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West End Makers and Shakers is a curated artisan market and mixer focusing on unique handmade products and featured drinks set in the artist hub of the West End of Atlanta.

This will be a monthly event, starting this holiday season!

CALL FOR VENDORS!
Want to be a vendor in our market? We are looking for hand-crafted gifts, jewelry, books, furniture, clothing and accessories. Basically, we’re looking for anything unique and well made by you! All things considered, however we are looking to provide the public with the fresh and new. We will accept only one vendor per category. For more info on vending, hit me up at HQIC@chamoshop.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/289117111937444/

The Streetgroomers would to invite everyone to our next fundraiser. Farm Burger, Decatur is hosting a “Dine-out for the Streetgroomers.

�Date:Tuesday, November 27
�Time: 4pm-10pm
�Location: Farm Burger Decatur
410 W Ponce De Leon, Decatur, GA, 30030
�Mention: “The Streetgroomers” and proceeds from all evening sales go to benefit the work we do.
�We hope to see you all there. Invite your family and friends�

For more information on Farm Burger and their menu. Gluten free, vegetable and vegan options available:
https://farmburger.com/decatur-ga/

�Thank you for your support�

If you like to join Haroun and the Streetgroomers in the fight for what’s right call Haroun at (404)-748-5360.

If you like to donate you can at https://www.gofundme.com/6f87oc

https://www.facebook.com/events/673275653072647/

The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in collaboration with the Charis Books and More Independent Book Store, will host Author and Activist Charlene A. Carruthers as she discusses her publication Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements.

Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. This book provides a vision for how social justice movements can become sharper and more effective through principled struggle, healing justice, and leadership development.

Charlene A. Carruthers has spent over a decade developing leaders as an effective strategist, community organizer, and educator. She is the founding national director of the Black Youth Project 100, a leading organization of young activists in the movement for Black liberation. Her work has been featured in outlets including the Nation, NBC News, BBC News, Huffington Post, the New Yorker, Al Jazeera, Ebony, USA Today, and the Washington Post.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2200670503537544/

In the Spirit of Unity we are inviting you to join Us for interesting conversation on social media and Mobility our VIP Speakers series on Strategies on how to use Social Media to increase your small business revenue by 30%.

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Serendipity Lounge – 3 Alliance Center 3550 Lenox Road NE. Atlanta Ga. 30326

Build a New Business Strategies and Develop a Circle of Influencers.

What to expect:
Grow Personally, Professionally and most importantly learn how to grow a business using social media and
proximity marketing by 25-30% by 2019. Understand the importance of a strategic plan and grow your business online.

Presentation by social media business leaders, on SEO, Linkedin, Facebook Proximity Marketing and Instagram.
Learn about new business strategies and opportunities.
Must Register to Participate –

The Power of Google Linkedin To increase the number of Business Influencers and increase Sales

Your Hosts:Jose Marquez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/royaltiejam): CEO, Investor, Social Media Specialist, Entrepreneur and Saurel Quettan Strategic project design & implementation for private and public utilities, Investor, President GAHCCI, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurelquettan)

The Power to Create a Buzz for your Business using Proximity Marketing.

Come Join us on this special night, and meet some of today’s top minds in brand awareness and technology.

Light Refreshments will be serve, bring plenty of business cards.

GA. Haitian Chamber of Commerce: https://gahcci.org
TechLatino: https://techlatino.org

https://www.facebook.com/events/2190943217811707/

Join Charis in welcoming Charlene A. Carruthers back for a second time to discuss Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements. by Charlene A. Carruthers.

Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. This book provides a vision for how social justice movements can become sharper and more effective through principled struggle, healing justice, and leadership development. It also offers a flexible model of what deeply effective organizing can be, anchored in the Chicago model of activism, which features long-term commitment, cultural sensitivity, creative strategizing, and multiple cross-group alliances. And Unapologetic provides a clear framework for activists committed to building transformative power, encouraging young people to see themselves as visionaries and leaders.

Unapologetic is also available for through Charis as a digital audiobook read by the author: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780807094693

This event is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Auburn Ave Research Library.

https://www.facebook.com/events/534386993693373/

Pop-Up for change is a celebration and social gathering for Citizen Advocacy of Atlanta and Dekalb. The event is sponsored by Monday Night Garage with an open bar from 7-9 and will include Pop-Up food vendors, DJs, and entertainment. Join us for an evening of food, drink, fun in celebrating a strong inclusive community in Atlanta and Dekalb County.

https://www.facebook.com/events/558895214537630/

Please join us for the first annual Sustainability Networking Night!

This event is an excellent opportunity to meet like-minded individuals who share a passion for making the world a better place.

