As we mark our nation’s 230th birthday, Tractivists have been cooking up our own way to honor our nation’s history and great potential…
On July 8th, a massive horde of the Triangle’s finest actors (including some Tractivists) will present a staged reading of selections from VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, directed by the fabulous Jay O’Berski of Manbites Dog Theater.
Best of all, it’s a benefit for Traction! $15 Donation at the door. We’ll have some food and drinks there too, so you’ll have several ways to show some love.
The deets:
Saturday, July 8, 8:00 pm
Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster St., Durham
The show will be a Best Bet in next week’s INDEPENDENT and we expect to sell out. And there are no advance sales or reservations for the general public. BUT for Tractivists who make a reservation and sign a loyalty oath, we’ll hold a limited number of seats until 7:45pm. (Just kidding about the oath.) Send your reservation to peoples@getTraction.org
If you’ve never read Howard Zinn’s ground-breaking book, today’s your lucky day. If you HAVE read it, you know how powerful this event will be. These are the voices of struggle, of “unimportant” people mostly absent from our history books. These voices help us remember that, in Zinn’s words, “people who seem to have no power, whether working people, people of color, or women — once they organize and protest and create movements — have a voice no government can suppress.”
Send your reservation NOW. Aren’t you feeling more patriotic already?
Special thanks to Seven Stories Press, Anthony Arnove and Howard Zinn himself for giving us their blessing!