February 2020
Defending Black America: The Raw Law Project
An interactive Black History Month people's practicum deconstructing interconnections between law and political motivation; history and perception that will address reality and myths associated with representing and defending black people in the criminal justice system.
Find out more »A Particular Kind of Black Man: Author Talk
Nigerian-American DC-based Prize-Winning Writer, Tope Folarin will talk about his novel and its background in his own experience.
Find out more »March 2020
Book Event: The Young Lords: A Radical History
Join us for a talk and book signing with author Johanna Fernández about the rise and fall of the street gang turned political organization, that led predominantly poor and working-class Puerto Rican youth to confront race, class inequality, and US foreign policy.
Find out more »State of Black Workers in America Conference
Highlighting some of the most innovative and best organizing being led by Black workers in the US.
Find out more »Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020
Join one of IPS’s closest allies, Split This Rock, for a three-day festival to invoke poetry for liberation and against repressive forces that would have us divided.
Find out more »Solidarity & Beyond: Lessons for U.S. Activists In Mexico’s Progressive Electoral Breakthrough
A DC forum with visiting Historian Javier Bravo, on how the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional party (MORENA) rose to power across Mexico and investigating the prospect for real progress toward social justice.
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