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SUMMARY:Takin' to the Streets: The Long Tradition of Revolutionary Youth Resistance (ASPE)
DESCRIPTION:Black August calls on us to study the history of Black liberation\, deepen our political consciousness\, and learn from the experiences of political prisoners and revolutionary movements. This session examines how young people built and led organizations such as the Revolutionary Action Movement\, SNCC\, the Black Panther Party\, and the Young Lords\, while exploring the importance of intergenerational mentorship from leaders like Ella Baker\, Malcolm X\, and Queen Mother Moore in developing new generations of organizers. Participants will also examine why youth-led movements have consistently been met with surveillance\, incarceration\, and political repression\, and discuss what these lessons mean for organizing young people to build community control and people’s power in Southeast DC today. 
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/takin-to-the-streets-the-long-tradition-of-revolutionary-youth-resistance-aspe/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260722T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260722T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T022605Z
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SUMMARY:Toxic Water\, Neglected Communities\, & the Need for Community Control in Southeast DC (ASPE)
DESCRIPTION:Access to clean\, safe water is shaped by political power—not chance—and decades of neglect have left many Black communities in Southeast DC to bear the costs of aging infrastructure and environmental injustice while DC Water remains largely insulated from community control. Join PACA for an interactive political education session — Assata Shakur Popular Education (ASPE) — exploring how decisions about water\, infrastructure\, and public investment are made\, who benefits\, and who is excluded. Together\, we’ll examine why addressing toxic water requires more than infrastructure upgrades—it requires a fundamental shift toward democratic community control over the institutions and resources our neighborhoods depend on. Food and refreshments will be provided\, and all are welcome. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-popular-education-5/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260708T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260708T210000
DTSTAMP:20260704T045055Z
CREATED:20260525T202415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260704T045055Z
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Heatwaves & the Impacts of Climate Change on Black Communities (ASPE)
DESCRIPTION:Extreme heat is not just a natural disaster—it is the result of political and economic decisions that leave working-class Black communities with fewer resources\, less protection\, and greater exposure to climate change. \nJoin PACA for an interactive political education session — Assata Shakur Popular Education (ASPE) — examining how environmental racism\, capitalist development\, and unequal political power determine who bears the greatest burden of the climate crisis. Together\, we’ll discuss why meaningful climate justice requires more than policy reforms—it demands a fundamental shift in who controls land\, resources\, and the decisions that shape our communities. Food and refreshments will be provided\, and all are welcome. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-popular-education-4/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260624T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260624T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T050948Z
CREATED:20260525T202102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T050948Z
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SUMMARY:DC's Summer Surge: Policing\, Repression\, & Building Community Resistance - ASPE
DESCRIPTION:This summer\, federal and local officials have announced a new “Summer Surge” initiative that will increase law enforcement operations across Washington\, DC. While presented as a response to public safety concerns\, the initiative exposes a fundamental contradiction: communities facing disinvestment\, unemployment\, displacement\, and unmet social needs are being met with increased policing rather than increased resources and democratic control over the conditions that shape their lives. This Assata Shakur Popular Education (ASPE) session will examine the political context and implications of the newly announced Summer Surge. Together\, we will discuss what genuine public safety looks like and how communities can build collective resistance and self-determination. \nFood will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-popular-education-3/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260610T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260610T210000
DTSTAMP:20260604T021236Z
CREATED:20260525T201715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T021236Z
UID:28121-1781118000-1781125200@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:ASPE: The Election of Barack Obama: Black Misleadership & DC’S Political Future
