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We have been heartily learning as we share and growing with our communty! There has been a lot that has happened since the last event posted. That's why we invite you to stay connected and current by clicking on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@APJMM2019/featured and social media platforms https://www.facebook.com/WFYMALC ,https://apjmm.org/essaycontest/. Thank you for your support and understanding.
Keep growing!
Clarice
Together, we can bridge divides to transform our communities for our children and future generations. #HOWWEHEAL
On January 19, 2021, the day after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the State of Arkansas will observe the fifth annual "National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH)." This will be the second consecutive year that this day has been observed by the communities throughout the state of Arkansas. And, as part of last year's inaugural observance, Governor Asa Hutchinson became this nation's first governor to issue a gubernatorial NDORH proclamation, which was immediately followed by proclamations issued by Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde and the mayors of Cammack Village, North Little Rock, and Wrightsville, as well as Little Rock School Superintendent Mike Poore.
One of this year's goals is to have Arkansas become the first state where ALL of its municipal and educational executives (mayors, city managers, city administrators, county judges, school superintendents, college presidents, and university chancellors) issue proclamations along with the Governor. Thus far, the mayors of the following cities have done so:
Blytheville, Conway, Crossett, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Greenwood, Hamburg, Hope, Mountain View, Mulberry, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Prairie Grove, Siloam Springs, Stephens, Sulpher Springs, and Tontitown.
The UA-Fayetteville chancellor has also issued a NDORH proclamation.
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NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS is a statewide week-long schedule of events set aside to share truth, deepen relationships and build trust in order to create courageous environments where citizens can have difficult conversations about how the social construct of race has perpetuated structural violence in our state, leaving us all as victims in some form.
Once these conversations are begun, access to continuing tools and resources will be provided to the participants with the expectation that they put into action what they learned from those conversations and work together to build a more just and equitable world anchored in truth, racial healing and transformation.
#HOWWEHEAL
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Day ZERO (Monday, Jan. 18th)
* 6:00PM-8:00PM -- University of Arkansas--Pulaski Technical College will host MLK DAY 2021 featuring Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.
( Registration Link is: https://uaptc.edu/mlk )
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Day ONE (Tuesday, Jan 19th)
* 9:30AM-11:00AM -- Press Conference and public reveal of gubernatorial and mayoral proclamations, followed by public debut of mayoral recital of state proclamation ending with governor
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARDay1 )
* 12:00PM--University of Arkansas--Clinton School of Public Service's Center on Community Philanthropy will announce the recipients of the 2021 Advancing Equity Award.
( Registration Link is: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARClinton1 )
* 2:00PM-3:30PM--National Livestreaming Event hosted by Baratunde Thurston and sponsored by W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
( Registration Link is: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021NationalEvent )
* 5:00PM-7:00PM -- The Collegiate Art of Racial Healing: H.E.A.L.E.D. through Hip Hop: We as a people have found creative expression a part of our freedom just as much as marching and rioting. From Spirituals to blues to Hip Hop, music has been a hidden code of communication and healing. In this session, Dr. Alexis Davis will guide us through the healing properties of Hip Hop and end with an interactive activity.
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARDay1 )
* 8:00PM-9:30PM -- Shelter-in-Place Virtual Film Series NDORH 2021 Mini-Festival: "Imaginary Walls: A Documentary About Healing Racism"
( Registration/View Link is: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARFilm1 )
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Day TWO (Wednesday, Jan 20th)
* 12:00PM-2:00PM -- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' College of Public Health will host a special Racial Healing Space
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARDay2 )
* 5:00PM-7:00PM -- Lifting Their Names ceremony honoring the memory of the 47 unarmed Arkansans who died in police custody between 2015-present.
