Calendar

A Gathering to Discuss Human Rights & Sports During the Biggest Event of the Year.

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights’ updated Breaking Barriers: Sports for Change exhibition examines the multiple intersections of human rights and sports throughout time. This program will feature a star-studded panel of activists and athletes discussing a range of global rights issues related to sports, particularly those that affect women and the LGBTQ community.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1958661747583891/

Shannon Murray, a songwriter and labor historian, will be coming to Atlanta to play music and bring artifacts from the lost history of the American labor movement. Free admission to all!

Shannon tours universities, libraries, and history centers around the country with her “People’s Music” project working to preserve working class history in story and song. What began as an exploration into the music and history of the IWW labor union for a presentation at her local library has grown into a massive collection of songs and stories. Her newest addition to this series saw her delving deeper into local Minnesota working class history through a 2015-2016 Hinge Artist Residency with Springboard for the Arts where she explored the connections between poverty, trauma and mental health in the personal histories of patients admitted for mental health treatment to the Fergus Falls State Hospital from 1890-1920. Through informative and interactive workshop concerts featuring photos, historical documents, stories, and song, Shannon is able to preserve these vital parts of working class history in memorable and meaningful ways.

https://www.facebook.com/events/607739023016664/

Happy 2019!

With the new year, we want to take time to reflect on our reproductive justice visions for 2019 and invite you to join us!

We will be creating beautiful vision boards with all of our hopes and dreams for reproductive justice in 2019. We will provide the supplies (and yummy bubble tea), but encourage you to bring any that you would like to use.

This event is a part of our Reproductive Justice: Ask, Talk, Listen monthly program where we will host community discussions on reproductive justice and intersecting issues.

https://www.facebook.com/events/786101618398451/

Am I Enough: The Representation of Black Women in Global Popular Culture.

This panel discussion, hosted by Yema Thomas of The Atlanta Ginga Project, will explore the ongoing struggle of Africans and African descendant women for aesthetic and cultural equity in a world still fueled by the myths of black pathology.

This panel discussion is in conjunction with the exhibitions “Lesson on How to be a More Interesting Woman by Jamaican-born Artist Yanique Norman and “In-betweenness” by South Korean Artist Namwon Choi.

https://www.facebook.com/events/347678265963642/

Do you want to read books by amazing Black women writers? Do you want to discuss works from a Black feminist perspective(s)? Do you want to do all of this in an awesome gem of a feminist bookstore? Then the Black Feminist Book Club is for you! Charis Circle board chair Susana Morris is the facilitator of this group. This winter and spring we are reading Black Feminist contemporary memoir. All community members are welcome to participate! This is a Charis Circle from margin to center literary event and the suggested donation is $5.

Please note this group will pause meeting for February and March 2019 to accommodate Charis’ move to Agnes Scott College. We expect to resume meeting in April. Please stay tuned.

January 24th: Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock

https://www.facebook.com/events/309155679807937/

Join us! GBPI’s annual policy conference provides the most up-to-date budget and public policy information through timely briefings, salient speakers, networking and more. Insights 2019 will be particularly special as we mark our 15th anniversary. We are bringing together local and national speakers on critical topics including health care, education and how public policy can be used as a tool to achieve economic opportunity for everyone.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1929337980495264/

Application for the : Art of Protest Sponsored by The Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia and We are March on Georgia

Where: The Bakery Atlanta : 825 Warner St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310

THE ART OF PROTEST is inspired by history, current events, and the resistance movement.
THE ART OF PROTEST is an annual exhibition by the Women’s Caucus for Art of Ga.
On view in the main gallery of the Bakery Atlanta.
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GALLERY HOURS: One Night Only
February 4th, 2019 from 6pm-9pm

A portion of the proceeds from the exhibition will go to supporting the muralists covering up the Squishpuss work throughout Atlanta. We will also be taking donations for these artists at the door.

Curator :
We are pleased to announce Emily M. Getsay will be curating our exhibit. Emily M. Getsay is the President of the Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia and a member of the Art + Activism that created the inaugural Art of Protest exhibition in 2016 at Sycamore Place Gallery , Decatur.