DESCRIPTION:Barack Obama’s election was celebrated as a historic milestone for Black political representation\, but it also helped create the illusion that symbolic inclusion within existing institutions would lead to meaningful change and even liberation for Black communities. The elevation of Black political leaders often obscures the continued realities of economic inequality\, displacement\, state violence\, and political powerlessness facing Black people. This Assata Shakur Popular Education (ASPE) session will reflect on the promises and legacy of the Obama presidency\, examining its contradictions while considering its impact on political consciousness\, Black leadership\, and popular understandings of progress. Together\, we will discuss why genuine democracy requires more than representation and how community control can serve as the foundation for DC’s political future. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-popular-education-2/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T212939Z
CREATED:20260418T184442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260523T212939Z
UID:28025-1779908400-1779915600@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:ASPE: From DC to the Diaspora: African Liberation Day and the Struggle for Power
DESCRIPTION:This Assata Shakur Popular Education session\, in conjunction with the Black Alliance for Peace-DC\, will explore the history and political significance of African Liberation Day as a global expression of Pan-African unity\, anti-colonial struggle\, and Black self-determination. Together we will examine how liberation movements across Africa and the African Diaspora challenged colonialism\, imperialism\, and political repression while building movements rooted in collective power and international solidarity. The session will also connect these struggles to present-day conditions facing Black working-class communities in Washington\, D.C.\, including displacement\, disenfranchisement\, and the fight for community control. \nFood will be provided! Let us know you will be attending. Register here. \nThe ASPE are hybrid sessions with the option to participate via Zoom. To join via Zoom also use this link https://tinyurl.com/africansstudy
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-popular-education/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260509T010705Z
CREATED:20260418T184142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T010705Z
UID:28023-1778698800-1778706000@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Where are All the Jobs? Unemployment and Labor Exploitation Facing Black Women in DC (ASPE)
DESCRIPTION:Learning lessons from Black women in the Black Panther Party\, local struggles in DC\, and international liberation movements for alternatives \n\n\n\n\nAs unemployment\, unaffordability\, and displacement continue to deepen across Washington\, DC\, Black women remain among the most exploited and economically marginalized sectors of the working class. These conditions are not accidental but rooted in a long history of racial capitalism that pushed Black women into low-paying\, unstable labor while excluding them from wealth\, protections\, and economic control. \nThis Assata Shakur Popular Education (ASPE) session will examine how the exploitation of Black women’s labor impacts entire communities\, including the ability to care for families\, the expansion of state surveillance through child welfare systems\, and broader systems of incarceration and displacement. Drawing from the organizing traditions of Black women in the Black Panther Party\, local struggles in DC\, and international liberation movements\, we will explore what democratic\, participatory\, and community-controlled alternatives could look like—from worker cooperatives and guaranteed childcare to women-led organizing structures capable of transforming our communities. \nFood will be provided!  \n PLEASE REGISTER \nAPSE sessions are hybrid with the option to participation in-person or via Zoom. When registering you are given the option to choose.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/where-are-all-the-jobs-unemployment-and-labor-exploitation-facing-black-women-in-dc-aspe/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T182301Z
CREATED:20260330T180915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T182301Z
UID:27847-1776884400-1776891600@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Criminalizing DC Youth Part II: Beyond Curfews and Toward Reals Community Safety (ASPE)
DESCRIPTION:While youth curfews in DC continue to be pushed in the name of “public safety\,” we must shift the focus toward what real safety looks like when communities lead. Instead of policing and punishment\, this discussion explores how investing in youth\, housing\, education\, and opportunity can prevent harm at its roots. Grounded in PACA’s vision\, we examine how residents can take decision-making power over safety\, resources\, and accountability. Together\, we will identify concrete steps to move beyond curfews and build community-led\, youth-centered systems of care and safety. \nPLEASE REGISTER
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-study-group-5/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T200418Z
CREATED:20260330T180547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T200418Z
UID:27845-1775674800-1775682000@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Criminalizing DC Youth: The Politics of Curfews and the Need for Community Control
DESCRIPTION:As DC officials consider a renewed juvenile curfew in the name of “public safety\,” a familiar pattern is emerging: the criminalization of working-class Black youth and the expansion of state control over our communities. Curfews do not address the root causes of harm—lack of resources\, disinvestment\, and exclusion from decision-making. Instead\, they give police broader authority to stop\, surveil\, and detain our youth simply for existing in public space. This Assata Shakur Study Group session will examine how curfew policies function as tools of social control\, not solutions to violence. We will break down the political logic behind “tough on crime” approaches and expose how they shift responsibility away from the city and onto the youth themselves. At the same time\, we will explore PACA’s vision for community control\, one where residents\, not police\, have real decision-making power over safety\, resources\, and the conditions that shape our lives. \nFood will be provided! \n 
