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- Dear Students and Colleagues,
- Hunter College will be celebrating the life and legacy of Audre Lorde from October 11 through October 16, 2012. This marks the 20th Anniversary Year of Lorde's transition to the next realm.
- Unfortunately, the opening celebration, which will be held on Friday, October 12, 2012, is completely booked. However, this herstorical gathering will be made available through live streaming and will also be recorded and made available for viewing at a later date.
- There are still plenty of seats available for the mini-film festival celebrating Audre Lorde's Life and Legacy, which will be held on Saturday, October 13, 2012 on Hunter’s new campus in East Harlem and Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at Hunter’s main campus on East 68th Street. Discussants at the Saturday film screenings will included Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Darnell Moore, Jasmine Burnett, Maame-Mensima Horne, and Kwame Ocran. Please spread the word.
- Please either click on this link for detailed information --> http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/wgsprogram --<
- or scroll down.
- Warmly,
- Lynn
- Lynn Roberts, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- Community Health Education
- CUNY School of Public Health @ Hunter College
- 2180 Third Avenue, Room 530
- New York, NY 10035
- 212-396-7742
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Celebration: Audre Lorde
- 20 Years Later
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- Photo by Dagmar Shultz
Confirmed Speakers:
- Meena Alexander, Asha Bandele, Amina Baraka, Rich Blint, Cheryl Clarke, B. Cole, Johnnetta Betsch Cole , Blanche Cook, Clare Coss, Tami Gold, Jewelle Gomez, Melinda Goodman, Ange-Marie Hancock, Jennifer Hayashida, Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins, MD, Dawn Lundy Martin, Rosalind Petchesky, Robert Reid-Pharr, Lynn Roberts, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Donna Weir Soley, and Ronaldo Wilson.
DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR THIS OCT. 12th EVENT, REGISTRATION HAS REACHED CAPACITY AND IS NOW CLOSED!
Friday, October 12, 2012
- 9:30am - 6:30pm
- ROOSEVELT HOUSE
- 47-49 East 65th Street
- New York, NY 10065
- Maps and Directions to Hunter College
PROGRAMME
- REGISTRATON AND COFFEE
- 9:45am - 9:55am
- WELCOME BY JENNIFER RAAB
- President, Hunter
- College
- 10:00am - 10:10am
- WELCOME BY RUPAL OZA
- Director, Women and Gender Studies Program, Hunter College
- 10:30am -
- 12:00pm
- Panelists:
- Johnnetta Betsch Cole
- Rich Blint
- Ange-Marie
- Hancock
- Moderator: Jeremy M. Glick
- 12:00pm
- LUNCH
- 1:30pm - 3:00pm
- PANEL II: THE EROTIC AS POWER: ACTIVISM, HEALTH, LIFE
- Panelists:
- B. Cole
- Blanche Wiesen
- Cook
- Robert Reid-Pharr
- Lynn Roberts
- Moderator: Rosalind Petchesky
- 3:15pm - 4:45pm
- PANEL III: POETRY IS NOT A
- LUXURY
- Panelists:
- Cheryl Clarke
- Jewelle Gomez
- Melinda Goodman
- Donna Weir Soley
- Moderator: Meena
- Alexander
- 5:00pm
- POETRY READINGS
- Panelists:
- Asha Bandele
- Amina Baraka
- Clare Coss
- Dawn Lundy Martin
- Ronaldo Wilson
- Moderator: Donna Masini
- 6:30pm
- RECEPTION
FILM SCREENINGS
Saturday, October 13, 2012
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde by Ada Gay Griffin and Michele Parkerson (1995)
- Discussants: Darnell Moore and Aishah Shahidah Simmons
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde by Jennifer Abod (2002)
- Discussants: Jasmine Burnett, Maame-Mensima Horne, and Kwame Ocran
- Location:
- Hunter College
- Silberman School of Social Work/CUNY School of Public Health at
- Hunter College
- 2nd Floor Auditorium
- New York, NY
- 10035
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
- 6:00pm - 8:30pm
- Screening of Audre Lorde-the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992
- Location:
- Hunter College - Main Campus
- 68th Street and Lexington Avenue
- Lang Recital Hall - Hunter North Building
- 424
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