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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><b>Thursday, August 10, 2006
- 7:00PM<br>
at Centro del Pueblo Auditorium <br>
474 Valencia, San Francisco (Mission District) <br><br>
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</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>As part of the West Coast
launch of his new book, <i>Katrina's Legacy , </i>Eric will be discussing
the centrality of the Black Liberation Movement for the entire U.S. Left
and programmatic proposals for a new reconstruction in New Orleans and
the Gulf Coast.<br><br>
Eric Mann, Damon Azali, Patrisse Cullors, Mark-Anthony Johnson, and
Francisca Porchas will be going to New Orleans as a Strategy Center team
in August for the 1st anniversary of Katrina. <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>August 10
program:<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Introduction</b> <br>
Phil Hutchings of the Bay Area Katrina Solidarity Group<br><br>
<b>Readings from <i>Katrina's Legacy <br>
</i></b>Vanessa Moses of Just Cause Oakland,<br>
Zachary Norris of The Ella Baker Center<br><br>
<b>Presentation</b> <br>
Eric Mann: The Role of <i>Katrina's Legacy </i>as a Tactic in the
Movement Building Process<br><br>
<b>Book Signing by the Author<br><br>
Presentation<br>
</b>Kali Akuno of The People's Hurricane Relief Fund & Oversight
Coalition and The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: Concrete Solidarity with
New Orleans on the 1st Anniversary of Katrina<br><br>
<b>Q & A from Audience<br><br>
</b></font><font face="Verdana" size=2 color="#FFFFFF">Please forward
this email to your friends in the Bay Area. Thanks! <br><br>
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><b><a href="#praise">Praise
for </a><a href="#praise"><i>Legacy</a></i> | <a href="#brecht">Event
Information </a>| <a href="#order">How to Order</a> |
<a href="#bio">Eric's Biography</a><br><br>
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<a name="praise"></a>Praise for<i> Katrina's Legacy
</i><a name="praise"></a>: <br><br>
</b></font><font size=3>“Buy this book and study it well. Eric Mann was
my first teacher in the black freedom movement; he taught me door-to-door
canvassing and basic organizing. And then he introduced me to SNCC. Eric
is still teaching and organizing a new generation, and setting the pace
as we build up our strength for the Battle of New Orleans.”<br><br>
<b>Komozi Woodard</b>, author of <i>A Nation within a Nation: Amiri
Baraka and Black Power Politics.<br><br>
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“Katrina's Legacy</i> stands with <i>Black Nations 9/11</i> as the
clearest strategic statement within the movement, a must read for anyone
working in solidarity with the reconstruction movement in New Orleans and
the Gulf Coast.” <br><br>
<b>Kali Akuno</b>, People's Hurricane Relief Fund & Oversight
Coalition<br><br>
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“Mann’s writing is a door. Our movement, and indeed, the very life of
Black New Orleans, depends on our ability to fully comprehend and embrace
the counter-hegemonic and long-term movement building demands that Mann
describes.”<br><br>
<b>Xochitl Bervera</b>, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated
Children <br><br>
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“From the first days after Katrina struck New Orleans, Eric Mann has been
a crucial ally to organizers on the ground. <i>Katrina's Legacy</i> is
vital for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of what happened in
New Orleans, and what we can do about it.”<br><br>
<b>Jordan Flaherty</b>, New Orleans Organizer; Editor, <i>Left Turn
Magazine<br><br>
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</i>“Places the Gulf catastrophe in the historical context of racist
capitalist rule in the U.S. at a critical time when the ‘cracks in the
ruling class levees’ are visible for all to see. Mann provides political
leadership and the outlines of a plan for action, and calls us to our
battle stations.”<br><br>
<b>Glen Ford</b>, Executive Editor and Co-Publisher, <i>The Black
Commentator<br><br>
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</i>“An inspiring call to action rooted in a powerful tradition of Black
resistance in the South. It provides a comprehensive framework, a clear
vision and strategy for this moment in history to build the movement
among communities of color and low-wage workers.”<br><br>
<b>Ai-jen Poo</b>, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities<br><br>
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“Excellent. Mann has a distinct talent for drawing political lessons from
historical events. Every movement needs a map. <i>Katrina's Legacy</i>
takes us to the ravaged Gulf Coast and shows us how to find the road
toward a Third Reconstruction. America needs this movement, and Eric
helps us find our way.”<br>
<b>Vijay Prashad</b>, author of <i>Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting :
Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity<br><br>
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b><a name="brecht"></a>
Event Information<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Thursday, August 10th<br>
7:00 PM</b></font> <br><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><b>Centro del Pueblo Auditorium
<br>
474 Valencia </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><i>(Between 15th
& 16th Streets in the Mission District)<br>
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>San Francisco, 94103<br>
</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>-BART: 16th Street
Mission Station (2 blocks from station) <br>
-MUNI Lines: 14, 22, 26, 33, 49<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><b>Suggested donation: $5 -
no one turned away<br>
</b><i>All admissions are applicable to the purchase price of the book at
the event.</i> <br><br>
Please <b>RSVP</b> to Kelly Archbold-
<a href="mailto:kelly@thestrategycenter.org">
kelly@thestrategycenter.org</a>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>or</font>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3> (213) 387-2800 x10. <br><br>
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><a name="order"></a>How to
Order<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Copies of <i>Katrina's Legacy
</i>are $15. Bulk prices are available, additional discounts available
for New Orleans and Gulf Coast groups. <br><br>
Please visit
<a href="http://www.frontlinespress.com">www.frontlinespress.com</a> or
call (213) 387-2800.<br><br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b><a name="bio"></a>Eric
Mann<br>
</b></font><font size=3>Eric Mann is a veteran of the Congress of Racial
Equality, Newark Community Union Project, Students for a Democratic
Society, and the United Auto Workers. He is the author of <i>Comrade
George, Taking on General Motors, LA's Lethal Air, Dispatches from
Durban, </i>and<i> The 2004 Elections: A Turning Point for the U.S.
Left</i>. He is presently the director of the Labor/Community Strategy
Center in Los Angeles and is a member of the Planning Committee of the
Bus Riders Union.<br><br>
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