From the monthly archives: March 2012
[ April 4, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Omoyele Sowore is the founder and publisher of the Sahara Reporters, which covers news in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa from a progressive perspective. He started Sahara Reporters as a groundbreaking online forum whose mission is to seek transparency, accountability and democratic character in Africa’s government and private spheres. The forum’s principal goal is to empower all citizens of various African nations to actively demand and defend their democratic rights. Launched in 2006, SaharaReporters receives 8 million pageviews per month. Apart from serving as an indispensable watchdog for African governments, the website also watches the mainstream media [...]
[ March 21, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] A year after the fall of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s government in Tunisia that sparked uprisings all over the Middle East, what is the status of democratic outcomes of the Tunisian revolution? As journalists still fight for freedom of the media and racketeering has erupted in the job market, join Taoufik Ben-Amor (Arabic Studies, Columbia) as he speaks with Peter Hitchcock (Center for Place, Culture and Politics) about the cultural as well as political impact of this historic shift. This conversation finds its home in Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency’s Common Assembly which opens a forum in the James Gallery for discussions of rejuvenation of contested sites [...]
[ April 5, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight Timothy Pachirat Assistant Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research Thursday April 5th, 2012 6:30-8:30pm Room 5307 CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave, Manhattan Reception to follow Commentators Patricia Clough Professor of Sociology, Women’s Studies, and Intercultural Studies [...]
[ March 19, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] UPRISINGS!! FROM ATHENS TO WALL STREET:Reflections on Occupy Movements in Greece and the U.S. MONDAY March 19, 20126:30-8:30pm CUNY Graduate CenterRoom 6107365 Fifth Ave, Manhattan Join scholar-activists and friends for a discussion on the past, present and future of uprisings and occupy movements in [...]
[ March 15, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] “THEY CAN’T STOP THE PUSH”: Lessons from the University of Puerto Rico’s 2010-2011 student strikes Thursday March 15, 2012 6:30-8:30pm Students at the University of Puerto Rico put together two of the most resourceful and inspiring student strikes in recent history. Against austerity policies and the privatization of public education, combining extensive grassroots organizing with creative tactics, [...]
[ March 9, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Struggle of Sahrawi Women for Freedom With Fatma Mehdi, the Secretary General of the National Union of Saharawi Women Friday March 9, 2012 at 6.30 pm CUNY Graduate Center Room 5307 365 Fifth Avenue This event is free and open to the public. An interview with Fatma El-Mehdi by Bhakti Shringarpure is now available [...]
[ March 8, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] WHITE NOISE
VANILLA ICE, GRUNGE, AND STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7PM
CUNY Graduate Center, The Proshansky Auditorium, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring:
DAN CHARNAS (The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip Hop),
NEGIN FARSAD (50 Funniest Women, Huffington Post),
CHRISTIAN LANDER (Stuff White People [...]
[ March 6, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, March 6th | Alwan for the Arts | 16 Beaver StreetTickets $5
[ March 5, 2012; 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ] The Committee on Globalization and Social ChangePresentAllan deSouzaCoffee-Colored People (By The Score) Monday, March 5th, 2012 | 4.30 – 6.30 pmThe Skylight Conference Room (No. 9100)The CUNY Graduate Center365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016Free and open to the publicTitled after the lyrics of a 1969 Blue Mink song, Melting Pot, which advocates obliterating difference as [...]
