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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage | ​The Monopoly of Violence
DESCRIPTION:The documentary by French filmmaker David Dufresne was filmed in France between November 2018 and February 2020 during the Yellow Vests movement. It questions riot control in France\, as well as the legitimacy of the state’s use of violence\, especially police brutality in France. \nGET TICKETS HERE 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/32144/
CATEGORIES:Film Screenings
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SUMMARY:The Puerto Rican Radical Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Join the co-editors & authors of this CENTRO special issue for a intergenerational community conversation at The People’s Forum. \n  \nNearly fifteen years in the making\, the CENTRO Journal special issue on the Puerto Rican Radical Tradition began with the goal to give students and young activists a clear entry point into critical\, often untranslated works on Puerto Rican history. Due to an unprecedented number of submissions\, the highest for any special issue in the journal’s recent history\, this project has been expanded into two comprehensive volumes released in 2026. \n  \nGuest-edited by José Laguarta Ramírez\, Iris Morales\, Sandy Plácido\, and Saulo Colón Zavala\, these volumes offer a look at the victories\, defeats and transgenerational power of Puerto Rican radicalism. Inside\, you will find peer-reviewed research alongside creative writing\, personal testimonials\, and a deep exploration of women’s essential political and cultural contributions to these movements. \n  \nDuring our community celebration of the special issue at The People’s Forum\, there will be an intergenerational conversation between the co-editors and authors about the concept and making of the volumes\, the histories told within\, and ways to apply these writings and theorizations to present and future struggles. \n  \nTo order copies of the special issue\, please visit the CENTRO Journal website: \nhttps://centropr-store.com/centro-journal-vol-xxxviii-no-1-spring-2026/ \n  \n\nhttps://centropr-store.com/centro-journal-vol-xxxviii-no-2-summer-2026/ \nRSVP
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/the-puerto-rican-radical-tradition/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T173000
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SUMMARY:REVERENT PORTRAITS w/ S. YEMISI ADEYEMO
DESCRIPTION:REVERENT PORTRAITS: DRAWING\, PAINTING\, AND ASSEMBLAGE w/ S. YEMISI ADEYEMO \nOne-day  |  Thursday\, November 19  |  5:30-8:30PM  |  Sliding scale\, $30-50 \nIn this three-hour workshop\, participants will learn the fundamentals of portrait drawing and create a small\, embellished frame honoring someone they wish to remember\, celebrate\, or hold close. Through guided technical instruction in facial proportions\, observation\, and shading\, participants will draw a portrait from a photograph of their choosing\, with opportunities to incorporate painting based on their experience and comfort level. \nWe will draw inspiration from devotional practices across cultures\, including memory jugs\, Afro-diasporic altar traditions\, and the assemblages of Betye Saar. While informed by these traditions\, embellishments will be intuitive and personal to each maker. We will also explore how acts of remembrance and reverence may preserve overlooked histories and connect personal experiences of grief to broader social and political consciousness. No prior art experience is required. Participants should bring a photograph of their chosen subject and are welcome to bring small\, meaningful objects to incorporate into their frames. \n__ \nS. Yemisi Adeyemo (she/they) is a politically engaged interdisciplinary artist working across assemblage\, painting\, and sculpture. Using found materials recovered from urban public space\, she creates layered devotional objects that move between altarpiece and artifact. Her work examines material conditions across global and domestic contexts\, tracing the implications of (neo)imperialism through instances of tragedy\, survival\, and rebellion. Positioning grief as a site of personal and ideological revelation\, her work hopes to shift individualized mourning toward collective critical resistance.\nYemisi received a BFA in Painting from RISD and an MFA in Visual Art from Mason Gross School of the Arts\, Rutgers University. She was a 2025-2026 NXTHVN Studio Art Fellow and a 2021 BRIClab Contemporary Arts Resident. She has taught visual art in an array contexts and communities\, including Rutgers University\, and The Bronx Museum of The Arts. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic\, New American Paintings\, Liverpool University Press’ Sculpture Journal\, Art Cube\, and Forbes\, where she was recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style list in 2025.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/reverent-portraits-nov/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio\, 320 W. 37th\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Art Courses,Culture,Education
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations: Zionism\, US Empire\, and the Racial State
