The Center for Place, Culture and Politics presents: Mobilizations and Migrations

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

However the international order is characterized, it is clear that various forms of internationalism are in distress. These are at work both in producing violent conflagration and in generating moving populations across the globe (migrant labor, refugees, asylum seekers, exiles, emigres, etc.). How, then, can internationalism be thought and articulated anew?

Empire and Economics: The Long History of Debt-Cancelation from Antiquity to Today

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

Join Dr. Michael Hudson, New Testament Scholar Dr. Aliou Niang and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Biblical Scholar and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, for a discussion on the history of debt and what it means for our context today. Moderated by Shailly Gupta Barnes and the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice.

Recurring

HOME: A Performance Project by The Open Program

HOME offers regular rehearsals at different locations, open to everybody at all times. You can join the project from the beginning, or even at the last moment. A team of professional artists from different parts of the world will help you develop your story or poem, discover with you how to work on speech, vibration, rhythm and meaning, or assist you in creating a song or an acting fragment, a dramatic piece based on what you think and feel is meaningful for you and your people, and rehearse with you on what you created.

An African American and Latinx History of the United States

Join us for the launch of Paul Ortiz's new book, An African American and Latinx History of the United States; a recasting of American history which explores the power of the people to organize and triumph over corrupt institutions.

SOMOS GUERRERAS: HOW LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE CHANGING HIP HOP

What it is to be a woman in the hip hop scene in Central America, and which are the problems that we, as women, face? A discussion + showcase with the three members of SOMOS GUERRERAS. Somos Guerreras is a project of three of the leading female rappers of Central America: Rebeca Lane (Guatemala), Audry Funk (Mexico) and Nakury (Costa Rica).

$10

The Master’s Tools: Activism and the Academy

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

What is “legitimate” knowledge? What are our political obligations as academics and activists?To further this conversation with a broader community of activists and academics, please join us for the conference titled The Master’s Tools: Activism and the Academy.

Overdose Prevention Training

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

You will become a Certified Opioid Overdose Responder and receive an Overdose Rescue Kit with naloxone (a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose and restores breathing.)

Our Bodies’ Wisdom: Trauma-Informed Self Massage and Self Care

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

In this two hour workshop, we will have an overview of trauma and the role of massage therapy in addressing it. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and practice the proper techniques for self-massage along with the benefits massage can have on the body after trauma. Some of these techniques include acupressure, hand and feet reflexology and guided breathing meditation.

$15

Film Screening: Tout Va Bien

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

Godard and Gorin’s film, unpopular and hardly viewed when released, emerges nearly 50 years later as a film with increasing relevance to the days as lived during this late capitalist period. One can see many of the participants in this film wearing gilets jaunes if the film were being shot today.

Book Launch: Being and Insurrection

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

Join us, along with writer/philosopher A. Shahid Stoverand professor LaRose T. Parris for an engaging and critical dialogue about Being and Insurrection, a work of existential liberation theory rooted in lived Black experience.

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