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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

January 28, 2020: "You Say There's a 'Mountaintop'? Okay. Prove It."



As always, YOUR BLACK META is bringing MAXIMUM AWESOME! Music, Mindful, and Meta; local news and upcoming events; opportunities for engaging with and supporting local communities!
Art by Will Lyle, of Thorneater.


This week, YOUR META's all about ACCOUNTABILITY and UNDERSTANDING . . . and the unkind, things that can happen in their notable absence.




History teaches us to remember . . . and to RESIST.

  • “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”—Voltaire
  • “Until you hold everyone accountable every time, nothing will change.”—Terry Crews
  • “You have to be there. You have to put your body on the line. You have to be willing to go to jail. You have to be willing to say: ‘Here I stand, and you will go no further, because I have moral authority in what I’m doing.’”--Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Professor of History and Africana Studies



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Support Our Community AND BE INFORMED





Community organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:





  • https://citizenactionny.org/about
  • https://citizenactionny.org/events/venues/7-grand-st-kingston-ny-12401-usa





  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/





  • https://riseupkingston.org/
  • https://riseupkingston.org/blog





HASTAGS WORTH HASHING-OUT



  • #FreeNewYork
  • #DemandJustice







Upcoming Local Events & Demonstrations

WHAT: Police Accountability Community Forum
WHEN: Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 6pm - 8pm
WHERE: Clinton Ave United Methodist Church, 122 Clinton Ave, Kingston, New York 12401
WHO: R!se Up Kingston (HOST), Citizen Action of New York, Citizen Action of New York Hudson Valley, The Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church, Kingston NY Transition, E.N.J.A.N., Sassafrass Mercantile, UCCAN - Ulster County Children's Advocacy Network, Black Lives Matter Hudson Valley, The Newburgh LGBTQ Center

WHY: “Until you hold everyone accountable every time, nothing will change.”--Terry Crews, at the Sundance Film Festival



We started the struggle for Police Accountability in March of 2018. Since then, we've made great strides. But there is still work to do. This January, we are hosting a community forum as a lead up to passing our Police Accountability legislation through the Common Council and on to the Mayor's desk. Join us to have all of your questions answered about Police Accountability in Kingston, and to take action. We need to YOU to make Police Accountability happen!



  • Read our draft legislation here: http://bit.ly/rukpalegislation
  • View the two-year timeline of our work: http://bit.ly/rukpatimeline
  • Riseupkingston.org



Your Meta will keep you updated regarding local events and demonstrations as we hear about them!




H.A.L.T. Solitary Day of Action Redux



Nycaic.org. 
Nycaic.org.




From CAICAvocacyDay:


Thank you SO much for an incredibly powerful #HALTsolitary advocacy on Tuesday! You all brought such amazing energy and made the day so moving, effective, spirited, fun, and overall a tremendous success! We feel so grateful to be able to partner with you all in this movement. We wanted to follow-up with a few things:

1. Please join us again in Albany on February 4 (Mental Health) and/or Feb 11 (Faith Leaders) to push for #HALTsolitary!

  • Mental Health Action Day for #HALTsolitary: Albany, Tues., Feb. 4: People with mental health concerns, family members, mental health professionals, experts to push HALT. Sign up: http://bit.ly/MentalHealthHALTFeb4 (flyer attached)



  • People of Faith for #HALTsolitary: Albany, Tues., Feb. 11: Faith leaders, people of faith, congregation or faith community members come to Albany to push HALT. Sign up: http://bit.ly/FaithHALTFeb11  (flyer and call to Faith leaders attached)



2. Media and Social Media Coverage

Albany Times-Union article on our protest outside the Governor’s speech.

Powerful op-ed by Jerome Wright in the Albany Times-Union highlighting how alternatives to solitary are more effective for safety

Alicia Barraza and Jerome Wright on Capital Tonight and Capital Pressroom. You can watch the Capital Tonight segment here.

Citations in other press around budget: For instance this article reported that “The Senate and the Assembly are also expected proposals to further restrict the use of solitary confinement in the prisons . . . More than 1000 demonstrators demanding an end to what the state calls Special Housing Units rallied at the statehouse during Cuomo's budget presentation this week.”

Taking Over Social Media: Just a few social media highlights include:

3. Please Share Photos from Jan 21

4. Staying Connected to the #HALTsolitary Campaign
  • Anyone who is not already included will be added to our e-newsletter unless you let us know you do not want to be added


  • Check out http://nycaic.org/events-2/ for upcoming meetings and events



5. T-shirts and Items left behind
  • T-shirts:


    • if you already signed up for a t-shirt and didn't yet receive one, please email caicadvocacyday@gmail.com so we can get it to you


    • if you would still like to order a t-shirt, please do so with  this simple form and we will get one for you


  • Items left behind: we have one student’s notebook and some scarves, hats, and gloves that were left in the hearing room. Please email JJ at jparish@urbanjustice.org if they belong to you and she can send them to you.



