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Chocolate City, a film on Washington, DC and gentrification from Marian @ Marian's Blog 29 Feb 2008 9:12 am

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In recognition of our colonised status, people around the world can help by taking a symbolic break from even uttering the words "Washington" and "Washington, DC." Leave our name out of conversation and put a blank space in print. Besides...

posted 9:12 am at Marian's Blog

3 votes shy: Dems Baucus, Byrd & GOP halt S. 1257, DC Voting Rights from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 18 Sep 2007 9:01 pm

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I couldn't believe the news at mid-afternoon today that on a 57 "yes" to 42 "no" voice vote, the U.S. Senate today failed to endorse S. 1257. This bill finally would have given Washington, the District of Columbia its own...

posted 9:01 pm at Marian's Blog

Call your U.S. senators today in favor of S. 1257 - DC Voting Rights! from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 17 Sep 2007 2:27 pm

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According to DC Vote, today is the second annual National Call-In Day for U.S. voters to ask their U.S. Senators to vote YES on S. 1257 - the DC Voting Rights Act. DC Vote says Senate Majority leader Harry Reid...

posted 2:27 pm at Marian's Blog

June: Caribbean American Heritage Month 2006 from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 14 Jun 2006 1:00 pm

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Props to our Caribbean cousins/sisters/brothers for Caribbean American Heritage Month 2006. Jasmyn Cannick has a good link on her site where she writes about Oakland, California Congresswoman Barbara Lee's 2005 proclamation, with a list of a few US folks of...

posted 1:00 pm at Marian's Blog

State of the Black Union on CSPAN! from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 25 Feb 2006 11:15 am

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My brother just shared with me that the annual, public, free SOBU conference - the State of the Black Union - sponsored by broadcaster Tavis Smiley, is now being televised on CSPAN. Tavis says there are 5,000 persons attending the...

posted 11:15 am at Marian's Blog

International relations workshop for ‘global South’ young scholars (but not global South in Europe & North America) from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 03 Jun 2005 2:17 pm

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June 15 is the application deadline for the first Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South (WYSGS), 9–16 Oct 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland. The programme is for "outstanding young scholars ... specializing in the study of international relations," and...

posted 2:17 pm at Marian's Blog

Roberta Flack, Please come Home?? from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 10 Apr 2005 7:57 am

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I see Black Mountain, North Carolina (near Asheville) now has its own news website - Black Mountain News. As its name implies Black Mountain, NC (zip code 27811) is up in the mountains. What too many of us don't...

posted 7:57 am at Marian's Blog