1. Learn My History Multicultural Youth Empowerment Fundraiser Saturday, April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Schomburg Join Learn My History Foundation for a powerful, uplifting program, which combines its talented youth with Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning entertainers as well as dedicated educators. This one-of-a kind mass mentoring event will awaken and celebrate the unrealized potential of at-risk youth and raise funds to create programs that are geared toward helping them build successful lives. The families of Emmett Till, Sean Bell, Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, and Trayvon Martin will be in attendance. Tickets: $50.00 Dinner, Show & VIP access $35.00 Show Only - Adults $25.00 Students w/ valid id For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.learnmyhistory.org or call (212) 613-5787

    Learn My History Multicultural Youth Empowerment Fundraiser

    Saturday, April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Schomburg

    Join Learn My History Foundation for a powerful, uplifting program, which combines its talented youth with Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning entertainers as well as dedicated educators. This one-of-a kind mass mentoring event will awaken and celebrate the unrealized potential of at-risk youth and raise funds to create programs that are geared toward helping them build successful lives. The families of Emmett Till, Sean Bell, Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, and Trayvon Martin will be in attendance.

    Tickets:

    $50.00 Dinner, Show & VIP access
    $35.00 Show Only - Adults
    $25.00 Students w/ valid id

    For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.learnmyhistory.org or call (212) 613-5787

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  2. Rodney King and the Violence Card “Here’s how it works. When confronted with an instance of racially charged violence against a black person, a commentator draws attention to the fact that there is much more black-on-black violence than white-on-black violence. To play the violence card — as many criminal-justice advocates have done since the Rodney King police brutality case of the early 1990s — is to suggest that black people should worry more about the harm they do to themselves and less about how victimized they are by others.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad, NY Times Op-Ed, “Playing The Violence Card” Join Dr. Muhammad with Rodney King at the Schomburg Center on April 24, 2012. For free tickets, register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3370971667

    Rodney King and the Violence Card

    “Here’s how it works. When confronted with an instance of racially charged violence against a black person, a commentator draws attention to the fact that there is much more black-on-black violence than white-on-black violence. To play the violence card — as many criminal-justice advocates have done since the Rodney King police brutality case of the early 1990s — is to suggest that black people should worry more about the harm they do to themselves and less about how victimized they are by others.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad, NY Times Op-Ed, “Playing The Violence Card”

    Join Dr. Muhammad with Rodney King at the Schomburg Center on April 24, 2012. For free tickets, register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3370971667

  3. Trial of George Zimmerman Could Trigger Another Rodney King →

    Join Rodney King at the Schomburg Center on April 24. For free tickets, visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3370971667

  4. Playing the Violence Card →

    Schomburg Center Director Khalil Gibran Muhammad penned a recent op-ed in The New York Times on how “The violence card perpetuates the notion that violence against black people is not society’s concern but rather a problem for black people to fix on their own.”  

  5. Global Imbalance, Inhumanity, Injustice, Trayvon and More

    On March 30, 2012, students at the United Nations Global Student Videoconference of The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Honouring the Heroes, Resisters and Survivors, will share local stories and discuss the legacy of slavery and its link to inhumanity and injustice. This live interactive forum aims to link the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade to its impact and influence on today’s world.

    In his March 25 message to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the global community to continue its battle against the lingering legacy of the slave trade. “New laws, institutions and mindsets have given us better tools for the struggle against these ills,” noted Secretary General Ban. “Yet we must also recognize that bias has increased in many parts of the world.”

    International Day also serves as an opportunity to teach about the causes and consequences of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. “We see discriminatory practices gaining political, moral and even legal recognition, including through the platforms of some political parties and organizations and the dissemination through modern communication technologies of ideas based on the notion of racial superiority.” He stressed that the UN remains firmly committed to countering such hateful acts and trends.

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  6. We Speak for Trayvon Martin: Junior Scholars take to the streets of Harlem to spread awareness of the Trayvon Martin case on Saturday, March 24, 2012. They engaged the community, young and old, with 1,000 flyers summarizing the case and ways to support.

    We Speak for Trayvon Martin: Junior Scholars take to the streets of Harlem to spread awareness of the Trayvon Martin case on Saturday, March 24, 2012. They engaged the community, young and old, with 1,000 flyers summarizing the case and ways to support.