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Saturday, July 10, 2010
at 3:30pm., FREE
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Join Afri-Ware for a book signing
Michelle Alexander
the author of
"THE NEW JIM CROW - Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"
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A longtime civil rights advocate and litigator, Michelle Alexander won a 2005 Soros Justice Fellowship and now holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University. Alexander served for several years as director of Racial Justice Project at the ACLU of Northern California, and subsequently directed the Civil Rights Clinics at Stanford Law School, where she was an associate professor.
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"In this stunning and incisive critique, civil rights lawyer-turned-legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting Black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control..."
S p o n s o r s
Hartzell United Methodist Church,
Afri-Ware Bookstore
Bronzeville Visitor Information Center
The Black Star Project
are bringing Michelle Alexander to Chicago to lecture on her internationally acclaimed book.
Book signing and lecture with special guest author
Michelle Alexander
author of
"THE NEW JIM CROW - Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness".
PRE-ORDERING AVAILABLE to get your book signed!
You can pick up in store at your convenience or get it shipped signed.
You don't have to go to the event to get it shipped.
(Signed orders must be placed BEFORE the event. You also can buy the book at
at the event without ordering it in advance.)
Purchase online here
on sale for
signed shipped $27.95+$6.00 shipping/handling
or signed
pickup $27.95
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Books will be available for purchase and signing.
NOTE: This event is not at Afriware.
This event will
be at
Hartzell United Methodist Church,
3330 South King Drive, Chicago, IL
708-524-8398
3:30pm.
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TOP 10 WAYS TO SUPPORT
AFRI-WARE...
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Donate to Afriware (non-tax deductible) using PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!
- Tell your friends/family about this
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events.
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for your friends/family.
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Ceremony celebration @ Afri-Ware.
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Afri-Ware or interview owner Nzingha Nommo on your program.
Thanks all for your input/ideas/suggestions and previous support!!! We
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| ONGOING EVENTS |
Saturdays, 10:30am - 11:30am, Adults, $15
Saturdays, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Children, $15
Please RSVP for children's class.
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| Afri-Ware's Hand Drumming Class with Atiba Jali
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| Atiba Jali and Wife Dr. Tabita |
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The next 6-week drumming class session is in progress with Master Drummer Atiba Y. Jali, Saturdays @ Afri-Ware 266 W. Lake St., Oak Park. Start anytime. Class times are 10:30-11:30am, $15/class. Please RSVP for children's class @ 12noon if interested.
Atiba Jali also has a best selling CD "Karibu"
$15 (Not required for the course)
available at Afri-Ware. Djembe (African drums) are available for purchase.
Call to confirm upcoming classes or call Atiba directly for one-on-one sessions at 773-626-6088 or visit his website:
http://www.busafamily.org. Call to confirm upcoming classes or call Atiba directly for one-on-one sessions at 773-626-6088. See one of the performances Atiba made @ Afri-Ware with his drumming group BUSA here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJjzAedNPYo
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Last Sundays, next
on
June 28,
2-4:00pm, FREE
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| Afri-Ware's
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| African/African American
Perspective Book Club discussions |
Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity ( Open Media )
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author Tim Wise
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Pick up the book TODAY
"Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity ( Open Media )
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by author Tim Wise
($14.95
), and GET STARTED READING. Please feel free to
pass along this information to anyone who may be interested in joining
the book club. Membership in the book club is free. Stop by the day of
the book club discussion and share your view, we want to hear from you!
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Gift Cards @ Afri-Ware
Now Available for those friends who are
hard to find gifts for. Great for Birthdays, Congratulations,
Naming Ceremonies, Weddings, Graduations, or just because you want to
say thanks for standing strong and holding your ground and being a
positive example for others.
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ON BEHALF OF AFRI-WARE INC..,I'd
like to welcome all newcomers to our email list! We are happy to
send you updates on our events throughout the year. Thank you for
signing up and please feel free to send this on to your friends/family.
We will happily add new members to our list as well, just email
us: afriware@afriware.net
- Nzingha Nommo, President Afri-Ware Books, All Natural Shea Butter and Bath and Body items, Gifts, and Cultural Events, Inc.
Thank you for taking the time
to read this, visit our website and/or store again. It is our
committed goal to give you our best service possible, which is
what you deserve. We welcome and appreciate all comments and or
feedback in helping us achieve this objective.
In the Spirit of our
Ancestors, we Thank YOU.
send email to
Afri-Ware, call 708-524-8398, fax 708-524-8397, or
write to: Afri-Ware Books, All Natural Shea Butter and Bath and Body items, Gifts, and Cultural Events, Inc. 266 W. Lake St., Oak Park, IL 60301
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE @
NEW HOURS: M,W,Thu: 1-7pm, Fri/Sat: 10-8pm, Sun: 1-4pm, Tues. closed
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