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Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad will be Dr. Fulani’s guest at this month’s Interview by a Black Independent. Dr. Muhammad is the new Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is a prize winning author. In a recent NY 1 profile , Cheryl Wills had this to say about Dr. Muhammad: “A former professor of history at Indiana University, Muhammad recently authored “The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and The Making of Modern Urban America.” He says he is ready to take the Center into the digital age and is eager to enlist the next generation to help him achieve his goal to keep history relevant.” Please join Dr. Fulani for a lively conversation with Dr. Muhammad on Friday, February 24th at 6pm.

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Parishioners at St. Anthony Shrine observed Good Friday with a moving re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross…

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It’s Friday night, you’re in New York City, and you’re looking to meet some interesting people.  You can go to a museum or have dinner with friends, you can go see a Broadway play or an Off-Broadway play, AND….. if it’s the 3rd Friday of the month, you can take a step off the beaten path and step into the world of Lenora Fulani.

Dr. Fulani is one of the country’s most significant black leaders and the leading black independent. She helped establish the current independent movement with her 1988 independent run for President of the United States in which she became the first woman and first African American to be on the ballot in all 50 states. She also qualified for federal primary matching funds.

Fulani hosts a monthly forum called Interviews by a Black Independent (on the 3rd Friday of the month) at the Harlem State Office Building on 125th Street in Manhattan. She interviews her guests in an intimate setting on the 2nd Floor Gallery with a diverse audience of political and cultural independents. Introductions are made, interview ensues, and Q&A from the audience makes for a really interesting and important community dialogue where you can get to know some of the movers and shakers in the NYC intellectual community.

Last month Dr. Fulani interviewed New Federal Theater founder Woodie King, Jr. (see below) and this week we are treated to a conversation with former NYC Comptroller and recent candidate for Mayor Bill Thompson.

Hope to see you there!!
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Did you miss last months Interview with Woodie King Jr?   Click here to listen to it, or here to download it on iTunes! This Friday, April 15th – 6pm  Dr. Fulani Interviews Bill Thompson, Former NYC Comptroller  Join us for an interesting conversation about politics and the civic life of the city — a great opportunity to take an inside look at the city and state government.         Harlem State Office Building 163 W. 125th Street, second floor If you haven’t yet, please RSVP by calling (212) 962-1699 Here are a couple of photos from the March event: Lenora Fulani talking with young people who attended the Woodie King Jr. interview in March 2011 Did you miss last months Interview with Woodie King Jr?   Actor Moshe Yassur, Woodie King Jr., Jim Horton Click here to listen to it, or here to download it on iTunes! Woodie King, Jr. is the founding director of the New Federal Theater, a pioneer in Black theater and a progressive with a long track record of speaking out on behalf of the poor and excluded. Mr. King directed Fred Newman’s Mr. Hirsch Died Yesterday at the Castillo Theater (in which Lenora Fulani made her stage acting debut)

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11:20pm — I got a college degree from VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) majoring in art history, in Richmond VA…

9:02pm — And something that Randy and I talked about was a possible collaboration between Randy and long-time independent political cartoonist Alice Rydel. I happen to own an original Alice Rydel cartoon which I present to you now (! see below — personally speaking — I think this cartoon serves the test of time…).  This cartoon was created during the infamous “Dump Koch” campaign waged by the NYC New Alliance Party reform campaign. Community organizers also targeted the professional psychology and social work community on behalf of poor and working people. Their work continues to develop. If you want to read more about current work see here.

8:44pm — Back from my neighborhood shopping trip for eggs and coffee for the morning. Spoke with Randy Miller, founder of ULIV.org and instigator of many interesting grassroots campaigns to empower independent voters… Randy is a surveyor and political activist AND political cartoonist

Randy and I will participate in a national grassroots activists conference call tomorrow evening and I’ll get back to you on that…

7:47pm Ahh, I seriously love the view out my window… It’s still interesting now as the universal lights go off and the human made lights go on…

done, with an interesting atmospheric band cutting the totally blue ESB

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We had some drizzle today now morphing to beautiful clouds refracting latest sunlight as us earth-bound life forms in a major people-organized area settle down for a very nice show…

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7:00 pm: I know you’ve been wondering ‘Where the H is The H on Friday Night?’

Lot’s of Friday nights we are running around doing stuff that needs to get done, or hanging out with friends or grocery shopping or going to a movie and all that.

I am happy to report that we have a spectacular sunset tonight from the view out my window and I hope you’ll enjoy that with me…

I’ll also be checking in with some online friends to see what’s happening…

Stay with us!

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