The Talking Drums Newsletter

05/29/2026

If you're looking to get involved locally, connect and join the next Sacramento Poor People's Campaign Meeting

The Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign’s Zoom Meeting
When: Monday, June 8, 2026, 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Speaker: Dr. Erin Rose Ellison, Professor, and students from Sacramento State, discussing the Morrison Creek Environmental Justice Project (Engaging school-age students from Elder Creek Elementary School)

Please register to attend our next Zoom Meeting

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jC-UMYKhQqmY4fvGek5WYQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For more info, please email: SacPPC2019@gmail.com.
Thank you

05/28/2026

Family members, longtime comrades, movement veterans, scholars, and admirers of Assata Shakur plan to gather at Riverside Church on May 30 for a public celebration of her life — a memorial that will affirm the political life Shakur spent decades defending.
Entitled “Carry It On,” the event takes its name from Shakur’s poem “The Tradition,” which appears at the end of her 1987 book, “Assata: An Autobiography.”
See more here: https://bit.ly/42QG88u

Family members, longtime comrades, movement veterans, scholars, and admirers of Assata Shakur plan to gather at Riverside Church on May 30 for a public celebration of her life — a memorial that will affirm the political life Shakur spent decades defending.

Entitled “Carry It On,” the event takes its name from Shakur’s poem “The Tradition,” which appears at the end of her 1987 book, “Assata: An Autobiography.”

See more here: https://bit.ly/42QG88u

05/28/2026

Join Black Parallel School Board (BPSB) at the SCUSD Board Meeting on June 4, 2026, at 6PM at the Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95824. Come speak on the District’s Budget and Solvency Plan and support Black Students. Make your voice heard. To RSVP or for more information, call (916) 484-3729 or visit www.blackparallelschoolboard.com. Thank you, and join us on June 4!!!

05/28/2026

05/22/2026

SJPC is excited to be partnering with We Are California for a Party to the Polls!
YOUR VOTE MATTERS – more than you think! In a game every point matters and so does every vote. Join us on Saturday, May 30 from 1 - 3pm at Shift Coffee House to meet up with neighbors, enjoy some music, food, and then head to the polls together to vote!
Register at ➡️ https://buff.ly/VbG0ePf

SJPC is excited to be partnering with We Are California for a Party to the Polls!

YOUR VOTE MATTERS – more than you think! In a game every point matters and so does every vote. Join us on Saturday, May 30 from 1 - 3pm at Shift Coffee House to meet up with neighbors, enjoy some music, food, and then head to the polls together to vote!

Register at ➡️ https://buff.ly/VbG0ePf

05/22/2026

Sacramento, this is BIG.

Walter Mosley is coming LIVE to the Guild Theater 🔥

🗓 May 28
📍 Sacramento

An unforgettable conversation on storytelling, identity, and his new book Ghalen: A Romance in Black.

PLUS — we’re going nationwide 🌍
Broadcasting to 30 Black-owned bookstores + streaming live for readers everywhere.

Pull up or tap in… either way, don’t miss this.