10/27 & 10/28: Philosophy and Religion in Africana Traditions Conference: Intersectionality and the Politics of Activism

 On behalf of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics and HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical and Cultural society we invite you to:

Philosophy and Religion Conference in Africana Traditions 2017: Intersectionality and the Politics of Activism

Friday October 23, 2017 9:30am — 6:00pm

Center for Place, Culture and Politics
The Graduate Center of The City University of New York Rooms 9204/9205
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10016

MORNING SESSION 9:30am – 12:30pm

9:30am – 9:50am
Greetings and Opening Statement: J. Everet Green – Mercy College Greetings: Mary Taylor – CUNY: The Graduate Center

10:00am – 11:00a                                                                                                                         “Reflections on the Terrains of the Struggle for Black Freedom in the 21st Century”

Speaker: Mathylde Frontus, Ph.D. – Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University Chair: Brittany O’Neal, Ph.D. – Adjunct Professor, Lehman College, CUNY

11:00am – 12:30pm                                                                                                                                 “The Movement for Black Lives”

Speaker: Sara Mokuria M.A., Senior Research Associate, UT Dallas Institute for Urban Policy Research

Chair: Zay D. Green M.A.,-HUMANITAS

LUNCH 12:30pm – 1:30pm

AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30pm – 6:00pm

1:35pm – 1:45pm
Greetings and Introduction: J. Everet Green – Mercy College

1:50pm – 2:50pm                                                                                                                                  “I, John De Conqueror: Black Male Self-Recovery in the U.S.”

Speaker: John White Fordham University Chair: Julie Siestreem

3:00pm – 4:30pm                                                                                                                                           “Hubert Harrison and the Militant ‘New Negro Movement’” Speaker: Jeffrey B. Perry, Ph.D. – Independent Scholar
Chair: Mathylde Frontus

4:30pm – 5:50pm                                                                                                                  Intersectionality and the Politics of Activism

Panel Discussion Chair: Brittany O’Neal – Lehman College Speakers: Sonia Vas Borges CUNY Graduate Center

Vicki Mokuria – Texas A&M
Sara Mokuria M.A., Senior Research Associate, UT Dallas Institute for

Urban Policy Research
Aileen Mokuria – Harvard

Saturday, OCTOBER 28, 2017 9:30am — 6:00pm

Mayday Community Space 176 St. Nicholas Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237                                             ***NOT AT CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

MORNING SESSION 10:00am – 12:30pm

10:00am – 11:00am
“Grace Lee & Jimmy Boggs’ Oblique Counter-Practice” [R]evolution in Love & Struggle with Black Humanism

Speaker: Josef Mendoza, Ph.D. – Mercy College Chair: Aileen Mokuria – Harvard

11:00am – 12:30pm                                                                                                                                      ‘I am Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired’: Critical Thought in the Interest of Material Equality”

Speaker: Brittany O’Neal, Ph.D. – Lehman College, CUNY Chair: Zay D. Green-HUMANITAS

1:40pm – 3:00pm

LUNCH 12:30pm – 1:30pm

AFTERNOON SESSION 1:40pm – 6:00pm                                                                                           “Islamic Genesis of Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Neglected Partners”

Speaker: Greg Moses, Ph. D. Texas State University Chair: Vicki Mokuria – Texas A&M

3:00pm – 4:00pm                                                                                                                                  “Homeless and the Policing of the Commons”

Speaker: Odilka Santiago

4:00pm – 5:45pm                                                                                                                              Intersectionality and the Politics of Activism Panel Discussion

Speakers: Zay D. Green, J. Everet Green, Greg Moses, Brittany O’Neal

This conference is sponsored by the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center and HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical and Cultural Society.

For more information, please contact J. Everet Green at: everet@verizon.net

THIS IS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 

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