BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Political Jar - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://politicaljar.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Political Jar REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Dakar BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T090000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250319T015859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T121445Z UID:16037-1742374800-1742374800@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:In-Town Pool Call Time DESCRIPTION:In-Town Pool URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/in-town-pool-call-time-28/ LOCATION:The White House END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T090000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250319T053106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T121444Z UID:16057-1742374800-1742374800@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:In-Town Pool Call Time DESCRIPTION:In-Town Pool URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/in-town-pool-call-time-29/ LOCATION:The White House END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T110000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250319T015859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T121446Z UID:16038-1742382000-1742382000@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:The President receives his Intelligence Briefing DESCRIPTION:Closed Press URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/the-president-receives-his-intelligence-briefing-2/ LOCATION:Oval Office END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T110000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250319T015900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T121447Z UID:16039-1742382000-1742382000@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:The President receives his Intelligence Briefing DESCRIPTION:Closed Press URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/the-president-receives-his-intelligence-briefing-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T130000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250319T015901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T163047Z UID:16040-1742389200-1742389200@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:Press Briefing by the White House Press Secretary DESCRIPTION:On Camera URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/press-briefing-by-the-white-house-press-secretary-6/ LOCATION:James S. Brady Press Briefing Room END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T130000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250319T015902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T163048Z UID:16041-1742389200-1742389200@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:Press Briefing by the White House Press Secretary DESCRIPTION:On Camera URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/press-briefing-by-the-white-house-press-secretary-7/ LOCATION:James S. Brady Press Briefing Room END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T143000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250125T175836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T094429Z UID:6056-1742389200-1742394600@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:Master Political Reputation Management with Kateryna Odarchenko DESCRIPTION:Join this exclusive masterclass led by international political strategist Kateryna Odarchenko. URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/master-political-reputation-management-with-kateryna-odarchenko-4/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://politicaljar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/26abbae0f780af9e74e71017f6970639.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T203000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250315T214604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T214604Z UID:15299-1742405400-1742416200@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS AND PRISON ACTIVISTS DESCRIPTION:An interactive event featuring political prisoner Shaka Shakur about how we can build bridges between activists and political prisoners.\n\n\nThis hybrid event will feature a short documentary\, a Q/A session with Shaka Shakur and activists who are working for his freedom\, and tons of ways folks can plug in to local and national movements for justice for incarcerated people. \nTimeline: \nFood: 5:30-6 pm \nDocumentary Screening: 6-6:45 pm \nQ/A and Discussion: 7-8ish pm \nTime for folks to sign up to get involved\, continue discussion\, etc.: 8-9 p.m. \n \nIF YOU CAN’T ATTEND IN PERSON\, WE WILL HAVE A ZOOM LINK FOR YOU TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY\, SO PLEASE RSVP TO THIS EVENT! URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/community-support-for-political-prisoners-and-prison-activists/ LOCATION:Academic Learning Commons – VCU\, 1000 Floyd Avenue\, Richmond\, VA\, 23220\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://politicaljar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ce65082d00bf57fbeef122ee1ab49464.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T193000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250126T211520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250126T211520Z UID:6506-1742407200-1742412600@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:Great Decisions with Daniel Drezner|US Changing Leadership in World Economy DESCRIPTION:Join WorldBoston for a timely Great Decisions program on U.S. Changing Leadership in the World’s Economy featuring Dr. Daniel Drezner.