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Black Men’s Healing Group
7:00 pm
Black Men’s Healing Group
@ Online Event
Jan 2 @ 7:00 pm
 Join us for our Black Men’s Healing Group – forming online now! This group focuses on the intersection between mental health and what it means to be a Black man, in a safe space, with like-minded individuals. It’s time to remove the stigma around Black men’s mental health. Due to…
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The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
5:30 pm
The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
@ Online Event
Jan 5 @ 5:30 pm
 The Black Box is a digital platform for an intergenerational community of Black men. The mission of this inclusive community is to move Black men toward collective healing through honest, thoughtful, and vulnerable dialogue. *All Discussions Are At 5:30pm PST* This is an inclusive space for Black men of all…
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GET IN THE INVESTMENT GAME Without Quitting Your Day Job! [EmpowHer Mixer]
11:00 am
GET IN THE INVESTMENT GAME Without Quitting Your Day Job! [EmpowHer Mixer]
Jan 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
![GET IN THE INVESTMENT GAME Without Quitting Your Day Job! [EmpowHer Mixer]](https://1mz7b4.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_121457181_264354583755_1_original-300x150.jpg) The EmpowHer event is a platform for like-minded women to uplift each other, cultivate community, and network with fellow entrepreneurs! About this Event Melissa Rodriguez of Social Media Relations is excited to invite you on the first Friday of every month, to connect with us for a rockin’ women’s networking event!…
Black Xpression
8:00 pm
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Black Men’s Healing Group
7:00 pm
Black Men’s Healing Group
@ Online Event
Jan 9 @ 7:00 pm
Join us for our Black Men’s Healing Group – forming online now! This group focuses on the intersection between mental health and what it means to be a Black man, in a safe space, with like-minded individuals. It’s time to remove the stigma around Black men’s mental health. Due to…
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
8:00 pm
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
Jan 9 @ 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm
 Virtual comedy show featuring some of the Bay Area’s top African-American comics The live comedy scene has been devastated by the closure of all of the comedy clubs, so if you’d like to support black comics, join us for a special ” Black Laughs Matter ” online comedy show live…
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Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
8:22 am
Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
Jan 11 @ 8:22 am – 9:22 am
 Isabel Wilkerson discusses her critically acclaimed book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. In this brilliant book, Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history…
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The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
5:30 pm
The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
@ Online Event
Jan 12 @ 5:30 pm
The Black Box is a digital platform for an intergenerational community of Black men. The mission of this inclusive community is to move Black men toward collective healing through honest, thoughtful, and vulnerable dialogue. *All Discussions Are At 5:30pm PST* This is an inclusive space for Black men of all…
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Legal Research Using Free Websites
12:00 pm
Legal Research Using Free Websites
@ Online Event
Jan 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
 A presentation about how to conduct effective legal research using free websites. About the Program Did you know you can get California Supreme Court Opinions – for FREE – back to 1850? And free California Appellate Court Opinions back to 1905? Did you know that there is a step-by-step guide…
Reconstruction: Then & Now – What Lessons Can We Learn from 1865 till Now
3:30 pm
Reconstruction: Then & Now – What Lessons Can We Learn from 1865 till Now
Jan 13 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
 The Reconstruction period is an important time in our U.S. history. It spanned from 1865-1877. The purpose was to undo some of the ills of slavery for African Americans. The formerly enslaved Black men were now given the right to vote. Other programs such as the Freedman’s Bureau were also…
How to Be an Antiracist-From King to Kendi
5:00 pm
How to Be an Antiracist-From King to Kendi
@ Online Event
Jan 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 Please join us virtually as we watch and listen to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi discuss his bestseller, How to Be an Antiracist with President Mortensen, and more. ——————– Please register here: https://weber.zoom.us/…/register/WN_an7QNVy-RmuykSUYysYUtQ Please submit questions here: https://weber.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cBfSqOxChcFM5kV ——————– More about Dr. Ibram X. Kendi: Ibram X. Kendi is the…
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East Towson: From Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter
4:00 pm
East Towson: From Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter
@ Online Event
Jan 14 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 Please RSVP to access the zoom link here: https://actionnetwork.org/…/east-towson-from-jim-crow… Historic East Towson, an African-American community unique to Baltimore County and the nation, is a thriving, tight-knit enclave adjacent to Towson’s urban core. Descendants of the original settlers – men, women and children formerly enslaved at the nearby Hampton Plantation –…
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Evictions During COVID-19
11:30 am
Evictions During COVID-19
@ Online Event
Jan 15 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
 A program for community members about the eviction process during the COVID-19 health pandemic. About the Program – Evictions During COVID-19 with San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, Inc. This program is geared toward community members who are interested in learning more about the eviction process during the health pandemic.…
Rona, Racism, and Radical Parenting Conference
4:00 pm
Rona, Racism, and Radical Parenting Conference