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARDay2 )
* 7:00PM-9:00PM -- Shelter-in-Place Virtual Film Series NDORH 2021 Mini-Festival: APJMM Pulaski County Community Remembrance Project presents World Premiere of Little Rock native Korey Isbell's film "Villified" about the 1927 lynchings of Lonnie Dixon & John Carter in Little Rock, followed by a panel discussion with descendants
( Registration link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARFilm2 )
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Day THREE (Thursday, Jan 21st)
* 6:00PM-7:30PM -- APJMM Pulaski County Community Remembrance Project & University of Arkansas-Clinton School of Public Service will co-sponsor virtual community discussion on racial healing and restorative justice
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARClinton2 )
* 8:00PM-10:00PM -- Shelter-in-Place Virtual Film Series NDORH 2021 Mini-Festival: "Divided We Fall: Unity Without Tragedy"
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARFilm3 )
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Day FOUR (Friday, Jan. 22nd)
* 9:30AM-11:00AM -- Press Conference on steps of Arkansas State Capitol to (1) announce the 28-day Arkansas Racial Equity Challenge, (2) introduce proposed legislation to establish a statewide Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission, and (3) submit petition to fully exonerate ALL defendants of the Elaine Race Massacre
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARDay4 )
* 7:00PM-9:00PM -- Shelter-in-Place Virtual Film Series NDORH 2021 Mini-Festival: "How to Love Your Enemy: A Restorative Justice Story"
( Registration/View Link: http://bit.ly/NDORH2021ARFilm4 )
For Immediate Release
Contact Jessi Rice, 501-416-9553, jrrice621@gmail.com
Washitaw Foothills Media Arts and Literacy Collective
and The Yarn present
Black Lives Matter
Oct. 23rd at 7:00 p.m.
Virtual showing of the live performance
Black Stories Matter: True stories from Black Arkansans take the stage in October
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – The Yarn and Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts and Literacy Collective (WFYMALC) partner to center Black stories amid a commemoration for lives lost to law enforcement. Designated by a national coalition working to call out systemic racism in policing, the day Oct. 22, 2020, is gaining recognition as a National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation. The Yarn’s production takes place Friday, Oct. 23, and stories explore being Black in Arkansas, finding empowerment through advocacy, and the nature of racism today.
The Black Lives Matter movement, founded by Alicia Garza in 2013, is complex and evolving. In an atmosphere of flash news cycles and clickbait headlines, the experiences of Black Americans are at risk of being reduced to one line. “With this show, we venture to present the unfiltered authenticity of...those Arkansas voices, so they are not drowned out,” says Kwami Abdul-Bey, co-director at WFYMALC.
At the Yarn, our audience and storytellers are our most important priority. Therefore, to maintain safety and practice social distancing during COVID-19, the performance will be recorded live and shared virtually.
Get access to Black Lives Matter via Facebook Live. This show is free and begins at 7:00 p.m. A recording will be available after the show via YouTube. More information and updates about the show can be found on the Facebook event page.
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About Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts and Literacy Collective (WFYMALC)
Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts and Literacy Collective is a community-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in Pulaski County, Arkansas, that aims to challenge established thinking through hands-on, multimedia-based, experiential learning. Instead of trying to "give our youth a voice," WFYMALC works with them to provide the resources and tools necessary to harness, and then express, the innate power within their own voices.
About The Yarn
The Yarn is a storytelling initiative founded in 2017 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Yarn uses the power of story to amplify voices, build understanding and create space for human connection. Productions are centered around themes that reflect the reality of life in the local community.
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COVID-19 and racism (unfortunately) helped to move this podcast launch along sooner. Hope you glean. Thank you for listening!
The Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts & Literacy Collective (wfymalc.org) and Arkansas Peace and Justice Memorial Movement (APJMM.org), bring you Seeing AR History In 20/20 Podcast Story-Time! You will hear oral histories, some of which are captured by Little Rock Central High School Memory Project students. We truly enjoyed learning and growing with them, alongside our colleagues! We hope that by listening to our podcast--that you will commit to learning and growing too. Thank you! *musical artist heard in this podcast: Djembe Solo by Master Drummer ~ M'Bemba Bangoura
Participation is free, but registration is required. Register now on the Shelter-In-Place Virtual Film Series Facebook page.
https://mailchi.mp/adc97401b6df/sipvfilmseries?fbclid=IwAR1VFEXYjmWNpqCXTtHJjoVvsQJ_vksr8hon2y4g8b1DKs-y-0RFLpj19_I
The year 2020 will mark the first year that the National Day of Racial Healing will be officially observed in the State of Arkansas. And, such is being done so as a part of the Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement's "Seeing AR History in 20/20" campaign.
The second day will include:
Special performance in music, words and dance by the Philander Smith College Creatives and Choir under the direction of Dr. Carla Carter and Stephen Hayes.
Free public screening of HBO documentary “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality,” and interfaith panel discussion.
There will also be an official launch of the first annual county-wide 21-day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge which will run from Jan. 23 – Feb. 12.
APJMM (a project of WFYMALC) and Seeing AR History in 20/20 campaign kick-off are partnering with the Social Justice Institute @ Philander Smith College to hold a collegiate writing workshop to explore racial issues and how we use the art of writing to help us overcome and face challenges.