\n\n\n\nUnder President Biden\, the U.S. has advanced new ideas about trade\, technology\, industrial policy\, competition with China\, and the organization of the world economy. For most of the postwar era\, the U.S. has tied its global leadership to cooperative agendas aimed at creating a more open-world trading system\, but that has apparently come to an end. What are America’s options and opportunities as a leader of the world economy? How will America’s “foreign policy for the middle class” and strategic competition with China impact its leadership role? How can the postwar rules and institutions of the world economy be made safe for economic nationalism and great power competition? \nJoin us for a timely discussion of this topic with Dr. Daniel Drezner\, Distinguished Professor of International Politics and Associate Dean of Research at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. This program will feature an expert presentation\, live audience Q&A\, and time for networking and discussion with other globally-oriented participants in the Newsfeed Café. \nThis program is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required. \nThe program will be live-streamed to Zoom from 6:00-7:00 PM. To attend virtually\, please register here. \n\n\n\nDaniel W. Drezner is Professor of International Politics\, a nonresident senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs\, and the co-director of Fletcher’s Russia and Eurasia Program. Prior to joining The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, he taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has previously held positions with Civic Education Project\, the RAND Corporation and the U.S. Department of the Treasury\, and received fellowships from the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, Council on Foreign Relations\, and Harvard University. Drezner has written seven books\, including All Politics is Global and Theories of International Politics and Zombies\, and edited three others\, including The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence. He has published articles in numerous scholarly journals as well as in the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Politico\, and Foreign Affairs\, and has been a regular contributor to Foreign Policy and the Washington Post. He received his B.A. in political economy from Williams College and an M.A. in economics and PhD in political science from Stanford University. URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/great-decisions-with-daniel-dreznerus-changing-leadership-in-world-economy/ LOCATION:Boston Public Library\, Rabb Hall\, 700 Boylston Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://politicaljar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/de9112377b654be64ddfe15d8e10f5fb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T194500 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250304T025418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T025418Z UID:13198-1742409000-1742413500@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:Trapped: Does the Security Industry Make Us Less Safe? DESCRIPTION:Setha Low and Mark Maguire in Conversation\n\n\nCan security be bought? At this moment when people are nervous about their safety\, authors Setha Low and Mark Maguire discuss how security has become a commodity\, causing both those with and those without it to live in fear. In their new book\, Trapped: Life Under Security Capitalism and How to Escape It\, they explore — in interviews with police\, private contractors\, and ordinary citizens — how the security-industrial-complex actually increases anxiety — and what can be done to break down walls for a freer\, safer\, and more just society. Low\, a distinguished professor of psychology\, anthropology\, earth and environmental sciences\, and women’s and gender studies at the CUNY Graduate Center\, and Maguire\, a professor anthropology at Maynooth University in Ireland\, speak with Alex S. Vitale\, a professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. \n \nPresented with the Ph.D. Program in Anthropology\, the Ph.D. Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences\, and the Public Space Research Group. URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/trapped-does-the-security-industry-make-us-less-safe/ LOCATION:Martin E. Segal Theatre Center\, 365 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://politicaljar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/418ae55167a16fd7204ad27268dc5a3a.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250319T200000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250126T210149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250126T210149Z UID:6464-1742410800-1742414400@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:Pandemic Political Education Book Club DESCRIPTION:Read books to learn lessons from HIV/AIDS Activism and Disability Justice. URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/pandemic-political-education-book-club-2/ LOCATION:Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe\, 511 West 200 South\, #Suite 120\, Salt Lake City\, UT\, 84101\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://politicaljar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/93cc9a7c223a05fb70f55dd2650a0b90.