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-study-group-4/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260325T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260325T210000
DTSTAMP:20260322T031446Z
CREATED:20260212T020509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260322T031446Z
UID:27518-1774465200-1774472400@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Assata Shakur Study Group
DESCRIPTION:This session of the Assata Shakur Study Group (ASSG) will examine the Community Control DC Platform as a concrete framework for building democratic power in Black and working-class communities. The platform begins from the premise that real change comes from power\, not access or representation\, and calls for residents to directly govern the institutions and resources that shape their lives. Participants will study how the platform proposes Neighborhood Assemblies\, Community Councils\, and binding participatory budgeting as structures through which communities can exercise real governing authority. The session will also explore the broader political vision behind the platform’s demands—including community control over public safety\, housing and land\, health systems\, environmental infrastructure\, and public resources. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-study-group-3/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260311T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260309T211027Z
CREATED:20260225T213038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T211027Z
UID:27636-1773255600-1773262800@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Building Global African Solidarity with Cuba; Because When Africa Called\, Cuba Answered
DESCRIPTION:This session will explore the history of the Cuban Revolution and Cuba’s long-standing role in supporting African liberation struggles and Global South development. We will examine why Cuba has been treated as a threat to Western hegemony\, the ongoing impact of the U.S. blockade\, and Cuba’s model of people-centered systems in healthcare\, education\, and participatory governance. The discussion will highlight Cuba’s internationalist commitments— including the deployment of over 600\,000 doctors across Africa and the Global South—and reflect on what it means for African people and movements today to stand in solidarity with Cuba. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for the next Assata Shakur Study Group\, where together\, we will consider the broader connections between anti-imperialism\, internationalism\, and the collective struggle for self-determination. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-study-group/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260225T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260225T210000
DTSTAMP:20260228T162600Z
CREATED:20260212T020340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260228T162600Z
UID:27516-1772046000-1772053200@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Unpacking the History of the Black Radical Tradition
DESCRIPTION:The Black Radical Tradition is a historical current of organized struggle rooted in socialist\, Pan-African\, internationalist\, and decolonial politics that confronts racial capitalism\, internal colonialism\, and imperial domination. This session unpacks how that tradition has been systematically whitewashed and commodified\, reducing revolutionary movements and figures into harmless symbols while erasing their politics\, organizations\, and strategies. We will examine concrete examples of organized resistance—from RAM and the Panthers to international solidarities with Haiti\, Cuba\, and Palestine—to assess how different tactics emerged from real material conditions and what they achieved in practice. \nThe discussion will focus on how today’s movements\, including Pan-African Community Action’s (PACA’s) work for community control and Pan-African unity\, must reclaim this lineage and build durable organization capable of resisting liberal cooptation and sustaining long-term struggles for liberation. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assg-black-radical-tradition/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T210000
DTSTAMP:20260210T030619Z
CREATED:20260118T025434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T030619Z
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SUMMARY:Mobilization\, Organization\, and Developing a Mass Movement - Assata Shakur Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Crises produced by capitalism and imperialism repeatedly drive people into the streets—from mass protests against ICE raids to uprisings responding to police violence and war abroad. This session unpacks why people mobilize in moments of pressure and contradiction\, what mobilization can and cannot accomplish on its own\, and how these moments are often captured or redirected by political elites and counterinsurgent forces. Join Pan-African Community Action (PACA) to examine concrete examples of recent mobilizations to assess what “winning” has looked like in practice and why many movements dissipate once the moment passes. The discussion will focus on why mobilization must be linked to durable organization in order to build real community power and sustain long-term struggles for liberation. \nFood will be provided! \n\nPan-African Community Action (PACA) is part of the historic and global movement for Pan-Africanism\, or the liberation and unification of Africa and of African people on the continent and in the diaspora\, under the economic system of scientific socialism. As part of the Pan-African movement\, PACA is a grassroots group of African/Black people organizing for community-based power.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/mobilization-organization-and-developing-a-mass-movement-assata-shakur-study-group/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260204T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260202T081614Z
