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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:20260524T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T150000
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CREATED:20260418T184732Z
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SUMMARY:People's Pan-African Wellness Front - Health Services for the People by the People
DESCRIPTION:D.C.’s healthcare system\, like the rest of the U.S.\, is profit-driven and structurally racist. Black residents—especially those east of the Anacostia River—suffer from higher rates of chronic illness and maternal mortality and life expectancy gaps of over 15 years compared to white residents. Pan-African Community Action (PACA) has launched a revolutionary survival program to provide practical services while building political power. The People’s Pan-African Wellness Front (PPWF) is a community-based grassroots program led by PACA to confront the health disparities impacting African/Black working-class communities in Southeast Washington\, D.C. Inspired by revolutionary legacies like the Black Panther Party’s People’s Free Medical Clinics and the Cuban healthcare model\, this program seeks to deliver immediate relief while organizing toward long-term self-determination and community control of health. \nThe PPWF will provide: \n\nFree high blood pressure screenings\nFree glucose tests (diabetes screening) (available upon request)\nFree hygiene products and medical supplies\nFree health information and guidance for preventative care\n\nAs well as political education on community control of health and radical health programs\, including the Black Panther Party’s Free Medical Clinics and the Lincoln Detox Center. Medical professionals will also be available to answer health-related questions. Come out March 22nd either to receive services and/or to learn how to come involved with later phases of the program to scale up services\, expand into more neighborhoods\, and anchor broader campaigns around community control. This effort is part of PACA’s broader strategy to build forums for participatory democracy and build a mass movement for power. \nThis is more than a health program—it’s a step toward Black self-determination. We welcome healthcare workers\, students\, community members\, and all who are ready to organize\, learn\, and build power. \n 
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/peoples-pan-african-wellness-front-health-services-for-the-people-by-the-people-3/
LOCATION:R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center\, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE\, Washington\, DC\, 20032
CATEGORIES:Survival Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T170000
DTSTAMP:20260516T153807Z
CREATED:20260420T225948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T153807Z
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SUMMARY:Malcolm X Day Returns to DC
DESCRIPTION:Washington D.C.’s Malcolm X Day began in May 1972 and was held in Anacostia Park for 23 years. it was a prominent community-focused celebration of Malcolm X’s legacy. The day served as a unifying force\, rooted in community organizing an focused on the concrete conditions shaping the lives of local residents. It was a major\, grassroots “Unity in the Community” festival featuring African-centric vendors\, speakers\, local musicians\, and performers to inspire Black residents before disbanding in 1995. \nPan-African Community Action (PACA) is proud to announce that we\, in collaboration with several local organizations\, will be bringing Malcolm X Day back to Anacostia Park on May 17th from noon to 5pm. We will be celebrating the life of Malcolm X and his ideology of Black\, working class unity with performances\, speakers\, food\, and informative activities. \nRSVP \nCo-convening organizations: Malcolm X Grassroots Movement-DC Chapter\, Black Alliance for Peace–DC\, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP)\, Black Men Build\, African National Women’s Organization (ANWO)\, African People’s Socialist Party (APSP)\, Ujima People’s Progress Party\, Black United Front of Montgomery County\, and Mosaic Cooperative.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/malcolm-x-day-2026/
LOCATION:Anacostia Park – Field 7\, Roller Skating Pavillion\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
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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:20260510T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T191726Z
CREATED:20260421T191726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T191726Z
UID:28053-1778409000-1778425200@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Black Mothers March 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Black Mother’s March on the White House is more than an event—it’s a movement. Now in its 5th year\, this powerful gathering serves as a platform to make the struggle to rescue our children a vital part of the larger fight for Black liberation. \nThis Mother’s Day\, we unite as a collective to condemn the colonialist policies that undermine the centrality of Black life. These policies target Black families\, isolate individuals\, and victimize entire communities. Through this march\, we give a voice to those who have been silenced and take a stand against the injustices of the Family Policing System. \nThe march is an opportunity to reclaim our power\, amplify our voices\, and resist a system designed to oppress. Together\, we will demand accountability\, justice\, and the freedom to build futures where Black families are protected and cherished. \nWhether you are a mother\, father\, grandparent\, an advocate\, or a co-conspirator\, your presence matters. Join us in Washington\, D.C.\, to honor our shared commitment to liberation\, community\, and our theme this year: WE GOT US! \nRegistration is free. Reserve your spot today for the March and be on the lookout for registration to open for other events happening BMM Weekend.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/black-mothers-march-2026/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial\, 2 Lincoln Memorial Circle Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 20002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Direct Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T150000
