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Tim will host an interactive breakout session in which participants will be invited to examine institutional practices and procedures which often inadvertently perpetuate unequal opportunity and treatment. Attendees will develop strategies for shifting the institutional culture at SCC in the direction of greater parity. Space is extremely limited for the workshop. Please, RSVP for the 2:30 p.m. workshop by sending an email to dennism@scc.losrios.edu as soon as possible. Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He is the author of seven books including his latest, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America and his highly acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. You are invited!

3:30-5 p.m. Workshop Cultural Awareness Center *Limited to 30 participants. Please RSVP* For more information, Contact:

Mark Dennis at DennisM@scc.losrios.edu or (916) 558-2395

Refreshments will be served during the workshop!

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Nationwide Liberty Con 2017 Americans@Risk: Race, Denial, Privilege, and Who Matters, the 16th annual public history convention organized by Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, is scheduled for March 24-25 at Schenectady County Community College in Schenectady, NY and on March 26 at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence in Albany, NY. Race relations, gender issues, immigration reform, white privilege, and religion play a role in the risks Americans face today. Designed for a multi-age, diverse audience, this three day convention will explore these and other civil rights issues, locate them in their relationship with American history, and dialogue about action responses through a series of workshops, roundtable conversations, and keynote speakers. Is history repeating itself?

Tim Wise is one of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation. His considerable rhetorical skills, his fluid literary gifts and his relentless search for the truth make him a critical ally in the fight against racism and a true soldier in the war for social justice. His writing and thinking constitute a bulwark of common sense, and uncommon wisdom, on the subject of race, politics and culture. He is a national treasure. Michael Eric Dyson, University Professor, Georgetown University, and best-selling author of nine books, including Race Rules, Holler if You Hear Me, and Between God and Gangsta Rap.

On Saturday, March 25 Liberty Con 2017 will host a keynote presentation, Cross Roads, given by CeLilliane Green (www.celilliannegreen.net), lawyer, poet, and playwright. Panel presentations, round tables, student poster displays, vendors, exhibitors, an art exhibition, web based games, a Solution Wall, and a Wheres Stevie search fill out the experience. Attendees are invited to come dressed in early to mid-19th century attire. Costumed re-enactors will bring historic abolitionists and freedom seekers to life. On Sunday, March 26th, an Open House will be hosted at the award-winning Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence.

Full details for Liberty Con 2017 Americans@Risk: Race, Denial, Privilege, and Who Matters are available at http://www.undergroundrailroadhistory.org/conference or by calling Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region at (518) 432-4432.

Underground Railroad History Project researches and preserves the local and national history of the anti-slavery and Underground Railroad movements, their international connections, and their legacies to later struggles, engaging in public education and dialogue about these movements and their relevance to modern society. More information about Underground Railroad History Project and Liberty Con 2017 is available at http://www.UndergroundRailroadHistory.org or by calling (518) 432-4432.

PRESS CONTACT: Mary Liz Stewart (518) 432-4432 (1pm-8pm) marylizugr@gmail.com

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Rev. Al Sharpton honors Trayvon Martin, rips Trump and AG

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 12:48 AM

The Rev. Al Sharpton marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin and the last day of Black History Month Tuesday by assailing the Trump administration and encouraging those who oppose the Presidents policies to stand up for themselves.

When people ask me where we are five years after Trayvon, I could give a whole dissertation ... but the quick answer is Trump and (U.S. Attorney General Jeff) Sessions. Thats where we are, Sharpton told a crowd at the New School near Union Square.

Sharpton spoke about how the 17-year-old African-American teens death at the hands of a neighborhood watch volunteer helped spark a movement that morphed into Black Lives Matter.

Those challenges that came out of Trayvon, all of that is the history of civil rights. None of this is new, Sharpton said.

Trump pushes 'America first' policies in first Congress address

But the National Action Network founder said President Trump presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

I think Donald Trump and his administration could be an example of how we show the world those policies are so unfair and so insensitive, if we dont beat each other up in the huddle before we get to the field, he said.

The goal must be the priority and the coalescing around interests must be the priority ... the achievement of the goals is the only thing that will satisfy any of us.

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Rev. Al Sharpton tore into President Donald Trumps secretary of the Department of Education last night over her claims that historically black colleges and universities were real pioneers when it comes to school choicea statement that seemed to equate the institutions rootsas refuges from discrimination with her own mission of promoting charterschools and vouchers for private education.

Speaking at the New School for Social Research on 14th Street, Sharpton taunted DeVos over the comment, which she made Monday night shortly meeting with the heads of a number of HBCUs in Washington. The controversial civil rights leadermade glancing referenceto the billionaire heiresss lack of background in public education, and asserted her comment was an insult tothe legacy of leaderswho fought to grant African-Americans access to higher learning.

Now, I dont know where she studied. I suspect it was not at the New School, he said, to chuckles from the audience. Historic black colleges were founded because blacks had no choice. And to pervert a reaction to segregation and try and distort it into some endorsement of right-wing educational policy is to pour salt in the wound of those of us that know the history of whats going on.

DeVos, a longtime donor and advocate for charter schools and public subsidies for private schools, made the remarks amid an apparent campaign of outreach to HBCUs on the part of the Republican administration.

They are living proof that when more options are provided to students, they are afforded greater access and greater quality, she said in a public statement. Their success has shown that more options help students flourish.

She appeared to back away from the comments following intense backlash on social media and criticism from leaders of Congress. Trump himself met with HBCU leaders at the White House yesterday to recognize their work, and to sign an executive order reassigning the responsibilityof overseeing and promoting the schools from the Department of Education to the White House itself.

Yet even that move provoked outrage from certain corners, as a photo of the president standing alongsidethe college leaders showed advisor Kellyanne Conway casually sitting on a sofa with her shoes off. This, too, provided fodder for Sharpton in his address last night.

Those that formed the historic black colleges, you must remember were one generation away from it being against the law for blacks to be able even to read and write. And whites would be prosecuted or worse if they were caught teaching blacks how to read and write, he said. But today she says they pioneered school choice, and had black presidents of historic black colleges standing around the Oval Office, saluting Donald Trump, while Kellyanne was on the couch all cuddled up, tweeting and carrying on.

DeVoss confirmation was among the closest in history, with the Senate splitting 50-50 and Vice President Mike Pence casting the deciding vote.

After his speech, Sharpton sat down for a discussion with New School Professor Maya Wileyformer counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasioin which he called for an intersectional movement of all minorities against the Trump administration.

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Al Sharpton Mocks Betsy DeVos's Claim That Black Colleges Pioneered 'School Choice' - Observer

Laura Crocco Shaw: Local Republicans welcome virulent anti-Catholic as their speaker Modesto Bee Re Coulter will speak to area GOP faithful (Page 2B, Feb. 26): At the age of 95 I have seen much that causes me to shake my head in disbelief. The invitation by the Stanislaus County Republican Party to Ann Coulter to speak before the local committee ...

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