Nov 24, 2020
The session in which we discuss the real history and meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nov 17, 2020
The session in which we discuss the current Housing Crisis with Occupy PHA organizer, Nadera Hood. Nadera has been advocating for the needs of people without homes for the past several years. She has organized successful protests urging the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) to provide more adequate housing to people...
Nov 10, 2020
The session in which we learn together about what happened to the area in Oklahoma that became known as Black Wall Street. If you don't know, it was the Tulsa Race Massacre - when Black residents and business owners were viciously attacked by an angry white mob. We only heard of it recently and indirectly when a...
Nov 3, 2020
If you know about the Freedom Riders, then you know that this episode is about an important model for civil disobedience. The Freedom Riders were activists, including the late Representative John Lewis, who challenged the segregation (and non-enforcement of laws) on the U.S. interstate transportation system. This is...
Oct 27, 2020
There are may ways - old and new, legal and illegal - to interfere with the right of people to cast their vote. How can voting be suppressed? Let us count the ways. And, let us take serious action against all forms of voter suppression.