Caribbean
American Community Revs Up
for NEA's Read Across America Day
Students
in Lanham & Hyattsville, MD will join millions of their peers
across the country to celebrate the ninth annual National Education
Association's (NEA) Read Across America Day on March 1, 2007.
NEA's Read Across America Day, which falls on Dr. Seuss's 103rd
birthday (March 2), expects more than 45 million readers, both young
and old, to pick up a book and read.
To
honor the good doctor and celebrate the fun and value of reading, Read
Across Jamaica Foundation is asking you to join NEA and many of
America's leading literacy, youth, and civic groups in bringing a
nation of readers together under one hat-the red and white stovepipe
made famous by the Cat in the Hat-for a flurry (or furry) of reading
excitement!
WHO: Read Across Jamaica Foundation in partnership
with University of MD TEAMS & Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
WHAT:
Caribbean-American Reading Party
WHEN:
Saturday, March 1, 2008
WHERE:
Just Jerk Caribbean Restaurant, 9005 Lanham-Severn Road, Lanham, MD
& Junction Caribbean Restaurant & Market, 900 Chillum Road,
Hyattsville, MD
For
more information contact:
Ja’nice Wisdom, 301-806-2984
Our
goal is to show America's Caribbean-American children the joy of
reading-on March 1 and every day. For more information on NEA's
Read Across America, visit www.nea.org/readacross
and learn of other reading celebrations that are happening from coast
to coast.
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Celebrating National Women's
History Month on March 21, 2007 in Washington DC
Famous Women Quotes:
"Common sense is seeing things as they
are; and doing things as they ought to be."
— Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle
Tom's Cabin
"Remember the Ladies…If particular care
and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to
foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any
Laws in which we have no voice or Representation."
— Abigail Adams in a letter to her
husband, John Adams, while he was attending the Second
Continental Congress, drafting the Declaration of Independence
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TransAfrica
Forum, afrikafé and AFI
present
the
New
African Films Festival
@
AFI Silver Theatre
8633
Colesville Rd.
Silver
Spring
,
MD
20910
Featuring
DC
Premieres of FESPACO winner EZRA,
JUJU
FACTORY
and
NAMIBIA: THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION
U.S.
Premiere of
TARTINA
CITY
and more
March
7 - 11, 2008
Call
TransAfrica Forum at 202.223.1960 ext. 137
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Washington
DC
Thursday, March 13,
2008
IDB Cultural Center in
collaboration with the Embassy of Paraguay and the IDB Family
Association
Cordially invites you
to attend a performance of Paraguayan Folk Songs with
Lizza Bogado
For more details on
Lizza Bogado log on to the following link: http://www.iadb.org/cultural/email_files/lizza.pdf
@ 6:30 pm
FREE and Open To the
Public - Photo ID
required
@ The Iner-American
Development Bank Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center
1330 New York Avenue,
N.W. Washington, DC - Metro Center
202-623-3558
www.iadb.org/cultural
First come first
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Atlanta,
Georgia
Saturday, March 15, 2008
@ 12:00 PM
Paradise Carnival Troupe Spring
Basketball Tournament and 2008 Carnival Band Launching
www.paradisecarnivaltroupe.com
- 678-368-6967 - www.myspace.com/paradisecarnivaltroupe |
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Baltimore,
Maryland
The Mud Revelers
Present Their
Pre-Easter Cocktail
Sip Fundraiser
Sunday, March 16,
2008
@
The Blue Caribbean
Lounge
5402 Park Heights Avenue,
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
7:00 pm - Until
Your Support is
Greatly Appreciated
Donation:
$15.00
( Dinner will be served
& One Drink with Ticket Purchase - valid until 10:00 pm)
Ticket Information:
443-744-7803 or Shurla @ 240-605-8967
Music by: DJ. Easy E
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Washington
DC
A
Soccer Tournament
on
Tuesday, March 18,
2008
@ 7:30 PM
Jamaica's Caribbean
Champions
Harbor View Football
Club
vs.
DC United
@ RFK Stadium
2400 East Capitol
Street, S.E., Washington DC 20003
$22.00 |
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California State Assembly-member Mike Davis
- 48th Assembly District
cordially invites you to attend
the Women's History Month Celebration
A program celebrating the California State
Legislative Month of Recognition
Thursday, March 20, 2008
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Honoring: Sandra
Evers-Manley, Northrop Grumman; Hon.
Judy Chu, Board of Equalization and Maria
Elena Durazo, LA County Federation of Labor
Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda
200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
To RSVP Contact Bobbie Anderson
(213) 744-2111
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Maria D. Cabrera, Los Ángeles, Inc.
- 302.559.9489, mc@losangelesinc.net
Ramon Ruiz, DE
Counselor to the
U.S. Dominican Embassy
- 201.522.6821
The Dominican Liberation Party Council of DE, and
Hispanic Community Leaders host
a visit and lecture from Minou Tavárez
Mirabal, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic.
