A presentation marking the 20th anniversary of Root Shock, a book that examines 3 different U.S. cities (Pittsburgh, Newark, and Roanoke) to unmask the crippling results of decades-old disinvestment in communities of color and the urban renewal practices that ultimately destroyed these neighborhoods for the advantage of developers and the elite. Root Shock, How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It by Mindy Fullilove

Stories and storytelling have been a distinctive and compelling feature of the Zapatista movement since its appearance in 1994. The impulse behind a recent translation of Zapatista stories by an activist translators’ collective will frame the presentation. A brief conceptual summary of the history of the movement will follow, with an emphasis on the 30th anniversary celebration in December and January, and the spate of communiqués that preceded it, announcing a new turn in the Zapatista struggle. Stories for Dreaming…

New Hampshire history is full of people who stepped out of line to challenge patriarchy, violence, racism, capitalism, and other forms of injustice. In many cases they took substantial risks, often suffering imprisonment, assault, even death. Sometimes they met success, other times they lit sparks that led to change over years or decades. Arnie Alpert, creator of nhradicalhistory.org, will introduce us to some of them and tell the story of efforts to place an official marker at the Concord birthplace…

An interactive workshop investigating the impacts of oppression and inequities in the Congo, Gaza, the US, Mali, and elsewhere, along the lines of health, wealth, climate, social media, ethnic conflict, and resilience. We will examine how artists, organizers, women, community and Faith leaders, and youth are responding to these issues. We will tease out concrete steps World Fellowship leadership and members can take. tyty