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SUMMARY:Film Event: Screening of 'Slap the Donkey' and Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Slap the Donkey\, by filmmaker Edward J. Harris\, Jr. is narrated by Danny Glover and features such notable luminaries and public intellectuals as Percy Sutton\, Dr. Ron Daniels\, and Dr. Cornel West. Slap the Donkey was recently featured in Howard University’s John H. Johnson School of Communications Film Festival in New York\, NY at the Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem. \nThe screening will be followed by a panel discussion\, moderated by journalist and CNN correspondent Jamal Simmons with guests XM Satellite Radio host Joe Madison\, IPS scholar Dedrick Muhammad\, and actor/producer Doug E. Doug. \nSlap the Donkey takes a critical look at black politics at the start of the 21st century\, while tracking Al Sharpton’s 2004 bid for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America. The documentary features commentary and interviews from members of the Democratic Party\, such as George McGovern and Joseph Lieberman. The film also features well-known figures in the African American community such as Jesse Jackson Jr. and Herb Boyd. \nAdmission is $10.00 tickets can be purchased at E Street Cinemas. For more information about Harris’ film or to interview Harris\, please call 646-217-9995 or email slapthedonkey [at] gmail [dot] com.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/film_event_slap_the_donkey/
LOCATION:Landmark E Street\, 555 11th St NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Video Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090923T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090909T223051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015114Z
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SUMMARY:People's Voices: Challenging the G20's Agenda of Corporate Globalization
DESCRIPTION:What is the G-20? How do their policies affect me? What can we do about it? \nThe G-20 promotes policies that put profits first through deregulation\, privatization\, and free trade. Their agenda has harmed working-class communities in the U.S. and around the world\, causing job loss\, lower wages\, poverty\, inequality\, and environmental destruction. \nAs part of a five-event series scheduled around the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh\, the Institute for Policy Studies\, The Nation Institute\, and the United Electrical\, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) are co-sponsoring a panel discussion\, featuring Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz. \nOther panelists include: \n\nEmira Woods\, Institute for Policy Studies\nMiriam Miranda\, general coordinator of the Fraternal Organization of Afro-Hondurans (OFRANEH) and representative to the Resistance Front against the coup in Honduras.\nCarl Redwood\, Jr.\, Hill District Consensus Group\nRev. John Welsh\, president of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN)\nLeo Gerard\, president and international president of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA)\n\nModerators: John Nichols\, Washington correspondent for The Nation magazineTammy Bang Luu\, Labor/Community Strategy Center and Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GCJ) \nThis event will be held in Pittsburgh.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/peoples_voices_g20/
LOCATION:Monumental Baptist Church\, 2228 Wylie Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090909T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090909T163000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
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SUMMARY:Brown Bag Discussion: Dancing with Child Soldiers
DESCRIPTION:David Alan Harris is a choreographer\, writer\, and leading dance/movement therapist who specializes in fostering recovery among survivors of egregious human rights abuse. His article on his work in Sierra Leone can be read here. \nThis event is co-sponsored by Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org) and the Semester on Peace at the University of Maryland (http://www.peace.umd.edu).
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/brown_bag_discussion_dancing_with_child_soldiers/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090827T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090827T230000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
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LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015117Z
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SUMMARY:Party with Split This Rock
DESCRIPTION:Split This Rock invites you to a party at Busboys and Poets! The restaurant will be donating fabulous appetizers and creating a couple of funky Split This Rock cocktails. \nWhy party? Split This Rock has recently received nonprofit status\, a crucial step on the road to becoming a permanent home for socially engaged poets from DC and nationwide. Plus\, believe it or not\, it’s just 6 months until the second Split This Rock Poetry Festival. So we figure it’s time to celebrate. \nReading and performing will be 2010 featured poet and DC leading light A.B. Spellman\, along with Regie Cabico and the DC Youth Slam Team. Suggested donation is $10-$25\, sliding scale\, and you’ll have a chance to bid on amazing prizes at auction. Come prepared for readings\, for fun\, for volunteer opportunities\, and for celebrating! \nCan’t make the party? You can still volunteer — just contact us at the above email or phone. We’d love to have you involved! And you can definitely still make a donation by clicking here. \nThis event is cosponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies. For more information: info@splitthisrock.org or 202-787-5210.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/party_with_split_this_rock/
LOCATION:Busboys and Poets\, Langston Room\, 14th & V St NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090810T233000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090811T013000
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CREATED:20090729T220000Z
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SUMMARY:Film Event: Brazil  A Report on Torture
DESCRIPTION:After the kidnapping of the Swiss Ambassador in Brazil in 1970\, 70 political prisoners were released from Brazilian prisons and set free in Chile on an exchange agreement. The directors of this film\, Haskell Wexler and Saul Landau\, went to Chile and recorded first-hand interviews with the former prisoners\, revealing the torture that was part of everyday routine interrogation in Brazilian prisons. The film shows reenactments of waterboarding\, pau de arara and other medieval and modern “procedures” administered by Brazil’s military government. \nLinkTV will be showing this revolutionary film three times in the next two weeks. You can find more information\, including an interview with the film-makers\, here.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/brazil_a_report_on_torture/
LOCATION:LinkTV\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Video Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090806T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090806T153000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
