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Engaging Communities with Resilient Love
Teaching in/from Freedom: Supporting Undocumented Students in Times of Terror Lorgia García-Peña
MCC Theater
These times of terror and repression have brought forth new challenges for teaching, particularly for those teaching in fields that intersect with race and immigration. How do we teach for/in freedom? How do we create spaces that protect our most vulnerable students while allowing for critical engagement and interventions? Sharing lessons from her work with Freedom University, Dr. García-Peña hopes to pose some practical questions for the future of our teaching and our learning that can contrast the climate of terror and fear lived in our country (and the world). Dr. Lorgia Garcia-Peña is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of History and Literature at Harvard University. In 2003, she co-founded Freedom University, a “modern day freedom school” in Atlanta that provides tuition-free education, college application and scholarship assistance, and social movement leadership training to undocumented students banned from public higher education by Georgia state laws.
Children’s Event
Let's Play Marimba! Masanga Marimba Ensemble
Music Bowl
Masanga Marimba performs music from Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. on an ensemble of marimbas (xylophones) of various sizes that is traditional to the country of Zimbabwe. They will share songs, games, stories, dances, and everyone in the audience will have the chance to learn a song on the marimbas and perform a solo.
Cup of Culture
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
MCC Theater
In the Iranian ghost-town, Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. 1h 47m.
Race and Literature
MCC Meeting Room
This year, the MultiCultural Center is kicking off a new series to explore the issues of race and belonging through literature. This will be an interactive space for lively discussions on various theories about race, a safe space for articulating perspectives on identity and belonging which are contextualized by different authors, and an intentional time for centering the narratives of marginalized communities. Discussions will be facilitated by various faculty members, graduate students, and staff members. Readings may be suggested but are not required for attendance. This series hopes to cultivate open dialogue, and a spirit of appreciation and intellectual kinship. Dessert will be provided! All are welcome. Please contact the MCC if you’re interested in leading the conversation.
