I don't want to make a habit of forwarding tons of stuff on the listserv, but we agreed at the last meeting to promote this event, even though we aren't involved. So please spread this around, and please try to attend! This is incredibly important for Richmond!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Boothe</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dboothe@igc.org">dboothe@igc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:56 PM<br>
Subject: [RichmondIWW] Fw: Oct. 10: TOWN HALL MEETING on RICHMOND'S AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND<br>To: "<a href="mailto:richmondiww@googlegroups.com">richmondiww@googlegroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:richmondiww@googlegroups.com">richmondiww@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
<br><br><br>Please circulate this meeting notice widely and make it a prioority to attend. I think the IWW should have a solid, credible presence at this event. <br>This is a critcal time to show widespread community support for this issue when VCU is stonewalling and refusing to treat the African-American community with dignity and respect. If it was a white cemetery datng back to before the Civil War, we can be sure VCU would have long ago stopped parking cars here. <br>
In the spirit of Gabriel and Barbara Johns I hope to see eveyone there.<br>Dave<br><span style="font-family: Prelude,Verdana,san-serif;"><br><br></span><span><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">
-- Sent from my Palm Pre</div><br></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: Prelude,Verdana,san-serif;"><hr style="width: 75%;" align="left"><b>From:</b> Phil Wilayto <<a href="mailto:philwilayto@earthlink.net" target="_blank">philwilayto@earthlink.net</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> Oct 7, 2010 11:28 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Oct. 10: TOWN HALL MEETING on RICHMOND'S AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND<br><b>To:</b> Defenders & Friends <<a href="mailto:DefendersFJE@hotmail.com" target="_blank">DefendersFJE@hotmail.com</a>><br>
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<p align="center"><font size="6"><i>Announcing! <br></i></font><font color="#000002" face="impact,sans-serif" size="7">A TOWN HALL MEETING <br></font><font size="4"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="4">to report to the community </font><font size="4">on the struggle to reclaim </font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="3"><font size="5"><b><font size="1"></font></b></font></font> </p>
<p align="center"><b><font color="#009004" size="6">Richmond’s </font></b></p>
<p align="center"><font size="3"><font size="5"><b><font color="#009004"><font size="6">African Burial Ground <br></font></font></b></font></font></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#000002" face="impact,sans-serif" size="6">Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 </font></p><font face="impact,sans-serif" size="5">
<p align="center"><font color="#000002"><font face="impact,sans-serif" size="6">4-6 pm</font><br></font></p></font><br><font size="4">East District Family Resource Center <br></font>2405 Jefferson Ave. in Church Hill <br>
Richmond, Virginia 23223
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(3 blocks north of East Broad Street between 24</font><sup><font face="Arial, sans-serif">th</font></sup><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and 25</font><sup><font face="Arial, sans-serif">th</font></sup><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> streets min Church Hill)</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br>
<br></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Oct. 10 is the 210th anniversary of the martyrdom of Gabriel, </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">the great slave rebellion leader who was executed on this day </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">on the town gallows at Richmond's African Burial Ground, </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">the city’s oldest municipal Black cemetery. </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Today that cemetery lies disrespected under a parking lot </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">owned by Virginia Commonwealth University<br><br>Come and hear about the lawsuit, the documentary film, </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">the growing local, national and international pressure </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">and what YOU can do to help </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b><font color="#280099"><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4"><font size="1"></font></font></font></b> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b><font color="#280099"><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4">VCU GET the CARS OFF the ASPHALT</font></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b><font color="#280099"><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4">so we can GET the ASPHALT OFF our PEOPLE! </font></font></b><b><font color="#00b053"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></b><br><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Blacktastic Snacks will have delicious healthy refreshments</i></font></font></p>
<p align="center"> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>available by donation to support this event. </i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><br>
<br></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>This event is </b></font></font><font face="Arial Black, sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>FREE </b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><br>
<br></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Initiated by the </i></font></font><br><font face="impact, sans-serif"><font color="#000002" size="5">Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.06in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">of the </font></font><b><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="4">Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality </font></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">PO Box 23202, Richmond, VA 23223 - Phone: (804) 644-5834 - Fax: (804) 332-5225 <br><a href="mailto:DefendersFJE@hotmail.com" target="_blank">DefendersFJE@hotmail.com</a> - </font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.defendersfje.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">www.DefendersFJE.blogspot.com</font></font></a></u></span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> <br>
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