The SNCC 60th Anniversary Convening: a thread
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and so many others, guided the young people of SNCC in developing their informational wealth: grassroots organizing skills based on experience and an understanding of the need for systemic, structural change.
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SNCC’s leadership – together with older local organizers – provided leadership during this country’s most historic social justice events: sit-ins; Freedom Rides; voter registration drives in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Arkansas; Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” campaign;
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independent political parties, such as the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (originating the Black Panther symbol); Freedom Schools; and so many more. See http://snccdigital.org .
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When the legendary strategist, Ms. Ella Baker, called the young sit-in leaders together at SNCC’s founding conference at Shaw University in 1960, she emphasized in her speech that the struggle had to be for “more than a hamburger.”pic.twitter.com/70dVoAi7lQ
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She wanted the young activists to understand that the goals of their movement had to be much broader than what they could envision at that moment...
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...reminding them that segregated lunch counters were just the most visible examples of the larger, systemic web of racial, political and economic inequality.
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This was the informational wealth that she passed on and that continues to live within SNCC veterans today.
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We, too, feel a deep responsibility to share our own informational wealth. And, like Ms. Baker, we recognize that this must be done by working collaboratively with young people, understanding - and learning from - their issues and organizing concerns.
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This April 2020 Convening will provide a unique and historic opportunity for 1960’s Movement veterans to discuss -- among themselves and with younger activists -- the lessons learned and the variety of challenges facing today’s organizers.
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The SNCC 60th Anniversary Convening workshops will have four areas of focus. A sampling of the scheduled workshops in each area of focus is listed below:
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1. Voter Engagement at the State and Local Levels with a Focus on the 2020 Campaigns - Vote! Our Lives Depend On It: A Conversation About the 2020 Elections - Organizing Beyond the 2020 Elections: Today’s Youth Activists - Digital Political Organizing and Communications
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2. An Intergenerational Discussion About the Continuing Struggle - The Black Freedom Movement Then and Now - From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin: How Murders and Lynchings Radicalized African American Youth - Showing Up For Each Other: Building and Sustaining Allies
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3. The Importance of Culture in Raising Political Consciousness - Raising Political Consciousness Through the Arts: Music - Raising Political Consciousness Through the Arts: The Spoken and Written Word - Raising Political Consciousness Through the Arts: Visual Arts and Media
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4. Telling Our History from the Inside Out and Creating Spaces that Make the History Available to Everyone - Telling Movement Stories from the Inside Out:The SNCC Digital Gateway (SDG) - Teaching the Civil Rights Movement - Documenting the Long Struggle for Freedom
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So… Join Movement veterans and young activists from all across the country at this once-in-a -lifetime event! To register for the SNCC 60th Anniversary Convening, click here: https://www.cvent.com/events/sncc-60th-anniversary-conference/registration-7470846769b14ccb99de7b5ad190df33.aspx?fqp=true …
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To book your Hotel room(s) for the SNCC 60th Anniversary Convening, click here: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/washington-dc-shoreham/meetings/sncc-60th-anniversary-project …
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