DESCRIPTION:Join scholar and activist Emmaia Gelman for a conversation about Zionism as a “movement from above” — an elite project of racial state-making in alignment with U.S. imperialism. Through the lens of her deep research into the Anti-Defamation League\, she will show how race\, class\, and state power flow through the brokerage of elite institutions that weaponize civil rights discourse and tradition. The conversation will sharpen our analysis and inform our organizing as we resist these forms of elite capture and the violences they protect. \nEmmaia Gelman is the author of The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State and co-editor of The Anti-Defamation League: A Critical Reader. She is the founding director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism\, co-chair of the American Studies Association Caucus on Academic and Community Activism\, the co-host of the podcast Unpacking Zionism\, and a longtime activist in New York City. Her writing has appeared in Boston Review\, Critical Ethnic Studies Journal\, Jadaliyya\, Journal for the Critical Study of Zionism\, Jewish Currents\, Truthout\, Mondoweiss\, and others. \nEmmaia will be in conversation with Conor Q. Foley\, Director of Community Engagement at the Community Church and author of The Bible and Police Violence in the United States\, published by Routledge in May 2026. \n\nRSVP: ccny.org/conversations
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/community-conversations-zionism-us-empire-and-the-racial-state/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mohamed Araki: Sounds from Sudan
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, November 20 at 7pm for Sounds From Sudan\, a live project led by Grammy-nominated Sudanese musician Mohamed Araki. Blending Sudanese songs\, oud\, and deep grooves\, the band brings songs from home into a modern live sound—rooted in memory\, rhythm\, and community. \nThe Band \nFeaturing Mohamed Araki \nVocal/Oud—Mohamed Tahir \nGuitar/Percussion—Dillon Zahner \nBass— Marwan Allam \nDrums—Bez \nSax— Gideon Forbes
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/mohamed-araki-sounds-from-sudan/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T180000
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SUMMARY:Community Dinner | Community Church of New York x The People's Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Community Church of New York invites you to join us for Community Dinner at the People’s Forum to break bread and build relationships grounded in revolutionary love. Whoever you are\, and whatever your relationship to our church\, we’d love to gather around the table with you. Never heard of us? Familiar but have never visited? Don’t consider yourself a religious person? No problem – there’s no pressure here\, just shared values and commitments.\n\nWe’ll be upstairs at the People’s Forum from 6 – 8 PM. Food will be provided by the Community Church. Space is limited and RSVP is required to ensure enough food to go around. To reserve your spot\, fill out the registration form using this link.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/community-dinner-community-church-of-new-york-x-the-peoples-forum/2026-12-03/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T183000
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SUMMARY:Rebirth of Haitian Vodou Music
DESCRIPTION:This book launch-concert will introduce the essay-biography of Yves Chico Boyer\, founder of the rasin ‘root’ music band Foula and a key figure in the revival of Haitian vodou music. Musicologist and art historian Prince Guetjens\, who has gathered testimonies from Chico’s collaborators in Haiti\, in France and in New York\, explores why Foula’s artistic achievements did not gain international recognition compared to Haitian Konpa music. The narrative examines factors such as US imperialist politics\, inadequate support for the arts\, socio-economic divisions\, and the pursuit of stardom over genuine artistry\, highlighting Chico Boyer’s exceptional contributions to this music history. The event will also feature a concert of rasin music and vodou jazz performed by artists influenced by Chico\, including Prince Guetjens. \n  \nThe book (in French and in English) will be available for sale. \n  \nKonsè lansman liv sa a pral prezante esè-biyografi Yves Chico Boyer\, fondatè gwoup mizik rasin Foula a ak yon pèsonalite kle nan relansman mizik vodou ayisyen an. Mizikològ ak istoryen atizay Prince Guetjens\, ki ranmase temwayaj kolaboratè Chico yo nan peyi Dayiti\, France ak Nouyòk\, eksplore poukisa reyalizasyon atistik Foula yo pa t jwenn rekonesans entènasyonal konpare ak mizik Konpa ayisyen an. Narasyon an egzamine faktè tankou politik enperyalis Etazini\, mank sipò pou atizay\, divizyon sosyo-ekonomik\, ak kous dèyè selèb olye de bonjan atizay\, sa ki mete aksan sou kontribisyon eksepsyonèl Chico Boyer nan istwa mizik sa a. Evènman an ap genyen tou yon konsè mizik rasin ak djaz vodou ak atis ki te enfliyanse pa Chico\, pami yo gen Prince Guetjens. \nLiv la (an franse ak an anglè) ap disponib pou vann. \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/rebirth-of-haitian-vodou-music/
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: From GAZA with LOVE
DESCRIPTION:“From Gaza with love is a French Palestinian documentary released in 2026. It is co-directed by French reporter Charles Villa and Palestinian photographer Suheil Nassar. The film documents daily life and the realities faced by children in the Gaza Strip\, as well as their resilience amid the ongoing war. \nGet Tickets Here
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/film-screening-from-gaza-with-love/
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