150th Birthday Celebration in Washington, and under the Film section, take a 10–minute virtual tour of Clarksdale, Mississippi. 1930s Clarksdale was the setting of the recent hit movie, Sinners. Even if you are not traveling to Africa, it's good to know that other things besides conflict are happening from Nairobi to Accra, including the Stage Dance Festival on Jul 18 in Nairobi.
Readers' Trends
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