Thanks all! Hope to see you soon!

#HALTsolitary Organizing Team
FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links





COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO

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THE SPRUCE
  • Thespruce.com
  • Checkiday.com





K-TOWN NEWS
  • Almanac Weekly


MINDFUL MUSEUM


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beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links




Your DOSE of

BLACKGIRLMAGIC!

Photo from author's Amazon.com Author Page.

Since her college years at Howard University, Mary Frances Berry has been one of the most visible activists in the cause of civil rights, gender equality and social justice in our nation. Serving as Chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Berry demanded equal rights and liberties for all Americans during four Presidential administrations. A pathbreaker, she also became the first woman to head a major research university, serving at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Berry also served as the principal education official in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, working to improve access and quality education in our schools.
In 2013 she was one of the recipients of the Nelson Mandela award from the South African Government for her role in organizing the Free South Africa Movement (FSAM) which helped to end apartheid. She was selected to speak by the South African Government representing FSAM at the national celebration of the life legacy and values of Nelson Mandela, Washington National Cathedral in December 2013.
Berry’s publications include such subjects as the history of constitutional racism in America and child care and women’s rights. Power in Words: The Stories behind Barack Obama’s Speeches, from the State House to the White House, offers insight and historical context of President Obama’s most memorable speeches. Her latest book, Five Dollars and a Porkchop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy explains that some campaign voter turnout activities are just another form of voter suppression. We Are We Say We Are: A Black Family’s Search for Home across the Atlantic World offers a new angle of vision for looking at racial identity, demography and migration as themes of our national history.
Berry is a fellow of the Society of American Historians and the National Academy of Public Administration. In 2014 she was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society for Legal History, the highest honor the Society can award. Since 1988, she has been the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, History, and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
As Berry continues her research, writing and activism, she insists that each generation has the responsibility to make a dent in the wall of injustice. In her latest book, History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times, she recounts many of the protests in which she was active, analyzes their organizing strategies, and considers the lessons we can learn from them. http://maryfrancesberry.com/



Multimedia
  1. PLAYLIST: https://maryfrancesberry.wordpress.com/watch/





Spotlight & Bibiliography


History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times



Available at many booksellers.





Product Details

  • File Size: 752 KB
  • Print Length: 234 pages
  • Publisher: Beacon Press (March 13, 2018)
  • Publication Date: March 13, 2018
  • Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0725V7VBD



Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times.




Despair and mourning after the election of an antagonistic or polarizing president, such as Donald Trump, is part of the push-pull of American politics. But in this incisive book, historian Mary Frances Berry shows that resistance to presidential administrations has led to positive change and the defeat of outrageous proposals, even in challenging times. Noting that all presidents, including ones considered progressive, sometimes require massive organization to affect policy decisions, Berry cites Indigenous peoples' protests against the Dakota pipeline during Barack Obama's administration as a modern example of successful resistance built on earlier actions.
Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Berry discusses that president's refusal to prevent race discrimination in the defense industry during World War II and the subsequent March on Washington movement. She analyzes Lyndon Johnson, the war in Vietnam, and the antiwar movement and then examines Ronald Reagan's two terms, which offer stories of opposition to reactionary policies, such as ignoring the AIDS crisis and retreating on racial progress, to show how resistance can succeed.
The prochoice protests during the George H. W. Bush administration and the opposition to Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, as well as his budget cuts and welfare reform, are also discussed, as are protests against the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act during George W. Bush's presidency. Throughout these varied examples, Berry underscores that even when resistance doesn't achieve all the goals of a particular movement, it often plants a seed that comes to fruition later.
Berry also shares experiences from her six decades as an activist in various movements, including protesting the Vietnam War and advocating for the Free South Africa and civil rights movements, which provides an additional layer of insight from someone who was there. And as a result of having served in five presidential administrations, Berry brings an insider's knowledge of government.

History Teaches Us to Resist is an essential book for our times which attests to the power of resistance. It proves to us through myriad historical examples that protest is an essential ingredient of politics, and that progressive movements can and will flourish, even in perilous times.





  • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0725V7VBD/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
  • https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Frances-Berry/e/B001ITYNW8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share




Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
https://www.maryfrancesberry.com/
https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/people/mary-frances-berry
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/mary-frances-berry-quotes
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Frances-Berry
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/158555.Mary_Frances_Berry
https://live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/people/faculty/mary-frances-berry
https://maryfrancesberry.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/quotes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Frances_Berry





Social Media

  • https://www.facebook.com/ProfessorMaryFrancesBerry/
  • https://twitter.com/drmfberry?lang=en

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A MATTER OF HISTORICAL RECORD AND CURRENT CONSTERNATION . . . AAAAAAAND WH WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

Aaaaaaaand garbage like this is why We Can't Have Nice Things. Attributed: By Strobridge & Co. Lith - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/var.1831, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3162321



Multimedia
  1. "Blackface: A cultural history of a racist art form." CBS Sunday Morning, Youtube. October 2018. [7:56] With the recent controversy over Megyn Kelley's remarks in which she questioned why wearing blackface on Halloween was offensive, "Sunday Morning" contributor and WCBS anchor Maurice DuBois looks at the long and complex history of white (and even black) performers painting their faces black. For more than 100 years, minstrel shows were a popular form of entertainment on stage and film, reducing an entire race of people to stereotypes. DuBois speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson, and with Eric Lott, cultural historian and professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, about the complicated history of a racist theatrical form. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqlD-eZm1ck
  2. "Roland Martin Educates Megyn Kelly And The Nation On Why Blackface Is Wrong." Roland S. Martin, Youtube. October 25, 2018. [41:00] On Wednesday, Rolland Martin appeared on NBC's Megyn Kelly Today  to discuss the talk show host saying using blackface was OK for Halloween.   After a big social media push-back, Kelly apologized and her producers invited Amy Holmes and Roland on the show to discuss her comments and explain to America why dressing up in blackface is wrong.  Watch portions of their discussion and let us know what you think in the comments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHVPJJ33b2M


Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  • https://genius.com/Al-jolson-my-mammy-lyrics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jolson
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_(disambiguation)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mammy
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_stereotype
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happenings
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer



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Sources for "Garbage In? No, Garbage OUT."


Multimedia



  1. [Referenced, but unaired during this episode] "Mammy - Al Jolson (Jazz Singer performance)." Xanadude192, Youtube. May 19, 2010. [2:03] The fantastic Al Jolson performing his signature tune 'Mammy' in the finale of the 1927 film 'The Jazz Singer' and yes, it's in blackface! Great performance. Written by Joe Young/Sam M. Lewis/Walter Donaldson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaj7FNHnjQ
  2. [Referenced, but unaired during this episode] "My Mammy." The Happenings - Topic, Youtube. November 6, 2014. [2:58] Provided to YouTube by Rhino  My Mammy · The Happenings  Psycle  ℗ 1967 Rhino Entertainment  Co- Writer: J. Young Co- Writer: S. Lewis Co- Writer: W. Donaldson  Auto-generated by YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQM3pO4dpeg




Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jolson
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_(disambiguation)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mammy
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_stereotype
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happenings
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer
Sources for "We CAN Have Nice Things… Here’s Why."


Multimedia



  1. [Referenced, but unaired during this episode] "Mary Frances Berry - “History Teaches Us to Resist” and the Power of Protest | The Daily Show." The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Youtube. January 27, 2020. [9:14] Historian Mary Frances Berry explains the biggest misconception about Martin Luther King Jr. and why it’s important to mobilize people to protest for their beliefs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7d1QS3y1c
  2. [Referenced, but unaired during this episode] "My Mammy." The Happenings - Topic, Youtube. November 6, 2014. [2:58] Provided to YouTube by Rhino  My Mammy · The Happenings  Psycle  ℗ 1967 Rhino Entertainment  Co- Writer: J. Young Co- Writer: S. Lewis Co- Writer: W. Donaldson  Auto-generated by YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQM3pO4dpeg



Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites

  • https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/people/mary-frances-berry
  • https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/mary-frances-berry-quotes
  • https://www.maryfrancesberry.com/







Music Playlists





First Hour Music and Playlists:



  1. Bob Marley: "Work"
  2. The Roots: "Dear God 2.0"
  3. Rage Against the Machine: "VietNow"
  4. Stevie Wonder: "Misrepresented People"




Second Hour Music and Playlists:



  1. Rage Against the Machine: "Down Rodeo"
  2. John Lennon: "Remember"


Lyrics for beetle's song-choices

  1. https://genius.com/The-roots-dear-god-20-lyrics
  2. https://genius.com/Rage-against-the-machine-down-rodeo-lyrics
  3. https://genius.com/Rage-against-the-machine-vietnow-lyrics








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