Ubuntu Institute for Community Development

06/05/2026

First Up!

05/19/2026

Investigative reporter and documentary producer Greg Palast does a great report on how voting system is tampered with.

Private organizations and Algorithms

Interview mark 2:25

Podcast Episode · The Carl Nelson Show · May 13 · 2h 58m

05/19/2026

Reminder Note to Self -
You have to be recognized as a Real Human Being first In order for civil laws to apply.

Gratitude For the many lessons on Human Rights - still learning.

Happy 101 Born Day, Ancestor ❤
Malcolm X, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz;
May 19, 1925 See less

05/13/2026

04/29/2026

Hosted by the South Carolina Coalition for a Black Agenda. Join us for two powerful days, statewide, streets-to-the-suites, gathering of sisters and brothers, of Black leaders, organizers, scholars, youth, faith leaders, artists, workers, labor representatives, and policy advocates as we collectively define a shared Black Agenda—anchored in our history, shaped by lived experience, and focused on transformative solutions for the future of our community.

Dates: June 26-27, 2026

Location; Historic Reid Chapel AME Church
704 Gabriel St, Columbia, SC 29203

Registration required. Do not use the get tickets link.
Please use this link: https://scrba-registration.netlify.app

Childcare will be provided.

For more information, email [email protected]
or call 864-901-8627 or 864-735-5520

04/24/2026

03/16/2026

https://mailchi.mp/uicd.org/womens-history-featuring-ejim-dike-21-march-2026Women's History Month @ Ubuntu Institute for Community Development featuring Ejim D**e
Ejim D**e is a human rights strategist who has committed over 20 years to strengthening a people-centered human rights movement. She has coordinated the participation of civil society and directly impacted communities in several international human rights mechanisms, including treaty bodies, the Universal Periodic Review, Special Mechanisms, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

03/04/2026

Displaced by Design:
Fifty years of gentrification and Black cultural displacement in US cities - May 2025

Study show how 500 Black neighborhoods vanished In 45 Years

A new analysis of gentrification and displacement since 1980 -- with interactive maps.

02/23/2026

Thank you for your powerful and thought-provoking presentation. Your exploration of the intentional disruption of historical memory—particularly how systems of power fragment, distort, and at times deliberately erase collective narratives—was deeply illuminating.

We especially appreciated how you situated these disruptions within broader political, legal, and cultural processes that shape what is preserved, institutionalized, or omitted from public consciousness. Your analysis made clear that historical memory is not neutral or accidental, but structured, contested, and continuously produced.

The discussion of how similar forms of erasure persist today—through curricular exclusions, archival silences, policy framing, and media representation—was both compelling and timely. It offered a meaningful framework for understanding how the past and present intersect in shaping public understanding.

Thank you again for sharing your scholarship and insight. Your work provides an essential lens for examining how power operates through memory and narrative.

UICD

02/21/2026

Dr. George Lee Johnson, Jr. explores the intentional disruption of historical memory—how systems of power have fragmented, distorted, and, at times, deliberately erased collective narratives. It situates these disruptions within broader political, legal, and cultural processes that influence what is preserved, institutionalized, or omitted from public consciousness. We will also consider how similar forms of erasure persist today through curricular exclusions, archival silences, policy framing, and media representation, recognizing that historical memory is structured, contested, and continuously produced.
Rather than advancing a single conclusion, this conversation invites shared inquiry and reflection. Together, we will consider how communities can participate in recovering, preserving, and transmitting their histories through engagement with elders, family records, local archives, cultural institutions, and community spaces that serve as living repositories of identity. The aim is to encourage thoughtful participation—so that memory becomes not only something we study, but something we collectively steward and carry forward.

Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
269 S Church St, 3rd Floor Confernce Room
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Call 864-621-0849 or 864-906-7716 for entry