Pan-African Community Action

People's Pan-African Wellness Front - Health Services for the People by the People
2026-02-22 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC, 20032
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.
The PPWF will provide:

Free high blood pressure screenings
Free glucose tests (diabetes screening)
Free hygiene products and medical supplies,
Free health information and guidance for preventative care

As 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.
This 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.

Unpacking the History of the Black Radical Tradition
2026-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 | ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Washington, DC, 20020, United States
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.
The 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.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided!
This 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.
If attending in person, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!

Building Global African Solidarity with Cuba; Because When Africa Called, Cuba Answered
2026-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Washington, DC, 20020, United States
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.
Join 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.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided!
This 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.
If attending in person, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!

People's Pan-African Wellness Front - Health Services for the People by the People
2026-03-22 12:00 - 15:00 | R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC, 20032
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.
The PPWF will provide:

Free high blood pressure screenings
Free glucose tests (diabetes screening)
Free hygiene products and medical supplies,
Free health information and guidance for preventative care

As 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.
This 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.

Assata Shakur Study Group
2026-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center, 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Washington, DC, 20020, United States
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.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided!
This 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.
If attending in person, please wear a mask and don’t come if you’re sick!