CREATED:20260111T235539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T081614Z
UID:26586-1770231600-1770238800@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:#Justice4Zo: Building The Movement for Community Control
DESCRIPTION:Join Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for an interactive Assata Shakur Study Group session.\n\n\nJanuary 2 marks the birthday of Alonzo (Zo) Fiero Smith\, whose killing by DC Special Police exposed the deep failures of systems that deny communities control over their own safety. The #Justice4Zo campaign launched in 2016 became a catalyst for the formation of PACA\, Pan-African Community Action\, and helped advance a local struggle for community control over policing in DC. Join PACA next Wednesday to examine the political origins of the Justice for Zo campaign and its role in building organized power beyond reform-based responses. This session will focus on how PACA continues to develop a movement for community control through political education\, organizing\, and collective action. \nDue to expected harsh weather conditions\, this ASSG will be on Zoom only. Register for it here https://tinyurl.com/AfricansStudy \n—————————————————– \n\n\nPan-African Community Action (PACA) is part of the historic and global movement for Pan-Africanism\, or the liberation and unification of Africa and of African people on the continent and in the diaspora\, under the economic system of scientific socialism. As part of the Pan-African movement\, PACA is a grassroots group of African/Black people organizing for community-based power.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/assata-shakur-study-group-2/
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260121T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260202T081937Z
CREATED:20260108T221528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T081937Z
UID:26251-1769022000-1769029200@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Defending Self-Determination From DC to Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Group on US Military Escalation: From the Invasion of Venezuela to National Guard in DC\n\n\n\nThe U.S. is escalating its war on the Global South—from attacks on Venezuela to the use of military force\, ICE deportations and juvenile curfews\, including the National Guard deployment in DC. Join Pan African Community Action (PACA) to unpack how the U.S. empire and its allies justify invasion and terror through media narratives\, sanctions\, and so called “international law”\, while denying people’s right to self-determination. We will examine ongoing resistance in Venezuela and why these struggles matter for working-class and oppressed communities everywhere. The discussion will also connect foreign militarism to domestic repression and the need to build real community power in Southeast D.C. \nFood will be provided!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/defending-self-determination-from-dc-to-venezuela/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251126T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T104109Z
CREATED:20260108T103928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T104109Z
UID:26176-1764183600-1764190800@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Privatized Healthcare\, Insurance Exploitation & Healthcare as a Human Right
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Group session on how community control over health can serve as a foundation for collective survival and liberation.\n\n\n\nPrivatized healthcare in the U.S. has turned a human need into a profit engine\, where insurance companies and hospital systems exploit illness for financial gain. Working Black people in D.C. bear the brunt of this system—facing rising costs\, denial of care\, and worsening health outcomes tied to racial and class inequality. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) to discuss how capitalist healthcare and insurance exploitation reproduce crises rather than care\, while funding is diverted from communities’ basic needs toward war\, policing\, and imperial projects abroad. Together\, we will examine people-centered health models in places like Cuba\, Venezuela and Nicaragua and discuss how community control over health can serve as a foundation for collective survival and liberation.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/privatized-healthcare-insurance-exploitation-healthcare-as-a-human-right/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251105T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T111332Z
CREATED:20260108T105115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T111332Z
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SUMMARY:Global Impacts of U.S. Militarism in Africa & Building Resistance in D.C.
