Ebb Pod Productions LLC is looking to hire an events coordinator for the award-winning documentary film, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North.

This position entails coordinating screening events and programs associated with the film. The organization, using the film as a resource, is committed to advancing the cause of racial justice and reconciliation. Events will include screenings, speaking engagements, workshops, etc. featuring the filmmaker, family members from the film, and staff members. Events will take place at schools and universities, museums, workplaces, community centers, religious congregations, film festivals and other venues.

For more information, please see the job’s position announcement.

The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution apologizing for the nation’s history of slavery and racial discrimination.

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Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has introduced a resolution into the U.S. Senate under which Congress would apologize for the nation’s history of slavery and racial discrimination.

The resolution acknowledges the nation’s long and brutal history of slavery and racial discrimination and apologizes to black Americans “on behalf of the people of the United States.”

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