Bravado Magenta Screening with Bocafloja, NYCLAHW, Latinx Project + More
UPCOMING EVENTS
NYCLAHW
February 01
11:00AM-12:30PM
ADOPTIONS DURING STATE TERROR: Indigenous Children in Guatemala 1982-1986
This talk will consider the systematic separation of indigenous children from their families during the height of wartime violence, 1982 to 1986, as an aspect of the Guatemalan state terror.
For more information or to obtain the workshop paper, contact Brendan Jordan at baj303@nyu.edu
Film Screening
February 04
6:00PM-9:00PM
CineCLACS Presents: Bravado Magentaand Conversation with Bocafloja
Join us as we present the screening of Bravado Magenta, a performative documentary which critically analyzes racialized masculinities through self-cartography and story-telling, directed by interdisciplinary artist and musician, Bocafloja.
Book Discussion
February 06
6:00PM-9:00PM
Farming While Black: Book Launch and Discussion
Join the Food and Racial Equity (FARE) Collective to celebrate the publication of Farming While Black by Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. Penniman will join FARE Collective for a discussion and book signing with a reception to follow. This event is currently sold out but will be Livestreamed. Please direct any questions to farecollective@gmail.com.
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Lecture
February 12
6:00PM-8:0PM
Black History Month Series: Q&A: Afro-Latinidad in the African Diaspora
with guests Will Guzman, Donovan Ramon & Jillian Báez
The emergence of Afro-Latino identity in past two years revisits the questions of race and Latinidad in the Americas. Dr. Guzmán and Dr. Baez will discuss the intersections and emergences of Afro-Latinidad in the US and Latin America, and the complex meanings of identity and belonging in metropolises like New York City.
Lecture
February 14
6:00PM-8:0PM
NEW BOOKS, OLD SINS: EARLY-MODERN SODOMY, BESTIALITY, CROSS-DRESSING
February 15
6:00PM-8:00PM
PELEA: Visual Responses to Spatial Precarity
Our first exhibit PELEA: Visual Responses to Spatial Precarity will explore how artists are responding to displacement through their work and practice and will provide a platform for examining visual strategies among contemporary Latinx artists. The show is curated by our inaugural artist in residence Shellyne Rodriguez and the Latinx Project’s curatorial team
Workshop
February 23-24
9:30 AM-4:30PM
Lakota Language Weekend – New York
Lakota Language Weekends are designed as “crash courses” in Lakota language. These two-day courses are taught by experienced instructors and are suitable for Lakota and non-Lakota, total beginners and continuing learners alike. Lakota Language Weekends turn language learners into language activists.
For more information email events@lakhota.org or call 812-961-6360
Panel Discussion
February 26
6:30 PM-8:30PM
Migration as Survival in the Era of Climate Crisis
Rising sea levels, drought, food insecurity, intensified hurricanes, and wildfires are some of the many markers of the exacerbating climate crisis. Despite the clear and present danger of climate change, governments are failing to take the action needed to stave off its worst effects.