Attendees will consist of University of Georgia Office of Sustainability Interns, Sustainability Certificate Students, Office of Sustainability Alumni, Certificate Alumni, as well as other sustainability leaders in the Atlanta Community.

Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2243935649222303/

Charis is excited to celebrate “Hair Nah” as our newest installation in our Dear Games Feminist Video Game Partnership with Georgia Tech. You can come by Charis anytime during regular store hours to play “Hair Nah” in person on our arcade console (it’s a great way to relieve stress!) and for those who want to go deeper and learn more about how to make your own games for justice, join us for a special all-level workshop where we will talk about what makes “Hair Nah” work as both a fun game and a social justice tool and help you make your own game based on your ideas. If you have a laptop, feel free to bring it, but it’s not necessary. No previous programming experience is required and everyone is welcome. The suggested donation is $5.

More about Hair Nah and its creator, Momo Pixel: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/momo-pixel-hair-nah-video-game-interview

https://www.facebook.com/events/1427222134079136/

Oldest human rights gathering in the south

https://www.facebook.com/events/908646762667389/

Come thru and chill with the Atlanta AfroSoc crew.

We’re going old school with a house party aka kickback at Shaheen’s house. It’s going to be celebration of black and brown love, camaraderie, and solidarity.

Bring a dish, a game, or a bottle and of course your best trash talk. There’ll be something for everyone. This is a family event but we’ll have libations for the grown folks. 😉

The address will be given to those who RSVP the day before the event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/499700990525394/

The 8th Annual Ujamaafest, one of the largest metro – Atlanta Kwanzaa festivals is slated for Saturday, December 29,2018. The highly anticipated annual event returns to Atlanta this year.
Our mission is to empower African American communities by providing programming centering around Financial Literacy & Cooperative Economics which is a principle of Kwanzaa .

Along with a rich cultural celebration which has included performances, STEM activities & Interactive Art Sessions, Ujamaafest has provided an economic platform for African American businesses by providing a marketplace, financial seminars & an opportunity to network with other business owners.
With the support of our lead community partner, the office of Councilmen At Large Andre Dickens ,we return to Atlanta’s City Hall, we see an opportunity to expand our commitment to African American business owners by hosting the Economic Heritage Small Business Pitch targeting existing small businesses that may be at risk for gentrification & displacement. We will host our 2nd pitch session during the Ujamaafest with judges from diverse economic & business backgrounds who are leaders in the community .
FREE tickets available :https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-ujamaafest-cooperative-economics-tickets-46933747101

https://www.facebook.com/events/111564643031337/

African attire/ Wakanda
More details coming soon

https://www.facebook.com/events/501749683624965/

This event has been rescheduled for 2019 – please see new event link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/687269284975067/

Reclaiming Justice: Self-Care for the Resistance
Atlanta,GA
June 25-29th, 2018 – 9am-5pm
Opening Gathering – Sunday, June 24th @ 7pm

Are you passionate about your community and collective well-being? Are you feeling overwhelmed and confused by these rapidly changing times? Do you wish you could connect with others and find creative ways to express all you are feeling, thinking and noticing?

Then come join us for a week of connection, play and creation with Interplay. This week-long program for people of all ages and diversities who are community activists, artists, practitioners, healers, social justice-lovin’, creative souls and beyond. We will co-create space together for our stories and collective wisdom to be shared. Through the philosophy and practice of Interplay, we will tap into our birthrights of movement, sound, song, story, dance and stillness – connecting to the wisdom of the body and what it has to tell us about navigating these challenging times with grace, ease, love and creativity.

Our week will include a variety of rich experiences – connecting with local groups and organizations in Atlanta and their creative resistance work, dipping into nature and playing with the wisdom of the wild, playing in different public places and space, and other spontaneous moments where anything is possible (a justice dance parade perhaps?!?). In all this, we will get the chance to explore social justice themes and ideas that are important to us as a collective as we put art into action. We will celebrate our communities, feed our collective imagination and learn what self-care for the resistance feels and looks like. Atlanta, home of The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights and so much more feels like a perfect place to gather for collective social action.

We welcome the largest spectrum of diversity – across political, social, economic, social boundaries as we appreciate the richness that emerges in the coming together and deep full-body-dialogue of folks and ways in which we walk in and experience the world differently.

Your team of quirky, creative and capable Interplay leaders will include Agnotti Cowie, Foluke Beveridge, Christine Gautreaux, and Natalie Abdou – local and international Interplay leaders who have shared and played in a diversity of community and social justice contexts.

The program is week-long although we have limited 1-day only spaces available for those who are unable to attend the week-long program. Scholarships and sliding scale options available.
Please contact Christine Gautreaux at christinegautreauxmsw@gmail.com or text at 770-256-9191 for registration and details.

