INTRO TO ASL | Winter 2026
Virtual Event with The People's ForumIn this class, we will build your vocabulary in American Sign Language (get ready to be able to sign entire conversations!) and explore Deaf American culture and history
In this class, we will build your vocabulary in American Sign Language (get ready to be able to sign entire conversations!) and explore Deaf American culture and history
The focus of this course is to prepare students for non-verbal interaction and communication with members of the deaf community. You’ll learn useful vocabulary and you’ll be able to hold meaningful conversations about various topics. But it’s not all serious – you’ll also learn how to tell jokes, use common expressions and sayings, and relay anecdotes to your audience.
Português Intermediário 1 is an intermediate class with a focus on deepening listening, speaking and developing communication skills in Portuguese in a conversational style, without translating into one’s native language, to allow you to deepen the understanding of advanced verbs tenses,
This course will give you a solid base and allow you to start communicating with Portuguese native speakers. The program will introduce grammar structures in practical ways, and some writing exercises.
This is an 8-session seminar series that explores the hidden and often untold people’s rebellions that have shaped the history of the United States.
Algarabía Language Co-op is offering new Arabic courses at The People’s Forum to those who are interested in learning Arabic with a focus on topics of social justice, cinema, media, and culture.
Join editor Manolo De Los Santos in conversation with writer Vijay Prashad to shed light on the historic meeting between revolutionary movements from three continents that paved the way for international solidarity in the face of imperialism.
Finding Your Ancestors is a two-hour workshop that guides participants in uncovering family stories and deepening ancestral connections through digital archives and oral history.
I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1982) isa documentary following author and activist James Baldwin as he retraces his steps through the American South—including Selma, Birmingham, and Atlanta—revisiting pivotal sites of the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin assesses the progress made since the 1960s, documenting the ongoing struggles with inequality.
These drop-in sessions offer a space to develop a screen-print project in community with other organizers, artists, and cultural workers.
Join us for a special concert on Sunday, Feb 15. Penumbra is an ongoing musical exploration created by Warner Meadows, Ezemdi Akalonu and Andrew Javens. Drawing its name from the life and artistic legacy of Afro-Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, Penumbra seeks to illuminate and historicize the urgency of the current political moment through improvisation, poetry, and homage.
An immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization.
