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SUMMARY:Book Tour Continues: Born on Third Base
DESCRIPTION:Join IPS’s Chuck Collins for a stop or two on his national tour for discussion\, Q&A\, and signings of his new book Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality\, Bringing Wealth Home\, and Committing to the Common Good. \nAs inequality grabs headlines\, steals the show in the presidential election\, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America\, class war brews. But can we suspend both class wars long enough to consider a new way forward? Is it really good for anyone that most of society’s wealth is pooling at the very top of the wealth ladder? Does anyone\, including the one percent\, really want to live in a society plagued by economic apartheid? \nCollins calls for a ceasefire and invites the wealthy to come back home\, investing themselves and their wealth in struggling communities. \nBorn on Third Base was selected by Publishers Weekly as a Top 10 book in Business and Economics. \nSunday\, July 2 at 7:30 pm\nWorld Fellowship Center\, “Born on Third Base: Understanding Race and Class Advantage\,”\n368 Drake Hill Rd.\nAlbany\, NH 03818 \nThursday July 6th at 7:00 pm\nTewksbury Public Library\n300 Chandler Street\nTewksbury MA 01876 \nThursday\, July 13th\, 6:30pm\nCambridge Public Library -Main Branch\n449 Broadway Street\nCambridge\, MA \nMonday – Wednesday July\, 17-19\nConference of Wealth Inequality Researchers\nNew York City\, NY \nChuck Collins is a researcher\, campaigner\, storyteller\, and writer based at the Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits Inequality.org. He has written extensively on wealth inequality in previous books like 99 to 1\, Wealth and Our Commonwealth (with Bill Gates Sr.)\, and Economic Apartheid in America as well as in The Nation\, The American Prospect\, and numerous other magazines and news outlets. Collins grew up in the 1 percent as the great grandson of meatpacker Oscar Mayer\, but at age 26 he gave away his inheritance. He has been working to reduce inequality and strengthen communities since 1982 and in the process has co-founded numerous initiatives\, including Wealth for the Common Good (now merged with the Patriotic Millionaires)\, United for a Fair Economy\, and Divest-Invest. He is also a leader in the transition movement\, and a co-founder of the Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition and the Jamaica Plain Forum\, both in the Boston-area community in which he lives. \n
URL:http://www.ips-dc.org/events/book-tour-continues-born-on-third-base/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170911T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170916T210000
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SUMMARY:SAVE THE DATE: Third Days of Action Against the Blockade
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Policy Studies again joins the International Committee for Peace\, Justice and Dignity along with other U.S. organizations in solidarity with Cuba\, in starting to plan the Third Days of Action Against the Blockade from the 11th to the 16th of September\, 2017. \nThe central focus of these activities will be the effects of the blockade on the health of all the Cuban people. \nActivities will include: \n\nVisits to Capitol Hill directed to Congresspersons and Senators whose cities\, towns or States with high percentages of people affected with diabetes\, cancer\, etc.\nEvents in Medical Schools with students and professors.\nMeetings with health professionals in U.S. hospitals and health institutions.\nClosing cultural event of solidarity with Cuba.\n\nWe are making a call to committees of solidarity with Cuba around the world to join this new Days of Action against the blockade in September by organizing activities in their countries and cities for a common and united call to end the US blockade against Cuba. \n
URL:http://www.ips-dc.org/events/third-days-of-action-against-the-blockade/
LOCATION:Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts Event,Conference,Panel Discussion,Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T200000
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SUMMARY:41st Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
DESCRIPTION: \nYou won’t want to miss this year’s exciting program!\nReception 5:00 pm | Program 7:00 pm \nPlease join us at the 41st Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards as IPS honors two outstanding champions of human rights and celebrate the work we do along with our allies to advance justice\, peace\, and dignity for all. \nThis year’s domestic award recipient is Opal Tometi and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). Opal is one of the three co-founders of Black Lives Matter and a strong internationalist\, pulling BLM into larger issues of U.S. engagement in the world. BAJI works to promote immigrant rights and racial justice through issue education\, advocacy\, and cross-cultural alliance building in order to end racism\, criminalization\, and economic disenfranchisement of African-American and Black immigrant communities. \nOur international award recipient is Javier Rojas Uriana\, the legal representative of the Shipia Wayuu Association located in La Guajira\, Colombia. IPS believes this is an organization whose struggle is emblematic of the challenges that post-conflict Colombia will face as it seeks to implement the November 2016 peace accord. The Shipia Wayuu Association is dedicated to strengthening indigenous Wayuu culture and defending the community’s human rights\, particularly the rights to life\, survival\, and culture. \nPurchase your tickets now >> \n\nSupport the Letelier-Moffitt Awards\n\nPlease consider supporting the 41st Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards:​ \n\nDignity Defender​:​ $10\,000​.​ Admission for 12. Includes recognition as a sponsor in the event program and an event-themed gift.\nJustice Juggernaut​:​ $5\,000​.​ Admission for 8. Includes recognition as a sponsor in the event program and an event-themed gift.\nPeace Pioneer​: $1\,000​.​ Admission for 6. Includes recognition as a sponsor in the event program and an event-themed gift.\nSocial Change Champion​: $500​.​ Admission for 4. Includes recognition as a sponsor in the event program.\nHuman Rights Revolutionary: $250. Admission for 2. Includes recognition as a sponsor in the event program.​\n​Truth Trailblazer​:​ $​75. (Early Bird rate $65 before August 21st.) Admission for ​1.\n\nFor further information on sponsorship​s​\, please contact IPS Development Associate Michelle Munjanattu at 202-787-5272​ or michelle@ips-dc.org​. \nSponsor the Event Now >> \n\n\nStay tuned for upcoming announcements of special guest speakers and performances! \n You are also invited to the annual Sheridan Circle Memorial Service on Sunday\, October 1\, 2017 at 10:00 am at 23rd St & Sheridan Circle\, Washington\, DC. \n  \n
URL:http://www.ips-dc.org/events/41st-annual-letelier-moffitt-human-rights-awards/
LOCATION:1101 6th Street SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024
CATEGORIES:Awards Dinner
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171005T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171009T230000
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SUMMARY:SAVE THE DATES: The 7th Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:The seventh annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF) will take place October 5-8\, 2017 at E Street Cinemas and Studio Theatre on 14th Street. \nThe 2017 program features an artist spotlight with Hollywood producer\, director and actress Cherien Dabis (Amreeka\, May in the Summer\, Empire)\, live storytelling in partnership with Palestinians Podcast\, and a performances by the Chicago-based duo of Dabke is Life\, as well as feature and short films by Palestinian filmmakers from all over the world. \nRSVP now on Facebook. \nThrough the dedicated work of IPS board member Noura Erakat\, IPS has been a proud partner of the DCPFAF since 2014. \n
URL:http://www.ips-dc.org/events/the-7th-annual-dc-palestinian-film-and-arts-festival/
LOCATION:Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts Event,Reception,Video Screening
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