Ajamu Baraka: “Peoples in Resistance from Ferguson to Palestine: A Report Back” Dec 10-11
by The Editors
Mr. Ajamu Baraka is scheduled to present “Peoples in Resistance from Ferguson to Palestine: A Report Back”
Atlanta GA -- Wed Dec 10,
6:30 PM, Georgia Hill Community Center, 2nd floor, 250 Georgia AVe. SE. Atlanta 30312
Augusta GA -- Thurs Dec 11,
Paine College in the Gandy Richardson Lecture Hall located in the Haygood Holsey Building, Second Floor, Room 210. The event is free and open to the public.
Mr. Baraka just returned from Palestine as a member of the “African Heritage” delegation which spent two weeks in Palestine between October 27 and early November. Join Ajamu Baraka as he shares his observations and experiences, including the attack on the delegation by the Israeli army in the village of Bil`in.
Sponsors include the Interfaith Peace Builders, Atlanta Public Sector Alliance, Moving the Center, WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta, Black Agenda Report, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the Georgia Green Party and the CSRA Peace Alliance in conjunction with The John Henrik Clarke Society.
For more information, in Alanta GA, contact Dec10event@georgiagreenparty.org. In Augusta GA, contact contact M. Hutcherson PhD 706.821.8266 or Denice Traina 706.951.2413. Want to bring the report back to your town? Contact Ajamu Baraka at ajamabaraka2@gmail.com.
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