The Brandeis University Men of Color Alliance

Join us today for a conversation on Black Lives Zoom link below

Password is Equality

https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/97992681642?pwd=NmlUZ0U1QzRJT25JZ0tUa2JXeXdQZz09

Brandeis Men of Color Alliance would like to invite you to a discussion on Black Lives this Wednesday. Zoom link will be provided on our Instagram and page.

Join BAASA, MOCA, and WOCA for this year's BAASA October Discussion! We will be talking about how men of color have been affected by stereotypes in regards to their masculinity.

Still hungry after discussion? We will be serving mac & cheese from Blue Ribbon, Korean fried chicken from Bonchon, and boba (original, jasmine, and taro milk tea) from Kung Fu Tea!

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Our Monthly MOCA Dinner is tomorrow night in Ridgewood Commons ! Can’t wait to see you all. Bring a friend. ✊🏾

The Brandeis University Men of Color Alliance updated their business hours.

This 19-year-old wants to become the D.C. Council’s first Latino member Angel Henriquez earned a 'Right Direction' award for getting young people and D.C.’s Latino community involved in local politics.

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TO ALL THE MALE-IDENTIFYING POCs!!!!!!

We’re having an Evening of Power this Friday. It’s finna be a great time. Free food and some great speakers. Come through and bring a friend.

Wednesday. 8pm. Be there.

MOCA Man of the Day
Day #27: Marion Barry:

Marion Barry born in Mississippi became the first Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He was also was involved in the Free DC movement which was a movement that gave DC residents the right to elect a 13 member city council and elect a mayor which before 1974 DC residents were only able to vote for school broad and President. Barry served as A Member of the DC State Board of Education then served as the first At Large Council Member for the first elected DC Council.

Barry served 4 terms as Mayor of DC giving him the nickname Mayor For Life during his years as mayor he grew the Black middle class and his administration was able to create many opportunities for the Black community.

Written by Angel Henriquez

MOCA Man of the Day
Day #27: Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington is an American actor, director and producer. He has received a number of awards and has received critical acclaim for his film work and portrayals of real-life figures.

MOCA Man of the Day
Day #26: Marcus Garvey

A Jamaican-born political leader, Garvey was the first president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He is the inspiration for the ideologies of black nationalism referred to as Garveyism. The economic and political policies in Garveyism include repatriation for the descendents of African slaves and empowerment of African Americans.

MOCA Man of the Day
Day #25: Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens was an Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games for track and field, and is credited with singlehandedly destroying Hitler’s myth of A***n supremacy. A little known fact is that his name was actually JC [James Cleveland] Owens and that the name Jesse came when his family moved to Ohio from their native Alabama as a school teacher could not parse JC’s southern accent.

MOCA Man of the Day
Day #24: W. E.B. Du Bois

The first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard University, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a renowned sociologist, Pan-Africanist, and public intellectual in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. His contributions include The Souls of Black Folk, Black Reconstruction in America, and The Crisis.

MOCA Man of the Day
Day #23: Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye is a renowned singer, songwriter, and record producer. He, along with Stevie Wonder paved the way for many of today’s musicians by freeing himself of his record label, and allowing further proliferation of the Motown music scene. A posthumous winner of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award, his contributions to the musical world have been etched in stone.

MOCA Man of the Day
Day 22: Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali was an America professional boxer. In addition to being one of the greatest to ever pick up the gloves, he was an activist and philanthropist. Ali was known for his overwhelming self-confidence and his unapologetic demeanor. He was played by Will Smith in his 2001 biopic "Ali."

MOCA Man of the Day
Day 21: 2pac

Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper, poet and actor. Considered by many to be one of the greatest rappers of all times, he has a plethora of iconic songs that make him a household name such as "Dear Mama," "California Love," and "Keep Ya Head Up." He also starred in projects like "Poetic Justice" and "Juice."

MOCA Man of the Day
Day #20: Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican Singer-Songwriter who brought reggae music to the entire globe. He also shaped many perceptions of Rastafarianism and Jamaican culture with his social commentary, the spirituality of his music, and his life’s path that took him from Jamaica to America, then Europe, etc.