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Ashley Williams Trial Postponed

Ashley Williams will NOT be going to trial tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 28. At the request of the prosecution, the trial is being postponed. No new date has been set. According to Paul G., an attorney in the Henrico law firm of Morrissey and Goldman, which now is representing Ms. Williams, the lead prosecutor in the case told the court she had a family emergency involving her mother. It may be months before a new trial is held. The next milestone in the now three-year-old case will likely be a bail hearing, probably within weeks. Mobilizing for that hearing will be critical to Ms. Williams being released from Richmond City Jail, where she has been held for more than a year. Ms. Williams is charged with second-degree homicide and felony child neglect in the death of her two-year-old son D'Sean, who was severely underweight when he died. Supporters have pointed out that three close relatives also have young sons who are dangerously underweight, raising the possibility that D'Sea

Cuban Film Premier Tonight!

Film and Discussion Program TONIGHT, 11/19 : at William Byrd Community House 7-9pm.   Cuban Filmmaker Gloria Rolando and Cuban National Archivist Dr. Tomas Fernandez Robaina to discuss the premier screening of  Rolando's 1912 - Voces Para Un Silencio ( Breaking the Silence) about the Cuban government's massacre of 6,000 AfroCubans and members of the Independent Party of Color . Presented by Lee C. Robinson (African Awareness Association) and Roberto Zurbano is the editor/publisher of "Casa de las Americas," a Havana-based cultural institution that publishes the works of writers, artists, musicians, and playwrights as well as scholars of literature, the arts, and social sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean. Historic Note: This program will also welcome Special Guest Speaker: Patricia L. Pego Guerra , First Secretary, Cuban Interests Section to Washington, DC - permitted for the first time to travel out of the DC area. Tickets $10 at Ev

What's Happening Soon:

11/5: Forum: Working Peoples Movements - VCU Commons at 907 Floyd Ave., 7pm. Sponsored by VCU Students for a Democrtic Society 11/6: Election Day - 7M -7PM 11/8: Housing in Segregation - UR Downtown at 6:30pm - panel discussion with Shawn Utsey, John Moeser, Rev. Ben Campbell, moderated by Ana Edwards , HOME & Virginia Poverty Law Center sponsored. 11/9: A Community Course in African American Studies - 6:30 pm at East District Family Resource Center, Church Hill 11/22: Thanksgiving Feast - www.thegivingheart.org 11/28: Ashley Williams' Trial - at John Marshall Courts Building. Details and Facebook event coming soon.