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LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015118Z
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SUMMARY:U.S. Military Involvement in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Since its establishment in October 2008\, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has caused debate about the role United States military should play on the continent. Africa is growing in strategic importance\, especially in its provision of vital resources and its role as an ally in the “global war on terror.” As the Obama administration seeks to redefine U.S. foreign policy in Africa\, it is a critical time to reevaluate the extent of U.S. military engagement on the continent. \nPlease come and share in this great opportunity to engage experts on this issue and also learn how students and interns can help shape policy. \nGuest Speakers: \n\nDaniel Volman\, Director of the African Security Research Project in Washington\, D.C. He received his Ph.D. in African history from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, in 1991.\nMaurice Carney\, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Friends of the Congo. He is an independent entrepreneur and human rights activist who has fought with the Congolese for over a decade to bring about positive change in the heart of Africa.\nNii Akuetteh\, Independent Africa policy analyst and researcher. He is the former Executive Director of Africa Action.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies\, the Africa Faith and Justice Network\, and Africa Action. \nRefreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to Alyssa@staging.ips-dc.org.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/us_military_involvement_in_africa/
LOCATION:United Methodist Building\, Conf. Rm. 3\, 100 Maryland Ave NE\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090716T214500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090716T234500
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SUMMARY:Democratizing The Electoral College
DESCRIPTION:When we vote for the president of the United States\, we are actually voting for a slate of our state’s presidential electors that have pledged to cast their votes for a presidential candidate. Each state’s presidential electors are equal to the number of representatives it is entitled to in Congress. All but two states award all of their presidential electors to the party candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast in the state on a “winner take all” basis. \nThis means that unless a vote is for the candidate receiving the most votes within a state\, that vote is effectively disregarded as null and void and does not help in a national tally the candidate for whom it was casts. “Winner take All” is not required by the constitution and in nearly half of the states where it is applied\, it is not even based on state law. \nLecturer Asa Gordon will provide a historical context and report on recent developments in a Civil Action to reform and “Democratize the Electoral College”. The Civil Action seeks a Federal court order for proportional allocation of a state’s presidential electors to reflect the popular vote split for presidential candidates in states without a “Winner take all” provision in the state’s election law. \nTo sign up for this class\, please click here.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/democratizing_the_electoral_college/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:SALSA Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090713T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090713T210000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090710T200202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015119Z
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SUMMARY:Discussion: Free Trade Agreements\,  the Peasant Economy\, and  Illicit Crops in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:The illicit cultivation of coca in Colombia is not as profitable a business as one would imagine. A new study by Colombian development expert Andrés García\, reveals that the majority of small farmers growing coca in the areas studied were earning less than the legal minimum wage. Why do they persist in cultivating coca for illicit use? They simply do not have a viable economic alternative\, according to Mr. García’s report. Indeed he found that the majority of peasants used the money to buy basic social services\, such as healthcare\, which were not provided by the state. \nAndrés García’s research was funded by Oxfam and conducted in the departments of Nariño and Cauca. Mr. García will share his experience working directly with coca growing communities and explain what anti-narcotic programs have failed — and which have failed miserably.  He will also look at the potential impact of the proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement on illicit coca cultivation. \nFor more information contact Sanho Tree stree@igc.org or call (202) 787-5266. \nThis presentation is cosponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies\, Oxfam America\, and the U.S. Office on Colombia.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/discussion_free_trade_agreements_the_peasant_economy_and_illicit_crops_in_colombia/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090709T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090709T230000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090707T175745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015120Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Lecture and Book Signing by  Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
DESCRIPTION:On July 5\, 2005\, on the first anniversary of the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel’s Apartheid Wall is illegal and must be torn down\, Palestinian civil society launched a call for campaigns of boycott\, divestment\, and sanctions (BDS). Today BDS campaigns are flourishing across the United States and around the world\, serving as an important nonviolent means of advocating for Palestinian rights. \nAuthor and Israeli dissident Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi will speak on “First Principles: Utopia and Injustice in Palestine and Israel.” He is the author of Original Sins: Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel. \nThis event is cosponsored by Busboys and Poets\, the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation\, and the Institute for Policy Studies.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/author_event_lecture_and_book_signing_by_benjamin_beit-hallahmi/
LOCATION:Busboys and Poets\, Langston Room\, 14th & V St NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090708T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090708T173000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090706T221213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015121Z
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SUMMARY:Public Briefing: Obama\, Ghana\, and U.S.-Africa Policy