Deadline for entry: January 25nd

➡ Entries: submit 1 to 3 images of artworks
(No image will be accepted over 22 x22” or 8lbs)

➡ Entry Fee $5
➡ Free Entry for WCAGA members – (Become a member)
➡ Free Entry of work created in the Art of Protest Workshop

**Calendar**
January 25th – Deadline – Noon Eastern standard time for image submissions
January 30 – Notification of images chosen

February 4th : Drop off of Work :Noon – 4pm
(other arrangements can be made prior to Feb.4th. With coordination email stated in email submissionl )
February 4th : Art of Protest Show – 6-9pm (At the Bakery)
February 4th : All work not purchased will need to be picked up from gallery following the exhibit ( 9:00-10 pm)
If work is not picked up after the exhibition WCAGA will hold the piece for one week . After one week , the work will be donated to the WCAGA .

For more information and to apply, visit this link:
http://www.wcaga.org/page/art-of-protest-sponsored-by-the-women-s-caucus-for-art-of-georgia

https://www.facebook.com/events/1427867660678367/

A community event uplifting the stories of Southeast Asian women who have experienced detention and deportation in their families. Honor their experiences by hearing their stories and learning what our rights are. (Location: Café Rothem conference room.)

The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) have published a new report entitled “Dreams Detained, In Her Words,” telling the stories of Southeast Asian American women whose family members have been detained or deported. The women we interviewed graciously shared in their own words how family separation affected them. They will speak with us directly on January 25, along with an attorney specializing in immigrants’ rights and a nationally-recognized journalist.

Food provided for all who RSVP. Transportation, childcare, or language assistance available *if requested in advance*. Contact rabisamra@napawf.org to request this or to RSVP!

https://www.facebook.com/events/788407881502102/

Skid is a celebration of the vulnerability and strength of humanity. Komansé Dance Theater takes a provocative look at homelessness and gentrification in the metro Atlanta area and beyond. Using an innovative set design and featuring 3D printed costuming, this production brings together dance and technological innovation to embody the human connection between art and social justice. Skid is set to a score of classical and contemporary sounds including trap music, jazz, and hip hop. The compelling high-energy movement of the KDT dancers captures the attention of a multi-generational audience.

https://www.facebook.com/events/238469383488768/

Join us on Saturday, January 26th for a training with Tzedek Georgia and The New Sanctuary Movement on influencing your legislators as the state legislative session begins. Please indicate in the RSVP, the areas in which you are interested in advocating.

Please kindly RSVP for this free training so we can contact you about any changes (Inclement weather, etc) and so we’ll have enough coffee and doughnuts Free event but small donations are welcomed. . https://goo.gl/forms/SFVC31ptmz8mrmCl2

https://www.facebook.com/events/344038849518521/

Dear Friends,

We had a successful showing and discussion of the film, “Healing Justice,” on 12/12, with 14 attending. We began to imagine a replacement for the criminal punishment system through viewing and discussing this inspiring film, which uses poetry, dance and individual testimony.

Join us at one of the following dates to see the film:

Saturday, January 26, 9-11 am
Thursday, February 21, 7 – 9 pm
Sunday, March 3, 12:15 – 2:15 pm

Location: Atlanta Friends Meeting Library, 701 West Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030.

Here’s a link to a preview: https://youtu.be/jmTc3qwfII8

For more details and to download the free study guide, go to this link:
https://world-trust.org/product/healing-justice/

To see the film now for $4.99: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/healingjustice

With your help, I hope we can share this film widely and encourage a stronger local movement toward healing justice! Let me know if you want to set up other times or locations.

More resources on healing and restorative justice:

Donna Jones suggests Webinars at the Zehr Institute. She watched the one on December 12: Webinars | Zehr Institute

Mark Harding suggests the book, Barking to the Choir by Gregory Boyle for “restorative justice vignettes.”

Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/healing-justice/

Peace,

Bert

“We who believe in freedom cannot rest, We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes
Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, Is as important as the killing of White men, White mothers’ sons” (Refrain & First Verse of “Ellas’s Song”)

https://www.facebook.com/events/909781042557360/?event_time_id=909781049224026

Dear Friends,

We had a successful showing and discussion of the film, “Healing Justice,” on 12/12, with 14 attending. We began to imagine a replacement for the criminal punishment system through viewing and discussing this inspiring film, which uses poetry, dance and individual testimony.

Join us at one of the following dates to see the film:

Saturday, January 26, 9-11 am
Thursday, February 21, 7 – 9 pm
Sunday, March 3, 12:15 – 2:15 pm

Location: Atlanta Friends Meeting Library, 701 West Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030.

