Thomas Frank

Jan 13, 2012   7:00 p.m.

Watermark Books 4701 East Douglas Avenue
(map)

Pity the Poor Billionaire: The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and his efforts with The Kansas African American Musuem 

The  gallery exhibit, "And Freedom For All: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," is up through  February 11, 2012. Tour through the museum and see powerful photos of  the thousands who marched on Washington D.C. with Dr. King, Jr. to fight for equality.

The Kansas African American Museum | 601 N. Water | Wichita | KS | 67203

MLK March

Saturday, January 14
10:00 a.m. TKAAM

 View the exhibit "And Freedom For All: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" and perform our own march from the Museum to the Chester Lewis Reflection Square.Service Project

Annual MLK Celebration

Sunday, January 15
7:00 p.m.
Orpheum Theater

Enjoy great music, awards, and presentations while we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The entire King celebration will be dedicated to inspiring the community to reach their greatest potential through the spirit of unity and equality.

Service Project

Monday, January 16
4:00 p.m.

TKAAM

This year's service project is called "Freedom Quilt - The Gift of Warmth and Hope." In honor of Dr. King's last days fighting for those in poverty, participants will be creating quilt squares for an African American-style "Freedom Quilt." Individuals are also encouraged to bring a blanket to donate.

DSA National Convention

Occupy Wichita

  (more videos and photos here)

Videos

Videos from April 5 teach-in on debt, austerity, and corporate greed with Frances Fox Pivien, Cornell West, Richard Trumka, and Noble Prize-winning economist Jeffrey Sachs.

Reading Group

Want to learn more about critical issues from a democratic socialist perspective? Interested in discussing issues with like-minded progressives. Then the new Wichita DSA reading group might be just the thing for you. Sometimes we read books, sometimes pamphlets, sometimes articles. Regardless, its educational and fun.

January 28 Thomas Frank, Pity the Poor Billionaire: The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right 12 noon Riverisde Perk 1144 N. Betting Wichita

February 24 Michael Harrington, Socialism: Past and Future

March 25 Michael Harrington, Socialism: Past and Future

More about the reading group