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The MLK library was founded by the Student African American Society,1968. We are part of the department of @aassyredu of @artsciencessu at @syracuseu

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Join us as we celebrate an unforgettable weekend of Serbian cinema!
The festival concludes with the presentation of the APEX Award for Outstanding Contribution to Serbian Film Art to Branka Katić, the announcement of the Best Movie - Audience Choice Award, and a special closing celebration with festival guests, filmmakers, and audiences.
Help us close the Serbian Film Festival DC 2026 in style.
Sunday, October 18 6:00 PM MLK Library
APEX Award Honoree: Branka Katić
Audience Choice Award Announcement
#ClosingNight #BrankaKatic #APEXAward #SerbianFilmFestival #SerbianFilmDC AudienceChoiceAward WashingtonDC SerbianCinema

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📚Join us today at 4:30 PM in the MLK Library to commemorate Banned Books Week with the African American Studies Department, Beyond the Book, the Black Student Union, and the Haitian American Student Association.Come out to read banned and challenged books by and about people of African descent. Stand up for the right to read at this year’s 12th Black & Banned Read-Out.

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Usually you think of 🤫 at a library but today we brought the 🔊 . @graciescorner was in big rotation! Thank you @djnahfr and @kerimthedj for the plug 🔌

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THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES!

I have officially declared my candidacy as a write-in candidate for DC Council At-Large.

My name may not be printed on the ballot, but the people still have the power to write it in. This campaign has never been about politics as usual—it is about making sure everyday DC residents are seen, heard and represented.

On November 3:

✅ Go to DC Council At-Large
✅ Write in **JOE JACKSON**
✅ Fill in the oval and **RANK JOE #1**

We are not backing down. We are moving forward with purpose, faith and the people behind us.

**A Vote for Joe Jackson is a Vote for the People!**

#WriteInJoeJackson #RankJoeNumber1 #JoeJackson2026 #DCCouncilAtLarge VoteForThePeople WashingtonDC

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Eight months ago, I began criss crossing our nation, carrying the message of heart-centered leadership from a 500 year old institution that made its way into the corporate towers, and I proved it with science.

Call and Response released on Feb 10 globally and has yet to lose steam. I have more stops to make, from historic venues, to corporations, to book stores and churches and beyond, with orgs booking me clear into 2027.
Highlights:
1) Hugs and signing books at True Lee Missionary Baptist Church in Sunny South Dallas
2) The Experience is the Advantage Women’s Conference with fellow speakers, Richardson, TX
3) Standing with the Director of The Obama Center Library after he shouted out to everyone that this was my work, and promptly placed it in the collection, Chicago, IL.
4) A proud moment presenting Dr. Otis Moss III a copy of Call and Response at Trinity United Christian Church in Chicago, IL. The famous story about Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright is in the book.
5) My friend and former colleague opens her historic mansion to host a salon where many others happened in the turn of the century, Bronzeville, Chicago, IL
6) Signing books after speaking at AT&T HQs in Dallas, Tx
7) Signing books after delivering keynote message at the annual Pinkster celebration, a tradition dating back to the 1700s in Kingston, NY
8) delivering that message from the pulpit of the historic Old Dutch Church where sojourner Truth was baptized, Kingston, NY
9) Wall St power house Carla Harris giving me that, “Girl, you bettah preach” look during my book signing the the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble in NY, NY
10) Visiting with my acquiring editor Abby West at HarperCollins in New York, NY.
11) My Pastor and First Lady Bryan & Stephanie Carter celebrate Call and Response during two services at Concord Church in Dallas, Tx
12) Former AT&T colleagues pose for a photo with me at my book signing on my first trip to Chicago, IL at da Book Joint
13 & 14) Pastor Stephen Brown chats during service at Greater Bethlehem.
15) A’Lelia Bundles and I chop@it up at the MLK Library in DC
16 & 17) Chatting it up on Chat & Bother Pod in DC
18) TCU hosts me in FW, TX
19 & 20) Good St. BC & Cynt M

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ART ALL NIGHT IS COMING TO BENNING ROAD!

Friday, September 11th, we’re bringing the culture, music and community together at the **Benning/Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library!**

🎶 **LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:**
🔥 URB featuring Ms. Yendy
🔥 TOB
🔥 EU – Hall of Fame Inductee
🔥 The Legendary DJ Kool

PLUS 🎮 Games • 🎬 Movies • 🎨 Arts & Crafts and more!

📅 **Friday, September 11**
⏰ **7PM – 12AM**
📍 **3935 Benning Road NE, Washington, DC 20019**
🎟️ **FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!**

Bring the family, bring the neighborhood and come experience DC culture the way it’s supposed to be experienced — **LIVE!**

⭐ **ONE COMMUNITY. ALL CREATIVITY. ALL NIGHT.** ⭐

#ArtAllNightDCPL #ArtAllNightDC #BenningRoad #GoGoMusic #DCGoGo URB MsYendy TOB EU DJKool DCPublicLibrary Ward7 DCCulture

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Go follow The @gogoventures_youth_foundatuon

🚨🥁 **INTRODUCING THE GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY!** 🔤🎶

This Monday, we’re launching something special for the next generation!