DESCRIPTION:As President Obama heads to Ghana for an historic visit\, leading Africa advocacy organizations urge a new U.S. engagement with Africa based on mutual interests and mutual respect. \nThe Institute for Policy Studies and allied organizations will host a public briefing and press conference covering proposals for a bold transformation of U.S. Africa policy. Issues covered include peace and security\, trade and development\, agriculture\, HIV/AIDS and health. \nSpeakers: \n\nBishop Akolgo\, Integrated Social Development Ghana (ISODEC)\nCharles Abugre\, Christian Aid\nNii Akuetteh\, Africa Analyst\, former Executive Director of Africa Action\nDan Volman\, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars\nBill Freese\, Science Policy Analyst\, Center for Food Safety\nMatthew Kavanagh\, Health GAP (Global Access Project)\n\nModerator: Emira Woods\, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus. \nLight refreshments will be served. Please call (202) 234-9382×232 to RSVP or for more information. \nEvent cosponsors include Africa Action\, TransAfrica Forum\, African Faith and Justice network\, American Friends Service Committee\, Mennonite Service Committee\, Africa Security Research Institute\, Health GAP\, Global Aids Alliance\, Friends of the Congo\, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network\, Jubilee USA\, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars\, African Alliance for the 21st Century\, African Network for African Development\, Third World Networks-Africa\, Integrated Social Development Ghana (ISODEC)\, and Blackcommentator.com.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/public_briefing_obama_ghana_and_us-africa_policy/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Press Briefing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090707T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090707T203000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090706T204521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015122Z
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SUMMARY:Deflating Bolivia Hyperbole in the United States
DESCRIPTION:In many ways\, perceptions of Bolivia in the United States resemble a Rorschach test on which to project one’s fears\, dogmas or utopian visions. In reality\, Bolivian political and social dynamics are complex\, constantly shifting\, and impossible to force into preconceived external formulas. Neither an Andean socialist paradise nor an extension of the “Venezuelan-Iran-Cuba axis of the Bolivarian Revolution\,” recent reports perpetuate stale stereotypes and misconceptions and prevent a balanced evaluation of the challenges faced in Bolivia. This briefing will deconstruct one such recent publication Into the Abyss: Bolivia Under Evo Morales and the MAS as a typical case study and offer a deeper\, more nuanced analysis of recent developments.   \n Since 1999\, Kathryn Ledebur has directed the Andean Information Network (AIN)\, which promotes human rights and socioeconomic justice in Bolivia and more humane and effective illicit drug control policies. AIN provides information and analysis to NGO colleagues\, the media and international policymakers on developments in Bolivia and the impact of U.S. government and European policies. \nPlease RSVP to Sanho Tree stree@igc.org  or call (202) 787-5266.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/deflating_bolivia_hyperbole_in_the_united_states/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090619T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090619T143000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090617T234301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015124Z
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SUMMARY:The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009: Areas for Improvement
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a briefing on HR 2454 to discuss what the legislation entails\, what it lacks\, and how it can be improved. \nConfirmed experts: \n\nMichael Wara\, Stanford University Law School \nDavid Bookbinder\, Chief Climate Counsel\, Sierra Club \nCecil Corbin-Mark\, WeACT for Environmental Justice \nMargaret E. Sheehan\, lead partner\, EcoLaw \nRichard Sweeney\, Resources for the Future\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by Daphne Wysham\, co-director of IPS’ Sustainable Energy & Economy Network. \nThis event is sponsored by Friends Committee on National Legislation\, Friends of the Earth\, Indigenous Environmental Network\, the Institute for Policy Studies\, and MoveOn.org.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/the_american_clean_energy_and_security_act_of_2009_areas_for_improvement/
LOCATION:Rayburn House Office Building\, Room 2247\, 45 Independence Ave SW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090618T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090618T173000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090615T190639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015125Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable Discussion: The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Africa
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Policy Studies and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Present a roundtable discussion\, moderated by Foreign Policy In Focus co-director Emira Woods\, that will attempt to answer some of the following questions: \nWhat is the impact on women\, workers\, and small-holder farmers? What are the challenges but also the opportunities that the crisis presents for the continent?  What is Africa’s economic outlook?  Is the continent in a better position to weather this crisis than it was in the ’80s and ’90s?  Could the crisis bring an end to the Washington Consensus?  What are the opportunities for structural change that meets the needs of people and the planet? \nList of speakers: \nJose Gijon\, Chief Africa economist and Head of the Africa Desk\, OECD Development CentreRegina Amadi\, Former Head of Africa\, International Labor OrganizationTony Avignan\, Economic Policy InstituteBriggs Bomba\, Associate Director\, Africa ActionLeonce Ndkumana\, Director of Development Research\, African Development Bank \n This event is co-sponsored by Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars\, Africa Action\, Transafrica Forum John Hopkins School of Advanced Studies\, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars\, American University’s Africa Council\, and the Foreign Policy In Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/roundtable_discussion_the_impact_of_the_global_economic_crisis_on_africa/
LOCATION:George Washington University\, Marvin Center Amphitheatre\, 800 21st St NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090616T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090616T230000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090604T164839Z
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SUMMARY:Day of the African Child