The year 2020 will mark the first year that the National Day of Racial Healing will be officially observed in the State of Arkansas. And, such is being done so as a part of the Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement's "Seeing AR History in 20/20" campaign.
This enriching program will bring participants - 30 high school students and school year educators - to the Clinton Center three times throughout the school year. They will develop leadership skills by learning how to defend school actively build relationships and navigate conflict.
The Social Justice Institute at Philander Smith College will host the second annual JusticeCon on Monday October 7th and Tuesday, October 8th. JusticeCon 2019 encourages students, activists, thought-leaders, knowledge-seekers and renowned speakers to join in sharing ideas and inspiring one another in the pursuit of social justice, the second. Now in its second year, the conference has an expanded vision, and will bring together an intergenerational and cross-cultural group of individuals from across the country under the theme of Truth, Trauma, and Healing.
Written by Carlos Sirah, an internationally produced writer and performer with the Remember2019 Collective, this collaborative effort will feature musicians from the Arkansas Delta as they explore the cultural and race history of Phillips County over the last 100 years, as told through the Spirituals, the Blues, and R&B. This is a timely show that weaves together live music and oral history in order to tell a story about the last century in Phillips County including the Elaine Massacre which took place a century ago this month. The performance is like spending an afternoon on the porch with an inter-generational gathering of neighbors as they sing songs and tell stories about the blues, freedom, suffering, and endurance.
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site announces free public events to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School.
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
For more information, click here: https://www.decarceratear.org/conference
{WFYMALC will be a workshop presenter}
Tools for Teaching & Learning Difficult History: Racial Violence in Arkansas, the 1919 Elaine Massacre and a Century of Lynching, 1836-1936.
This free “train the trainer” opportunity will teach attendees how to reduce implicit racial bias in their respective organizations. This event is co-sponsored by Little Rock Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Quapaw Quarter UMC
1601 South Louisianna St., Little Rock, AR.
When enacted into law, it will create America's first state governmental body empowered to research, and report on, the dark history of documented extrajudicial, racial, religous, and political injustice and violence, including, and without limitation to, lynching, discriminatory cleansing, and expulsion, with the goal of truth and reconciliation, and properly educating schoolchildren on this dark history to prevent Arkansas from reliving its past.
Arkansas History Association's 78th Annual Conference
Free Event Reg. @https://arpanel.dm.networkforgood.com/youth-and-advocacy-day-2019
Location: Arkansas Edu. Assoc. Bld. Auditorium & State Capitol 1500 W. 4th St., Little Rock,AR.
Arkansas Citizens First Congress, Arkansas YC4SC, JB & Assoc. PR Agency
LGBTQ Gender Equality-Human Trafficking -Race Relations-Gun Violence
12301 Hinson Rd., Little Rock,AR
Willie HInton Neiborhoood Resource Center, 3805 W.12th St., Little Rock,AR.
State Capitol Steps 500 Woodlane St., Little Rock,AR
@UUCLR in Little Rock
Facebook Community Boost Workshop
Google Small Business Workshop
Black History Commission of Arkansas Memorial Curtis Sykes Grant Workshop
Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement Q&A Session
City of Little Rock Department of Community Programs Pre-Bid Meeting
When enacted into law, it will create America's first state governmental body empowered to research, and report on, the dark history of documented extrajudicial, racial, religous, and political injustice and violence, including, and without limitation to, lynching, discriminatory cleansing, and expulsion, with the goal of truth and reconciliation, and properly educating schoolchildren on this dark history to prevent Arkansas from reliving its past.
Free Event Reg. @https://arpanel.dm.networkforgood.com/youth-and-advocacy-day-2019
Location: Arkansas Edu. Assoc. Bld. Auditorium & State Capitol 1500 W. 4th St., Little Rock,AR.
Arkansas Citizens First Congress, Arkansas YC4SC, JB & Assoc. PR Agency
LGBTQ Gender Equality-Human Trafficking -Race Relations-Gun Violence
12301 Hinson Rd., Little Rock,AR
Willie HInton Neiborhoood Resource Center, 3805 W.12th St., Little Rock,AR.
State Capitol Steps 500 Woodlane St., Little Rock,AR
@UUCLR in Little Rock
Facebook Community Boost Workshop
Google Small Business Workshop
Arkansas History Association's 78th Annual Conference
Black History Commission of Arkansas Memorial Curtis Sykes Grant Workshop
Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement Q&A Session
City of Little Rock Department of Community Programs Pre-Bid Meeting
