An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA) In 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 […]
An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA) In 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 […]
An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA) In 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 […]
An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA) In 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 […]
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement- DC Chapter and Pan-African Community Action (PACA) invite you to honor Black August 2025. D.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! SERIES SESSIONS: Wednesday, August 6th: […]
An Assata Shakur Study Groups session of Pan-African Community Action (PACA) The 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 […]
An Assata Shakur Study Group film screening that explores the Cuban healthcare system and its global impact Pan-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 […]
A DC teach-in for 5th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM. This 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 […]
An Assata Shakur Study Group session on how community control over health can serve as a foundation for collective survival and liberation. Privatized 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 […]
An Assata Shakur Study Group on US Military Escalation: From the Invasion of Venezuela to National Guard in DC The 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 […]
Join Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for an interactive Assata Shakur Study Group session. January 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 […]
An ASSG session on why people mobilize in moments of pressure and contradiction and why mobilization must be linked to durable organization.