5:30pm Battle of Algiers
7:30pm Discussion on significance of Pontecorvo’s films
8:30pm Burn! (Quemada!)
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.
LOVE. LIGHT & POETRY seeks to propel individuals to hone into their purposes and sacred paths. This workshop will cultivate a conversation between one’s life purpose and their legacy.
Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, a regular Intercept Brasil contributor, will discuss the rise of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his far-right political party.
Sundays, February 24th, 2019 - June 2nd, 2019 10:00pm-1:00pm (3hrs./week; 45 hrs.)
The Center for Language Justice and the People’s Forum are offering beginner-level courses to folks who have little to no prior knowledge of Spanish.
Farm School NYC, Cornell Cooperative Extension Urban Agriculture Program and Cornell Small Farms Program are partnering on this six-week course that explores the ethnography and social justice aspects of growing mushrooms and trains new and experienced farmers in the background, techniques, and economics of farm scale indoor commercial production.
Manu Karuka's new book Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad (University of California Press, 2019) boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path
Join THE RABBIS’ INTIFADA to celebrate their documentary film-in-progress and the long history of Jewish resistance to Israeli occupation and violence.
A short film of first-hand accounts of the 1961 literacy campaign in Cuba that taught nearly a million workers and peasants to read and write, gave new confidence to students and volunteer teachers alike, and help forge an alliance between toilers in the countryside and those in the cities.
EODub (End Of the Weak) brings the MC Challenge to The People's Forum and the winner of this season will be given the opportunity to compete in the Mc Challenge World Finals held this fall at one of End of the Weak's international locations!
These introductory classes seek to highlight the different musical rhythms of the Caribbean. Some of the styles taught will be Rumba (Cuba), Bomba (PR), musical forms from DR/Haiti, and Afro-Panamanian styles!
This two-part seminar will explore key concepts developed by revolutionary leader Antonio Gramsci that address how social groups gain, expand, and maintain their power to lead.