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Comrade Fatso\, Dennis Brutus and others. \nComrade Fatso is Samm Farai Monro\, better known as Comrade Fatso\, is one of the most explosive and controversial acts in Southern Africa today. Comrade Fatso calls his poetry Toyi Toyi Poetry\, radical street poetry that mixes Shona with English and mbira with hip hop. It’s an art form that is an uprising against oppression. 2008 saw Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka launch their much-acclaimed album\, House of Hunger\, banned in Zimbabwe but praised internationally labeled ‘undeniably alluring’ (Mail and Globe\, Canada)\, ‘irresistably danceable’ **** (Songlines Magazine\, UK) and ‘the most revolutionary album since Thomas Mapfumo’s music in the 1970’s’ (Agence France Presse). House of Hunger is now on sale through different record labels in Europe and the USA. \nDennis Brutus is a South African poet who was banned and imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela and 1\,000 others. He is the author of 12 books of poetry\, including Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader and Still the Sirens. He is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Civil Society\, University of Kwazulu-Natal\, in Durban\, South Africa and Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. Brutus was the recipient of the Langston Hughes Award in 1987 (the first non-African American to receive that award)\, and the first Paul Robeson Award in 1989 for “artistic excellence\, political consciousness and integrity.” \nHosted by Elen Awalom and Akenji Ndumu with support from Split This Rock Poetry Festival\, Haymarket Books\, Trans Africa Forum\, Africa Action and Foreign Policy In Focus/Institute for Policy Studies.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/day_of_the_african_child/
LOCATION:Busboys & Poets – 14th & V\, 2021 14th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009
CATEGORIES:Arts Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090616T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090616T170000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090612T181101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015125Z
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SUMMARY:Mexico: So Far from God\, So Close to Wall Street
DESCRIPTION:Jeff Faux\, the founding president of EPI who now lives part of the year in Mexico\, and Manuel Pérez-Rocha\, of IPS and the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade\, will lead a brown-bag discussion on current U.S. economic policy toward our troubled neighbor to the south\, the effects of neoliberalism and deregulation\, and just alternatives. \nBring your lunch and join the conversation! No RSVP is required. For more information\, call (202) 533-2555.  \n Jeff Faux\, Founding President of EPI\, now lives part of the year in MexicoManuel Perez Rocha\, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and Mexican Action Network on Free Trade
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/mexico_so_far_from_god_so_close_to_wall_street/
LOCATION:Economic Policy Institute\, 1225 Eye Street\, NW Suite 600\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090609T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090609T223000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090610T010000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030542Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: David Vine\,  'Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S Military Base on Diego Garcia.'
DESCRIPTION:David Vine’s explosive new book\, Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (Princeton University Press)\, is the groundbreaking work that dares to expose the other Guantánamo looming at the heart of the Indian Ocean. Although most don’t know it exists\, the US military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive US military installations in the world\, serving as a launch pad for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan\, a top-secret CIA prison\, and a centerpiece for US domination of Middle East oil supplies. But Diego Garcia harbors another dirty secret\, one that has been kept from most of the world — until now. Island of Shame is the first major book to reveal the shocking truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia’s indigenous people — the Chagossians — and dump them in impoverished exile. \nAfter the discussion\, David will be available to sign copies of the book. This event is cosponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies/Foreign Policy In Focus and Busboys and Poets.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/author_event_david_vine_island_of_shame_the_secret_history_of_the_us_military_base_on_diego_garcia/
LOCATION:Busboys & Poets\, Langston Room\, 2021 14th St NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090606T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090606T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090606T160000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030538Z
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SUMMARY:Conference: Harvest of Justice-Moral Measure of the Economy
DESCRIPTION:The theme of this third Harvest of Justice conference is based on a book co-authored by Chuck Collins and Mary Wright\, who will serve as our keynote speakers. It will be a day of prayer\, connection to the gospel values regarding justice and economics\, learning\, and inspiration to help shape a more just economy. Participants can take an interactive role in the keynote presentations via questions and focused discussions with other conference attendees. Each person can also attend two lively\, fast-paced breakout sessions on various topics related to justice and economics. \nOur news is full of the current economic crisis that is impacting our nation and our world. Do you feel out of control in understanding these complex issues? Are you confused about what ordinary citizens can do to help shape the future direction of our economy? Chuck Collins and Mary Wright explain these complex issues in ways that make sense to all of us\, especially those who are not economists. More importantly\, they view everything through the lens of Catholic social teaching\, and help us to see the moral dimension that is required of our economy. Coupled with this is our responsibility\, as people of faith\, to become actively involved in working for a more just economy. \nFor more information\, see: http://www.harvestofjustice.com/
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/conference_harvest_of_justice-moral_measure_of_the_economy/
LOCATION:St. Edwards University\,  3001 South Congress Ave\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090601T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090601T230000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090529T165729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T015128Z
UID:32723-1243890000-1243897200@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:SALSA's Summer Meet and Greet Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Social Action & Leadership School for Activists (SALSA) invites you to SALSA’s Summer Meet & Greet Happy Hour.  Kick off our 2009 summer season by mixing and mingling with us at Busboys and Poets on 5th & K Street.  \nMeet the broadest section of the DC area’s activist community\, learn about the interesting programs SALSA will offer through June and July\, eat\, drink\, win fun door prizes\, and enjoy live music compliments of Sub Set\, a trio component of the Sense of Urgency Band (SUB).