Cost $500 or pay what you can (sliding scale higher or lower) for the week. Daily rate – $125.

We are excited to play with you soon!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/711764829212456/

This event has been rescheduled for 2019 – please see new event link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/687269284975067/

Reclaiming Justice: Self-Care for the Resistance
Atlanta,GA
June 25-29th, 2018 – 9am-5pm
Opening Gathering – Sunday, June 24th @ 7pm

Are you passionate about your community and collective well-being? Are you feeling overwhelmed and confused by these rapidly changing times? Do you wish you could connect with others and find creative ways to express all you are feeling, thinking and noticing?

Then come join us for a week of connection, play and creation with Interplay. This week-long program for people of all ages and diversities who are community activists, artists, practitioners, healers, social justice-lovin’, creative souls and beyond. We will co-create space together for our stories and collective wisdom to be shared. Through the philosophy and practice of Interplay, we will tap into our birthrights of movement, sound, song, story, dance and stillness – connecting to the wisdom of the body and what it has to tell us about navigating these challenging times with grace, ease, love and creativity.

Our week will include a variety of rich experiences – connecting with local groups and organizations in Atlanta and their creative resistance work, dipping into nature and playing with the wisdom of the wild, playing in different public places and space, and other spontaneous moments where anything is possible (a justice dance parade perhaps?!?). In all this, we will get the chance to explore social justice themes and ideas that are important to us as a collective as we put art into action. We will celebrate our communities, feed our collective imagination and learn what self-care for the resistance feels and looks like. Atlanta, home of The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights and so much more feels like a perfect place to gather for collective social action.

We welcome the largest spectrum of diversity – across political, social, economic, social boundaries as we appreciate the richness that emerges in the coming together and deep full-body-dialogue of folks and ways in which we walk in and experience the world differently.

Your team of quirky, creative and capable Interplay leaders will include Agnotti Cowie, Foluke Beveridge, Christine Gautreaux, and Natalie Abdou – local and international Interplay leaders who have shared and played in a diversity of community and social justice contexts.

The program is week-long although we have limited 1-day only spaces available for those who are unable to attend the week-long program. Scholarships and sliding scale options available.
Please contact Christine Gautreaux at christinegautreauxmsw@gmail.com or text at 770-256-9191 for registration and details.

Cost $500 or pay what you can (sliding scale higher or lower) for the week. Daily rate – $125.

We are excited to play with you soon!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/711764829212456/?event_time_id=783703872018551

This event has been rescheduled for 2019 – please see new event link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/687269284975067/

Reclaiming Justice: Self-Care for the Resistance
Atlanta,GA
June 25-29th, 2018 – 9am-5pm
Opening Gathering – Sunday, June 24th @ 7pm

Are you passionate about your community and collective well-being? Are you feeling overwhelmed and confused by these rapidly changing times? Do you wish you could connect with others and find creative ways to express all you are feeling, thinking and noticing?

Then come join us for a week of connection, play and creation with Interplay. This week-long program for people of all ages and diversities who are community activists, artists, practitioners, healers, social justice-lovin’, creative souls and beyond. We will co-create space together for our stories and collective wisdom to be shared. Through the philosophy and practice of Interplay, we will tap into our birthrights of movement, sound, song, story, dance and stillness – connecting to the wisdom of the body and what it has to tell us about navigating these challenging times with grace, ease, love and creativity.

Our week will include a variety of rich experiences – connecting with local groups and organizations in Atlanta and their creative resistance work, dipping into nature and playing with the wisdom of the wild, playing in different public places and space, and other spontaneous moments where anything is possible (a justice dance parade perhaps?!?). In all this, we will get the chance to explore social justice themes and ideas that are important to us as a collective as we put art into action. We will celebrate our communities, feed our collective imagination and learn what self-care for the resistance feels and looks like. Atlanta, home of The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights and so much more feels like a perfect place to gather for collective social action.

We welcome the largest spectrum of diversity – across political, social, economic, social boundaries as we appreciate the richness that emerges in the coming together and deep full-body-dialogue of folks and ways in which we walk in and experience the world differently.

Your team of quirky, creative and capable Interplay leaders will include Agnotti Cowie, Foluke Beveridge, Christine Gautreaux, and Natalie Abdou – local and international Interplay leaders who have shared and played in a diversity of community and social justice contexts.

The program is week-long although we have limited 1-day only spaces available for those who are unable to attend the week-long program. Scholarships and sliding scale options available.
Please contact Christine Gautreaux at christinegautreauxmsw@gmail.com or text at 770-256-9191 for registration and details.

Cost $500 or pay what you can (sliding scale higher or lower) for the week. Daily rate – $125.

We are excited to play with you soon!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/711764829212456/?event_time_id=783703875351884