Docs & Dialogue-The Rise & Fall of the Black Woman

Saturday, October 2 · 2:00pm - 4:30pm

Location P.E.A.C.E. Center
6455 S. Peoria Ave.
Chicago, IL


The featured documentary will discuss the Rise & Fall of the black woman and how presently there appears to be a war against ALL black women.

Ages 13+ encouraged to attend, however, there is strong language so we there is a parental advisory warning.

The “Docs & Dialogue” series is a grass root project created by residents of the Englewood community. The series was developed because many of the "safe spaces" in the community ar...e closed on Saturdays.

So we decided to create this monthly series that showcase documentaries that entail some shock value. Each of the “shockumentaries” viewed at the past events focused on culture, hip hop, entertainment, community, history and then is followed up with a candid dialogue amongst the attendees.

The series was designed for the youth; however, the community as a whole as fully embraced this powerful project! As mentioned above, we will examine the assassination of our black women and discuss ways to combat this war!! Hope to see you there!!

Where's the support for Madhubuti? CSU President Wayne Watson Sends Distinguished Poet Packing

Are you telling me that a black man can rise from pushing pamphlets on the corner to selling books across the globe, and still have to fight for respect?
That that man can marry, raise his children, look out for his mother-in-law, build up a business on the South Side, and still have to fight for respect?

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And that man can educate his children, and try to educate other people's children and still have to beg for respect from the very people who should be holding him in high esteem?
Something's wrong with that.
On Thursday, I wrote about the disagreement between Haki Madhubuti and Chicago State University President Wayne Watson that has resulted in Madhubuti resigning his post at CSU after 26 years.
You could have heard a pin drop in the activist community.
Madhubuti rose from being a street-corner poet in the 1960s to becoming one of the most prolific writers of the black protest era.
He is also a successful publisher, professor, educator and institution-builder.
To those of us who once dressed in Dashikis and read poetry out loud for inspiration, Madhubuti is a cultural icon.
Yet after spending his entire career building up African Americans in the city and elsewhere, Madhubuti is receiving too little support in his fight with Watson.
CSU president faces challenge
Some of the responses I've gotten took a surprisingly narrow view.
"If he is a giant in the literary world, then the best people he can be influencing is students and the best place to influence them is to teach them in the classroom," said Melanie in an e-mail.
Marc Ganis wrote: "If we are going to educate, we must have those teachers we can afford to pay actually teach. Regardless of skin color, university affiliation and other such issues," he said. "Sounds like Watson is imposing greater accountability at CSU. How could this do anything but better educate the students who attend?"
Obviously, Watson is facing a tough challenge.
The former City Colleges chancellor will have to increase the deplorable graduation rate while raising standards -- not to mention change the university's negative image as being the university of last resort.
Watson has already shown he can clear some impressive hurdles.
In 2005, he received a "no confidence" vote from the faculty at City Colleges. Four years later, he was given a five-year contract at Chicago State University amid complaints that the process was rigged.
And while the public is outraged that state employees can collect hefty pensions after moving into new state jobs, Watson has managed to do so without anyone raising an eyebrow.


Complete story at http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/2138541,CST-NWS-mitch04.article