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Raday Salon

Our Salon is dedicated to the proposition that all people are fascinating individuals. We invite you to join in sharing experiences and discussions on politics, art, music, literature, human nature, and life in general... Everybody has a story to tell.

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Find the latest Salon news on Facebook

facebook.com/RadaySalon Just a reminder to all our friends: because these days our Salon schedule has been somewhat irregular, and also because we reach so many more people on Facebook than with our blog, you should definitely be following our Facebook... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2019 at Ráday Salon

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Roma and African American Oppression - Similarities and Differences

Over the years, for both Linda and Michael, a major focus of our human rights work in Europe has been on Roma rights and fighting discrimination against Roma. Michael in particular is often asked about drawing connections between the struggle... Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2019 at Ráday Salon

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"NO!" at MigHelp

Our long-time Salon friends have become very familiar with the powerful documentary about race and sexual assault, "NO!", made by Michael's daughter, filmmaker and activist Aishah Shahidah Simmons, as we have screened it at the Salon on many occasions over... Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2019 at Ráday Salon

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The Deaf Community: The invisible Community

On Thursday, 17 May, the Ráday Salon was joined by Mark Rust, professor of Deaf Education and Department Chair of the undergraduate American Sign Language minor program at McDaniel College in Maryland. Prof. Rust has spent the Spring 2018 semester... Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2019 at Ráday Salon

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Photos: Canada's Mobilization for Migrant Justice

In our most recent Salon event, our speaker Sharmeen Khan gave her presentation, Internationalism and Refugees Welcome: Lessons from Canada's Mobilization for Migrant Justice. Sharmeen's topic attracted a big audience, many friends old and new, and we have received lots... Continue reading

Posted Nov 18, 2015 at Ráday Salon

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Ráday Salon evening -- Canada's Mobilization for Migrant Justice -- Thurs., 12 Nov., 7pm

Although many of our friends have been involved with refugee issues for several years, this year, as we all have seen, the crisis has become more and more acute around the world. As the numbers of refugees and migrants have... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2015 at Ráday Salon

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Celebrating the Life and Work of Fred Branfman

On Sunday, May 17, we will be hosting a very special Ráday Salon event. Some of you will surely remember having met our friend Fred Branfman at previous Salons. He was an American human rights activist who had been living... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2015 at Ráday Salon

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Photos: Stereotyping and Discrimination Salon and McDaniel College Human Rights Forum

We had a great turnout for our 20 November Salon on Stereotyping and Discrimination. For those of you who were unable to attend our Salon, or the Human Rights Forum at McDaniel College the following day, photos are available on... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2015 at Ráday Salon

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Ráday Salon evening -- Stereotyping and Discrimination-- Thurs. Nov. 20, 7pm

For our next Ráday Salon event, happening Thursday, 20 November, we will be screening a short episode from a US news program called "What Would You Do?" The program is a series of hidden camera episodes where unsuspecting people are... Continue reading

Posted Nov 16, 2014 at Ráday Salon

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Human Rights Forum -- 21 November 2014, McDaniel College Budapest

November is here, and we’ve been busy preparing for our next Salon, which we are holding in conjunction with an upcoming event to be held at the McDaniel College Budapest campus. This coming Friday, 21 November 2014, McDaniel will host... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2014 at Ráday Salon

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Special Ráday Salon event -- Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation -- Sat., Oct.18

Our first Ráday Salon event of Autumn 2014 isn’t exactly a typical Salon. Our guests are two friends from the U.S., Pat Clark and Inelle Cox Bagwell, who will have only a very short stay in Budapest at the beginning... Continue reading

Posted Oct 16, 2014 at Ráday Salon

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Autumn 2014 -- Yes, we're really back!

Greetings, Salon friends, old and new! After several complicated years when we weren't able to keep up our regular Salon schedule -- or even update our blog very much -- the Ráday Salon is finally about to resume our regular... Continue reading

Posted Oct 10, 2014 at Ráday Salon

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It's been absolutely great so far. It's something Michael and I have talked about for a long time and it's so amazing that we're actually doing it. :) Will definitely take care of the candy in San Francisco. -- Linda

Commented Jul 6, 2014 on Sometimes trembling, but daring, still. at Roads and Rambles

That is the craziest thing I've ever heard! Wow!! I can't believe they dug that up and it was even an issue.

Commented Jul 6, 2014 on Tracking John Wilkes Booth at Roads and Rambles

Raday Salon has shared their blog Soul School

Jun 9, 2014

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Jun 9, 2014

Video: "Left of Black" (seas. 2, ep. 26) featuring Michael and Aishah

The first segment (approx. 25 mins) of this week's episode of Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal's weekly webcast Left of Black features Michael and his daughter Aishah Shahidah Simmons discussing their work to end violence against women around the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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Michael and Aishah discuss violence against women on "Left of Black"

During our recent visit to North Carolina for Aishah Shahidah Simmons' Founder's Lecture at the Duke University Women's Center, Michael and Aishah were also interviewed by Prof. Mark Anthony Neal for his weekly webcast, Left of Black, airing Monday, April... Continue reading

Posted Apr 2, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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SNCC book publication and symposium -- Little Rock, Arkansas

From July 9 to 11, 2011, Michael and Linda were in Little Rock, Arkansas to attend a symposium focusing on the civil rights activism of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Arkansas. The symposium was the official launching event... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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Snow Hill Institute -- Snow Hill, Alabama

As our lengthy sojourn in the United States extends into 2012, we continue to want to share our experiences here with our Salon friends around the world. Our latest adventure has been a week-long road trip through the American South,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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Celebrating MLK day with Eyes on the Prize

To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the "Documentaries and Discussion" series at the Greene Street Friends Meeting in Philadelphia invited Michael to host a screening and discussion of an episode of Eyes on the Prize. This documentary, the seminal... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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Panel Discussion: Activism in Philadelphia in the 1970s

A long time ago, when the Ráday Salon was just getting started, we had a visit from Dan Berger, friend, activist, and author of Letters from Young Activists. This month, Michael joined Dan in a panel discussion at the Moonstone... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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Michael on "Social Movements, Past and Present"

Here's a couple photos from an event at Wooden Shoe Books in Philly, where Michael joined James Tracy, Andrea Walls, Dan Berger and Suzy Subways on a panel discussion on Social Movements, Past and Present. The discussion was informal and... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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Slutwalk Philadelphia

On August 6, Michael and Linda joined Aishah Shahidah Simmons at the Philadelphia Slutwalk march and rally. "Slutwalk" is the name taken by a movement that began in Toronto, Canada, in April 2011, sparked by comments made by a Toronto... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2012 at Ráday Salon

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About our extended hiatus...

Over the years, our Salon friends have gotten accustomed to our unusual schedule: We'd have several months of regular activity, with brief pauses here and there as went off to work in other countries, traveled to visit family in the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2011 at Ráday Salon

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