DTSTAMP:20260330T175509Z
CREATED:20260330T175509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T175509Z
UID:27842-1777204800-1777215600@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:People's Pan-African Wellness Front - Health Services for the People by the People
DESCRIPTION:D.C.’s healthcare system\, like the rest of the U.S.\, is profit-driven and structurally racist. Black residents—especially those east of the Anacostia River—suffer from higher rates of chronic illness and maternal mortality and life expectancy gaps of over 15 years compared to white residents. Pan-African Community Action (PACA) has launched a revolutionary survival program to provide practical services while building political power. The People’s Pan-African Wellness Front (PPWF) is a community-based grassroots program led by PACA to confront the health disparities impacting African/Black working-class communities in Southeast Washington\, D.C. Inspired by revolutionary legacies like the Black Panther Party’s People’s Free Medical Clinics and the Cuban healthcare model\, this program seeks to deliver immediate relief while organizing toward long-term self-determination and community control of health. \nThe PPWF will provide: \n\nFree high blood pressure screenings\nFree glucose tests (diabetes screening) (available upon request)\nFree hygiene products and medical supplies\nFree health information and guidance for preventative care\n\nAs well as political education on community control of health and radical health programs\, including the Black Panther Party’s Free Medical Clinics and the Lincoln Detox Center. Medical professionals will also be available to answer health-related questions. Come out March 22nd either to receive services and/or to learn how to come involved with later phases of the program to scale up services\, expand into more neighborhoods\, and anchor broader campaigns around community control. This effort is part of PACA’s broader strategy to build forums for participatory democracy and build a mass movement for power. \nThis is more than a health program—it’s a step toward Black self-determination. We welcome healthcare workers\, students\, community members\, and all who are ready to organize\, learn\, and build power. \n 
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/peoples-pan-african-wellness-front-health-services-for-the-people-by-the-people-2/
LOCATION:R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center\, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE\, Washington\, DC\, 20032
CATEGORIES:Survival Program
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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T194232Z
CREATED:20260409T113556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T194232Z
UID:27946-1775928600-1775935800@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Hands Off DC's Black Youth Rally and Speak Out
DESCRIPTION:“Teen Takeovers” aren’t chaos. They are a response! \nBlack working-class youth are growing up with closed schools\, underfunded programs\, over-policing\, and no real investment in their futures. When the system abandons them\, they create their own spaces to be seen\, heard\, and together. This is what rebellion looks like when basic needs go unmet. What we’re seeing is not just frustration—it’s potential. \nThese moments show that youth are already moving\, already gathering\, already pushing back. Instead of criminalizing them\, we should be organizing with them. This is an opportunity to build leadership\, develop political consciousness\, and turn energy into collective power. \nTurn out for them to show them real\, revolutionary support at a time when all our regarding them as the problem. \nJoin us Saturday\, April 11 to demand an end to all juvenile curfews and fight for real solutions rooted in community power and democracy.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/hands-off-dc-black-youth/
LOCATION:The Yards Park\, 355 Water St SE\, Washingron\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Direct Action
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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260322T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260322T150000
DTSTAMP:20260228T163311Z
CREATED:20260225T213035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260228T163311Z
UID:27637-1774180800-1774191600@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:People's Pan-African Wellness Front - Health Services for the People by the People
