[Crwt-undergrad-info] Fwd: May 14: "What's 'Genocide?'" with Jalil Muntaqim

Mon May 6 17:20:50 PDT 2024

Uupcoming roundtable discussion in person, or Zoom livestream. It’s free
and open to the public, please circulate to anyone who may be interested.

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(Zoom livestream)

https://bit.ly/WhatsGenocide

*What's ‘Genocide’ in 2024? A Roundtable with Former U.S. Political
Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim*

This roundtable features teacher, writer, organizer, and longtime U.S.
political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim, a founder of the Jericho Movement and
veteran member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. Jalil
will discuss the Peoples’ Senate, a project of revolutionary
self-determination intended to create alternative systems of socio-economic
and political order. Roundtable discussants will include author, activist,
and longtime KPFK (Los Angeles) radio host Thandi Chimurenga, All of Us or
None organizer Shaun Leflore, and UCR Professor Dylan Rodríguez, with
introductory remarks by Dr. Arón Montenegro, UC President's Postdoctoral
Fellow.

*Jalil A. Muntaqim*

Jalil A. Muntaqim was released from prison to parole on October 6, 2020,
after being confined for almost 5 decades. Jalil is a veteran member of the
Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, the co-founder  (along
with deceased Comrade Sister Safiya Bukhari, d. 2003 and Baba Herman
Ferguson, d. 2014) of  the National Jericho Movement to Free All Political
Prisoners. Founding Jericho in 1998 was just one  of Jalil’s many
significant achievements. During his time in prison Jalil, received
certifications in Office Management and Architectural Drafting, and college
degrees, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Bachelor of Science in
Psychology. He mentored other prisoners and resolved numerous prison beefs.
He stood by his  principles and maintained the highest level of discipline,
integrity and self-respect and respect for others.

*Shaun Leflore*

As a dedicated reentry consultant, Shaun assists individuals in
successfully reintegrating into society. My approach is rooted in applying
methods and best practices drawn from those who have successfully navigated
reintegration. My commitment to this vital work is further demonstrated
through my active membership in Riverside's All of Us or None, a group
dedicated to advocating for the rights and successful reentry of formerly
incarcerated individuals.

*Thandi Chimurenga*

Thandisizwe Chimurenga is a Los Angeles-based journalist and writer. She
has reported for/anchored the KPFK Evening News (Pacifica-Los Angeles) and
Free Speech Radio News. Her print journalism has appeared in or at New
America Media; the Los Angeles Watts Times, Sentinel and Wave newspapers;
the San Francisco Bayview Newspaper; the Oakland Post Newspaper; the Final
Call; Black Agenda Report; Ebony; CounterPunch, Truth-Out, TruthDig, the
San Francisco Chronicle, Mint Press News and Daily Kos.

*Dylan Rodríguez*

Dylan Rodríguez is a teacher, scholar, organizer and collaborator who has
maintained a day job as a Professor at the University of
California-Riverside since 2001. He is a faculty member in the recently
created Department of Black Study as well as the Department of Media and
Cultural Studies. Dylan served as Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies
from 2009-2016, Chair of the UCR Academic Senate from 2016-2020, and has
worked as the Co-Director of the UCR Center for Ideas and Society since
2021. As the Co-Director of the Center, he created the Decolonizing
Humanism(?) programming stream, which features scholars, artists, and
intellectuals based in revolutionary, anti-colonial, and liberationist
movements from all over the world.

Sponsored by the Decolonizing Humanism(?) initiative at the Center for
Ideas and Society, UCR Health Humanities and Disability Justice (HHDJ)
Initiative, and the Blackness Unbound Faculty Commons Group.

https://events.ucr.edu/event/muntaqim?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside&_gl=1*rf9lky*_ga*ODA5MzIxMzMzLjE3MTUwMjEwNTU.*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTcxNTAyMTA1NS43OS4xLjE3MTUwMjExNDUuMC4wLjA.*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTcxNTAyMTA1NS43OS4xLjE3MTUwMjExNDUuMC4wLjA
.

ingat/peace

dylan

(please send ideas and proposals for organizational, collective study,
collaborative, and educational engagements here:
dylanrodriguez.collective at gmail.com)

Dylan Rodríguez

Professor

Dept. of Black Study

Dept. of Media and Cultural Studies
Co-Director, Center for Ideas and Society <https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/>
2020 Freedom Scholar <https://caseygrants.org/freedom-scholars/>

Past President, American Studies Association (2020-2021)
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521

Twitter: @dylanrodriguez <https://twitter.com/dylanrodriguez>

Instagram: @dylanrodriguez73 <https://www.instagram.com/dylanrodriguez73/>

stuff: https://linktr.ee/dylanrodriguez73

“If one were forced for the sake of clarity to define [fascism] in a word
simple enough for all to understand, that word would be ‘reform.’”
-George Jackson

organizations i support:
http://www.socallib.org/
https://www.umedics.org/

www.criticalresistance.org
http://scholarsforsocialjustice.com/

https://freedomarchives.org/
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