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/salsas_summer_meet_and_greet_mixer/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:SALSA Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090523T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090523T220000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090524T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030552Z
UID:32960-1243108800-1243116000@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: 'Meltdown: Economic Collapse\, a Peoples Plan for Recovery'
DESCRIPTION:National and local political leaders will join a panel of esteemed economists and journalists for a town hall discussion of the economic collapse and how Detroit — and the country — can recover. Putting the needs of workers and citizens (not bankers and stock market speculators) at the center of the conversation\, the panel will examine local solutions as well as the role of Detroit in the national economy. \nThe event marks the publication of Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover (Nation Books\, 2009) by Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel and other editors at the magazine. \nModerated by The Nation Magazine’s John Nichols\, this discussion will feature: \n\nDocumentarian and activist Michael Moore (invited)\nRepresentative John Conyers (D-MI)\nBestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich\nDetroit City Council Member and Radio Host JoAnn Watson\nRobert Pollin\, Professor of Economics and founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\nElena Herrada\, co-chair and founding member of the Committee for the Political Resurrection of Detroit\nDetroit Local UAW 235 member Dianne Feeley (American Axle)\n\nThis event will also preview national and local organizing efforts leading up to the 2010 United States Social Forum (USSF)\, to be held in Detroit. The USSF is a convening of hundreds of thousands of social and economic justice advocates from around the country chartering a course for a reversal of inequality at home and abroad.  \nThe Detroit City Council passed a resolution supporting this event. \nSponsoring Organizations \nFor more than four decades\, the Institute for Policy Studies has transformed ideas into action for peace\, justice\, and the environment. It is a progressive multi-issue think tank. www.ips-dc.org \nThe Nation is America’s oldest news weekly and the widest read journal of political thought in the country. Read breaking news and coverage of the financial crisis at thenation.com. http://www.thenation.com \nDevoted to the welfare recipients\, low-income workers\, and economically disenfranchised residents of Michigan\, the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization has maintained a goal to organize individuals to fight cuts and attacks against the poor. http://www.mwro.org/ \nFor 150 years\, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church has been a figure in the heart of Detroit. St. Peter’s has served the community through faith and been a home for Manna Community Meal and Young Detroit Builders. \nDetroit’s Central United Methodist Church has promoted a faith-powered\, justice-seeking\, reconciling\, and peace-loving world for all people and those in Detroit. Centralumchurch.com \nCentro Obrero/Critical Movement magazine aims to support movements for social justice by giving a voice to those excluded and misrepresented by the dominant media in the Southeast Michigan area. criticalmoment.org \nPublished since the 1970s\, The Michigan Citizen has been a leading voice on the state of African Americans’ economic and social development throughout Michigan’s urban communities. michigancitizen.com \nLabor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. labornotes.org \nThe Detroit Community Organizing Network is an emerging community-based network whose purpose is to establish a framework for strengthening structures of community organizing in Detroit.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/panel_discussion_meltdown_economic_collapse_a_peoples_plan_for_recovery/
LOCATION:Cobo Hall\, 1 Washington Blvd #401\, Detroit\, MI\, 48226\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090520T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090520T193000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030551Z
UID:32958-1242833400-1242838800@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Liberian Activists Speak Out!
DESCRIPTION:For over 80 years\, the Bridgestone Firestone Tire Company has owned the world’s largest rubber plantation in Liberia. Child labor\, widespread abuse of worker’s rights and environmental destruction have characterized the plantation for generations. But workers and communities affected by Firestone’s abuses are fighting back. Come hear the leaders of the union representing Firestone workers in Liberia and one of Liberia’s leading environmental justice lawyers discuss their fight for economic and environmental rights — and find out how you can support their struggle! \nFeatured speakers: \n\nMr. Austin S. Natee\, president of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL)\, the union representing workers on the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia.\nMr. Edwin B. Cisco\, Secretary General of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) and National Coordinator in Liberia for the Swedish Pan African Trade Union Education Project (PANAF) of the LO/TCO based in Sweden.\nMr. Alfred Brownell\, president of the Association of Environmental Lawyers of Liberia (Green Advocates)\, a Liberia-based organization dedicated to advocating for strong environmental laws\, working to enforce existing laws and empowering citizens to participate in environmental decision-making. Mr. Brownell is also a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Board.\n\n This event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/liberian_activists_speak_out/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090514T214500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090514T234500
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090515T014500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030550Z
UID:32957-1242337500-1242344700@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Is The War On Drugs Coming to An End?