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Dakar:20250319T230000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Dakar:20250320T010000 DTSTAMP:20260502T080947 CREATED:20250315T213533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T213533Z UID:15279-1742425200-1742432400@politicaljar.com SUMMARY:The Anti-Caste Collective: Reading\, Reflection\, and Action (2025) DESCRIPTION:Come join us for this book club experience designed to build anti-caste capacity!\n\n\n\n \nThe Invitation\nWith the continued rise of the multi-racial right\, and specifically Hindutva politics and rhetoric in diasporan communities\, we felt called to launch The Anti-Caste Collective\, with the intention to build a community in Canada that is committed to interrogating\, disrupting and dismantling systems of supremacy. A community where each person’s dignity\, safety\, and belonging needs matter. \nLeena Sharma Seth (she/they) and Adeeta Aulakh( she/her)\, of Mending the Chasm\, invite you to join this virtual five-session facilitated book club experience. \nThese sessions offer a space\, specifically for caste-privileged members of the South Asian Community and Allies from other communities to learn about\, interrogate\, and to work together to identify\, interrupt and end caste oppression in our communities\, schools\, institutions\, and most importantly\, our culture. All so that we can work to embody active Allyship with caste-oppressed communities. \nTo ensure that we are creating an intimate and accountable container for this work\, we are limiting this to a maximum of 12 participants. \nThis experience is for you if you: \n\nIdentify as someone who is caste-privileged or from the caste system and are ready to learn more about the history and impact of caste\, for the purpose of building your anti-caste practice.\nAre passionate about practicing social justice that is inclusive and intersectional\nIdentify as someone from outside of the caste systemand are working to be an Ally to those who are harmed by caste (white bodies\, Black bodies\, Indigenous bodies\, Brown bodies etc.)\n\nWe are passionate about holding healing-centred space that empowers us to build deeper equity\, inclusion\, and belonging- abundant communities and cultures. We: \n\nRecognize that we are humble students on this journey and trying to do better work today than we did yesterday.\nAre working to have better conversations today than we did yesterday.\nStrive to cultivate deeper compassion for self and others\n\nCommunity-building\, community-healing and community transformation work can only happen in community and so this is where you come in. \n\n\n\nAbout The Anti-Caste Collective\nWe are a community space dedicated to dismantling caste-based oppression through shared learning\, dialogue\, and action. Activities we organize include book clubs\, guest speakers\, community organizing\, and facilitated dialogues. \nThe intention of this collective is to create opportunities for deep reflection and meaningful discussion\, whether you’re personally impacted by caste oppression or working to become an Ally. \nOur humble aim is to serve as a platform to build solidarity\, inspire collective action\, and drive transformative change. Grounded in a posture of accountability\, the collective welcomes diverse voices and perspectives\, emphasizing education\, empathy\, and justice. \n \nThe Book\nWe welcome emergence on this journey and our initial offering will focus on the book The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Mediation of Survivorship\, Healing and Abolition by Thenmozhi (pronounced Then-mauri) Soundararajan\, published in 2022. \nDalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan\, founder of Equality Labs\, puts forth a call to awaken and act\, not just for readers in South Asia\, but all around the world. She ties Dalit oppression to fights for liberation among Black\, Indigenous\, Latinx\, femme\, and Queer communities\, examining caste from a feminist\, abolitionist\, and Dalit Buddhist perspective—and laying bare the grief\, trauma\, rage\, and stolen futures enacted by Brahminical patriarchy and social structures on the caste-oppressed. \n\n\n\nMeet Your Hosts and Facilitators\nL eena Sharma Seth (She/Her)\, Principal & Founder\, Mending the Chasm\nLeena is a settler who is cisgender\, heterosexual\, able-bodied\, and a child of hindu\, pnjabi (India)\, and brahmin immigrants. Leena brings a set of lived and intersectional experiences to her work as a facilitator\, strategist\, and process designer in the equity\, justice\, inclusion and belonging space. Leena’s practice is grounded in the belief that equity work is sacred and that healing\, wholeness\, and embodiment are critical to creating a just and inclusive present and future. \nWith over twenty years of experience in various leadership roles\, both in Canada and in Asia\, Leena has worked to advance equity in non-profit\, consulting\, education\, philanthropy\, and supplier diversity spaces. \nLeena has a Masters in Conflict Analysis & Management from Royal Roads\, achieved her Canadian Certified Inclusion Professional (CCIP) designation with the Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion\, has received her Pride at Work certification\, completed the 4 Seasons of Reconciliation program via First Nations University\, and completed an