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Race and Religion
Nobody Cries When We Die - Patrick Reyes
MCC Lounge
How do we create conditions for communities of color to thrive? Drawing on an institutional history of supporting scholars of color in religion since 1968, the director of doctoral initiatives at the Forum for Theological Exploration, Dr. Patrick B. Reyes, will facilitate the shared wisdom and practices as explored in his book Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving to Adulthood. Through embodied practice and play, we will explore our diverse traditions and discern our shared work.
Cup of Culture
Beyond Standing Rock
MCC Theater
'Beyond Standing Rock,' is an hour long documentary that shines a spotlight on the Dakota Access pipeline protest and its roots in a 170-year-long conflict between tribes and the U.S. government over independence, land ownership, and control of resources. 57 min.
Watch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDY_KN66dno
BEYOND NOSTALGIA: Impossible Monuments in the Wake of Displacement - Mary Ann Peters
MCC Lounge
Mary Ann Peters is an Arab American artist who makes paintings, drawings and installations that respond to the interplay between contemporary and historical migration narratives out of the Middle East. Her installation series “impossible monuments” identifies seemingly incidental but influential events that deserve reverence yet would never be elevated to the status of a monument.
Living Lives of Resilient Love in a Time of Hate Say Her Name: Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait - Kimberlé Crenshaw
Campbell Hall
Heightening tensions in the US over police killings of Black people have undermined confidence that the election of Barack Obama signaled a new era on race relations in the US. The more lasting legacy may be the one championed by late Justice Scalia whose legal philosophy currently underwrites the central tensions in equality law in the United States. Through a Critical Race Theory prism, Professor Crenshaw will discuss Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name as challenges to contemporary jurisprudence on race, and assess the new openings presented by current events. Kimberlé Crenshaw is a Professor at both the UCLA School of Law and Columbia School of Law, and is the co-founder of the African American Policy Forum.