DESCRIPTION:Tipping points are easy to identify in retrospect\, but much more difficult to predict in advance. What prospects does an Obama administration pose for the disastrous war on drugs? Using a multimedia presentation\, IPS Fellow Sanho Tree will examine the confluence of factors that could spark a change in the political consensus supporting the drug war as well as the obstacles to change. Sanho returned from Colombia in March\, 2009.  \nSpace is limited so please pre-register!
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/is_the_war_on_drugs_coming_to_an_end/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Netfa Freeman%2C IPS":MAILTO:netfa@staging.ips-dc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090512T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090512T143000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090512T170000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030543Z
UID:32947-1242133200-1242138600@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:A Bold Agenda for Change: Voices from the Front Lines of the Economic Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Representatives from poverty-fighting networks from across the United States will testify at an ad-hoc hearing hosted by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. \nThe people who will testify come from all over the United States: from Los Angeles to New York; from New Orleans to Boston. They include people most severely affected by the economic crisis\, including day laborers\, domestic workers\, and people fighting the eviction of people from their homes. This event is part of an effort to forge a bold agenda that creates good jobs and advances economic and environmental justice here and abroad. \nMembers of the Inter-Alliance Dialogue — an emerging coalition of networks representing domestic workers\, janitors\, day laborers\, housing activists\, worker rights advocates\, and others from the front lines of the economic crisis — will speak\, including: \n\nJobs with Justice: Sarita Gupta and Elce Redmond\nGrassroots Global Justice Alliance: Jihan Gearon and Tammy Bang Luu\nNational Day Laborers Organizing Network: Jacinta Gonzales\nRight to the City: Roxan McKinnon\, Wanda Salaman\, and Melonie Griffiths\nNational Domestic Workers Alliance: Jocelyn Gill-Campbell\n\nThis event is FREE and open to the public.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/a_bold_agenda_for_change_voices_from_the_front_lines_of_the_economic_crisis/
LOCATION:Cannon House Office Building\, 300 New Jersey Ave SE\, Washington\, DC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090511T214500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090511T230000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090512T014500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030547Z
UID:32953-1242078300-1242082800@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: The Future of the Six-Party Talks
DESCRIPTION:The Six Party Talks are currently stalled. What is the likelihood that they will resume? Can they be the vehicle not only for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula but a larger peaceful transformation of Northeast Asia? And what is the role of civil society in this process? \nJoin prominent young activists Wookshik Cheong\, Akira Kawasaki\, and FPIF co-director John Feffer for a panel discussion of the next steps for peace in Northeast Asia. \nWooksik Cheong is the representative of Peace Network and the author of many articles on Korean unification and regional security. \nAkira Kawasaki is an executive committee member of Peace Boat and the NGO Advisor for the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. \nJohn Feffer is co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies and the author of North Korea\, South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis (Seven Stories).
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/panel_discussion_the_future_of_the_six-party_talks/
LOCATION:Rome Auditorium – SAIS\, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW \, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="John Feffer":MAILTO:johnf@staging.ips-dc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090511T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090511T160000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090511T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030546Z
UID:32952-1242054000-1242057600@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Brown Bag Lunch: Military Spending
DESCRIPTION:FPIF’s Pacific Freeze project will be holding a brown-bag lunch and update on military spending from Wooksik Cheong (Peace Network\, South Korea)\, Akira Kawasaki (Peace Boat\, Japan)\, Gyung-Lan Jeong (Women Making Peace\, South Korea)\, Colin Archer (International Peace Bureau)\, Kevin Martin (Peace Action and United For Peace and Justice)\, and Miriam Pemberton (Foreign Policy In Focus).
