Events

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Ending Racism USA hosts, sponsors, and co-sponsors a variety of events designed to bring people together with the goal of ending racism.

Movies That Matter Discussion: "A Jazzman's Blues"

curved strip of film with images from five movies featuring people of color, leading to larger single frame of film picturing Solea Pfeiffer as Leanne looking fondly at Joshua Boone as Bayou
January 3, 2023

Join Edward McNulty, editor and film reviewer at Visual Parables, and Ken Bedell, founder of Ending Racism USA, for a lively and thoughtful discussion of movies that matter.

January 3, 2023 will feature "A Jazzman's Blues." Learn more and download review and discussion guide.

Register for online discussion meeting at 1:00pm CT

Register for online discussion meeting at 7:00pm CT

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When

Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 1:00-2:00pm CST (2:00-3:00pm EST)
Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 7:00-8:00pm CST (8:00-9:00pm EST)

Movies That Matter Discussion: "I Am Not Your Negro"

curved strip of film with images from five movies featuring people of color, leading to larger single frame of film picturing James Baldwin, a black man, sitting in a crowd of mostly white people
December 6, 2022

Join Edward McNulty, editor and film reviewer at Visual Parables, and Ken Bedell, founder of Ending Racism USA, for a lively and thoughtful discussion of movies that matter.

December 6, 2022 will feature "I Am Not Your Negro." Learn more and download review and discussion guide.

Register for online discussion meeting at 1:00pm CT

Register for online discussion meeting at 7:00pm CT

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When

Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 1:00-2:00pm CST (2:00-3:00pm EST)
Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 7:00-8:00pm CST (8:00-9:00pm EST)

Movies That Matter Discussion: "I Am Not Your Negro"

curved strip of film with images from five movies featuring people of color, leading to larger single frame of film picturing James Baldwin, a black man, sitting in a crowd of mostly white people
December 6, 2022

Join Edward McNulty, editor and film reviewer at Visual Parables, and Ken Bedell, founder of Ending Racism USA, for a lively and thoughtful discussion of movies that matter.

December 6, 2022 will feature "I Am Not Your Negro." Learn more and download review and discussion guide.

Register for online discussion meeting at 1:00pm CT

Register for online discussion meeting at 7:00pm CT

Read the full article

When

Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 1:00-2:00pm CST (2:00-3:00pm EST)
Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 7:00-8:00pm CST (8:00-9:00pm EST)

The 2022 ASALH Conference

Livestreamed to Rust College

Ending Racism USA will host daily sessions that are livestreamed from the The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Annual Convention in Montgomery, Alabama to the Rust College campus in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

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When

Thu, Sep 29-Sat, Oct 1, 2022, All day

Heeding King's Call

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to the crowd at the March on Washington
A Zoom Conference on the 59th Anniversary of the March on Washington

A nationwide conference that discussed the gains we’ve made and how to protect them, and gains we’ve lost and how to recover them. It was held on August 28, 2022, the 49th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

A time of sharing the vision from the past, celebrating what is happening, and recapturing the expectation that we can end racism. Videos from the ZOOM can be viewed at Heeding King's Call Videos.

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When

Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 7:00-8:30pm EDT