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| Defend Richmond's Black History! March 2005. |
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| This protest helped keep a baseball stadium from the site of Richmond's former slave market. |
The Defenders for Freedom,
Justice & Equality are an all-volunteer community organization based in Richmond, Va. We have been
working for the survival of our community through education and social justice actions since 2002.
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Download a flier for the Defenders' July 3 program on Iran.
Click here to help reclaim Richmond's African Burial Ground.
New post on Women's Issues page
DefLIVE Interview: Ricardo Juarez
Reclaiming
Richmond's African Burial Ground: Public Voice Matters! VCU, the Department of Historic Resources and the city's Slave Trail Commission made a joint statement
that the scheduled repaving of the parking lot covering the site of the "Burial Ground for Negroes" will be halted as they
work to assess the research and develop a plan for exploration and memorialization.
VIRGINIA:
Aug. 2 - PROTEST AGAINST ANY WAR, SANCTIONS OR INTERNAL INTERFERENCE AGAINST IRAN
- Time and place to be announced. Information: Defenders at (804) 644-5834 or DefendersFJE@hotmail.org.
RICHMOND:
Aug. 29-31 —
RICHMOND — 6TH ANNUAL HAPPILY NATURAL DAY - BLACK FREEDOM/LABOR DAY WEEKEND — 2008 Theme:
Hip Hop for Social Change. A community festival dedicated to holistic health, cultural awareness & social change. Information:
http://happilynaturalday.com.
Fri., Oct. 10 — RICHMOND — 6TH ANNUAL GABRIEL FORUM — A day to show
honor and respect to Gabriel, Richmond’s own freedom fighter, executed on this day in 1800 by the state of Virginia
for the crime of rising up against oppression. Presented by the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project of the Defenders
for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Information: Call (804) 644-5834 or e-mail: DefendersFJE@hotmail.com.
Wed., Dec. 3 — RICHMOND — 5TH ANNUAL DEFENDERS FIGHTING FUND & COMMUNITY AWARDS
DINNER — Presented by the Defenders.
FOR
MORE EVENTS, PLEASE CHECK THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR ON THE LAST PAGE
OF
THE CURRENT ISSUE OF THE RICHMOND DEFENDER.
THE RICHMOND DEFENDER
Our bimonthly
newspaper is now available online.
DefendersLIVE!
DefendersLIVE!
airs every Monday at noon on 97.3 WRIR (LP FM). To listen on the Internet, log onto www.wrir.org.
Listen
to an archived interview with RICARDO JUAREZ of Mexicans Without Borders/Mexicanos Sin Fronteras. (Click onto "DefLIVE!
interview" below.)
HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
The Defenders welcome
all those who believe in freedom, justice and equality. And we depend on our members, friends and supporters to be able to
carry on our work. For more information on how you can get involved, call (804) 644-5834 or e-mail us at DefendersFJE@hotmail.com.
2007 Defenders
of the Year Award Recipients
Thank you to all those who joined us on Dec. 1, 2007, for our 4th Annual Defenders
Fighting Fund & Community Awards Dinner. The company was powerful, the meal fantastic and the evening a success in
all categories! These were the recipients of the 2007 Defenders of the Year awards:
Lillie
Branch-Kennedy of the prisoner advocacy organization R.I.H.D;
Mexicanos
Sin Fronteras / Mexicans Without Borders -immigrant rights organization working in Prince William County;
Sister
Janet and Brother Manifest of the Prosser-Truth Division of the UNIA-ACL; and
Rostam
Pourzal of the Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention in Iran.
The People's Peace Delegation to Iran
From July
20-30, 2007, five U.S. anti-war activists journeyed 1,750 miles through Iran, bringing a message of peace and friendship
to students, workers, goat herders, teachers, soldiers, clerics and government officials. This PEOPLE'S PEACE DELEGATION
TO IRAN was co-sponsored by The Richmond Defender newspaper and the Virginia Anti-War Network (VAWN). Click here to learn more.
TO SCHEDULE
A PRESENTATION ON THE DELEGATION'S JOURNEY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, E-MAIL: DefendersFJE@hotmail.org.
Defenders' position on the threat from the right-wing
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