All Events
Cup of Culture
Decade of Fire
MCC Theater
Throughout the 1970’s, fires consumed the South Bronx. Black and Puerto Rican residents were blamed for the devastation even as they battled daily to save their neighborhoods. In DECADE OF FIRE, Bronx-born Vivian Vázquez Irizarry pursues the truth surrounding the fires – uncovering policies of racism and neglect that still shape our cities, and offering hope to communities on the brink today. 1h 16m
Race Matters Series
Antiracism Inc.: Why the Way We Talk about Racial Justice Matters Felice Blake, Paula Ioanide, Alison Reed
MCC Lounge
This talk focuses on contemporary political strategies that appropriate
antiracist discourses and practices to perpetuate injustice. From “free speech,” to “diversity,” to “implicit bias,” to “all lives matter,” we give everyday examples of new strategies for reinventing racism, yet also examine the ways organizers continue to struggle for racial justice in the context of such appropriations and incorporations. Dr. Felice Blake is a faculty member of the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Paula Ioanide is an associate professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies at Ithaca College in New York. Alison Reed is an assistant professor of English at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
Youth Event
Advocacy and Identity Through Art Andrew Morrison
MCC Lounge
In a journey into the arts through spray paint, advocacy, truth, and love; Andrew Morrison, will work with youth to explore the endless possibilities of creating exterior artwork, wall paintings, murals, street art, drawing, and painting. He will show how art can be a foundation for a career path, education, family, and future. Andrew Morrison’s art has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in numerous galleries throughout the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Tufts University and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Race Matters Series
The Long Vendetta: Paul Robeson, Black Freedom, and the Warfare State Jordan Camp
MCC Theater
In this talk, Jordan T. Camp examines the state surveillance and repression of Black freedom leaders. He offers a new trajectory of U.S. state formation during the Cold War and a historically grounded analysis of racism and counterinsurgency. Linking the violent 1949 Peekskill, New York attack on Black activist Paul Robeson to counterinsurgency programs, he demonstrates the relationship between the build-up of the largest warfare state on the planet and what he terms a “long vendetta” against the Black radical internationalist tradition. Jordan T. Camp is Director of Research at the People’s Forum, Visiting Scholar in the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Co-Director of the Racial Capitalism Working Group in the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University.
