Racism

The Loving Story, a 2012 award winning documentary film, tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, little known heroes of the Civil Rights era.  Often overlooked among historic civil rights leaders, Mildred and Richard Loving’s quest to live together as husband and wife in the state of Virginia was a pivotal struggle.

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Michelle Alexander, law school professor and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Please join us for an evening of dinner, music, art, and discourse benefitting AFSC's Healing and Economic Justice programs in the Bay Area. Dinner will be provided by Feast of Fools catering, and music by Ruben Hurtado.

There will be a silent art auction featuring the work of talented Street Spirit artists.

Michelle Alexander will be available to sign her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness after dinner, and a limited number of books will be for sale.

Tickets are $75 per person or $750 for a table of 10.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Reflections of a Dream

On April 4, 1968 at 6:01 pm Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Two months previously, he eulogized himself, saying he did not want to be remembered for the honors he received, by rather for trying to "feed the hungry," "clothe the naked," "be right on the [Vietnam] war question," and "love and serve humanity."  Forty-three years later, we are asking how King is remembered, how we honor his life, and where we have taken “the Dream.” 

Featuring John Carlos, an Olympic medalist in track and field, who is remembered for his "Silent Protest" against racism and economic oppression at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The iconic image of he and teammate Tommy Smith raising a black-gloved fist during the victory ceremony is one of sports history's most memorable moments.