Religions and Social Movements

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

This course will investigate the relationship between social movements and religious traditions. Religions have been both oppressive forces and forces of liberation in the history of human struggle and these tensions have been critical to the development and sustaining of social movements around the world.

Recurring

Marx’s Capital, volume one (1)

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Seminar of the NYC Marxist Studies Collective at the People's Forum conducted by Russell Dale. This course will be a careful reading of the first third of Marx's great economic analysis and critique of capitalism, Capital, volume one. This will be the first of three consecutive courses (Spring, Summer, Fall 2019) in which we will carefully read and discuss the entire work.

Anti-Capitalist Love Punk Show

Violeta Parra Stage 320 West 37th Street, New York, United States

Join us in collaboration with Hydro Punk for an all Femme Punk show featuring Bruja Luna, Ratas en Zelo and DJ Aguapanela Mami.

$10

The Experience Magazine: RISE

Violeta Parra Stage 320 West 37th Street, New York, United States

The Experience Magazine celebrates her rebirth & rebranding heading into its next era with the release of the 2-Part Winter 2018-2019 Issue. This will be 1st new publication in over a year.

Mental Health First Aid Training with Dr. Shirley Leyro

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Become certified in Mental Health First Aid! This 8 hour course will help you: identify signs and symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses & how to respond if you see these signs in your colleagues, friends, and loved ones.

Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Screening and Discussion

Paul & Eslanda Robeson Cinema 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

At the center of this award-winning documentary are Hamid Naficy, author and scholar of Middle Eastern and Iranian cinema and his family, who remained in Iran. Behind them, however, we see the shadows of thousands of other families whose offspring live far away from their homeland.

The Educational & Political Philosophies of Malcolm X

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

This workshop will assess how Malcolm X’s educational practices and "glocal" political praxis influenced the Nation of Islam, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Black Panther Party, Revolutionary Action Movement and the Radicalization of the Black Student Movement from the the latter 1960s through the anti-imperialist struggles of the 1970s.

The Global Punk Rock Revolution

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

The first global narrative of punk, Punk Crisis examines how transnational punk movements challenged the global order of the Cold War, blurring the boundaries between East and West, North and South, communism and capitalism through performances of creative dissent.

“Unheralded Heroines”: Examining the Women Mentors and Comrades in the Life of Malcolm X

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Malcolm X’s life and career as influenced by the women who taught, supported and admired his trajectory from his very humble beginnings as a wayward teen to his international prominence as freedom fighter for human rights and dignity of Black and all oppressed peoples throughout the world.

MEDIA MATCHMAKERS FOR A NEW WORLD

Paul & Eslanda Robeson Cinema 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

New York State Poor People’s Campaign, the Kairos Center, and The People’s Forum are excited to present a workshop on MEDIA MATCHMAKERS FOR A NEW WORLD: A 3-part collaborative workshop of screening, discussions, and media work.

Recurring

2 Day Theater of the Oppressed Training

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

In this 2-day workshop we will explore the technique of FORUM THEATER over two days. Participants will learn the basic skills needed to create, perform and lead the Forum Theater format for use in their respective communities. We will explore our bodies as a tool of representing feelings, ideas, and relationships and explore collective solutions to everyday problems.

$60 – $120

CALL FOR ART - Artists Against Apartheid

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