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Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center

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210 South 45th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States Get Directions

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  • COMPA Philly Language Justice Cooperative Launch

    Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center 210 South 45th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Welcome to the Compa Philly Language Cooperative Launch! Join us at Making Worlds Cooperative Bookstore & Social Center for an exciting event where we’ll be introducing our new language cooperative to the Philly community. Whether you’re a language enthusiast, someone involved in social justice movements, or just curious about what we do, this is the perfect opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and learn more about our cooperative. Come celebrate with us and be a part of this special occasion!

    Free

  • History of Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement

    Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center 210 South 45th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Join Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA) on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, at 7pm, for our first public event of 2024: "History of Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement". The teach-in is at Making Worlds Bookstore- and we're very excited to say that it will led by Abbas Naqvi, from Philly Muslim Freedom Fund and Philly BDS, and Nathaniel, from Up Against the Law and Philly Palestine Coalition . We can't wait to see and learn with you. -- Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led nonviolent movement to apply international economic and political pressure to Israel until it is

    Free

  • Art of Resistance with Beehive Design Collective

    Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center 210 South 45th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    You are invited to join the Beehive Design Collective as they present their newly released 10 Year Anniversary edition of “MesoAmerica Resiste!”, their new book, “The True Cost of Coal”. The Bees use their massive, collaboratively produced, and intricately detailed fabric murals to tell complex global stories of stories of resistance, resilience, and solidarity. Packed with nature metaphors, peoples histories, and teeming with biodiversity, these images offer the foundation for an event of participatory discussion, poetic storytelling, and popular education. The Beehive storytellers will guide you through their huge graphic illustrations, telling dozens of stories from the frontlines of destructive

    donation suggested but free

  • Reparative Universities Book Launch with Ariana Gonzalez Stokas

    Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center 210 South 45th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Stokas undertakes a critical and decolonial analysis of DEI work, linking contemporary practices of diversity to longer colonial histories.In Reparative Universities, Ariana González Stokas undertakes a critical and decolonial analysis of DEI work, linking contemporary practices of diversity to longer colonial histories. González Stokas argues that diversity is an insufficient concept for efforts concerned with anti-oppression, anti-racism, equity, and decolonization. Given its historical ties to colonialism, can higher education be locations for unraveling, repair and redistribution?About the author: Ariana González Stokas has spent the last two decades working in institutions as a faculty member and senior-level DEI administrator committed to