Cleveland Peace Action is hosting acclaimed historian and author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for a virtual discussion of her 2021 book, Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be joined in conversation with Detroit-based activist and writer Frank Joyce. Q and A with the audience will follow. Program is free and open to the public.
The eye-opening and transformative new book from the author of An Indigenous People’s History of the United States will challenge what you believe about U.S. history. An essential text for the twenty-first century, Not “A Nation of Immigrants” charges that it’s time to stop perpetuating simplistic and ahistorical fantasies and embrace the true, complex and often sobering history of these United States.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part- Indian mother. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. She lives in San Francisco.
Frank Joyce is a lifelong Detroit based writer and activist. He is co-editor with Karin Aguilar-San Juan of The People Make The Peace: Lessons From the Vietnam Antiwar Movement and he is currently writing a book about unlearning white supremacy.
Co-sponsored by these bookstores: Mac’s Backs, Loganberry Books, Learned Owl
Other co-sponsors include American Indian Movement-Ohio, Cleveland Nonviolence Network, County Progressive Caucus, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Hip Hop Congress, Black on Black Crime Inc., Lake Erie Native American Council, End Poverty Now!, Ohio Poor People’s Campaign, NEOH Black Health Coalition, Young Latino Network
Join Justice for Migrant Families for their next Organizing Team Meeting where they’ll be celebrating some wins, making decisions about upcoming campaigns and doing some outreach to support the launch of the FOIA campaign (Freedom of Information Act).
This team will focus on community education, relationship building and developing our leadership & organizing skills so we can build power locally to push for long term change!
If you would like interpretation services to attend this meeting, please email Madi at madi@jfmfwny.org. You can register for the Zoom meeting link by emailing Madi at madi@jfmfwny.org
¡Únete! La próxima reunión del equipo de coordinación tendrá lugar el martes 22 de marzo de
las 6:00 p.m. a las 7:15 p.m. por Zoom. Estaremos celebrando algunas victorias, tomando decisiones sobre las próximas campañas y haciendo algo de divulgación para apoyar el lanzamiento de la campaña FOIA (Ley de Libertad de Información).
Este equipo se centrará en la educación comunitaria, la construcción de lazos, y el desarrollo de nuestras habilidades de liderazgo y organización para que podamos generar poder localmente para presionar por un impacto a largo plazo.
Para solicitar servicios de interpretación y traducción para poder asistir a esta reunión, envíe un correo electrónico a Madi a madi@jfmfwny.org. Puedes registrarse para acceder al enlace de la reunión de Zoom aquí: envíe un correo electrónico a Madi a madi@jfmfwny.org
People – especially of Buffalo and WNY – will have the opportunity to hear from International and Foreign Policy expert, Joseph Gerson, and Ukrainian American Yuri Hreshchyshyn, to get a better understanding of the conflict in the Ukraine, as well as how we’ve gotten to this point. They’ll also discuss the existential dangers, current needs, a path forward, and how people can help. With host Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator.
- Joseph Gerson is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau, Co-chair of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy, and Co-Convener of the international Peace and Planet Network. He has participated in Track II discussions about possible diplomatic solutions to prevent and then end the Ukraine War, has briefed Congressional staff, written articles and given numerous talks and interviews. He’s a writer, an educator, and a consultant; and works at local, national, and international levels for peaceful and just alternatives to U.S. foreign and military policies.
- Yuri Hreshchshyn is a first generation Ukrainian American, the oldest of five. He’s in communication with his extended family in Western Ukraine, and working locally to help with fundraising and humanitarian aide to the Ukraine.
