THIS WEEK'S EVENT & NEWS SUMMARY
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Cville Series: The Open Mic
Tonight, December 14 | 7:00pm | Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Sign-up will begin roughly at 6:45 pm. The event will start roughly around 7:00 pm. Cover fee is $5 for audience members and free for the performers. All proceeds benefit JSAAHC.
2018 Hosts: Destinee Wright and Ike Anderson.
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Holly's Ivy: A Performance by Shelby Edwards
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Thursday, December 20 | 7-10pm | $10 | Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
“Holly’s Ivy” follows Shelby's journey as she learns to deal with bereavement, love and all the wonderful shades that lay in between. By reflecting on her past through stories about her family, particularly her maternal side, Shelby remembers where she's been so that she better understands who she is and where she's going. The aim is not Resolution but Revelation.
The performance will be followed by a talk back with the artist and director. We will also recognize Dr. Holly Edwards by presenting her family with the Reflector award.
Shelby Marie Edwards is a poet, teaching artist, actor and arts administrator based in Chicago, IL and is delighted to bring this intimate solo work to the place she calls home. Shelby is a recent graduate of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s professional leadership program and is a teaching artist with both the Auditorium Theatre and Emerald City Theatre. Shelby received her Bachelors from Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently a Master's student at the University of Chicago.Previous Charlottesville theatre credits include: Ragtime (Dramaturg, Live Arts), Oak and Ivy (Ensemble, Live Arts), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Dramaturg, Charlottesville Players Guild), and Jitney (Acting Coach, Charlottesville Players Guild). Shelby was a 2018 participant in the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival and in the 2018 Fillet of Solo Festival in Chicago. Shelby has also presented work at the New York New Works Festival in NYC. Special thanks to: Ken and Holly Edwards, Christen Edwards, Bernice Edwards, Jean Edwards, Louise and James “Bo” Swift, Jasmine Eileen Coles and Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates.
Earliana Mclaurin is beyond grateful to working with Shelby again, after directing her January 2018 solo show, "Holly's Ivy" for the Filet of Solo Festival presented by Lifeline Theatre, Chicago. Earliana (Earl) is a Chicago-based actor, writer, and teaching artist. As an actor, Earliana has worked with several Chicago theatre companies including Steppenwolf Garage Series, Prologue Theatre Company, and is company member with 2ndStory Chicago. Earliana is a graduate of Truman State University and currently in school attaining her second masters.
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Kwanza Celebration
Wednesday, December 26 | 1-4pm | Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Umoja! Come join us on the first day of Kwanzaa for our annual celebration. This year's celebration features an African market, the creation of a community quilt, libation and a performance by the Soweto Street Beat from Atlanta, GA. Refreshments will be served!
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The Search Committee for the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and, Inclusion invites you to complete the following survey.
Your anonymous feedback will inform our conversations throughout the search process.
Questions about the search should be directed to the Chair, Martin Davidson (mdav@virginia.edu) or Senior Search Consultant, Susan Gaines (sht2n@virginia.edu).
Please visit the Executive Search Group Website to view the position description and full search committee membership.
This survey will remain open until Friday, December 7th, 2018 at 3:00pm
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Bushman Dreyfus Architects Announces 2nd Annual Design & Ideas Competition
INVISIBLE C'VILLE
Prizes totaling $8,000 for winning entries
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The 2019 BDA Prize calls for entries to a design and ideas competition called INVISIBLE C'VILLE. Entrants are asked to create a map, drawing, or other image on paper in any media, that will reveal a generally overlooked but essential quality, system, spatial practice, experience, or story that characterizes Charlottesville. Competitors may deliver their entries in person or by mail through February 11, 2019.
All entries will be exhibited next March at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville. On Wednesday evening, April 10, 2019, the winners will be announced during a panel discussion open to the public. Eight unranked prizes of $1000 will be awarded. Jeff Bushman, a partner at BDA, said about the competition: “Individually we are looking for imaginative, beautiful, and provocative entries expressing individual truths about our community. The exhibit as a whole will show us where and how those individual truths intersect and overlap, and also where they don’t, creating a kaleidoscopic view of our community. The show will contribute to dialogue about Charlottesville’s present, as well as discussions about possible futures.”
