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The mission of The Gathering is to build an Intergenerational, movement, rooted in history, cultures and non-violent direct action to heal communities, build collective strength and generate an environment of hope and opportunity.
Civil rights and social justice organizations have come to understand that collective action on a national basis is required to stop child incarceration and challenge the immoral process which perpetuates an unjust justice system. These groups are working under extremely difficult circumstances and many of them with little or no resources. The Gathering is a national movement that creates a coordinated space to 1) fortify relationships between regional groups, 2) support local endeavors and 3) enhance the ongoing organizing of non-violent direct action training. Central to its mission is strengthening our moral environment.
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Civil rights and social justice organizations have come to understand that collective action on a national basis is required to stop child incarceration and challenge the immoral process which perpetuates an unjust justice system. These groups are working under extremely difficult circumstances and many of them with little or no resources. The Gathering is a national movement that creates a coordinated space to 1) fortify relationships between regional groups, 2) support local endeavors and 3) enhance the ongoing organizing of non-violent direct action training. Central to its mission is strengthening our moral environment.
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"The Gathering" is a project of Tides Center 501c3
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Harry Belafonte, a supporter of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement, used his celebrity as a beloved entertainer to garner funding for the movement. In her autobiography, Coretta Scott King said of Belafonte, "whenever we got into trouble or when tragedy struck, Harry has always come to our aid, his generous heart wide open" (King, 144-145).
Harold George Belafonte, Jr., was born in Harlem, New York, to West Indian parents. As a child, Belafonte suffered from dyslexia and left high school to join the U.S. Navy. Like most African Americans serving during World War II, Belafonte was relegated to manual labor.
After his tour of duty, Belafonte returned to New York City, and worked odd jobs before beginning his acting career. He studied acting at Erwin Piscator’s Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research. After joining the American Negro Theater in Harlem, Belafonte met Paul Robeson and Sidney Poitier, who became a lifelong friend.
While best known for his success as a singer and an actor, Belafonte continually used his public stature to advance the black freedom struggle. As one of the country's most popular entertainers during the 1950s, Belafonte appeared with Coretta King and Duke Ellington at the "Salute to Montgomery," a December 1956 fund raising event in New York. While participating in the May 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C., Belafonte reportedly remarked to a friend: "We play the hit and run game up here. We come down here like this and say our piece and then it's all over. But the Rev. Martin Luther King has to go back and face it all over again" (Papers 4:373n).
During the 1960s, Belafonte continued to provide financial assistance to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), most notably during the Birmingham Campaign. In late March 1963, Belafonte invited prominent individuals to a meeting at his New York apartment, where King and Fred Shuttlesworth discussed plans for the Birmingham Campaign and appealed for financial support to be used primarily for bail money. Without hesitation, Belafonte organized a committee to raise funds for the movement. While King was held in a Birmingham jail Belafonte raised $50,000, allowing the campaign to proceed.
After King’s assassination in 1968, Belafonte served as an executor of King’s estate and chaired the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Fund. He continued afterward to support national and international civil rights and humanitarian issues.
MUCH LOVE MARK G PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO
By: Curly X
This poem is dedicated to Oscar Grant and the other Oscar Grant’s
Bullets piercing the bodies of my people,
I thought the constitution said we are all equal.
Puppets in this world voicing our sad stories,
Eyeballs filled with sanction killings by police sissies.
When will the shooting stop from the hired guns,
Good men die while marksmen freely run.
Mothers hanging on to the last breath of there child,
Minutes go by and she grows more, wild.
Murders are banging Her heart to death,
Riots seem old, it outgrows the poor, and defiles.
Bigots were crushed by the hands of peaceful men,
Cries didn’t come from guns, but from there mouth and pen.
Lead an army of soldiers with guns and rocks, and we will be crushed,
Because violence begets violence, when we are rushed.
Heal our broken hearts with sage and gospel song,
The real ordeal is to fix the pain of wrong.
Forgive and forget, seems to far fetch,
But I promise, you,
Brother Killing Brother, Sister Killing Sister,
Others shooting others to enact revenge,
Its like rhyme with no reason, it doesn’t end.
I want to thank Paradise, for being my inspiration. I hope that our words reach Oakland, and we can be there for them, and heal, organize, and do things the right way. Because you and I know, riots are what the oppressor wants. It gives them a reason to oppress. Destroy the violence, and they have no tools against us.
Peace and Love
This presidential victory came with a price and that price was paid with the blood of those who stood side by side with you.
This is your victory sir, you earned it.
TOMORROW NIGHT. LOTS OF REASONS NOT TO WATCH REGULAR TV
THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL
Monday December 08:
9:00 PM In Prison My Whole Life | Directed by: Marc Evans
Appeared at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
On December 9, 1981, journalist, political activist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer. In the quarter century since, Abu-Jamal has become the most famous and controversial resident of Death Row. On the same day as Abu-Jamal's arrest, William Francome, an Anglo-American journalist, was born. Collaborating with filmmaker Marc Evans (MY LITTLE EYE), Francome revisits the call for a new trial and America's long, troubling history of racism, police brutality and unequal punishment.
ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IFCO Pastors for Peace
Hurricane Reconstruction Brigade
Hear their report! See video and photos!
Find out how Cuba's civil defense system protects its citizens and resources.
Monday, December 8, 2008
7-9: 00 PM
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
521 W. 126th Street
# 1 Train to 125th St.
For more information call 212-926-5757
See our website and blog: www.pastorsforpeace.org
Last fall, within the space of less than two weeks, Hurricanes Ike and Gustav barreled through the Caribbean wreaking destruction wherever they touched ground. While other nations were affected, the full brunt of of these hurricanes landed upon Cuba. Estimated damage in Cuba is more than $9 billion.
Cuba suffered the loss of 500,000 homes while safely evacuating over three million people. IFCO/Pastors for Peace, following its tradition of solidarity and struggle with Cuba, responded immediately by organizing an emergency hurricane relief construction brigade.
On Oct 20th 19 skilled carpenters, electricians, plumbers and masons departed for Cuba. For the next month they worked alongside a full team of Cuban trades people to repair a school for children with special needs in Puerto Esperanza, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
IFCO/PASTORS FOR PEACE
418 West 145th Street, New York NY 10031
tel: 212.926.5757 - fax 212.926.5842 - e-mail ifco@igc.org
Film by www.nykatrinarita.org
LEAVING AT 4:30 PM on Monday
FROM: PS 11, 73, 114, 126
MARCHING TO: SITE FOR A PROMISED MIDDLE SCHOOL at
167th STREET & SEDGWICK AVE.
FOR INFO CALL HIGHBRIDGE UNITED: 212 203 1171
Dear Mr. Belafone, I am writing to you as a desperated mom who is still trying to help my son (Eric Pang) who is still incarcerated in adult prison at the age of 16 back in 2006. I have written countless letters to my legislativors, non-organizations to intervene for my son, but unfortunately they either do not reply back, or if they do, they can't help my son. Please let me explain the situation. Just two day after Eric's sixteen birthday on July 2006, he made some very poor choices, giving into peer-pressure. Consequently Eric was convicted on (5) counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling, one count of arson and one count of malicious wounding. I realize these are very serious crimes and do not minimize their gravity nor appropriate punishment for him. The problem is, the judge decided to sentence Eric as an adult and did not consider the past history behavior as well as other factors relating to this case. Judy Sze"
Congrats on being chosen as one of the FEW GOOD MEN. It was an honor to see you. I hope all is well. Mississippi is still on the move. I hope to see you back here again soon. Keep up the good work.....
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