Join us for a screening of the critically-acclaimed prison documentary THE WORK, which features a four-day men's circle intensive at New Folsom Prison in Folsom, CA. This raw and riveting film gives a sneak peak into the power and magic that can take place when a group of maximum-security prisoners and outside volunteers courageously take off their masks and take an honest look at their wounds, fears, and shame. All are invited to stay after the film for circle conversation facilitated by former New Folsom Prison chaplain Greg Mellor.

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point

A revelatory history of Black radio productions from the 1950s to the present

Come join us at Red Emma’s on November 6th from 6-8 for a benefit happy hour! Modeled after the Freedom Rides of the late 1960’s The Baltimore Civil Rights Trip is an historic field trip for baltimore city highschoolers. Over 6 days, with 7 adults and 36 students in 1 bus traveking to 11 different cities the trip takes students on an immersive journey through the history of the American Civil Rights Movement. The students not only visit some of the best museums and important  historic sites in the country but they  also meet with living activists who participated in the Movement. Students have had the opportunity to meet: John Lewis (rest in power), Andrew Young, Bernarde Lafayette (rest in power), Dr. Sybil Hampton, and many more. The students get to touch ground at locations significant to the Movement, such as the abandoned Bryant grocery store where Emmett Till was falsely accused of whistling at Carolyn Bryant as well as the very same courtroom where his murderers were acquitted. Organizing this trip is a monumental lift each year. Meeting fundraising goals has been harder and harder each year as the cost per student has essentially doubled in the last decade. It costs about $1500 per student, which covers all elements of the trip (lodging, food, museum entry, and speaker honorariums). All 3 schools  fundraise collectively into 1 big pot and no student has ever been turned away for lack of funds.  Through various forms of fundraising throughout the year - raking leaves for donations on the weekend, hosting fundraiser events, selling pizza to the masses - they’ve made a big dent already, but have about $20,000 left to go. So come, Grab a drink and hear some youth performers in support of this important educational opportunity for Baltimore youth! A portion of every drink you but will go directly towards to paying the way for these students to ride through history!

Baltimore! It’s Science Slam time! Join us to learn about some remarkable research! Come join us for an evening of 5-10 min science talks from local scientists and support their efforts to communicate their work.

In a world where the reoccurrence of evil is persistent, where even so-called progressives oscillate between doing the right thing and failing to act, where even those on the Left may not be on the same channel, we need the arts to help us find some frequency through which we can resonate in our efforts to transform society!

We Slay Book Club (est. November 2014) is a book club that meets in person (with the occasional virtual gathering) in Baltimore, MD. We enjoy reading books that feature kick-ass protagonists in all forms. We do not shy away from any genre. New members are always welcome!

In this groundbreaking, genre-bending book, American University professor Sarah Trembath braids poetry, art, personal essay, and scholarly analysis to salvage Black history from its misconstructions and misrememberings.

Join us for a giant community potluck and a celebration of vegetable-forward cooking in our quest to host Baltimore's LARGEST Friendsgiving. For this one, we are keeping things simple.... Bring your favorite seasonal dish for Friendsgiving or a potluck. It will be a citywide celebration of the people, plates, and local businesses that make Baltimore feel like home.

A groundbreaking and powerful investigation into how the fall of Roe changed American health care far beyond reproductive rights.

Trans Right Advocacy Coalition (TRAC) is hosting an event to kickoff a pen-pal group aimed at connecting incarcerated trans Marylanders with outside community. The event will give an introduction to why it is important to write to people in prison, share best practices for being a pen-pal to an incarcerated person, and end with letter-writing to trans community members inside Maryland prisons.

The first popular biography of Eugene Debs, the railroad worker turned radical visionary whose leadership helped elect more than a thousand Socialists across the country during the Progressive Era and inspired generations of Americans to fight back against the power of the rich over our politics and our lives.

Fifteen activists have been federally indicted for their role in the historic Minneapolis anti-ICE movement which led a General Strike last January. Trump wants to make an example of them to scare us into submission, but we will not be intimidated!

A leading political philosopher dissects the global far right’s appeal through the lens of Bolsonarismo, tracing its roots to the social disintegration caused by the crisis of neoliberalism and looming climate change

Join us to learn how to whine! Come out, learn a few new movies, and free yourself up. All levels welcome!

Why did Marcus Garvey’s black nationalism collapse while A. Philip Randolph’s labor organizing reshaped American politics? This book traces the root, and the relevance, of two competing visions for black liberation.

A vivid, enchanting novel, spanning over sixty years, chronicling the lives, loves, and secrets of three generations of women in radical twentieth-century Barcelona—a rediscovered classic by “the shining light of Catalan literature.”

As inequality, inflation, and overwhelming corporate power threaten democracy, a rising-star economist asks what it would mean to create an anti-fascist economics that guarantees dignity for all.

An urgent polemic and practical guide to dismantling the immigrant detention system—plus updates from Necessary Means and Project Salt Box about current organizing and research against ICE.

Please join Physicians for Human Rights and Al Jazeera for a special screening of DYING IN DETENTION which follows the tragic death of 39-year-old Ismael Ayala-Uribe in an immigration detention facility in California. The screening will be followed by Q&A with participants in the documentary and filmmakers.

Three Days. Fifteen Bookstores. One giant Bookstore Crawl! Join us and our best bookstore buddies for Baltimore's first-ever Black Friday weekend bookstore crawl! Visit at least four of the participating bookstores and make a purchase over the course of the weekend, then submit your bookstore passport for a chance to win a prize! Get an extra entry for every other bookstore you visit. Get a group together and make a weekend of it!!

Three Days. Fifteen Bookstores. One giant Bookstore Crawl! Join us and our best bookstore buddies for Baltimore's first-ever Black Friday weekend bookstore crawl! Visit at least four of the participating bookstores and make a purchase over the course of the weekend, then submit your bookstore passport for a chance to win a prize! Get an extra entry for every other bookstore you visit. Get a group together and make a weekend of it!!

Three Days. Fifteen Bookstores. One giant Bookstore Crawl! Join us and our best bookstore buddies for Baltimore's first-ever Black Friday weekend bookstore crawl! Visit at least four of the participating bookstores and make a purchase over the course of the weekend, then submit your bookstore passport for a chance to win a prize! Get an extra entry for every other bookstore you visit. Get a group together and make a weekend of it!!

How workers and customers engage utility regulation to act on climate change, energy affordability, and environmental, racial, and economic injustice.

Through Punjabi men’s struggles to marry, migrate, love, and escape, COMING OF AGE IN MACHOLAND reveals what patriarchy costs the men it promises to empower.

Huey P. Newton was called many things in his time: revolutionary, genius, criminal, even the most surveilled human being in world history. Yet, little of the truth about him is known today due to persistent distortions of his legacy as co-founder of the Black Panther Party.