DESCRIPTION:A DC teach-in for 5th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM.\n\n\n\nThis October\, the focus of the Assata Shakur Study Group is our contribution to the International Month of Action Against AFRICOM. For seventeen years\, AFRICOM (the U.S. Africa Command) has operated as a key instrument of U.S. imperialism—extending the power of a settler-colonial state whose reach spans from occupied land here to the African continent. \nThis session will unpack the global and local dimensions of empire\, connecting U.S. military operations abroad with the systems of policing\, displacement\, and economic exploitation that target Black working-class communities at home. Together\, we’ll challenge myths that obscure how neocolonialism functions today\, examine the role of collaboration and misleadership in sustaining it\, and draw lessons from past anti-colonial and civil rights struggles that inform our fight for liberation now. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\, the Black Alliance for Peace – DC\, and the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (DMV) for the October 22 Assata Shakur Study Group to deepen political clarity and strengthen a Pan-African movement to dismantle AFRICOM and all arms of empire. \n—————————————————– \nTHE OCTOBER 8th session of the Assata Shakur Study Group session was our first contribution to the 5th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM. For seventeen years\, AFRICOM (the U.S. Africa Command) has served as the military-enforcement arm of the U.S. neocolonial domination of Africa. The interactive session deconstructed relevances between the recent deployment of the U.S. National Guard into Washington D.C. and other major cities across the U.S. and the colonizer interests driving U.S. foreign policy in Africa. \nThe session made clear how a Pan-Africanist decolonization agenda\, from DC to Kinshasa\, Congo\, is necessary to build real power.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/global-impacts-of-u-s-militarism-in-africa-building-resistance-in-d-c/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251008T190000
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SUMMARY:Community Control Over Public Safety Part 2
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Group film screening that explores the Cuban healthcare system and its global impact \n\n\n\nPan-African Community Action (PACA) invites you to a FREE screening of the !Salud!\, a timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us al.\, !Salud! looks at the curious case of Cuba\, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls “one of the world’s best health systems.’ From the shores of Africa to the Americas\, !Salud! hits the road with some of the 28\,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries\, and explores the hearts and minds of international medical students in Cuba — now numbering 30\,000\, including nearly 100 from the USA. Their stories plus testimony from experts around the world bring home the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health-and the complex realities confronting the movement to make health care a everyone’s birth right. \nFollowing the film will be a discussion about what it will take to realize the lessons from the film to DC in general and Ward 8 in particular. \nFood will be provided!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/community-control-over-public-safety-part-2/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250924T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T111049Z
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SUMMARY:Community Control Over Public Safety
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nThe deployment of federal agents and National Guard troops to Washington\, D.C.\, now expected to extend into December\, is a militarized occupation disguised as a public safety initiative. The move weaponizes the state’s power to criminalize poverty and suppress dissent in the U.S.’ capital city\, while ignoring the root issues that lead to street-level crime. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for the next Assata Shakur Study Group on why and how a revolutionary response to the current federal and local government collaboration to protect the interests of capital and white supremacy must be centered around the long term struggle to build toward decolonization\, power\, and self-determination. This is not simply about opposing repression. It is about building power — the ability of our communities to determine for ourselves how safety\, security and decision making are organized. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/community-control-over-public-safety/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250820T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250910T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T112904Z
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SUMMARY:BLACK AUGUST RESISTANCE: The Fight Against Medical Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Malcolm X Grassroots Movement- DC Chapter and Pan-African Community Action (PACA) invite you to honor Black August 2025.\n\n\n\nD.C. community is invited to join the D.C. Chapter of Malcolm X Grassroots Movementand Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\, to commemorate Black August 2025 and Black August Resistance: The Fight Against Medical Genocide! \nSERIES SESSIONS: \n\nWednesday\, August 6th: Black August Resistance – Opposing Genocide from California Prisons to the Republic of New Afrika\nWednesday\, August 13th: Mumia Abu Jamal & The Fight Against Death Sentences by Medical Neglect\nWednesday\, August 20th: Acupuncture as Revolution: Dr. Mutulu Shakur and the Lincoln Detox Center\nWednesday\, August 27th: Community Control\, People’s Clinics\, and the FIght to Liberate Political Prisoners\n\nWhile all sessions will be hybrid\, we highly encourage everyone to join us in person and break your Black August fast with us! Free Food Provided. We also ask that all participants mask. We will provide high quality masks if needed! Don’t miss out! \nABOUT THE PARTERING ORGANIZATIONS \nThe Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is an organization of Afrikans in America/New Afrikans whose mission is to defend the human rights of our people and promote self-determination in our community. We understand that the collective institutions of whitesupremacy\, patriarchy and capitalism have been at the root of our people’s oppression. \nPan-African Community Action (PACA) is part of the historic and global movement for Pan-Africanism\, or the liberation and unification of Africa and of African people on the continent and in the diaspora\, under the economic system of scientific socialism. As part of the Pan-African movement\, PACA is a grassroots group of African/Black people organizing for community-based power.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/black-august-resistance-the-fight-against-medical-genocide/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250806T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260108T113206Z
