We're thrilled to welcome the Chiapas Media Project to 2640!  The CMP/Promedios, an award winning, bi-national partnership that provides video equipment, computers, and training enabling marginalized indigenous and campesino communities in Southern Mexico to create their own media, is currently distributing 30 indigenous videos productions worldwide. Alexandra Halkin, Founding Director/International Coordinator, will present (video works from across Southern Mexico? or alternate description) and discuss the role of indigenous media and self-representation, the effects of globalization in the context of the current socio-political situation in Mexico, the effects of the war on drugs on indigenous communities, and US foreign policy and its ramifications on both Mexico and Cuba.

<div align="left"><p><font size="2">What does it mean to have, or to love, a black body? Taking on the challenge of interpreting the black body&#39;s dramatic role in American culture are thirty black, white, and biracial contributors&mdash;award-winning actors, artists, writers, and comedians&mdash;including voices as varied as President Obama&rsquo;s inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander, actor and bestselling author Hill Harper, political strategist Kimball Stroud, television producer Joel Lipman, former <em>Saturday Night</em> Live writer Anne Beatts, and singer-songwriter Jason Luckett.</font></p><p><font size="2">Ranging from deeply serious to playful, sometimes hilarious, musings, these essays explore myriad issues with wisdom and a deep sense of history. Meri Nana-Ama Danquah&rsquo;s unprecedented collection illuminates the diversity of identities and individual experiences that define the black body in our culture.</font></p></div>

<p>The Beehive Collective--possibly the biggest name in the business of making the biggest banners--will be coming to Baltimore this Tuesday!&nbsp;&nbsp; The Beehive Design Collective is a non-profit, volunteer driven, political arts organization based in eastern Maine. The group&rsquo;s mission is to &ldquo;cross pollinate the grassroots&rdquo; through the creation of images as an effective medium for deconstructing and educating the public about complex geopolitical issues.</p>