Jan 15 @ 4:00 pm
 Parenting is hard. Parenting while Black is even harder. Between navigating virtual school, racialized trauma, and Rona still raging her raggedy head, many of you are on the struggle bus, out of gas, running on fumes, tires balding, with the check engine light on. You’re doing your best to hold…
Black Xpression
8:00 pm
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture: featuring Eddie S. Glaude
10:00 am
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture: featuring Eddie S. Glaude
@ Online Event
Jan 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture: featuring Eddie S. Glaude Saturday, January 16, 1 pm EST Author Eddie S. Glaude Jr. will talk about race today in America following the Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Mixing biography–drawn partially from newly uncovered interviews–with history, memoir, and trenchant…
Soul Swapmeet
11:00 am
Soul Swapmeet
@ Westfield Mission Valley (east parking lot)
Jan 16 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
 Come out and enjoy vendors from all over. Retail vendors, food, youth area, interactive panel, raffles, DJ and more! Come out with the family and enjoy the sun and Black owned businesses! There is $3.00 admission. Each admission includes 1 raffle ticket for a chance to win one of the…
Rona, Racism, and Radical Parenting Conference
4:00 pm
Rona, Racism, and Radical Parenting Conference
Jan 16 @ 4:00 pm
Parenting is hard. Parenting while Black is even harder. Between navigating virtual school, racialized trauma, and Rona still raging her raggedy head, many of you are on the struggle bus, out of gas, running on fumes, tires balding, with the check engine light on. You’re doing your best to hold…
Black Men’s Healing Group
7:00 pm
Black Men’s Healing Group
@ Online Event
Jan 16 @ 7:00 pm
Join us for our Black Men’s Healing Group – forming online now! This group focuses on the intersection between mental health and what it means to be a Black man, in a safe space, with like-minded individuals. It’s time to remove the stigma around Black men’s mental health. Due to…
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
8:00 pm
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
Jan 16 @ 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Virtual comedy show featuring some of the Bay Area’s top African-American comics The live comedy scene has been devastated by the closure of all of the comedy clubs, so if you’d like to support black comics, join us for a special ” Black Laughs Matter ” online comedy show live…
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Rona, Racism, and Radical Parenting Conference
4:00 pm
Rona, Racism, and Radical Parenting Conference
Jan 17 @ 4:00 pm
Parenting is hard. Parenting while Black is even harder. Between navigating virtual school, racialized trauma, and Rona still raging her raggedy head, many of you are on the struggle bus, out of gas, running on fumes, tires balding, with the check engine light on. You’re doing your best to hold…
Black Gworl Book Club
4:30 pm
Black Gworl Book Club
@ Online Event
Jan 17 @ 4:30 pm
 Black Gworl Book Club is a healing, archival space where we center, celebrate, honor and critically discuss black/indigenous womxn authors. BGBC is an intentional, intersectional, healing archival book space, created in partnership with Sisters With Invoices ( SWI ), where we gather to celebrate, honor, and critically discuss black/indigenous womxn…
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Virtual Event | MLK Day: King in Chicago
9:00 am
Virtual Event | MLK Day: King in Chicago
@ Online Event
Jan 18 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
 A Baptist minister and champion of nonviolent activism, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential figures of the civil rights movement. He spent considerable time in Chicago protesting racial discrimination, particularly in housing and education. Explore ways the Chicago History Museum continues to preserve and amplify…
2021 MLK Day Celebration
10:00 am
2021 MLK Day Celebration
@ Online Event
Jan 18 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
 Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day immersed in music, culture, and community. This year’s virtual festival highlights MLK’s dedication to labor and workers’ rights, and these movements’ continued importance today. Enjoy these vibrant programs and activities for all ages. 10:00 am Musical Welcome from ICYOLA Kick off CAAM’s MLK Day…
ENVISIONING BLACK WOMANHOOD IN ART AND POETRY
10:30 am
ENVISIONING BLACK WOMANHOOD IN ART AND POETRY
@ Online Event
Jan 18 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
 This fascinating and inspiring workshop will introduce the work of key contemporary, black women poets alongside images by black women artists or of black women to explore ‘pictured blackness’. The session will include readings from a range of poets alongside images of artworks, interactive visual prompts and discussion. Texts from…
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The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
5:30 pm
The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
@ Online Event
Jan 19 @ 5:30 pm
The Black Box is a digital platform for an intergenerational community of Black men. The mission of this inclusive community is to move Black men toward collective healing through honest, thoughtful, and vulnerable dialogue. *All Discussions Are At 5:30pm PST* This is an inclusive space for Black men of all…
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BGP Discussion with Dr. Lawrence Brown
4:00 pm
BGP Discussion with Dr. Lawrence Brown
Jan 20 @ 4:00 pm
 This event is open for all who are interested in learning how we can dismantle apartheid policies in Baltimore and move toward a more racially and economically just city.
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“I, too, sing America” a celebration of Black poets
6:00 pm
“I, too, sing America” a celebration of Black poets
@ Online Event
Jan 22 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 Join us for the (free) release of Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival’s newest video project: “I, too, sing America” a celebration of Black poets. The short film features written works by influential Black poets from America’s past (and a new original piece!), and Arizona-based Black actors. Mark your calendars.
