Drop the M.I.C.
A fundraiser and creative information session on the understanding global militarism by connecting the dots of the prison industrial complex (p.i.c.) to gentrification to immigration scare tactics to the military industrial complex (m.i.c.) .

Speakers include:

• Emira Woods, co-director, Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies
• Dhoruba Bin Wahad, former political prisoner of the Panther 21
• Beth Tuckey, Associate Director of African Faith and Justice Network
• Roxanne Lawson, Africa Policy Director of TransAfrica Forum
• Representatives from BAPO, MXGM-DC and Friends of Congo

Performances by:

• Artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and DC
• Area artists: Kymone Freeman, Princess of Controversy, JP-3 and more
• DJ Soyo spinning on the ones and twos
• Special guest Hasan Salaam, an award-winning socially aware hip hop artist from Jersey City

$5 suggest donation at the door.
For more information email Chioma Oruh, chioma@ips-dc.org or call 202-320-5542.