THEY Still want to kill us: Film of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to Air at Arts Center Favorite 

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Date: 

May 13 2021

Location: 

Amherst Massachusetts

Joining art institutes nationally, a film on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will premiere at the UMass Amherst Arts Center. This is especially important given its will be the 100th anniversary of the tragic event of when "Black Wall Street" was burned to the ground. It is widely known as one of the most violent events, let alone racially charged ones, in US History.

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https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/05/umass-fine-arts-center-to-air-film-marking…
Posted by nahlahabdur on May 13 2021

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.
Sustains (change)Support and celebrate change that has already been won and needs to be sustained.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear long-term goal. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
to remember the history of racism and its violent effect in american history in order to not repeat the past

Notes

Helps us to remember one of the darkest moments in US History.