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SUMMARY:S.T.E.A.M. Sporting Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft and The Southern Center for Broadening Participation in STEM will be onsite presenting STEAM Sporting Saturdays for kids July 9th and 16th from 11:00am until 2:30pm! \n\n\nThis special addition will feature a gaming lounge\, virtual reality exploration\, coding\, robotics\, and more. These activities commemorating The World games are designed for elementary\, middle and high school students to enhance and enrich STEM experiences. Our aim is to increase STEM literacy enabling students to learn more deeply and think critically in science\, mathematics\, engineering\, and technology (STEM). \nALL S.T.E.A.M. PROJECTS ARE FREE\n\n3D Printing – Race to Freedom Car\nButton Making\nSports & Physics Drills\nPotential & Kinetic Energy\n\nREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR SOME ACTIVITIES \n\nSkateboard Kinetics (Ages 12-18)\nMetaverse E-Sports (Ages 16+)\nBrown Toy Box STEAM Kits (Ages 5-12)\nVirtual Reality Lounge (Ages 13+)\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW!
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/s-t-e-a-m-sporting-saturdays-2/
LOCATION:Alabama
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ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham Civil Rights Institute":MAILTO:bcri@bcri.org
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SUMMARY:S.T.E.A.M. Sporting Saturdays
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft and The Southern Center for Broadening Participation in STEM will be onsite presenting STEAM Sporting Saturdays for kids July 9th and 16th from 11:00am until 2:30pm! \n\n\nThis special addition will feature a gaming lounge\, virtual reality exploration\, coding\, robotics\, and more. These activities commemorating The World games are designed for elementary\, middle and high school students to enhance and enrich STEM experiences. Our aim is to increase STEM literacy enabling students to learn more deeply and think critically in science\, mathematics\, engineering\, and technology (STEM). \nALL S.T.E.A.M. PROJECTS ARE FREE\n\n3D Printing – Race to Freedom Car\nButton Making\nSports & Physics Drills\nPotential & Kinetic Energy\n\nREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR SOME ACTIVITIES \n\nSkateboard Kinetics (Ages 12-18)\nMetaverse E-Sports (Ages 16+)\nBrown Toy Box STEAM Kits (Ages 5-12)\nVirtual Reality Lounge (Ages 13+)\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW!
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/s-t-e-a-m-sporting-saturdays/
LOCATION:Alabama
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220731
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SUMMARY:Race to Freedom: African Americans in Sports & The Marathon for Progress
DESCRIPTION:The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI)\, in partnership with The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame\, NASCAR\, Honda\, Southern Custom Exhibits\, Microsoft and The Southern Center for Broadening Participation\, is pleased to announce the opening of a special exhibit this July in conjunction with The World Games. Race to Freedom: African Americans in Sports & The Marathon for Progress will be an interactive display bringing into focus the powerful symbol of the wide-ranging challenges and triumphs in the nation’s history of race and racism – sports. \nThe exhibit will take visitors through an observation of the space within society where African Americans have engaged in inventive ways to incite change and advocate for equality. The narrative and full-sensory experience will encourage visitors to consider the harrowing intersection of racism in sports and sports as conduit for progress. The points of reflection\, or marks on the track of progress\, include Segregation\, Discrimination and Stereotypes\, Activism and Change. \nMicrosoft and The Southern Center for Broadening Participation will be onsite presenting STEAM Saturdays at BCRI in support of these activities commemorating The World games\, attracting elementary\, middle and high school students to enhance and enrich STEM experiences. Our aim is to increase STEAM literacy enabling students to learn more deeply and think critically in science\, mathematics\, engineering\, and technology (STEAM). \nLearn more about STEAM Saturdays and Purchase your tickets today!