Here’s a link to a preview: https://youtu.be/jmTc3qwfII8

For more details and to download the free study guide, go to this link:
https://world-trust.org/product/healing-justice/

To see the film now for $4.99: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/healingjustice

With your help, I hope we can share this film widely and encourage a stronger local movement toward healing justice! Let me know if you want to set up other times or locations.

More resources on healing and restorative justice:

Donna Jones suggests Webinars at the Zehr Institute. She watched the one on December 12: Webinars | Zehr Institute

Mark Harding suggests the book, Barking to the Choir by Gregory Boyle for “restorative justice vignettes.”

Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/healing-justice/

Peace,

Bert

“We who believe in freedom cannot rest, We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes
Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, Is as important as the killing of White men, White mothers’ sons” (Refrain & First Verse of “Ellas’s Song”)

https://www.facebook.com/events/909781042557360/

SPARK Organizing Intensive is an immersive organizing and advocacy workshop to learn about the Georgia legislature and how you can make change BEYOND THE POLLS.

This will be a lead up to our annual Legislate THIS!, our advocacy day at the capitol!

Register by visiting bit.ly/sparkorganizingintensive

If you register to attend SOI please also register for Legislate THIS!.
bit.ly/legislatethis

https://www.facebook.com/events/940659459475867/

Are you an arts administrator or individual artist seeking financial support for your organization or project? Join us for a grant writing workshop designed to teach you the basics of submitting a grant proposal to fund your big idea!

This workshop is presented by Atlanta Contemporary and C4 Atlanta. In this workshop, each student will learn the basics of writing a grant proposal. Whether you are an arts administrator looking to find funding to support your nonprofit or an individual artist seeking financial support for a body of work – this workshop will provide you with the tools necessary to begin the grant application process.

We have detailed below a few questions that we will be sure to address during the workshop:

Why would an organization or artist apply for a grant?
What types of grants exist for organizations?
What types of grants exist for artists?
Where do I research and find grant opportunities?
What documents and materials do I need before I begin the application process?

Keep in mind that this is an introductory level workshop that does not require previous experience in grant writing to attend. In addition, it will provide you with the information and tools necessary to help you begin your application process. More information about the curriculum and what to expect forthcoming.

C4 Atlanta Inc. is a non-profit arts service organization whose mission is to connect arts entrepreneurs to the people, skills and tools they need to build a successful artistic career in metro Atlanta. The organization was founded in July 2010 in response to a growing need for business services for Atlanta’s arts community. C4 Atlanta fulfills this mission by offering professional practice classes for artists, fiscal sponsorship, co-working space, and advocacy for arts workers. C4 Atlanta’s program offerings are geared toward creating a new foundation of sustainability for arts and culture in the Atlanta region. For more information, visit c4atlanta.org.

https://www.facebook.com/events/482606528928982/

This training provided by Georgia Equality staff will provide you with the tools necessary to make an impact on issues you care about.
We will begin a Legislative Update/Overview for the work ahead in 2019. LGBTQ and supportive voices are going to be critical at the state capitol again this year as we push for full non-discrimination protections in state law.

We want you with us. Click the tickets link to RSVP for this free event!

https://www.facebook.com/events/520044061837086/

The Art of Activism
Body as resistance: Fueling the Spectator with Power and Motivation

A brunch dialogue with Israeli Artists/Choreographers, Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor, facilitated by Heidi S. Howard, Artistic Director of 7 Stages – Investigating the potential of art to trigger and inspire activism in the audience.

Free and open to the public.

https://www.facebook.com/events/778688245818537/

The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in collaboration with the Hammond’s House Museum, will host Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song, a compelling new exhibition featuring the illustrated children’s literature of award-winning artist/illustrator Charly Palmer.

These vivid paintings pulsing with color, movement, and emotion creating a driving visual narrative that alight on significant events, in the life of Miriam Makeba, such as her flight from her homeland in disguise, her powerful testimony at the United Nations, the horrific Soweto killings, and Nelson Mandela’s release from jail, ending with the singer’s triumphant return home after apartheid is ended.

Miriam Makeba, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, rose to fame in the hearts of her people at the pinnacle of apartheid―a brutal system of segregation similar to American Jim Crow laws. Mama Africa, as they called her, raised her voice to help combat injustice.

Charly Palmer is a graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist who studied art and design at the American Academy of Art and the School of the Art Institute, both in Chicago. Mama Africa! is his first picture book.

https://www.facebook.com/events/326224674885429/

Charis welcomes APS educator Shani Robinson and Atlanta journalist Anna Simonton to discuss None of the Above, their crucial insider’s account of the infamous Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal that scapegoated black employees for problems rooted in the education reform movement.