Thursday, March 27, 2008 (
@ 8:00
p.m., (Doors Open at 7:00 pm)
@
Latin
American Community Center, 403 North Van Buren Sts., Wilmington, DE
302.655.7338
Minou
Tavarez Mirabal will speak at the Latin American Community Center on
Thursday, March 27, at 8:00 p.m. on the “Role
of Women in the Political Process”, especially in the current
presidential campaign. Tavarez is a sought after speaker whose history
on advocacy for women’s personal and political rights descend directly
from her family. She is the daughter of two Dominican national heroes
and martyrs, Manuel Aurelio Tavárez Justo and Minerva Mirabal, both
founders of the anti-dictatorship movement of the 1960’s. Her family
history is most popularly known as the story of the Mirabal Sisters, a
true to life drama that has been depicted in Julia Alvarez's 1994 novel
''In the Time of the Butterflies, and the movie in 2001. Minou Tavarez
Mirabal was 4 when her mother and two aunts were assassinated by
Dictator Rafael Trujillo.
Minou Mirabal is a second
term Deputy Foreign Minister and holds a B.A. in Hispanic Philology, as
well as a master’s degree in Hispanic Linguistics and Upper
Management. Tavárez Mirabal previously headed the Spanish Department at
APEC University in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also is a
member of the Central Committee of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party
headed by President Leonel
Fernándezz,
who is running for a second consecutive term on May 16, 2008, DR
presidential election.
The Dominican Liberation
Party Council of DE works towards promoting awareness to the mainland
Dominican citizens of DE on the current and future state of the
Dominican Republic. The councils are formed nationwide to maintain
communication with the Dominican community in the U.S., in addition to
creating and fostering relationship building with officials and leaders
of the U.S. and the D.R. These events cultivate alliances, and create
opportunities for dialog on economic development, education, arts and
cultural interactions. Previous visits from delegates of the D.R.
include the Secretary of State of Education. Alejandrina German in 2005,
who met with officials from
the Delaware Department of
Education, University of DE, the Mayor of Wilmington and other key
community leaders; also Deputy Foreign Minister of Art and Culture
Manuel Jimenez, in 2007, to mention a few.
The Hispanic Business Association of DE has extended an
invitation to President Leonel Fernandez to speak at their first
business recognition event taking place later on this year.
For more information, contact Maria D. Cabrera in
Wilmington at (302) 559-9489
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Women’s Art: Women’s Vision Celebration
New York, New York
March 28 – 29, 2008
Purchase
tickets here.
 Come
Join the NWHP in celebrating National Women’s History Month and in
recognizing our 2008 Honorees in
special events in New York City on March
28 and 29, 2008.
On Friday, March 28,
the 2008 Honorees will be recognized at a High Tea held from 2:00
to 5:00 at the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street in New York City.
Doors open at 1:30.
A Gala exhibition and art sale will be on view from 5PM until
9PM, featuring a special preview from 5PM to 6PM for collectors,
curators, critics and the general public.
A.I.R.'s first Gala is the highlight of a series of events
celebrating women in the arts during National Women's History Month. The
centerpiece of the Gala is a retrospective of artists who have exhibited
work at A.I.R. Gallery over the past 36 years. Works by the artists who
have not shown at A.I.R. but have actively supported our mission
over the years will also be on view.
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, the
National Women’s History Project is sponsoring a special Women's Art
Brunch and Bus Tour. From noon until 2:30, we will host a
brunch at the Pen and Brush Club, 16 E 10th Street , NYC, which was
established in 1894 and is the oldest women’s art club in New York
City.
The Brunch program will include a presentation by Molly Murphy
MacGregor, executive director and co-founder of the National Women’s
History Project discussing the founding of National Women’s History
Month.
Robert P.J. Cooney, Jr., author of Winning the Vote: The
Triumph of the American Suffrage Movement, will give a
brief multi-media presentation on Women’s Art and the Woman
Suffrage Movement. A booksigning will follow.
At 2:30 a bus will leave from the Pen and Brush Club for the Brooklyn
Museum to see The Dinner Party.
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NOBLE/MPD
Youth Town Hall Summit on Violence
Saturday,
March 29, 2008,
From:
10:00 am - 12 noon
Location: St. Thomas More Catholic Church
4275 Fourth Street SE
Washington, DC
Panel members will consist of:
DC Parks and Recreation Dept.
DC Employment Services Dept.
DC Superior Court ( Associate Judge Anita Josey-Herring)
R.O.O.T. (CEO Kenneth Barnes)
MPD (Asst. Chief Diane Groomes)
Youth representatives
Moderators/Facilitators: DJ Rico (WPGC), "Big G" (HBO's
"The Wire"),
and Milton Creagh (Motivational Speaker and Atlanta Radio Personality)
From noon to 4 pm, following the Youth Summit on
Violence, there will
be lunch and then several workshops dealing with Teen Pregnancy,
Personal Hygene, Drug Abuse, Car Theft, and children will have a
chance to sign-up for summer jobs and youth programs through the DC
Department of Employment Services and DC Department of Parks and
Recreation.