**THE GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY** is a new children’s music and animated learning series that combines **education with the official sound of Washington, DC GO-GO!**

Our first release, **“DC Go-Go ABC Jam,”** teaches children their ABCs over heavy congas, that classic Go-Go bounce, and fun kid-friendly call-and-response!

🥁 Real Go-Go rhythm
🔤 Learning through music
👧🏾👦🏽 Made for our children
🏛️ Built around DC culture

And the ABCs are only the beginning! Numbers, colors, shapes, reading, DC history and much more are coming to **Go-Go Kids Academy!**

🎬🎵 **“DC Go-Go ABC Jam” drops THIS MONDAY on all platforms!**

It’s time to teach the babies how to **LEARN, DANCE & CRANK!**

**Welcome to GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY! 🥁📚**

#GoGoKidsAcademy #DCGoGoABCJam #GoGoMusic #GoGoForTheKids #DCCulture KidsMusic LearningThroughMusic KeepItGoGo GoGoVentures

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🚨🥁 **INTRODUCING THE GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY!** 🔤🎶

This Monday, we’re launching something special for the next generation!

**THE GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY** is a new children’s music and animated learning series that combines **education with the official sound of Washington, DC GO-GO!**

Our first release, **“DC Go-Go ABC Jam,”** teaches children their ABCs over heavy congas, that classic Go-Go bounce, and fun kid-friendly call-and-response!

🥁 Real Go-Go rhythm
🔤 Learning through music
👧🏾👦🏽 Made for our children
🏛️ Built around DC culture

And the ABCs are only the beginning! Numbers, colors, shapes, reading, DC history and much more are coming to **Go-Go Kids Academy!**

🎬🎵 **“DC Go-Go ABC Jam” drops THIS MONDAY on all platforms!**

It’s time to teach the babies how to **LEARN, DANCE & CRANK!**

**Welcome to GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY! 🥁📚**

#GoGoKidsAcademy #DCGoGoABCJam #GoGoMusic #GoGoForTheKids #DCCulture KidsMusic LearningThroughMusic KeepItGoGo GoGoVentures

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🚨🥁 **INTRODUCING THE GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY!** 🔤🎶

This Monday, we’re launching something special for the next generation!

**THE GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY** is a new children’s music and animated learning series that combines **education with the official sound of Washington, DC GO-GO!**

Our first release, **“DC Go-Go ABC Jam,”** teaches children their ABCs over heavy congas, that classic Go-Go bounce, and fun kid-friendly call-and-response!

🥁 Real Go-Go rhythm
🔤 Learning through music
👧🏾👦🏽 Made for our children
🏛️ Built around DC culture

And the ABCs are only the beginning! Numbers, colors, shapes, reading, DC history and much more are coming to **Go-Go Kids Academy!**

🎬🎵 **“DC Go-Go ABC Jam” drops THIS MONDAY on all platforms!**

It’s time to teach the babies how to **LEARN, DANCE & CRANK!**

**Welcome to GO-GO KIDS ACADEMY! 🥁📚**

#GoGoKidsAcademy #DCGoGoABCJam #GoGoMusic #GoGoForTheKids #DCCulture KidsMusic LearningThroughMusic KeepItGoGo GoGoVentures

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📍 Washington DC, USA

Author and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) laureate Laurie Halse Anderson is in Washington, D.C., together with André Vifot Haas, Communications Officer at ALMA!

Today, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) and ALMA, in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden and with support from the Swedish Institute, welcomed more than 250 educators to a special Educator’s Day focused on literature, reading promotion, and the role of books in strengthening democratic values and freedom of expression.

The program included a presentation of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an author talk with Laurie Halse Anderson, and the launch of new multilingual reading guides developed in collaboration with DC Public Library. This initiative is part of a broader partnership involving ALMA, DC Public Library, PEN America, and the American Library Association, highlighting the importance of young people’s right to read and the vital role of libraries as inclusive spaces for learning, dialogue, and intellectual freedom.

#kulturradwashington #SwedenInUSA #swecultureusa

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The creativity, history and culture inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. is something you definitely have to experience for yourself.

I stopped by to check out the incredible showcase celebrating Black culture and the pioneers who helped shape our communities. And of course, seeing D.C. culture represented through Go-Go made the experience even better.

If you’re in the area, stop by the MLK Memorial Library at 901 G St. NW and check it out for yourself!

#BlackCulture #ThingsToDoInDC #Museum #WashingtonDC #AbuFromTheDaily

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There are no shortcuts, only the work.
URB has put in the work. Through every rehearsal, every show, and every challenge, we’ve stayed committed to the grind.
Make yourself undeniable. Let your consistency speak louder than words.
#URB #MakeYourselfUndeniable #GoGo #TrustTheProcess

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