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/brown_bag_lunch_military_spending/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090509T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090510T160000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090509T200000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030548Z
UID:32955-1241884800-1241971200@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:CODEPINK Mother's Day Vigil
DESCRIPTION:This Mother’s Day (Sunday\, May 10)\, CODEPINK will hold its second 24-hour vigil in front of the White House\, to honor all mothers and women who live where war is happening — where women are paying the price with their bodies\, loved ones\, homes\, future. This action will recognize the price women pay in war zones and honor their courage and power\, and stand with them in solidarity to not only tell their important stories but to model what women-centered community looks and acts like. \nCODEPINK will call for our troops to come home from Afghanistan and Iraq so that no more mothers will suffer the unbearable grief of losing a child to these wars. And with your help\, we’ll also send a message of sorrow\, friendship and peace directly to the women suffering in occupation and their families. \nMother’s Day Vigil Schedule\nSATURDAY\, May 9thTimes & activities are subject to change. \n1:00 to 2:30 pm – Opening program and Kick Off with actress Mimi Kennedy\, Colonel Ann Wright and CODEPINK Cofounders Jodie Evans\, Medea Benjamin and Gael Murphy. Main Stage\, Lafayette Park\n– Scavenger hunt for kids! \n2:30 to 5:00 pm – Quilting Bee\, Singing and Circling the White House in Pink\nWe’ll bind the knitting squares to create our message for the world to see\, “We will not raise our children to kill another mother’s child.” Peace quilt creating project for kids\, kids march for peace\, story time\, scavenger hunt\, hula hoop\, soccer\, face painting\, Little Friends for Peace train workshop with snack time ice cream Peace Pops provided by Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream \n5:00 to 6:30 pm – Learning Circles\nParticipate in teach-ins about Gaza\, Truth In Recruitment\, Nuclear Disarmament\, Economic Crisis and more. The circles are initiated by the co-sponsoring organizations to educate and inspire us to create the world we want to live in.\n– story telling for kids \n6:30 to 7:30 pm – Dinner and a poetry slam with spoken word artist Lori Purdue\nCatered dinner from Bus Boys and Poets. Cost is $10. We invite you to pick up your dinner and find new friends \n7:30 pm to 10:00 pm – Women’s voices from War Zones and Concert\nMain StageFarrah Hassen with the Institute for Policy Studies\, Naomi Long with Drug Policy Alliance and more. \nwith artist musicians:\nMamapalooza! Carol Lester & World Women Ensemble\nperform songs from Award Winning CD\n“Feed The Love Starve The War” \nLindsey Campbell\na veteran\, young mother\, singer songwriter \nMelissa Ivey\n“This delicious pop ditty hits a sweet spot with me like no recording since the Fray’s early demos. It’s a quantum leap beyond anything she’s produced before – a track that evokes Mary Lou Lord as much as it does Sheryl Crow — Ivey’s most polished effort to date.” -Westword Magazine \nLizzie West & Baba Buffalo\n“The journey West shared was perhaps what anyone looking for freedom\, love and self might experience\, but she has a uniquely effortless\, and charming\, way of telling the tale.” – LA Times \n10:30 pm to 1:30 am – “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” film screening with director Abigail Disney\n-Pink Talent and Fashion Show \nSUNDAY\, May 10th\n2:00 to 4:00 am – Activist Trainings\nLearn valuable skills for creative protest\, media outreach\, local group coordinating\, strategizing to end war\, and more. Join Patch Adams for a workshop entitled\, “What is your love strategy?” And learn hoola-hooping skills from Medea Benjamin. \n4:00 to 7:00 am – Pink Pajama Party\nParty will include a pink scavenger hunt\, hoola-hooping\, yoga\, singing\, and more. \n7:00 am to 8:00 am – Walter Reed Peace Delegation\nA delegation from the vigil will deliver hundreds of roses and a message of love and support to the mothers visiting their children at the military hospital. \n8:00 to 9:00 am – Breakfast of champions: Free coffee and muffins for all-night\, all-star activists. \n9:00 to 10:00 am – Interfaith Ceremony\n Sing\, dance\, chant\, and hold silence for those loved ones lost at the hands of war lead by women of many ritual and religious traditions.\n– Patch Adams clowns with the kids \n10:00 to 11:30 am – Closing program of Women’s Voices\nMain Stage\nMarjan Shallal with Humanities Council of DC\, Nedia Perez with Colombia Human Rights Commission DC\, Nita Evele with Congo Global Action\, Rosha Manoranjan with the People for Equality and Relief in Lanka and more.\n– Kids share their wishes for peace \n11:30 to 12:30 pm – Pink Picnic in the Park\nCatered brunch. Cost is $5. A time for sharing our experiences and planning how to take the love and energy home to our communities. \n12:30 to 1:00 pm – Closing Ceremony and the weaving of the Roses from CREDO into the White House fence in memory of the loss from War and a stand to end it while creating peace. \nAfter the close of Mother’s Day\, all are invited to join CODEPINK activists by moving the pink to the Arms Fair to join other activists in the front of the weapons display.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/codepink_mothers_day_vigil/
LOCATION:Lafayette Park\, across from the White House\, 945 G Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090508T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090508T213000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090508T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030541Z
UID:32943-1241794800-1241818200@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Conference:  Women and the Changing Global Outlook
DESCRIPTION:Join the British Embassy and National Geographic Society for the Second Women’s Empowerment Conference\, which will explore key issues related to women in Africa as identified by the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal 3 to promote gender equality and empower women. This year’s theme is “Women and the Changing Global Outlook.” \nThe event has a powerful lineup of speakers\, including: \n\nBaroness Valerie Amos of Great Britain\nNobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai\nCARE Ambassador and philanthropist Sheila Johnson\nAmbassador Amina Salum Ali of the African Union\nEmmy Award Winner Tracey Neale\nFPIF Co-Director Emira Woods\n\nAnd many more. This FREE conference promises to be an enlightening and inspiring event that will help to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in Africa. \nRegister at www.wec.eventbrite.com or call (202) 518-7523.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/conference_women_and_the_changing_global_outlook/