DESCRIPTION:D.C.’s healthcare system\, like the rest of the U.S.\, is profit-driven and structurally racist. Black residents—especially those east of the Anacostia River—suffer from higher rates of chronic illness and maternal mortality and life expectancy gaps of over 15 years compared to white residents. Pan-African Community Action (PACA) has launched a revolutionary survival program to provide practical services while building political power. The People’s Pan-African Wellness Front (PPWF) is a community-based grassroots program led by PACA to confront the health disparities impacting African/Black working-class communities in Southeast Washington\, D.C. Inspired by revolutionary legacies like the Black Panther Party’s People’s Free Medical Clinics and the Cuban healthcare model\, this program seeks to deliver immediate relief while organizing toward long-term self-determination and community control of health. \nThe PPWF will provide: \n\nFree high blood pressure screenings\nFree glucose tests (diabetes screening)\nFree hygiene products and medical supplies\,\nFree health information and guidance for preventative care\n\nAs well as political education on community control of health and radical health programs\, including the Black Panther Party’s Free Medical Clinics and the Lincoln Detox Center. Medical professionals will also be available to answer health-related questions. Come out March 22nd either to receive services and/or to learn how to come involved with later phases of the program to scale up services\, expand into more neighborhoods\, and anchor broader campaigns around community control. This effort is part of PACA’s broader strategy to build forums for participatory democracy and build a mass movement for power. \nThis is more than a health program—it’s a step toward Black self-determination. We welcome healthcare workers\, students\, community members\, and all who are ready to organize\, learn\, and  build power.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/peoples-pan-african-wellness-front-health-services-for-the-people-by-the-people/
LOCATION:R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center\, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE\, Washington\, DC\, 20032
CATEGORIES:Survival Program
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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260222T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260222T150000
DTSTAMP:20260228T161839Z
CREATED:20260210T042502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260228T161839Z
UID:27452-1771761600-1771772400@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:People's Pan-African Wellness Front - Health Services for the People by the People
DESCRIPTION:D.C.’s healthcare system\, like the rest of the U.S.\, is profit-driven and structurally racist. Black residents—especially those east of the Anacostia River—suffer from higher rates of chronic illness and maternal mortality and life expectancy gaps of over 15 years compared to white residents. On Sunday February 22nd Pan-African Community Action (PACA) will launch a revolutionary survival program to provide practical services while building political power. The People’s Pan-African Wellness Front (PPWF) is a community-based grassroots program led by PACA to confront the health disparities impacting African/Black working-class communities in Southeast Washington\, D.C. Inspired by revolutionary legacies like the Black Panther Party’s People’s Free Medical Clinics and the Cuban healthcare model\, this program seeks to deliver immediate relief while organizing toward long-term self-determination and community control of health. \nThe PPWF will provide: \n\nFree high blood pressure screenings\nFree glucose tests (diabetes screening)\nFree hygiene products and medical supplies\,\nFree health information and guidance for preventative care\n\nAs well as political education on community control of health and radical health programs\, including the Black Panther Party’s Free Medical Clinics and the Lincoln Detox Center. Medical professionals will also be available to answer health-related questions. Come out February 22nd either to receive services and/or to learn how to come involved with later phases of the program to scale up services\, expand into more neighborhoods\, and anchor broader campaigns around community control. This effort is part of PACA’s broader strategy to build forums for participatory democracy and build a mass movement for power. \nThis is more than a health program—it’s a step toward Black self-determination. We welcome healthcare workers\, students\, community members\, and all who are ready to organize\, learn\, and  build power.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/pan-african-wellness-february-22nd/
LOCATION:R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center\, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE\, Washington\, DC\, 20032
CATEGORIES:Survival Program
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T210000
DTSTAMP:20260210T030619Z
CREATED:20260118T025434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T030619Z
UID:26593-1771441200-1771448400@pacapower.org
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/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Assata Shakur Study Group
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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:20251224T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251224T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T101806Z
CREATED:20260108T101429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T101806Z
UID:26165-1766602800-1766610000@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:Film & Discussion: ¡SALUD!