Black Xpression
8:00 pm
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Black Men’s Healing Group
7:00 pm
Black Men’s Healing Group
@ Online Event
Jan 23 @ 7:00 pm
Join us for our Black Men’s Healing Group – forming online now! This group focuses on the intersection between mental health and what it means to be a Black man, in a safe space, with like-minded individuals. It’s time to remove the stigma around Black men’s mental health. Due to…
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
8:00 pm
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
Jan 23 @ 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Virtual comedy show featuring some of the Bay Area’s top African-American comics The live comedy scene has been devastated by the closure of all of the comedy clubs, so if you’d like to support black comics, join us for a special ” Black Laughs Matter ” online comedy show live…
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Your Black Matters
3:00 pm
Your Black Matters
@ Online Event
Jan 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
 Peer Led Gathering By and For the Black Community Join us every last Monday of the month at 6 PM EST for “Your Black Matters” a new, virtual peer space for us, led by and for the Black community. It is a space to give one another support. ALL…
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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power, with Ijeoma Oluo
11:00 am
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power, with Ijeoma Oluo
@ Online Event
Jan 26 @ 11:00 am
 The author of the New York Times bestselling So You Want to Talk About Race, Oluo’s Mediocre critically examines the last 150 years of American history – from the mythic stories of Western cowboys to the protests against police brutality – to offer a crucial argument that everything we…
The Challenge of Black Radical Movement Building In the Context of Crisis:
4:00 pm
The Challenge of Black Radical Movement Building In the Context of Crisis:
@ ONLINE EVENT
Jan 26 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 The challenge for building an effective, independent Black radical movement has never been more apparent than today, as the ruling elite is in complete disarray because of the ongoing and deepening capitalist crisis. Joe Biden’s neoliberal project will not be able to reverse the crisis in Black and other colonized…
The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
5:30 pm
The Black Box: A Safe Space for Black Men
@ Online Event
Jan 26 @ 5:30 pm
The Black Box is a digital platform for an intergenerational community of Black men. The mission of this inclusive community is to move Black men toward collective healing through honest, thoughtful, and vulnerable dialogue. *All Discussions Are At 5:30pm PST* This is an inclusive space for Black men of all…
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Monica Montgomery-Steppe : Virtual State Of The District
6:00 pm
Monica Montgomery-Steppe : Virtual State Of The District
@ Online Event
Jan 27 @ 6:00 pm
 VIRTUAL STATE OF THE DISTRICT: Community, place a reminder on your calendar for our 2021 State of the District. Plan to join us on the evening of Wednesday, January 27 at 6 p.m. as we bring you a message of recovery and resilience. We will share our 2020 Year in…
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Depression and Anxiety – Free Class for Parents
5:30 pm
Depression and Anxiety – Free Class for Parents
@ ONLINE EVENT
Jan 28 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
 This class is not a black specific class, we post this because this is FREE and Essential service Feeling sad or anxious in life normal, but would you know the signs to look for if your child or youth needs additional help? How has Covid-19 impacted our students and…
Oakland Jericho Political Prisoner Writing Session
6:00 pm
Oakland Jericho Political Prisoner Writing Session
@ Online Event
Jan 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
 Join us for an evening of discussion and letter writing for Bill Dunne, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Leonard Peltier. Please use white paper and white envelopes only. This is our first session of ongoing Political Prisoner letter writing and discussions. Please join us! Get your free tickets
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Reading As Activism Discusses Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
10:00 am
Reading As Activism Discusses Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
@ Online Event
Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
 You are personally invited to join us in discussing Toni Morrison’s book The Bluest Eye at the Reading as Activism Bookclub. Here is a brief description of the book from Goodreads. “The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of…
Reading As Activism Discusses Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
10:00 am
Reading As Activism Discusses Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81861156883… Meeting ID: 818 6115 6883 Passcode: 543995 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81861156883… Meeting ID: 818 6115 6883 Passcode: 543995 You are personally invited to join us in discussing Toni Morrison’s book The Bluest Eye at the Reading as Activism Bookclub. Here is a brief description of the…
Black Men’s Healing Group
7:00 pm
Black Men’s Healing Group
@ Online Event
Jan 30 @ 7:00 pm
Join us for our Black Men’s Healing Group – forming online now! This group focuses on the intersection between mental health and what it means to be a Black man, in a safe space, with like-minded individuals. It’s time to remove the stigma around Black men’s mental health. Due to…
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
8:00 pm
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
Jan 30 @ 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Virtual comedy show featuring some of the Bay Area’s top African-American comics The live comedy scene has been devastated by the closure of all of the comedy clubs, so if you’d like to support black comics, join us for a special ” Black Laughs Matter ” online comedy show live…
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E4E Virtual Wellness Fair
8:00 am
E4E Virtual Wellness Fair
@ Online Event
Jan 31 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
 Join us Sunday January 30 8a-12 noon for a Virtual Wellness Event centered around representation & wellness for BIPOC and allies. As January of 2021 comes to a close and we enter Black History Month we invite you to come focus on the essential healing needed to be a Person…
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