active-rva:

Every Friday, starting today, February 22nd, from 6:30-8:30pm, at the East District Family Resource Center (2405 Jefferson Avenue, Richmond VA), there will be a free, public class on African American Studies.

Here is the class schedule and speakers:

February 22: “Saltwater Fish in a Freshwater Society: Re-imagining Black Love And African (American) Possibility,” Prof. Adisa Ajamu, Atunwa Collective Community Development Think Tank

March 1: “Colorism in the Black Community,” Prof. Morgan Maxwell, VCU

March 8: “Revisiting the Isis Papers and the Psychology of White Supremacy,” Dr. Francis Cress-Welsing, The Isis Papers

March 15: “Negroes with Guns: Why African Americans Must Exercise their Right to Bear Arms,” Rev. Kenn Blanchard, Blanchard Media Group

March 22: “The House I Live In— Documentary Film on the Prison Industrial Complex,” Mr. Jesse Frierson, African American Lecture Series

March 29: “Being Silent When She Should Be Screaming: The Strong Black Woman Phenomena,” Dr. Jasmine Abrams, VCU

April 5: “Post Enslavement Systemic Trauma,” Dr. Kevin Washington, Center for Optimal Life

April 12: “A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X,” Dr. Jared Ball, Morgan State University

April 19: “How Black Men in The Streets Adapt to Structural Violence,” Dr. Yasser Payne, University of Delaware

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