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/race-to-freedom-african-americans-in-sports-the-marathon-for-progress/
LOCATION:Birmingham Civil Rights Institute\, 520 16th St N.\, Birmingham\, Alabama
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220628T170000
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SUMMARY:Pride Month Mini-Series
DESCRIPTION:Pride is so much more than an annual festival or rainbow-themed parties. Its important that we acknowledge its roots – how it started off as a protest led by trans women of color—namely Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera—against oppressive forces that tried to get them to silence\, shrink\, and diminish their truth. \nOur inaugural mini series grew consciousness in the queer community for the universality of human conflict. We offered tools for preserving the queer history of one of the nation’s oldest and longest running Pride organizations. The Institute made affirming legal assistance accessible and affordable for our transgender\, aging\, and adopting communities. Our film program examined the valuable contributions of Bayard Rustin which go far deeper than just that of LGBTQ equality. Families were offered help in surmounting the ongoing actions of our legislature which continues challenge the affirmation of gender and sexual individuality. With bills that have been nothing short of prejudicial and unreasonably pointed. There’s no question that our community is more in need of support than ever. \nThrough this series of events\, we investigated how the struggle for civil rights in 1960s Birmingham can serve as a case study of conflict resolution that has global applications. These Pride Month programs helped us to answer the call to champion diversity and inclusion by acknowledging the contributions of all social justice leaders. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/pride-month-mini-series/
LOCATION:Birmingham Civil Rights Institute\, 520 16th St N.\, Birmingham\, Alabama
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:We’ll see you on June 18th at The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute!\nThe Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is pleased to invite you to take part in our 2022 Juneteenth (Freedom Day) Celebration on Saturday\, June 18th. We’ll host a series of exciting features for our community and members of The Institute in this day-long jubilee from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. \nThis year our staff has curated a commemoration with the theme\, “Backyard Boogie\,” a tribute to the many celebrations that have taken place in Magic City backyards throughout the past. There will be something for everyone at our commemoration. Our partners from EdFarm will be on site to share our highly anticipated new mobile application\, The Movement\, and host  “Magic Walks” throughout the Civil Rights District. Come and experience The Color of Baseball photography exhibit by Bill Chapman\, a captivating special salute to Negro Leagues. We’ll welcome special guests to our main stage and boogie to live performances in our backyard celebration. The National Hook-Up of Black Women Birmingham will facilitate fun activities for children and we’ll present an Authors Village where you can meet local authors. \nOur goal in observing Juneteenth each year is to the commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans and celebrate Black culture. BCRI also hopes to build awareness of the endurance that African Americans have harnessed to overcome centuries of struggles in America.  We can’t wait to jubilee with you! \n\nSign up to volunteer\nRegister for your Free Tour\nJuneteenth Celebration Guide\n\nTrace Your Roots at The Jubilee!\nBack by popular demand! Come and learn genealogy basics and best practices for navigating your family history. We’re excited for the return of our popular genealogy workshops presented in partnership with The Birmingham African American Genealogy Group\, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints\, The Freedmen’s Bureau\, and Shelby County Research. \nIf you attended last year’s workshop\, you can step into the next level research at our advanced level program. Community registration begins June 1st. So follow us on Facebook\, Twitter\, and Instagram to ensure you don’t miss the chance to secure a space at these exceptional workshops! \nRegister for Genealogy Workshops \n\n10:30 – 11:30 Genealogy 201\n12:30 – 2:00 Genealogy 101\n2:30 – 4:00 Genealogy 201\n\nFree Film Screen with Discussion Panel\nThe film “Through Her Eyes” is the story of Rosalee Winbush played by actress Rayven Symone Ferrell\, as a timid African-American student struggling with her decision to attend a newly integrated school while finding the courage to become the change she desires under extreme racial tensions in the American South. \nThe film has been featured in the Pan-African Film Festival\, The RSF Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival\, and is currently available on Amazon Prime and UrbanflixTV. This free screening will be followed by a brief panel discussion on the importance of storytelling. Trent Lumpkin\, the director\, executive producer TJ Jones\, and other special guests will serve on the panel. \n\nRegister for Film Screening\n\nJoin the Celebration\nDon’t miss this chance to showcase your artisan flair at our community fair! We’ll welcome to the Magic City to our Community Village in the BCRI backyard from 10:00am until 6:00pm. Join us! \n\nSubmit a Vendor/Sponsor Interest form 
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/juneteenth/
LOCATION:Birmingham Civil Rights Institute\, 520 16th St N.\, Birmingham\, Alabama
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SUMMARY:Fair Housing Film
DESCRIPTION:The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was pleased to partner with The Birmingham Association of Realtors (BAR)\, the Birmingham Realtist Association\, Barnes & Associates Realtors\, Bancorp South | Cadence\, and Arkadia One Studios for the premier of a short documentary film to help educate the public about housing discrimination\, segregation\, and the people working to correct these social and economic wrongs. \nThe historians at BCRI have ensured the historical validity of the documentary – an earnest affirmation to the lawmakers and legendary champions like NAREB co-founder W.H. Hollins. With the guidance of the Birmingham Association of Realtors\, the Birmingham Realtist Association\, and Barnes & Associates Realtors\, the film offers a review of the protected classes of the Fair Housing Act\, prohibited conduct\, penalties\, resources for compliance\, and implementation. \nThe film includes the testimonials of homeowners\, home buyers and renters of color in the Birmingham community. As partners\, we feel confident that these first-hand stories of those who have experienced and are witness to housing discrimination will invoke a spirit of social justice. \nBCRI will utilize this production for educational outreach that combats the housing struggle plaguing our country. The focus of this short long film will be diversity and inclusion. We will reflect on our nation’s history of housing discrimination in a documentary produced in the style of the projects found on the National Association of Realtors website. \nThe intended audience for our production was Realtors\, lenders\, homeowners\, and those seeking to purchase property. The production will also be used as a resource for informing the public of the fair housing practices put in place by our government to prevent discrimination. \nText HOMESFORALL to 44321 to support this continued advocacy. With your help\, we can create positive change for homebuyers!
