Thursday, March 9th, 2023
Doors at 6pm, Event at 7pm
at Spine Bookstore & Cafe, 1976 Arsenal, St. Louis MO 63118
REGISTER: OverturningViolence.eventbrite.com
Penny Hess has been an active organizer for reparations to the Black community since 1976, working under the leadership of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) to build “white solidarity with Black Power.”
As the Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, Hess wrote Overturning the Culture of Violence in 2001, based on APSP Chairman Omali Yeshitela’s political theory of African Internationalism. This powerful book exposes the true history of America’s “original sin” of slavery, genocide and colonialism, and the way forward for white people who want to join humanity by standing in solidarity with African Liberation.
At a time when reactionary forces are trying to silence the rising voice of African and oppressed peoples--from the FBI’s attacks on the Uhuru Movement to the banning of Black history in schools -- this important book is more relevant today than ever before.
This special night is a kick-off event for the Uhuru Solidarity Movement’s 2023 National Convention, “White People: Say NO to the FBI’s War on Black Liberation! Hands Off Uhuru!” March 11-12 in St. Louis. This year's convention theme is in response to the July 29, 2022 FBI raids on the home of Chairman Omali Yeshitela, the founder and leader of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and the Uhuru (“Freedom”) Movement. Included in this violent, pre-dawn military raid was the Uhuru Solidarity Center at 2654 Gravois, a building owned by the APSP where the Uhuru Solidarity Movement organizes white people to stand in solidarity with Black Power and join the movement for white reparations to the African community.
If you are a white person who is ready to stand up and take action for African freedom, register today for the USM National Convention! Learn more and register at usmconvention2023.eventbrite.com
This book reading & signing event is sponsored by Spine Bookstore & Cafe, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement and Uhuru Planet Reparations Apparel.