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/film-discussion-salud/
LOCATION:ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center\, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251206T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T104020Z
CREATED:20260108T103423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T104020Z
UID:26175-1765040400-1765054800@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:PACA Turns 10 Years Old
DESCRIPTION:PACA 10th Anniversary Gala\n\n\n\nJoin Pan-African Community Action (PACA) to commemorate our 10th anniversary with an evening of political education\, cultural performances and community building. \nGrounded in the Black radical tradition—from the Black Panther survival programs to today’s struggles for self-determination—PACA is a grassroots organization committed to organizing working-class Black people. We’re building collective power in the hands of working-class Black people in Southeast DC. \nPACA is seeking to raise $5000 to support the continued growth of our community based programs. \nThe People’s Pan-African Wellness Front (PPWF) — fighting for community control over health and building free\, people-run wellness programs in Southeast DC. \nThe Assata Shakur Study Group (ASSG)— our popular education program rooted in revolutionary Pan-African theory and action. \nDinner will be provided and there will be a live performance by Son of Nun
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/paca-turns-10-years-old/
LOCATION:Dar Alhurriya: Palestine House of Freedom\, 650 Pennsylvania Ave\, Washington\, 20003\, United States
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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
UID:26177-1762369200-1762376400@pacapower.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251012T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251012T160000
DTSTAMP:20260108T110116Z
CREATED:20260108T110116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T110116Z
UID:26195-1760275800-1760284800@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:The People's March for Community Safety & Power
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 1:30pm for this community march for power\, a step in the struggle to get organized.\n\n\n\nSince August\, the federal takeover of Washington D.C. law enforcement has been escalating and both the federal and local governments are making it clear that they are waging a domestic war on African (Black) working class and migrant diaspora people. Arrests\, deportations\, and raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have surged in Washington\, D.C. as a part of this crackdown and has also emboldened the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to harass and make more arrests of Black working class people\, especially our youth. \nThe false notion that the policies of the federal and local DC governments are for public safety must be rejected. The debate over federal takeover versus local government control is a distraction. The only solution to both community safety and government repression is to organize for power. Not reform. The people most subjected to the oppressive policies of the system must organize. \nJoin us Sunday\, September 28\, 2025 at 1:30pm for this community march for power\, a step in the struggle to get organized.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/the-peoples-march-for-community-safety-power/
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. – Malcolm X Unity Park\, Washington\, United States
CATEGORIES:Direct Action
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251008T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T110327Z
CREATED:20260108T110327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T110327Z
UID:26194-1759950000-1759957200@pacapower.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250924T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T111049Z
CREATED:20260108T111049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T111049Z
UID:26193-1758740400-1758747600@pacapower.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250820T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250910T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T112904Z
CREATED:20260108T112904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T112904Z
UID:26192-1755716400-1757538000@pacapower.org
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
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250806T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T113206Z
CREATED:20260108T113206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T113206Z
UID:26191-1754506800-1754514000@pacapower.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250727T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250727T170000
DTSTAMP:20260108T121147Z
CREATED:20260108T121147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T121147Z
UID:26179-1753614000-1753635600@pacapower.org
SUMMARY:The Harm of Crime Bills and the Future of Community Power in Chocolate City
DESCRIPTION:A community town hall about the targeting of the Black working class by the Secure DC Crime Bill and real solutions for community safety.\n\n\n\nThe “Secure DC” Omnibus Crime Bill is the latest attempt by the DC government to impose law and order and advance the war against the Black working class. The bill allows police to detain and identify people for public transportation fare evasion\, stop people for mask wearing if they believe they’re “suspicious”\, and create “drug free zones” making it illegal to gather in certain areas for up to five days. \nNo adequate solutions are provided that address the root issues that lead to street-level crime: poverty\, addiction\, food insecurity\, inadequate housing\, and capitalist exploitation. Instead\, the bill targets the Black working class people in DC\, particularly the youth of Southeast DC. \nPan-African Community Action (PACA) invites you to this community townhall meeting designed to unpack the implications of the crime bill and discuss real solutions for community safety\, including Community Control Over the Police! \nLunch will be provided and there will be a live performance by the DC Afro Go-Go roots collective Crank Lu’Kongo Unplugged. \nThis event is free and open to the public. A $10 donation is requested but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nOn site childcare will be provided.
URL:https://pacapower.org/event/the-harm-of-crime-bills-and-the-future-of-community-power-in-chocolate-city/
LOCATION:R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center\, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE\, Washington\, DC\, 20032
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250723T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250723T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T113659Z
CREATED:20260108T113547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T113659Z
UID:26190-1753297200-1753304400@pacapower.org
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
CREATED:20260108T113818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T113818Z
UID:26189-1752087600-1752094800@pacapower.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250625T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250625T210000
DTSTAMP:20260108T114358Z
CREATED:20260108T114358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T114358Z
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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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