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“Springing” Into Women’s Herstory Month Sale

Sat., March 22, 2025, Noon – 6pm, Sistas’ Place 456 Nostrand Ave (at Jefferson), Brooklyn, NY 11216 Diaspora Arts Collective Presents Artisans Ashanti Fields     •    Sylvia’s Emporium     •         Jacquie Byrd Decor Art     •.  Shaz Gallery     •     Nassat Nation     •     Tribal Truths Edutainment @ 3pm Fashion Show – “Style as Revolution” Models: […]

Funeral Arrangements for Viola Plummer.

I. Celebration of Life Viola Plummer Sunrise February 16,1937 January 15, 2024 Sunset Chairperson of the December 12th Movement, Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Friend. II. Funeral Service Saturday, January 27, 2024 5 pm to 8 pm House of the Lord Church 415 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Directions • Near Atlantic Terminal LIRR terminal. Subways C & […]

Organ Monk

Sat., October 20, 2018, Two sets 9 & 10:30 pm, $20 with advance reservation – call +1 (718) 398-1766 $25 at door. Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, continues its 23rd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and […]

Fri., Dec. 22nd: Community Appreciation for the Barrons!

Friday, December 22, 2023, 7 pm (doors open 6:30 pm), Prince Joshusa Avitto Center, 876 Schenck Ave. (bet. Stanley & Wortman), Brooklyn, NY • get directions. Our Community Thanks Inez & Charles for Dedicating Themselves to Leading, Building, and Protecting Our Community. A Free Community Invitation Music * Speakers * Food Community Organizations Get 8.5″ […]

THE PASSING OF CDE. VIOLA PLUMMER

THE PASSING OF CDE. VIOLA PLUMMER, CHAIRPERSON OF THE DECEMBER 12TH MOVEMENT… This evening it is with a heavy heart that we announce the Black Liberation Movement’s loss of one of its most resolute and determined leaders, Cde. Viola Plummer, Chairperson of the December 12th Movement. Funeral arrangements are to be announced in the next […]

December 12th Movement Matriarch Viola Plummer Makes Her Transition

January 15, 2024, By Nayaba Arinde, Editor-at-Large, Gratefully reprinted from Our Time Press (original). A snowstorm swept through New York City on Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 15th, 2024, as news broke of the passing of the Movement Matriarch Viola Plummer, 86, co-founder of the Bed Stuy, Brooklyn-based civil rights organization The December […]

The Magnificent Homegoing of Viola Plummer, ‘Matriarch of the Movement’

January 30, 2024, Reprinted from The Final Call – January 30, 2024. https://new.finalcall.com/2024/01/30/the-magnificent-homegoing-of-viola-plummer-matriarch-of-the-movement/ By Nayaba Arinde, @NayabaArinde1. NEW YORK—The “People’s Republic of Brooklyn,” sent New York-based international activist Viola Plummer home as if she were a head of state, with a grand four-hour funeral with hundreds of family members, friends, and colleagues celebrating her life’s […]

Homecoming Service Videos: Honoring The LIFE and Legacy of Viola Plummer

The service begins with extended music and at 55:15 minutes the introduction starts: https://www.facebook.com/December12thMovement/videos/399602845890257 (60 minutes) The service continues with drumming by Winard Harper and Baba Neil Clarke: https://www.facebook.com/December12thMovement/videos/670461805268413 (59 minutes) The service continues with remarks by a Cuban representative: https://www.facebook.com/December12thMovement/videos/1383900659180496 (59 minutes) The service continues with Charles and Inez Barron: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=708385201399427 (96 minutes)  

Requiem for Malcolm X Tribute Concert

Mon., May 19, 2025, $35 per set; Showtimes: Doors Open: 7 pm,  Concert: 8 pm, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 201 Lenox Ave, @120th St. Harlem, NYC Sistas’ Place, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, presents This Monday, May 19th, a Requiem for Malcolm X Tribute Concert with Music, […]