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CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Proje
 ct (ACRP) will debut a documentary film titled Resolved: Never Again that
  brings a fresh perspective to the history of the United States.  In Reso
 lved: Never Again\, filmmaker Robin Hamilton explores the port city's inv
 olvement in slavery and the domestic slave trade until the Civil War\, an
  era followed by decades of racial terror when the lynchings of Joseph Mc
 Coy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The evening opens at 5:30 with a Fund
 raising Reception\, the film begins at 7 p.m. followed by a panel discuss
 ion that will end at 8:30 p.m. \n\nThe film also captures the impact of t
 he Equal Justice Initiative's Remembrance Movement on our community from 
 exposing these uncomfortable truths\, to honoring the lives and deaths of
  Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas with historic markers\, a soil collecti
 on and a pilgrimage by nearly 200 community members and high school stude
 nts to Montgomery\, Ala. to deliver the sacred soil to the National Memor
 ial for Peace and Justice. \n\nInterviews with Mayor Justin Wilson\, form
 er Police Chief Don Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the importance
  of acknowledging and taking responsibility for the past actions and inac
 tions of their counterparts as we move toward reconciling. Another featur
 e of the film focuses on descendants of Joseph McCoy\, and how their fami
 ly learned about their connection to this history and to Alexandria. Debr
 a White\, a spokesperson for the McCoy family\, talks about joining Alexa
 ndrians to engage with this history to join together for a better future.
  \n\nSee below for details and ticket prices.\n \nAttend the film and pan
 el discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10\n\nMeet Robin Hamilto
 n\, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Productions\, and many of those
  who are featured in the film at a Fundraising Reception prior to the deb
 ut while enjoying spirits and appetizers\, get preferred seating for the 
 screening and panel discussion\, as well as a promotional poster signed b
 y Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $100\n\nExperienc
 e the Fundraising Reception with those featured in the film and Robin Ham
 ilton\, spirits and appetizers\, receive a signed promotional poster\, pr
 eferred seating for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as reser
 ved parking near the event entrance. Evening events begin at 5:30 p.m. Ti
 ckets $250\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a ci
 ty-wide initiative dedicated to helping Alexandria understand its history
  of racial terror hate crimes and to work toward creating a welcoming com
 munity bound by equity and inclusion. The ACRP is part of the African Ame
 rican History Division. \n\n\n\nLocation: George Washington Masonic Memor
 ial\nFees: $10 - $250\n\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Black 
 History\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandr
 ia\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase tickets here\nhttps://crm.bloomerang.co/
 HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e-11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&WidgetId=1
 0312705\n
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LOCATION:George Washington Masonic Memorial
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Documentary Film Debut
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785</a><br />\n<br />The Alexan
 dria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) will debut a documentary film t
 itled Resolved: Never Again that brings a fresh perspective to the histor
 y of the United States.  In Resolved: Never Again\, filmmaker Robin Hamil
 ton explores the port city?s involvement in slavery and the domestic slav
 e trade until the Civil War\, an era followed by decades of racial terror
  when the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The e
 vening opens at 5:30 with a Fundraising Reception\, the film begins at 7 
 p.m. followed by a panel discussion that will end at 8:30 p.m. \n<br />\n
 <br />The film also captures the impact of the Equal Justice Initiative?s
  Remembrance Movement on our community from exposing these uncomfortable 
 truths\, to honoring the lives and deaths of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Th
 omas with historic markers\, a soil collection and a pilgrimage by nearly
  200 community members and high school students to Montgomery\, Ala. to d
 eliver the sacred soil to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. \n
 <br />\n<br />Interviews with Mayor Justin Wilson\, former Police Chief D
 on Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the importance of acknowledging
  and taking responsibility for the past actions and inactions of their co
 unterparts as we move toward reconciling. Another feature of the film foc
 uses on descendants of Joseph McCoy\, and how their family learned about 
 their connection to this history and to Alexandria. Debra White\, a spoke
 sperson for the McCoy family\, talks about joining Alexandrians to engage
  with this history to join together for a better future. \n<br />\n<br />
 See below for details and ticket prices.\n<br /> \n<br />Attend the film 
 and panel discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10\n<br />\n<br /
 >Meet Robin Hamilton\, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Productions\
 , and many of those who are featured in the film at a Fundraising Recepti
 on prior to the debut while enjoying spirits and appetizers\, get preferr
 ed seating for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as a promotio
 nal poster signed by Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Ticket
 s $100\n<br />\n<br />Experience the Fundraising Reception with those fea
 tured in the film and Robin Hamilton\, spirits and appetizers\, receive a
  signed promotional poster\, preferred seating for the screening and pane
 l discussion\, as well as reserved parking near the event entrance. Eveni
 ng events begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $250\n<br />\n<br />The Alexandria C
 ommunity Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a city-wide initiative dedicated t
 o helping Alexandria understand its history of racial terror hate crimes 
 and to work toward creating a welcoming community bound by equity and inc
 lusion. The ACRP is part of the African American History Division. \n<br 
 />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial\n<
 br />Fees: $10 - $250\n<br />\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />T
 ags: Arts\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Museums\, Old &
 amp\; Historic Alexandria<br>\n<a href="https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedD
 onation?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e-11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&amp\;WidgetId=103
 12705">Purchase tickets here</a><br>\n
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