About the BDA Prize:
The BDA Prize is a juried competition focusing on issues and opportunities in design, education, and community engagement, established in 2017 to better the Charlottesville/Albemarle community through increased awareness of, and dialogue about, design.
About Bushman Dreyfus Architects:
Bushman Dreyfus Architects is a leader in the design of civic buildings for Charlottesville such as The City Center for Contemporary Arts (Live Arts Theater and Second Street Gallery), The Paramount Theater, The Jefferson School City Center, and the new Center at Belvedere.
For more information about the 2019 competition, detailed schedule and rules for entry, please visit BDAPrize.BDArchitects.com
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Remove the Confederate Statue From in Front of the Albemarle County Courthouse
A group of county residents and others has begun a petition to remove the statue from right in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse.
https://bit.ly/2CA6G3w
It's past time to remove this 109-year-old hateful relic from our public space. Every day that Johnny Reb remains in front of the Courthouse without an official condemnation by County officials continues the tacit endorsement of its white supremacist values. A passive “wait-and-see” stance with regard to the outcome of the lawsuit against the City of Charlottesville is not sufficient. Nor is a resolution with a generic disavowal of white supremacy, or the placement of a new plaque to “contextualize” this Confederate monument. The Board of Supervisors must:
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Go on record stating that the statue does not reflect the values of justice that should be above all else on those grounds,
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Vote to remove the Johnny Reb statue from its place of honor as soon as possible,
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Should state law prohibit such action, demand the legislative change necessary to allow for its removal,
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Support efforts including, but not limited to: education, new historical markers, and policy changes that promote equity and justice.
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Class Offering Spring 2019
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UNST 1400 Introduction to Community Engagement
Instructor: Louis Nelson
1 credit / Grading = Credit/No Credit
Lecture: Monday 7:00pm-7:50pm
Discussion Section (required): Wednesday 2:00pm-2:50pm OR Wednesday 6:30pm-7:20pm
This course surveys theories and models of community engagement. Contemporary communities are diverse and interconnected; in order to impact positive social change, members in these communities must understand theories of community engagement. This course will introduce students to theories and models of community engagement including, but not limited to, theories of equity, citizenship, human rights, advocacy, activism, and civil discourse
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The Legal Aid Justice Center
The Legal Aid Justice Center battles poverty and injustice by solving critical legal problems for individuals and communities. Then we use what we learn from those efforts to identify, investigate, and attack systemic injustices. The Legal Aid Justice Center is committed to providing a full range of services to our clients, including services our federal and state governments choose not to fund. We utilize a mix of zealous individual representation, group and class litigation, community organizing, policy advocacy, and media relations.
Legal Aid Justice Center’s staff of 40 work from offices in Charlottesville, Falls Church, Petersburg and Richmond.
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By Andre M. Perry, Jonathan Rothwell, and David Harshbarger | Published: Brookings Institute
"Homeownership lies at the heart of the American Dream, representing success, opportunity, and wealth. However, for many of its citizens, America deferred that dream. For much of the 20th century, the devaluing of black lives led to segregation and racist federal housing policy through redlining that shut out chances for black people to purchase homes and build wealth, making it more difficult to start and invest in businesses and afford college tuition. Still, homeownership remains a beacon of hope for all people to gain access to the middle class. Though homeownership rates vary considerably between whites and people of color, it’s typically the largest asset among all people who hold it.
If we can detect how much racism depletes wealth from black homeowners, we can begin to address bigotry principally by giving black homeowners and policymakers a target price for redress. Laws have changed, but the value of assets—buildings, schools, leadership, and land itself—are inextricably linked to the perceptions of black people. And those negative perceptions persist..."
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By MONICA HUNTER-HART | Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images News/Getty Images | Bustle
"Last August, student protesters tore down a Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina (UNC). Now, the board of trustees proposed re-erecting it within a brand-new building, but that won't happen if graduate teaching assistants have anything to say about it. UNC students are fighting the "Silent Sam" Confederate statue by withholding grades until the board's plan is withdrawn, according to The Washington Post.
Teaching assistants (TAs) have been refusing to release their students' grades since Monday, The Washington Post reported. On Friday, the movement — which calls itself #StrikeDownSam — announced on Twitter that 79 people reportedly agreed not to give out grades and an estimated 2,182 scores would be withheld.
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Data for Black Lives II
On January 11-13, 2019, over 400 scientists, activists, and organizers will convene at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA for Data for Black Lives II. Over the course of a weekend, we will work together to realize the true power of data to build movements, shift power, and hold institutions accountable. We are happy to announce that early registration is now officially open to members of the Data for Black Lives network!
TO REGISTER, VISIT: https://dataforblacklives.regfox.com/data-for-black-lives
Join us for panels and workshops ranging from: climate change and emergency response to reparations and workers rights to data visualization. Click here for the full agenda. Registration will be opened to the public in just a few days, so register now to make sure you have a spot at what is sure to be an historic conference. Please note: this early invitation is non-transferable.
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Charlottesville Human Rights Commission Regular Monthly Meeting
NOTE: The December meeting has been cancelled due to conflicts with holidays. The next meeting will be in January 2019.
When: Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 7pm-9pm
Where: City Space - located at 100 5th St. NE.
Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend
Two hour parking validation for the Market Street Parking Garage is available
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Save the Date for the 9th Annual Lemon Project Symposium, "Celebrating Legacies, Constructing Futures: Four Hundred Years of Black Community and Culture"
When: March 15-16, 2019
Where: William and Mary
The Universities Studying Slavery (USS) Consortium Meeting will be held at William & Mary on March 14th, 2019, followed by the 9th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium, "Celebrating Legacies, Constructing Futures: Four Hundred Years of Black Community and Culture," on March 15-16, 2019.
Click here for the Call for Proposals for the Lemon Project Symposium. Please share the CFP far and wide! Submissions are due by January 11, 2019.
More Info>
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Notes on the State
Podcast Series
Notes on the State is a six-part podcast series produced at UVA’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies. The podcast engages with the state of our nation today through the history of one of its most complicated figures: Thomas Jefferson.
In addition to featuring conversations about Jefferson’s legacy, the series also engages with the future of UVa as an institution. Among others, it poses the following questions:
How does an institution like UVa update its narratives while preserving its traditions?
Can the University reach its highest ideals despite its greatest contradictions?
What responsibility, if any, does UVa as an institution have to the very people that have historically been excluded?
Notes on the State launches in February 2019. For updates, promotional materials, and extras, follow the series on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Carter G. Woodson for African-American and African Studies
Website: woodson.as.virginia.edu
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UCARE is a coalition of community and university members, founded with the goal of understanding and addressing racial harms that may be seen in the community and at the university, in areas such as housing, employment, health, education, the justice system, and more. UCARE has connected community and university groups and individuals. We have prompted changes in how UVa understands and represents its history. We have called attention to and prompted action addressing racial disparities in student admissions and faculty recruitment as well as in conditions of workers, including support for a living wage. But we have much more to do; the quest for racial equity is a long ways from being over. We are grateful to Westminster Presbyterian Church for their financial support the last two years. And we are pleased that the W. W. Kellogg Foundation has offered us a grant for two years. Among other items, this will allow UCARE to convene Charlottesville Acts for Racial Equity (CARE). Stay tuned for ways you can be involved in 2018.
If you have community events of interest please email us at ucarestaff@gmail.com.
You will reach UCARE project manager Frank Dukes.
And, as always, if you have ideas for funding sources to support this work, please contact us at that same address.
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Submissions
Please submit information about someone or an organization that have positively impacted the community. Submit at UCAREStaff@Gmail.com.
Deadline: Every Thursday
Feedback
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