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SUMMARY:Cops\, Curfews\, and the Criminalization of Black Youth in DC
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nIn D.C.\, Black youth are disproportionately targeted through curfews\, police surveillance\, and the school-to-prison pipeline\, reinforcing a system built to criminalize and incarcerate them. These actions are part of a broader history of subjugation and violence rooted in slavery\, colonialism\, and capitalism. However despite this repression\, youth have always played a central role in revolutionary movements against state oppression. From the Black Panther Party to the Young Lords\, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Liberation Army\, Black youth have been at the forefront of organizing for community power and social transformation. \nJoin Pan African Community Action (PACA) for the next Assata Shakur Study Group to explore how the criminalization of Black youth operates in D.C. and why it’s essential for youth to be at the heart of revolutionary response to community issues. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/cops-curfews-and-the-criminalization-of-black-youth-in-dc/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250723T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250723T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T113659Z
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SUMMARY:The Criminalization of Black Youth in DC
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nIn D.C.\, Black youth aren’t just failed by the system — they’re targeted by it. From police harassment and surveillance to school pushout and incarceration\, the state criminalizes Black children as a way to maintain social control and protect capital. These attacks aren’t accidental — they’re part of a long legacy of anti-Black violence rooted in slavery\, colonialism\, and capitalism. \nJoin Pan African Community Action (PACA) for our next session of the Assata Shakur Study Group\, a discussion that breaks down how the criminalization of Black youth functions in D.C. and why and how we must respond with people’s survival programs and a mass movement rooted in revolutionary struggle and building power. Black youth deserve safety\, dignity\, and self-determination and it’s on us to organize for it. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/the-criminalization-of-black-youth-in-dc/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250709T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250709T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T113818Z
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SUMMARY:Building Revolutionary Alternatives to Capitalist Healthcare - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nIn the U.S.\, the capitalist healthcare system doesn’t just fail Black people\, it actively exploits and endangers us\, especially the Black working class. Chronic illnesses like hypertension\, diabetes\, asthma\, and heart disease are more prevalent in Black communities and driven by structural inequality. From overwork and unsafe labor conditions to polluted neighborhoods\, high-stress living\, and lack of access to affordable\, preventative care. The ruling class wants us to believe there is no alternative — but there are models rooted in people-centered\, revolutionary values that prove otherwise. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for Part 2 of our Assata Shakur Study Groupseries\, where we’ll explore how capitalist healthcare harms the Black working class\, examine global models that put people over profit\, and strategize toward building independent systems of community control and collective care. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/building-revolutionary-alternatives-to-capitalist-healthcare-part-2/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250625T190000
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SUMMARY:Building Revolutionary Alternatives to The Capitalist Healthcare System
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nIn the U.S\, capitalism prioritizes profit over people\, turning public health and healthcare into a commodity rather than a right. This results in the underfunding of hospitals and clinics in predominantly Black neighborhoods\, inadequate access to medical care due to racialized economic inequalities\, disproportionate exposure to food deserts and environmental health hazards such as air pollution and contaminated water\, and systematic medical neglect in prisons. While we are led to believe things can be no other way\, the parasites who profit from this status quo do not want us to know that there are alternative\, revolutionary models that actually exist. Models that practice prioritizing healthcare as a human right. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for an interactive Assata Shakur Study Groupsession\, where we will dissect the contradiction of the US healthcare system\, unpack lessons from the Cuban approach to health\, and discuss what African (Black) working class communities must do to win community control over health. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/building-revolutionary-alternatives-to-the-capitalist-healthcare-system/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250611T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250611T210000
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SUMMARY:African Liberation Day: Continuing the Struggle for a FREE Africa
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nIn 1963\, African Liberation Day (ALD) was established as a permanent institution in the Pan-African movement\, symbolizing the global struggle for African liberation. While we have not yet achieved complete liberation\, ALD serves as a day for widespread political education\, direct action and a reaffirmation of our commitment to Pan-Africanism. In the contemporary context\, Pan-Africanism remains critical\, especially in the Sahel region\, where the alliance of Sahel states is playing a pivotal role in combating neocolonialism and promoting regional unity. This unity is essential for advancing the collective interests of Africa and addressing the challenges facing the continent today. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for an interactive Assata Shakur Study Groupsession\, where we will explore global liberation struggles and reflect on the role of Africans\, particularly in the DMV\, in the world socialist revolution. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/african-liberation-day-continuing-the-struggle-for-a-free-africa/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250528T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250528T210000
