The Parent Leadership Training Institute of Alexandria

10/22/2025

What does "Black Power" actually mean?
SNCC Veteran Karen Spellman explains it means:
* Controlling your own destiny
* Organizing in your community
* Becoming a united front
* Organizing for political power
* Embracing the Black aesthetic
RSVP to join us this Friday for the next session in the Friday Toolkit Teach-In Series exploring the SNCC and Grassroots Organizing Black Power Toolkit.
https://vimeo.com/228880460?fl=pl&fe=sh
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In July 2016, SNCC veterans came to Duke University for critical oral history sessions to discuss how Black empowerment, in many different forms, was at the heart…

10/22/2025

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A Community Education Series: SNCC Archive & Grassroots OrganizingThe Archive & Grassroots Organizing of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)A 2025 Alexandria People’s Assembly community education & civic advocacy project and partnership with friends To distribute at le...

09/24/2025

[Dinner Provided] RSVP by Noon on Thursday to be provided dinner at Friday’s SNCC Toolkit Teach-In Series - Organizing Tradition Toolkit.

Are You a Mobilizer or an Organizer?
And why is the difference so important?

RSVP now to join us this Friday, September 26th at 6:30pm
for the next Toolkit Teach-In Friday discussing the Organizing Traditions Toolkit

RSVP before Thursday at Noon to be provided dinner on Friday for you and your guests.

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09/22/2025

Wow! If the seniors on this Titans football team graduated in 1971 at 17 or 18 years of age, that means most of the championship team would be about 69-72 years old today.

The Northern Virginia Health Foundation's preventable and early health deterioration data in the June 2023 Dying Too Soon Report indicates that just being an Alexandria resident of African descent makes us 117% less likely to reach age 75 than our white neighbors, friends, family and old HS football teammates.

The urgent Alexandria People's Assembly Call for an Alexandria African American Wellness Hub is astonishingly and tragically illustrated in these happy reunion photos.

It's time for the City of Alexandria to move with urgency to disrupt the systems that make Dying Too Soon such a predictable result for African American residents. When I say Remember the Titans is a fairytale, there is no stronger evidence than the need to MEMORIALIZE so many of the Black players from this team.

You can read our Alexandria People's Assembly Call and find links to the Dying Too Soon report here https://www.plti-alex.org/african-american-wellness-hub.html

08/26/2025

One person using their voice, can change the world.

Amzie Moore brought SNCC into Mississippi; in fact, he put voter registration on SNCC’s table.

Join our Community Teach-In Series: The Archive & Grassroots Organizing of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). A 2025 Alexandria People’s Assembly community education & civic advocacy project and partnership with friends. We will learn more about SNCC’s organizing work and explore connections to life in Alexandria and Northern Virginia.

The series begins Thursday with a Black August Celebration and film screening.
Showtime is 7pm
Participation is free.
Registration is required.
Reserve your seats at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

08/24/2025

To Overcome Fear by Charles McLaurin

“...The old ladies talking telling the stories of the years gone by; me with knees shaking mouth closed tightly so as to not let them hear the fear in my voice. I am feeling the movement of the car and the rumbling of the motor as we move on and on towards our destination, Indianola, county seat of Sunflower County. As we move past the little town of Sunflower, one of the old ladies said, "Won't be long now" At that moment my heart seemed to stop; fear, so much fear, realizing what danger could lie ahead for us especially me. A smart N***** trying to change a way of life liked by everyone; at least it seemed that way.

As I opened the door to get out, I got a feeling in my stomach that made me feel weak. Sweat started to form on my forehead, and my mouth became moist...”

Can you name a famous freedom fighter who decided to use her voice for change when SNCC workers knocked on her door in Sunflower County, Mississippi and asked if she would like to register to vote?

Join our Community Teach-In Series: The Archive & Grassroots Organizing of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). A 2025 Alexandria People’s Assembly community education & civic advocacy project and partnership with friends. We will learn more about SNCC’s organizing work and explore connections to life in Alexandria and Northern Virginia. Learn more about how Fannie Lou Hamer was encouraged by SNCC to use her voice to advocate for change.

Participation is free.
Registration is required.
Reserve your seats at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

08/20/2025

Black August Celebration & Community Teach-In Series Kickoff

Free Film Screening
Thursday August 28th
7pm at the Lee Center

Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

Join this Grassroots Organizing Teach-In Series to learn more about SNCC’s organizing work and to explore connections to life in Alexandria and Northern Virginia.

Participation is free.
Registration is required.

Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

Did you know?
The original 20-week Parent Leadership Training Institute of Alexandria program was inspired by the Freedom Schools that the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed during the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

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IN THEATERS & ON AMAZON & APPLE TV DECEMBER 2.The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but ...

08/20/2025

The Alexandria People’s Assembly Presents
Toolkit Teach-In Fridays
6:30pm at Charles Houston Rec
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September 12th - The SNCC & Grassroots Organizing Interpretive Booklet
September 26th - The Organizing Tradition
October 10th - Voting Rights
October 24th - Black Power
November 7th - Women and Gender
November 21st - Freedom Teaching
December 5th - Art and Culture

Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

Join this Grassroots Organizing Teach-In Series to learn more about SNCC’s organizing work and to explore connections to life in Alexandria and Northern Virginia.

Participation is free.
Registration is required.
Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

08/20/2025

Black August celebration &
Teach-In Series Kickoff event
Free Film Screening
Thursday August 28th
7pm at the Lee Center

Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

Join this Grassroots Organizing Teach-In Series to learn more about SNCC’s organizing work and to explore connections to life in Alexandria and Northern Virginia.

Participation is free.
Registration is required.
Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG

Did you know?
The original 20-week Parent Leadership Training Institute of Alexandria program was inspired by the Freedom Schools that the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed during the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi.

Get Tickets at PLTI-ALEX.ORG