For
more information contact, ROOT Program Director Sonya Hughes at
(202) 332-7668
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Anyone in the Community
tired of looking into their closet, children room, under their bed or
book shelves and noticing those same books that they
promised to give away or donate to a non-profit organization? Police
Officers assigned to The Third District Police station are
stacking the shelves with books, and decided to host a free
book fair for the community, as well as, assist with addressing
literacy, health care, crime prevention and more.
PSA 301 IS HOSTING
OPERATION SAVE A LIFE COMMUNITIES
"ALL THAT"
EVENT
Date:
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Time:
1:00pm-5:00pm
Location: 1624 V. Street, NW WDC
20009
(Third
District Police Station)
The Community
is invited to an afternoon of fun and
relaxation
with members of The Metropolitan Police Department. Families will
receive information on crime prevention, health, register for
summer youth employment, face
and nail
paintings, free clothing, food baskets, free youth hair cuts (children
12yrs. and younger),
free book fair, the opportunity to mingle with Police Officers
that patrol their perspective communities and more.
AS YOU
CAN READ,THIS EVENT IS OFFERING A VARIETY OF FUN ACTIVITIES
FOR THE COMMUNITY
"ALL
THAT, EVENT"
We are inviting organizations,
business, non-profits, health insurance companies, dentist,
churches, etc.., to attend and set up a table to offer services to
our Community
families.
Our
families could use all services(examples listed below):
1.
Educational services (i.e. GED, Tutorial, summer school, summer
youth employment,etc.)
2.
Finances (i.e. budgeting, home buying, credit repair, saving,
etc..)
3.
Youth ( safe haven, tutoring, after school (fall) programs,
etc.)
4.
Health for men, women and youth
(i.e. insurances, heath care, mental, teen suicide, druawarenessss,
safe sex, HIV/AIDS awareness/ testing,dental,etc.)
5.
Mentors for girls and boys
( i.e. stop the violence organizations, programs, etc.)
6.
Activities ( i.e. dance, boxing, karate classes, church, sports,
etc.),
7.
Emergency Services (i.e. food, shelter, clothing, electricity
services, etc..)
8.
Housing (i.e. affordable housing, purchasing homes, first time
buyers, etc..)
9.
Domestic Violence ( shelter, safe haven, restraining orders,
marriage and parenting
classes, etc.)
10. Give aways
11. Kids finger
printing
12. Infant
wellness, pregancy checkups
13. School
shots, blood pressure mobile, employment mobile, eyes and hearing
screening, cancer screenings, etc.
Organization/individuals can donate prior
to or on the day of the event :(examples
listed below)
1. Books
2. Clothes ( new
or in good condition)
2. School
supplies
3. Information
4. volunteers(NEEDED)
Thank you for
your support. (
Call or email to reserve a table, mobile space or make
arrangements for donations)
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THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE
THERE.
Contact Person(s);
Sergeant J. Eccles- 202-673-6821
Officer B. Davis-
202-673-6815
Mr. M. Santiago-
202-671-6604
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Toumani
Diabaté's
Symmetric Orchestra
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Saturday,
March 31, 8pm
 Toumani
Diabaté is at the vanguard of a new generation of griots
from Mali
who are both modernizing and honoring their traditional music.
Responsible for introducing the western world to the kora,
a 21-stringed harp unique to West Africa; Toumani is not only a
performer of truly exceptional virtuosity and creativity; but he
also plays a vital role as band leader, teacher, musical
conservationist and composer at home in Bamako, the capital of
Mali where he was born and has lived all his life.
His latest release is Boulevard de l'Independence, recorded with
his Symmetric Orchestra - experts in everything from age-old
Malian standards to contemporary Cuban-Senegalese salsa.
"Diabaté
leads a big Malian dance band, decorating their cracking rhythms
and yearning voices with exquisite grace." - Uncut
Toumani
Diabaté Biography
"Diabaté's
playing is full of virtuoso technique in which he seems to be
picking out bass, solo and rhythm all at once... The blend lives
up to the band's title and everything fits with perfect
symmetry..." - Songlines
Video
of Toumani Diabaté Live
"Can
transcend melodies, spiraling off with flights of intricate
fantasy, exploring spaces you thought only existed in the
imaginations of the greatest jazz experimentalists." - MOJO
Samples
from Diabaté's latest recording
Tickets:
$20, $25, $30, $35. Available at the Lisner Box Office,
TicketMaster Outlets, PhoneCharge (301) 808-6900 and on line at
www.ticketmaster.com.
Reserve
Seats Now!
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