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SUMMARY:Pan-Africanism 101
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nWhat is Pan-Africanism? The idea that all Black people around the world are connected due to our origin in Africa and that we share a common history and destiny goes back centuries but is not widely accepted. Those known as Pan-Africanists say that all Black people are in fact Africans and belong to a continental African nation.How does what happens in Africa impact African (Black) people in other places around the world and vice versa\, like those of us in Southeast DC for example? \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for this interactive\, multimedia Assata Shakur Study Group session to learn together what it means to struggle for Pan-Africanism\, to struggle in a way that unites African people around the world to concretely address the common political and economic problems we face. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/pan-africanism-101/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250507T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260108T114754Z
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SUMMARY:A Global Perspective On Policing\, Community Safety and Security
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nSince the rise of the movement to challenge the dire consequences of over-policing in the U.S.\, the nature of U.S. police are assumed by many to be the universal characteristics of police internationally. Which has obscured the root causes of the conditions we seek to change and the path forward. \nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for this interactive\, multimedia Assata Shakur Study Group session to broaden our thinking about policing and community safety by unpacking generalized preconceived notions and misconceptions by comparing the U.S. settler colonialist model with those forged through struggles for decolonization and self-determination. \nLight snacks and refreshments will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/a-global-perspective-on-policing-community-safety-and-security/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250423T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250423T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T115508Z
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SUMMARY:The DC Government's War on Southeast
DESCRIPTION:An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA)\n\n\n\nIn February\, U.S. president Donald Trump called for a federal takeover of DC\, claiming “too much crime” and “homeless encampments” are on and around federal property. Then he recently signed an executive order that establishes a task force to make D.C. “what it should be — the pride of every American to whom it belongs.” The taskforce will be made up of several federal agencies and chaired by his Homeland Security advisor. The response of DC Mayor Bowser has been to pledge her cooperation with the Trump administration\, contrary to the feelings of DC residents. These developments spell new levels of repressive criminalization and economic oppression on the way against the Black / African people of the city\, especially in Southeast. \nJoin PACA for this interactive\, multimedia Assata Shakur Study Group session on why dependence on local legislators to protect our interests is futile\, what the root causes session on why dependence on local legislators to protect our interests is futile\, what the root causes are of our situation\, and how the people must be our own liberators. \nFood will be provided! \nThis is a hybrid event with an option to participate online. Select the appropriate option when you register. If you select the option to participate on Zoom\, an access link will be emailed to you on the day of the event. \nIf attending in person\, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/the-dc-governments-war-on-southeast/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230323T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230323T210000
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SUMMARY:The Bowser-Contee DC Police State & The Federal Greenlight of Repression
DESCRIPTION:A National Day of Action\, in-person Teach-in About the Impacts of U.S. Police Terror in The DC Metropolitan Area. This is in-person only.\n\n\n\nOur communities are fed a steady diet of propaganda showcasing the police as the only solution to crime and violence in our communities. While DC Mayor Bowser and MPD Chief Robert Contee criminalize the Black working class victims of poverty created by capitalism\, Black\, Brown and indigenous working class people are turned into expendable populations. So\, what must be done? \nIn response to the call for a “National Day of Action Against Police Terror” we invite all DC area activists and organizers\, and the community at-large to this teach-in that will address the implications of: increasing domestic and international policing\, Cop City in Atlanta GA\, the MPD national recruitment campaign\, and Howard University’s contract with the DOD making it a Military Research Center. \nCome join your community to get updates on local activities and campaigns and to engage in a movement wide discussion abut Community Control Over Police as a viable response to police violence. \nFree food and drink will be served. There will be a cultural performance by local hip hop artist Dahk Matter. \nNOTE: This is an in-person event ONLY\, with no option to participate online. \nCo-conveners: PACA (Pan-African Community Action)\, Black Lives Matter-DC\, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement-DC Chapter\, DC Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression\, ONE DC\, and Spirit of Sankofa-School of Revolutionary Thought
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/the-bowser-contee-dc-police-state-the-federal-greenlight-of-repression/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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