MEDIA MAKERS FOR A NEW WORLD: SESSION 2

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

The centerpiece of this 2nd session is a sneak preview screening of the 30-minute documentary film Empire State Rumblings. We will have the filmmakers and some activists involved in this organizing present for discussion after the film. The focus will be on how the filmmakers and activists collaborated around the project.

FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER: Film Screening

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

FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, played in shaping the American civil rights movement. The dynamic activist was affectionately known as the Fundi, a Swahili word for a person who passes skills from one generation to another.

Feminism for the 99% – Women’s Conference

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

Celebrate International Women’s Day with the People’s Congress of Resistance! In the era of #MeToo,

Recurring

What does it Mean to be Left?

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

This course will discuss what it means to be Left, both in the past and in the present and will posit some thoughts for a new left formation adequate to the demands of the contemporary world.

POOR PEOPLE’S WALKING TOUR OF WALL STREET

Offsite. Participants will be informed in advance of the meeting point.

A tour to reflect on the Wall Street Bull, the New York Stock Exchange, our history, and to who we're up against in global capitalism. It helps us to see how all of our isolated fights ultimately lead us here.

Recurring

Film Screening: The Vieques Struggle

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

This special, 3-part film screening will present a series of documentaries that show the historical background of the Vieques case, so that we can understand, accompany and learn from the Vieques struggle.

Recurring

Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Josina Muthemba Machel Classroom 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

This 3-part series will cover the following themes of the last historic campaign of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s life and its contemporary revival as the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel

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

Drawing on hundreds of interviews in Palestine and Israel, Ross’s engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story of this fascinating ancient trade shows how the stones of Palestine, and Palestinian labour, have been used to build out the state of Israel -- even while the industry is central to Palestinians’ own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation.

Recurring

Lessons From the Movement to End Slavery

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

The ideas and politics of the movement to end slavery can teach us valuable lessons for today’s struggles. This course aims prepare participants for deeper study of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.

Raiz Up! All Femme Showcase + Open Mic

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

Join us for this special edition of  Raiz Up!  as we celebrate women artist, resistance, and movement. This is a monthly open mic and showcase welcoming emcee’s, singers, dancers, poets, and all other artists! 

CALL FOR ART - Artists Against Apartheid

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