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“Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North” Documentary Screening and Filmmaker Discussion

Event info: Sunday 8 March 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary “Traces of the Trade,” with filmmaker and JP-resident Katrina Browne. Featured on PBS and at the Sundance Film Festival, this film recounts Browne’s inquiry into the DeWolf family, her forefathers and the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. “Traces of the Trade” follows ten DeWolf [...]

Tagged as: Africa, local, reparations, slavery, wealth

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Closing the Racial Wealth Divide

Event info: Friday 23 January 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

with Meizhu Lui, Dedrick Muhammad and Amaad Rivera Three national experts join us to both celebrate the election of Barack Obama and discuss the persistent disparities of wealth that still exist along racial lines. The forum corresponds with the release of “State of the Dream 2009,” a timely study examining racial wealth disparities. Over the [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, race in America, social movements, wealth

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