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/fair-housing-film/
LOCATION:Alabama
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SUMMARY:Black History Month
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Black History Month theme\, “Black Family: Representation\, Identity and Diversity” explored the African diaspora\, and the spread of Black families across the United States. We featured an interactive virtual town hall surrounding our nation’s history of housing discrimination and its adverse effect on the success of Black families. We discussed Ethnic Notions\, Marlon Riggs’ award winning documentary that examines the anti-Black stereotypes that permeated popular culture from the antebellum period until the advent of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Because many Black Americans face difficulty when conducting genealogy research\, we offered the platform of our virtual programming to The Birmingham African American Genealogy Group who taught us how to trace our roots using tech basics and best practices. With talented creators from the film and television industry\, Redefining the Image: Black Families in the Media was a reflection on 100 years of Black family representation in media.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/black-history-month/
LOCATION:Alabama
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220102
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SUMMARY:Kwanza
DESCRIPTION:The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute presented a free community event to celebrate and learn more about the history and etymology of Kwanzaa! Families were offered fun crafts\, hot cocoa\, West African drumming\, and great books about the annual celebration of African American culture. \nOur Community of Readers Program aims to bridge the gap between literacy and parental involvement by instructing families about better reading habits\, promoting local parents’ belief in their own capabilities as educational mentors\, and using books to enhance the time that families spend together. In 2021\, we offered a read-along and free copies of My First Kwanzaa by Karen Katz and Seven Spools of Thread by Angela Shelf Medearis. \nAll were welcome to join the National Hook Up of Black Women/Birmingham as they shared the principles of Kwanzaa\, or Nguzo Saba – the seven principles of African Heritage. We observed the Kwanzaa traditions of music and dance with Sahi On Ko Djony\, craft musical instruments and offered free books about Kwanzaa for folks to take home and pass down to loved ones for generations.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/kwanza/
LOCATION:Alabama
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211116
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SUMMARY:BCRI Birthday Bash
DESCRIPTION:In 1992\, The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was founded with a charge of preserving and promoting the legacy of the 1963 Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. In joyful commemoration of our 29th anniversary\, we invited the community to join us for a celebration and reflection of our successes. The festivities brought fun for all ages – with historic gallery tours\, birthday cake\, musical entertainment\, food trucks and\, of course\, educational games that tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement. The event gave us a chance to show our beneficent stakeholders that we are proud to provide a forum for dialogue and community engagement through our programming and that we are poised to continue producing exciting new exhibitions and exceptional programming to meet our mission for preservation\, inspiration\, and education.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/bcri-birthday-bash/
LOCATION:Alabama
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210915T080000
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage Month
DESCRIPTION:Ten years ago after Alabama’s HB56 anti-immigration bill shook us to the core\, BCRI invited the community to gather for a weekend of Latinx heritage\, celebration\, and reflection. Our free community activities included Spanish interpreted tours of our historic galleries and a courtyard reception with great food\, fellowship and live entertainment from TropLKUmbiera. \nWe presented a full day of free programs including panels\, community conversations\, and luncheon workshops. With more interpreted tours\, attendees took moving and unforgettable journey through history and experienced what life was like in Birmingham as the civil and human rights movements took shape here – in the heart of the Civil Rights District. To help provide boundaries and context for the endeavor\, the event was framed around HB56\, the Anti-immigration Bill. \nThe lessons of HB56 remain clear. Our fight against anti-immigrant laws continues. Now\, our objective to preserve and tell the Birmingham Civil Rights Story continues. We invited the community to share their experiences in Alabama as a result of HB56 through photographs\, audio recordings\, and memorabilia. These contributions will be carefully preserved and included in BCRI’s archives for safekeeping and future educational programs. We plan to curate the acquired materials for a planned 2022 Latinx themed exhibit at The Institute.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/hispanic-heritage-month/
LOCATION:Alabama
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210829
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SUMMARY:Who's On The Wall
DESCRIPTION:So many interesting and important personalities have come out of Birmingham but none more so than the individuals whose likenesses adorn the exterior wall of the Firehouse Community Arts Center located in Avondale. Sun Ra\, the Rev Fred Shuttlesworth\, Angela Davis\, and Spider Martin have\, in their own distinct ways\, changed the course of Birmingham’s tumultuous story. Firehouse Community Arts Center and BCRI presented a series of public\, outside events at the Center this year that focused on and celebrated the life of each person depicted. Each month\, between April and August\, invited speakers discussed the significance of these former Birmingham residents and their relevance to the history of the city.
URL:https://www.bcri.org/event/whos-on-the-wall/
LOCATION:Alabama
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