LOCATION:National Geographic Society (GHG Auditorium)\, 1145 17th Street\, NW \, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090507T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090507T213000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090507T233000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030540Z
UID:32941-1241724600-1241731800@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Report Back from the Durban Review Conference
DESCRIPTION:Learn about what really happened in the UN Durban Review Conference Against Racism and the impact it had on the movement to end global racial discrimination. Three experts\, including IPS’ own Phyllis Bennis\, will discuss the recent Durban Review Conference: what occurred\, what was missing\, and what will result because of it.  \n\nPhyllis Bennis is a scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and directs its New Internationalism Project.\nImani Countess is the Senior Director of Public Affairs at the TransAfrica Forum.\nConstance Dunlap\, M.D.\, works at the George Washington Medical Center.\n\nRefreshments will be provided. This event is cosponsored by the TransAfrica Forum and the Institute for Policy Studies.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/panel_discussion_report_back_from_the_durban_review_conference/
LOCATION:Arthur R. Ashe Library\, TransAfrica Forum\, 1629 K St. NW\, Ste 1100\, Washington\, DC\, 20006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090502T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090502T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090502T220000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030544Z
UID:32949-1241287200-1241294400@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:The Cost of Empire: Military Spending\, Military Bases\, and Empire-Building
DESCRIPTION:IPS Research Fellows Miriam Pemberton and Erik Leaver will lead a discussion on military spending\, military bases\, and empire-building in Iraq and Afghanistan and will offer a set of policy alternatives for the new administration.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/the_cost_of_empire_military_spending_military_bases_and_empire-building/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington\, 4444 Arlington Blvd.\, Arlington\, VA\, 22204\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Adwoa Masozi":MAILTO:adwoa@staging.ips-dc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090429T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090429T160000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090429T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030544Z
UID:32951-1241017200-1241020800@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Poets in the Think Tank
DESCRIPTION:IPS and Split this Rock are celbrating poetry month by bringing some poets into the “tank.” This event is free and open to the public. Bring a brown bag lunch\, if you like.  \nE. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist. He is the director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University. Mr. Miller is also the board chair of the Institute for Policy Studies\, a progressive think tank located in Washington\, D.C. He is a board member of The Writer’s Center and editor of Poet Lore magazine. The author of several collections of poems\, his last collection How We Sleep On The Nights We Don’t Make Love (Curbstone Press\, 2004) was an Independent Publisher Award Finalist. Miller received the 1995 O.B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize. He was awarded in 1996 an honorary doctorate of literature from Emory & Henry College. In 2003 his memoir Fathering Words: The Making of An African American Writer (St. Martin’s Press\, 2000)\, was selected by DC WE READ for its one book\, one city program sponsored by the D.C. Public Libraries. In 2004 Miller was awarded a Fulbright to visit Israel. Poets & Writers presented him with the 2007 Barnes & Noble/ Writers for Writers Award. In March 2009\, Busboys and Poets Press published The 5th Inning\, a second memoir. Mr. Miller is often heard on National Public Radio (NPR). \nMelissa Tuckey is co-director of Split This Rock\, an organization housed within the Institute for Policy Studies. She’s author of Rope as Witness (Pudding House Press\, 2007) and her poems have been widely published in literary journals\, including Beloit Poetry Journal\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, Verse Daily\, and anthologized in DC Poets Against the War Anthology\, Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds\, and Poets for Palestine Anthology. She’s recipient of artist fellowship grants from DC Commission on Arts and the Humanities and Ohio Arts Council. She holds an MA in literature from Ohio University and MFA in poetry from George Mason University.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/poets_in_the_think_tank/
LOCATION:IPS Conference Room\, 1301 Connecticut Avenue\, NW\, 6th Floor\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090424T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090425T003000
DTSTAMP:20260624T113800
CREATED:20090425T020000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140515T030539Z
UID:32939-1240610400-1240619400@ips-dc.org
SUMMARY:Report Card on Obama: A National Town Hall Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Come hear Dedrick Muhammad\, Senior Organizer and Research Associate of IPS’ Inequality and the Common Good\, and some of the most important progressive voices in America reflect on Obama and his first 100 days as president. Panelists include Congressman John Conyers\, Stefanie Jones of the National Urban League\, and famed legendary political scientist Dr. Ronald Waters. \nFor more information\, please go to: http://www.reportcardonobama.com/
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/report_card_on_obama_a_national_town_hall_meeting/
LOCATION:New York Ave Presbyterian Church\, 1313 New York Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
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