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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260411
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260412
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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/social-justice-teach-in-invites-all-w
 ho-are-passionate-about-being-the-change/
SUMMARY:Social Justice Teach-In Invites All Who Are Passionate about Being 
 the Change
DESCRIPTION:\nSat 4/11 @ 11:30AM-5PM\nCleveland’s IRTF – the Inter-Reli
 gious Taskforce on Central America — is once again hosting its Social Ju
 stice Teach-In\, or Liberation Lab\, which it launched in 1999. It describ
 es these annual events as “an informative and inter-generational day of 
 community building and education for high school and college students and 
 other community members seeking ways to take positive action for social ju
 stice.”\n Its keynote speaker this year is Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad\, Visti
 ng Professor of Buddhism and Black Studies at Union Theological Seminal an
 d author of The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde.\
 nThe day also includes several panel discussions\, including “Internatio
 nal Anti-imperialism and War Resistance\,” and “Art\, Joy &amp\; Re
 sistance\,” and a workshop on the Ohio Divest Campaign. The event also i
 ncludes a screen printing workshop hosted by local printmaker and activist
  April Bleakney (whose work in seen above)\, where participants can get a 
 make-and-take print of a quote from Baldwin or Lorde. There’ll also be h
 omegrown seedings to take home and a food distro with fresh produce and sh
 elf-stable food\, as well as harm-reduction supplies such as Narcan\, band
 ages\, ointment and gauze. And they’ll have a selection of fair-trade pr
 oducts for those who want to do more to support farmer and artisan coopera
 tives in Latin America.\nTickets are just $10 but no one will be turned aw
 ay for lack of funds\; all attendees also get lunch. Go here for tickets\;
  go here for full information on the schedule and sponsors. The event take
 s place at the Cleveland State University College of Law at 1801 Euclid Av
 enue.\nliberation-lab-irtfs-social-justice-teach-2026\n[mappress mapid="11
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