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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

February 4, 2020: "We Turn Adversity Into Strength . . . We Rise . . . We Overcome."








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 discussing health hazards present in the things we ingest--be they food and drink, opinion and fact, or media and "entertainment." Plus, we listen to a brief interview with the author of History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, History and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Mary Frances Berry!

 We're all about that DETOX of mind, body, and soul!
“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.’”--Professor Mary Frances Berry
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Support Our Community AND BE INFORMED
"The Source of Self-Regard" flyer. Photo by beetle bailey. 


THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD

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THE IDEA GARDEN

February 1 - March 21

346 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401 | Theideagarden.org | 845.481.0685

'The Source of Self-Regard' is named after a collection of essays, speeches, and meditations by the late Toni Morrison, the intention of this exhibition is to hold space and highlight the voices of black women, femme, and nonbinary creatives. Up throughout Black History and Women's History Months. Opening Reception on February 1, 2020 from 4-7pm, 1st Saturday in March Reception on March 7th from 4-7pm. https://theideagarden.org



S P O T L I G H T   O N:
Art by FreedomWalker, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey.

Art by FreedomWalker, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 

Art by FreedomWalker, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 









Art by Mumba, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 

Art by Mumba, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 

Art by Mumba, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 


Multimedia
  1. '“The Source of Self-Regard” Art Exhibition: FreedomWalker.' beetle bailey, Vimeo.com. February 3, 2020. [3:03] FreedomWalker (artist) speaks about her work in the art exhibition at the Idea Garden, in Kingston, NY. https://vimeo.com/389072088
  2. '“The Source of Self-Regard” Art Exhibition: Mumba.' beetle bailey, Vimeo.com. February 3, 20202. [2:40] Mumba (artist) speaks about her work in the art exhibition at the Idea Garden, in Kingston, NY. https://vimeo.com/389073227




Photos of Art Exhibition
Art by Sadee Brathwaite, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 

Art by Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 
Art by Dorothy Brodhead, for "The Source of Self-Regard" Exhibition, at the Idea Garden. Photo by beetle bailey. 


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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


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



  • No credits for this segment
  • Tracy Chapman - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Chapman OverviewCareerEarly lifeSocial activismPersonal lifeDiscography: During college, Chapman began busking in Harvard Square and playing guitar in Club Passim, the Nameless Coffeehouse, and other coffeehouses in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She made her major-stage debut as an opening act for women's music pioneer Linda Tillery at Boston's Strand Theater on May 3, 1985. Another Tufts student, Brian Koppelman, heard Chapman playing and brought her to the attention … Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license




THE SPRUCE
  • Thespruce.com





EDITORIAL

  • FDA Allows Secret, Untested Chemicals into Our Food ... https://earthjustice.org/blog/2017-june/fda-allows... Jun 01, 2017: Unfortunately, the FDA, the agency legally responsible for ensuring the safety of our food supply, recently finalized a rule that allows manufacturers to decide for themselves—in secret—which chemicals can be added to processed foods like chips and breakfast cereal.




K-TOWN NEWS
  • Almanac Weekly



MINDFUL MUSEUM
  • Richie Havens was an American folk singer and guitarist, https://www.songfacts.com/facts/richie-havens/freedom: "Freedom" by Richie Havens from the Album: Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More (1970) Richie Havens became a household name after opening the 1969 Woodstock festival, which included an improvised encore called "Freedom," based on the traditional spiritual "Motherless Child.""Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style,  soulful covers of pop and folk songs.












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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Sources for Black X-Files: "The Woman From Whom Apartheid Learned Fear"


Multimedia



  1. "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



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. Tracy Chapman: "Revolution"
  2. Marilyn Manson: "This is the New *hit"



Second Hour Music and Playlists:



  1. India.Arie: "What If"
  2. India.Arie: "Strength, Courage & Wisdom"
  3. Richie Havens: "Freedom"

Lyrics for song-choices



  1. https://genius.com/Indiaarie-strength-courage-and-wisdom-lyrics
  2. https://genius.com/Indiaarie-what-if-lyrics
  3. https://genius.com/Marilyn-manson-this-is-the-new-shit-lyrics
  4. https://genius.com/Richie-havens-freedom-lyrics
  5. https://genius.com/Tracy-chapman-taikin-bout-a-revolution-lyrics









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