In March of 2013, 35 educators in the Atlanta Public Schools were charged with racketeering and conspiracy—the same charges used to bring down the American mafia—for allegedly changing students’ answers on standardized tests. All but one was black. The youngest of the accused, Shani Robinson, had taught for only 3 years and was a new mother when she was wrongfully convicted and faced up to 25 years in prison. She and her coauthor, journalist Anna Simonton, look back to show how black children in Atlanta were being deprived long before some teachers allegedly changed the answers on their students’ tests. Stretching all the way back to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in public schools, to examining the corporate-led education reform movement, the policing of black and brown citizens, and widening racial and economic disparities in Atlanta, Robinson and Simonton reveal how real estate moguls and financiers were lining their pockets with the education dollars that should have been going to the classroom.

This is a Charis Circle Strong Children, Whole Families Event and the suggested donation is $5, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

https://www.facebook.com/events/361238058013705/

Trump’s politics have inspired a level of protests not seen in this country in generations. But the question remains; what’s next?
If we ever want to get rid of not just a president, but the system that spawned someone like him (and will do so again), we need to go beyond elections to build independent political power in our workplaces, schools, and communities.
Join us in this meeting to discuss that project and how you can be a part of it.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1455944541206733/

Stay tuned for details on how to advocate over the phone!
**Gathering Event Cancelled**
This is the 20th Annual Stop Violence Against Woman day (SVAWD) in Georgia! SVAWD brings together domestic violence and sexual assault advocates, system stakeholders, and community constituents from across the state to rally together and speak to their elected officials about legislation that effects domestic violence and sexual assault victims.
In light of the federal government shutdown, GCADV, GNESA, & Raksha have decided to cancel the Stop Violence Against Women Day event for this year. In addition to the shutdown, we anticipate there to be no activity or presence at the Capitol as Super Bowl activities will be occurring throughout the week.

Even though we will not be gathering in person we would encourage everyone who registered for the event to continue to mobilize by “Flooding the Phones” on Thursday, January 31st.

We will be hosting a facebook live event that morning which will cover the following topics:
• How to look up your representatives’ and the phone directory
• Current legislative bills for this session
• Talking points to use on the phone
• Mini Skit on how to talk with your legislator
• How to stay up to date on the issues

We need your continued collective support to advocate for survivors and their families! It is crucial that our legislators continue to hear voices and our stories so that they will continue to support good policies and stable funding for Georgia’s domestic violence and sexual assault centers.

In the coming weeks we will share a link to access the documents that would normally be in the folders and how to stay active in your advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Sign up for the email updates here:
https://tinyurl.com/svawd2019

https://www.facebook.com/events/264277290913614/

Are you outraged by injustice but don’t know what to do?
New to activism or looking to get more connected?
Want to support your community in solidarity and love?

You are invited to join Activists Recruiting, Organizing and Mentoring in Atlanta (AROMA) for our metro-Atlanta meet and greets every LAST Thursday of the month.

These are informal and semi-structured networking events to support the local activist community in ATL. Our relationships are the most important resource we have to win the world we need.

You can expect to participate in Activist Speed-Friending, hear more about what it really means to organize for justice, and meet some of the folks on the front lines already doing the work needed to transform society and transition into a better world!

You can also expect to start to see how you can be the change, and invitations to participate in efforts for justice right away.

If you are able, please BRING FOOD, drinks, or donations to share, and please SPREAD THE WORD by inviting your friends and neighbors! Hope to see you there! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

Website:
activismatlanta.com

Activist calendar:
http://activismatlanta.com/activist-calendar

Article about AROMA:
dailykos.com/story/2014/07/15/1313217/-AROMA-creating-sustainable-activism-across-Atlanta-movements

https://www.facebook.com/events/595511817555237/

Come celebrate my birthday with me, or tack on if you’re birthday is close by! <3 If you can't come or want an excuse to do extra for me or the world, PLEASE consider:

1) GOING VEGAN! Watch Earthlings, What the Health? or other movies and start moving toward a plant-based diet! or

2) BECOMING AN ACTIVIST! I would LOVE you to work on social and environmental justice issues to help make a difference!

<3 Love y'all! Thank you for being my community and loved ones!

https://www.facebook.com/events/702289306831582/