Embodied Social Justice Certificate with Transformative Programs (led by Rev. Angel Kyodo). \nAs a part of her personal commitment to this work\, Leena has been working with fellow South Asians to examine tensions between the ways Brown bodies\, caste-privileged bodies\, and northern Indians are both privileged and impacted by systems of oppression\, and also perpetuating anti-Black racism\, and to work intentionally to disrupt anti-Black racism and to collectively heal from the harmful impacts of colonization\, patriarchy and white supremacy. \nHer work in community-building has been recognized by MP Karina Gould with the Sesquicentennial Citizenship award\, the Women’s Centre of Halton – 150 Years of Exemplary Women award\, and the 2021 Mayor’s Community Service Award\, Burlington Chamber of Commerce. \nLeena is raising two social justice warriors with her partner Sanjay and is proud to call Burlington\, Ontario home. \n \nAdeeta Aulakh (she/her)\, Associate\, Mending the Chasm\nAdeeta is a settler with West Indian and South Asian heritage\, who is cisgender\, heterosexual\, and able-bodied. Adeeta is an Occupational Therapist\, and worked clinically in the mental health field before moving to a career in local health systems planning. Her experiences as a Mental Health Therapist have developed her understanding and appreciation of the holistic nature of health and the impact of social determinants of health on individuals’ health and wellness. She brings an equity lens to her work and is dedicated to her own life long learning around equity\, trauma and healing. \nAdeeta has a Masters of Health Science in Health Administration from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Toronto. She has completed numerous trainings to expand her clinical therapy skills and anti-oppression related training on anti-black racism\, becoming gender affirming and Indigenous cultural safety training. \nAdeeta is grateful to share space with others on their learning journey around caste\, caste oppression\, and Allyship as a facilitator of The Anti-Caste Collective series. \n\n\n\n \nSession Flow\nEach session will be two hours (2 hours) and the agenda will flow like this: \n\nWelcome & Land Acknowledgement\nCommunity Assumptions & Agreements\nEmbodiment/Somatic Practice\nOpening Reflection\nSession Theme Discussion\nClosing Reflection\n\n \nBelow is a thematic overview of each of six the sessions.\n \nSession 1\, Wednesday\, March 19th\, 7pm – 9pm: Setting the Container for our Work Together\nIn this first session\, we will spend time connecting\, co-creating guidelines for engagement (we will share Mending the Chasm’s Community Assumptions and Agreements before-hand)\, sharing our respective why’s for this journey\, and what we are working to be active commitments to in this work. \n \nSession 2\, Wednesday\, April 9th\, 7pm – 9pm: Meditation 1: The Existence of Caste\nTogether we’ll review the first section of the book and explore responses to set questions from the worksheet that Thenmozhi has so generously provided to help us better understand some of the ways we’ve each been socialized (consciously and subconsciously) around caste and the foundational stories we tell ourselves about caste and our place in the system. \n \nSession 3\, Wednesday\, April 30\, 7pm – 9pm: Meditation II: The Source of Caste\nIn this session we’ll explore the sources of caste in various faiths\, including caste pyramids from different South Asian countries\, and we’ll also explore Dalit Liberation Theology. We’ll use a set of guided questions to discuss insights that came up for each of us as we moved through this section. \n \nSession 4\, Wednesday\, May 21st\,7pm – 9pm: Meditation III: From Wounds to Liberation\nIn this session we’ll explore the impact of identities that intersect with caste\, the disproportionate impact and harm caused by caste\, and the ways caste oppression intersects with climate justice and many other movements for justice and equity. We’ll use a set of guided questions to hold space to hear from each other about the insights that came up for each of us as we read this section. \n \nSession 5\, Wednesday\, June 11th\, 7pm9pm: Meditation IV: The End of Caste and Closing the Container\nIn this session we’llmove through a set of questions to guide our discussion and consider what it means to fight for a world where choice and consent are every human’s birth right. What does it mean to end caste oppression? We’ll share reflections on the journey\, consider the ways our thinking and practice around caste have shifted\, discuss active commitments we’re making going forward\, and close our container for this shared experience. \n\n\n\nRegistration and Cost\nIf you register before February 28th\, the early bird rate for this seriesis $249 CDN. \nMarch 1st\, 2025 and on\, the cost for this series is $299.00 CDN. \n20% of every registration will go to SADAN – South Asian Dalit Adivasi Network of Canada. \nWe are committed to supporting barrier-free access to this experience\, if you would like to access a sliding scale fee\, please contact Anna at anna@mendingthechasm.ca. URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/the-anti-caste-collective-reading-reflection-and-action-2025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://politicaljar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ba38529b975b1cf7db5cd86d2cb77849.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR