SCREEN-PRINT OPEN STUDIO w/ FRANCESCA BARR
2026-02-28 10:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
SCREEN-PRINT OPEN STUDIO w/ FRANCESCA BARR
Open studios offer a space to develop a screenprint project in community with other organizers, artists, and cultural workers. These sessions are designed for those who have taken a screen-printing course at TPF or have experience with the medium.
Each session is drop-in and goals are defined by the participant with support from Francesca. Registration is required.
Come to experiment, come to get your hands dirty! See you there!
4 sessions • Saturdays, 10:30AM – 1:30PM • January 17 + 31, February 14 + 28 • Cost per Session: $15
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Francesca Barr is a working artist and writer from Massachusetts. She loves screen-print for the physical labor it demands, and for its value in movement-making past, present, and future.

ICE Out of New York: Court Accompaniment Training
2026-02-28 11:00 - 13:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
🚫🧊 Join us on Saturday, February 28th from 11AM to 1PM for another ICE Out of NY Court Accompaniment Training! The volunteer training will cover basic rights when inateracting with ICE and other law enforcement and how to stay safe, organized, and effective before, during, and after accompaniment.
🔗 RSVP now at the link in bio and get involved!
ℹ️ New York City, home to one of the largest and most diverse immigrant populations in the country, now leads the nation in ICE courthouse abductions. Due to the city’s robust networks of unions, community organizations, and immigrant-led groups, it is also a key location to establish defense and solidarity that can set national precedents for sanctuary and collective protection.
📝Become part of the volunteer network to support immigrants at court hearings and ICE/ISAP check-ins in New York City. This work responds to escalating federal enforcement targeting immigrant communities through raids, detention, and courthouse arrests.
‼️ Volunteers accompany community members through these high-risk appointments to provide a calm, supportive presence, follow safety protocols, and stay in contact with the coordination team. Volunteers should be U.S. citizens or non-citizens who understand the risks and have morning availability (usually 7:00–11:00 a.m.). Accompaniments can last 2 to 6 hours or longer, depending on court schedules and outcomes.
🗓️Sat, Feb 28 • 11AM – 1PM
📍The People’s Forum • 320 W37th St.

TARAB & FAWAZEER: An Iftar Evening of Melodies & Riddles
2026-02-28 17:30 - 20:30 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
FARAH NJ invites you to a joyful evening celebrating Arab culture, music, and community.
Join us for TARAB & FAWAZEER, a special night beginning with a delicious Iftar buffet of mezze, dinner, and dessert by Lammeh NYC. After Iftar, enjoy live music by The Brooklyn Nomads, performing a vibrant blend of traditional Tarab, folk, and modern Arabic melodies. The evening will also include Fawazeer (riddles)—an interactive tradition—with fun prizes and plenty of laughs.

Ticket price: $125 Space is limited so reserve your tickets now! Tickets can be purchased at this link.
FARAH’s mission is to bring people together to celebrate the joy, beauty and diversity of Arab American culture, educate about the heritage and contributions of Arab Americans, and advocate for representation of Arab Americans to achieve a more just and inclusive community. Any funds raised will go towards supporting this mission.

FARAH strives to foster a climate of purposeful inclusion of all people. We value the diversity of racial and cultural identity, nationality, sexual and affectionate orientation, gender identity and its expression, religious background and belief, marital status, family structure and educational and class status.
Disclaimer: By attending this event, you consent to be photographed and agree that your likeness may be used in promotional materials, including our social media, without further notice. If you do not wish to be photographed, please inform us by sending an email to info@farahnj.org

Volunteer Meeting For Palestine
2026-03-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Violeta Parra Stage, 320 West 37th Street, New York, 10018, United States
Join us in preparation for another month of struggle for a free Palestine! We will discuss the current moment and prepare materials for this month of mobilization! RSVP now!

When: Monday, March 2, 6:30 PM

Where: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St, NYC

✊ The details: Our volunteer meeting & art build will start with a political orientation from key organizations in the Shut It Down 4 Palestine Coalition, including the Palestinian Youth Movement, the People’s Forum, and the ANSWER Coalition. We will discuss important developments in the movement for Palestine and the actions planned for the month. From there, we will divide up into groups to plan local neighborhood outreach, put the week’s goals into action, and make art and materials for upcoming actions. Before leaving, we will ask volunteers to take #ShutItDown4Palestine materials, like stickers, flyers, and posters to distribute in their neighborhoods and workplaces

CLASS: The Army That Turned on the War: GI Resistance in Vietnam
2026-03-03 18:30 - 20:30 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
REGISTER HERE
“We have made our decision. We will not be a part of this unjust, immoral, and illegal war. We want no part of a war of extermination. We oppose the criminal waste of American lives and resources. We refuse to go to Vietnam!!!!!!” – Fort Hood Three
When soldiers in Vietnam began refusing combat orders, organizing underground anti-war newspapers, and taking action against their officers, the U.S. military faced an army in rebellion against the war itself. This class examines the massive GI resistance movement that emerged within the ranks during the Vietnam War, from individual acts of defiance to organized mutinies, antiwar coffeehouses near military bases, and networks of active-duty soldiers who saw themselves not as heroes but as war criminals being ordered to commit atrocities. We’ll explore how this internal revolt, spanning all branches of service and crossing lines of race and rank, helped force an end to the war and why the military establishment has worked so hard to erase this history of soldiers who chose conscience over orders.
INSTRUCTOR: Mike Prysner is an Iraq war veteran turned anti-war organizer, working with U.S. service members. As a producer & director for Empire Files he has created a body of anti-imperialist films, podcasts and educational materials (most recently Earth’s Greatest Enemy). He is the new Executive Director at the Center on Conscience and War.
Join us this Tuesday as we study the legacy of the anti-war movement and the many forms it takes – from soldiers refusing orders to the building of the mass movement in the United States.

REGISTER HERE

Liquid Handcuffs Book Launch & Panel Discussion
2026-03-05 18:00 - 19:30 | NY
Methadone is the gold standard for treating opioid addiction. It is a life-saving medication. But the current, outdated system for obtaining it–the methadone clinic system– is punitive, unjust, and humiliating. In the midst of an ongoing opioid overdose crisis, it’s easier to get fentanyl on the street than it is to get methadone from a clinic. This live panel of experts will unpack the carceral and racist history of methadone. Panelists will discuss how siloed clinics are a creation of the War on Drugs, expose the role of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the culture of cruelty, and explain how methadone is harm reduction but the system that controls access to it is harm production. To free people who take methadone, the clinic system has to be abolished and care for opioid addiction integrated into the healthcare system.
Join Helen Redmond, Samuel Kelton Roberts, Betty Kolod and Jerry Otero to discuss the past, present, and future of methadone.
RSVP HERE!

FILM SCREENING: The Forgotten Occupation
2026-03-05 18:00 - 21:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
Join us at the Paul and Eslanda Robeson Cinema at The People’s Forum, created in the spirit of their love of art, film, and revolution.
Through a letter to his grandfather, a Haitian filmmaker revisits the U.S. occupation of Haiti, unraveling the paradox of a man who longed for American rule and a nation scarred by it. Blending intimate memory with sweeping history, the film confronts exile, love, and the uneasy truths at the heart of freedom.
Haiti | 2023 | Alain Martin | 90m
This is a free educational program, however, in order to maintain a safe capacity level, we ask that you get an $8 solidarity ticket to reserve your participation and to sustain our educational programming.

Let Cuba Live Exhibition Opening
2026-03-05 18:30 - 19:30 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
This Thursday at 6:30pm, join us for the opening of Let Cuba Live, an exhibition bringing together artists who raise their voices in solidarity with the Cuban people at a critical moment.
At the heart of the exhibition is Primero de Mayo, a handmade tapestry by Tabitha K Arnold depicting the extraordinary International Workers’ Day commemorations in Havana. The exhibition also features original screenprints by other artists, to be announced.
These works speak to a moment that demands action. For over 65 years, the U.S. government has strangled Cuba’s economy with a brutal blockade, but in the last month, Trump has gone further to prevent Cuba from importing oil. This genocidal oil blockade will be measured in human suffering: families without power, hospitals facing impossible choices, children, the elderly, and the sick bearing the brunt of a policy that can only be described as economic warfare.
In moments like these, artists take up the call: building solidarity, demanding justice, and affirming the humanity and resilience of the Cuban people. Let Cuba Live calls on all people of conscience to raise their voices to reject this inhumanity and demand an immediate end to the blockade. Let Cuba Live!
***Prints of the artworks will be sold and funds donated to the effort to send solar generators and panels to Cuban hospitals!***

The Revolutionary Art of Embroidery with Tabitha Arnold
2026-03-06 17:00 - 19:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
Join us for a workshop on the Revolutionary Art of Embroidery with Tabitha Arnold. In this workshop, participants will create their own small embroideries by learning Tabitha Arnold’s punch needle technique and process.
Friday, March 6
SESSION 1: 2-4PM
SESSION 2: 5-7PM (SOLD OUT)
Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio
This workshop is part of the programming around Let Cuba Live, an exhibition bringing together artists who raise their voices in solidarity with the Cuban people at a critical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is Primero de Mayo, a handmade tapestry by Tabitha K Arnold depicting the extraordinary International Workers’ Day commemorations in Havana. Visit the tapestry and then learn the technique directly from Tabitha Arnold!
SESSION 1 Friday 2-4pm

SESSION 2 (SOLD OUT)

FIRST FRIDAYS: DEERLADY
2026-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Violeta Parra Stage, 320 West 37th Street, New York, 10018, United States
First Fridays at The People’s Forum is a monthly concert series curated and co-presented by Artists Against Apartheid, featuring artists on the cutting edge of culture whose work speaks to the political and social moment. Each show is a live, intimate, and immersive experience—a space where music & art are understood as tools in the struggle for collective liberation.
On Fri. March 6th, we’re excited to welcome deerlady to the TPF stage. Their work carries a rare depth and urgency, and it’s an honor to host artists whose sound and vision feel so essential to this moment.
Deerlady is an experimental rock band led by Odanak First Nation artist Mali Obomsawin with a rotating collective of band members. Their debut album Greatest Hits (2024) was praised by Sterogum, KEXP and NPR for its lyricism and immense soundscapes. Deerlady is at the forefront of Native sound art in rock. “Headbang while you weep” – Lars Gotrich.

SPANISH FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE | SPRING 2026
2026-03-07 08:00 - 2026-05-13 17:00 | Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
TO APPLY, PLEASE FILL OUT OUR REGISTRATION FORM BY CLICKING HERE
Spanish for Social Justice Open-to-All Spring 2026 Virtual Courses
¡Bienvenides! Welcome to Spanish for Social Justice!
Algarabía Language Co-op is excited to announce that we are offering virtual Spanish classes this spring!
Algarabía Language Co-op offers Spanish for Social Justice courses in partnership with The People’s Forum. We offer classes at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of fluency for those interested in topics related to social justice, politics, and culture. Through weekly social justice themes and using a communicative and popular education approach, participants will improve their Spanish skills and critically engage with various cultural productions centered around the lived experiences of working-class people of Indigenous and African descent on the continent. These courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in New York City (Lenapehoking), one of the largest and most diverse Spanish-speaking cities in the world, as well as the rest of Turtle Island and Abya Yala.
To apply, click HERE
SPRING 2026 COURSE SCHEDULE:

Click HERE to view the complete list of classes, schedules, and descriptions.
*Times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST) / New York, New York

WEEKEND SESSIONS: Virtual Courses (10 Weeks)
Start: Saturday March 7th
End: Saturday May 9th

WEEKDAY SESSIONS: Virtual Courses (10 Weeks)
Start: Monday March 9th & Wednesday March 11th
End: Monday May 11th & Wednesday May 13th

IMPORTANT:
▪ This virtual program is Open-to-All. However, we prioritize access to folks identified as BIPOC.
▪ Please only apply if you can attend most of the classes.
▪ Each session can hold up to 15 participants.
▪ Cost of class $200-$400 sliding scale. This includes all course materials.
*$500 if an employer or another institutional funding source pays for the contribution.*

COURSE DESCRIPTION
All courses focus on the use of inclusive, gender-neutral, and anti-racist language. There is an emphasis on validating U.S. Spanish and other varieties of Spanish that are often considered “non-standard.” We actively include the use of “vos” as used in Central America.
As part of Algarabía’s mission to make our courses accessible, we offer sliding-scale rates and flexible payment plans. You’ll be able to select your payment tier and plan directly within the application form, based on your financial circumstances.
ABOUT OUR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: At Algarabía Language Co-op, we see language learning as a meaningful, collaborative, and transformative process reflected in our training in hands-on communicative and task-based language teaching approaches and our use of popular education in the language classroom. We seek to support the holistic development of all language learners as they become competent multilingual speakers. We design classroom activities and utilize textbooks and other original didactic materials that cater to our participants’ needs and reflect the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish-speaking worlds.
Algarabía will contact selected participants on a rolling basis and provide them with a link to complete their payment and secure their spot in the class.

Take a look at our FAQ!
For more information about our language services, go to www.algarabialanguage.com or email us at algarabialanguage@gmail.com

2nd Annual Benefit Concert for Gaza at The People's Forum
2026-03-12 17:00 - 22:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
2nd Annual Benefit Concert for Gaza at The People’s Forum

🇵🇸 MUSIC MARATHON FOR GAZA:On Thursday, March 12th at 5pm, musicians from all across New York City’s music scenes will come together to stand with Palestine.
In the tradition of artists standing up the in the struggle for liberation, join us for a night of music supporting the steadfastness of our movement for Palestinian liberation and raising funds for the Middle East Children’s Alliance.
Grab your tickets at:
bit.ly/marchmusicmarathon
📅 WHEN:
Thurs. March 12th, 5:00 pm
📍WHERE:
The People’s Forum
320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
🎟️ TICKETS:
$25 Student
$40 General
$10 Livestream min. suggested donation
(Standing room available at door)
100% of proceeds will go to the Middle East Children’s Alliance!

FILM SCREENING: El Benny (2006)
2026-03-12 18:00 - 20:30 | NY
El Benny is a Cuban film released in 2006, directed and co-written by Jorge Luis Sánchez, his first feature-length film. It is a fictional story based on the life of the famous Cuban musician Benny Moré. The film includes new versions of his songs, performed by musicians including Chucho Valdés, Juan Formell, Haila and Orishas.
Cuba | 2006 | Jorge Luis Sánchez | 132m
This is a free educational program, however, in order to maintain a safe capacity level, we ask that you get an $8 solidarity ticket to reserve your participation and to sustain our educational programming.

Screening & Talkback at Angelika Film Center: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2026-03-13 19:15 - 20:00 | Angelika Film Center, 18 W Houston Street, New York City
Screening & Talkback at Angelika Film Center: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
📷⁩ ⁨🎥 Join us for a screening and talkback at the Angelika Film Center on Friday March, 13th & Saturday March 14th at 7:15PM for the theatrical re-release of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised also known as Chávez: Inside the Coup.
Filmed with unprecedented access, this landmark documentary captures the explosive April 2002 coup in Venezuela from the perspective of the people and the palace. It is a powerful chronicle of the 48-hour overthrow of President Hugo Chávez and the decisive, massive movement of popular support that immediately brought him back into power.
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💲2 for 1 Ticket Deal when you sign-up for free to be an Angelika Film Center Member!

🗓️ Friday, March 13th & Saturday, March 14th • 7:15 PM
📍 18 W Houston Street NYC • Angelika Film Center
FRIDAY TICKETS • CLICK HERE
SATURDAY TICKETS • CLICK HERE

National TPS Alliance: TPS Info Session
2026-03-14 10:30 - 13:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
JOIN US ON SATURDAY, MARCH 14 AT 10:30AM TO LEARN ABOUT:

The current status of TPS
What to do to protect ourselves
How to support the Local Committee

Foro Informativo sobre TPS: ¿Qué está pasando con el TPS?
HABLAREMOS SOBRE:

La situación actual del TPS
Qué hacer para protegernos
Cómo apoyar al Comité Local

REGISTER HERE/REGÍSTRATE AQUÍ

HOMEBOUND FILM SCREENING
2026-03-14 18:00 - 21:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
Join Hindus for Human Rights on March 14th for a free screening of Homebound, a film by director Neeraj Ghaywan, which was India’s submission to the Academy Awards, and was shortlisted in the best international film category.
Homebound centers the close friendship between two young men in a North Indian village at the start of the pandemic. It explores the ways they navigate life in contemporary India with their Dalit and Muslim identities. It’s a story of friendship, of course, but also of the ways in which the government continues to fail many of its citizens, and how our interpersonal bonds are the greatest tool of comfort and solidarity we have.
REGISTER HERE!

SCREEN-PRINT 101 w/ FRANCESCA BARR [TUESDAYS]
2026-03-17 18:00 - 20:30 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
SCREEN-PRINT 101 w/ FRANCESCA BARR
5-week | 6-8:30PM | Tuesdays, March 17 through April 14 | $250
This five-session course offers a hands-on introduction to screen-printing as both an artistic medium and revolutionary tool. While studying the contributions of historic printshops around the world, participants will develop skills needed to craft their own reproductions. No previous experience required!
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Francesca Barr is a working artist and writer from Massachusetts. She loves screenprint for the physical labor it demands, and for its value in movement-making past, present, and future.

SCREEN-PRINT 101 w/ FRANCESCA BARR [WEDNESDAYS]
2026-03-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
SCREEN-PRINT 101 w/ FRANCESCA BARR
5-week | 6-8:30PM | Wednesdays, March 18 through April 15 | $250
This five-session course offers a hands-on introduction to screen-printing as both an artistic medium and revolutionary tool. While studying the contributions of historic printshops around the world, participants will develop skills needed to craft their own reproductions. No previous experience required!
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Francesca Barr is a working artist and writer from Massachusetts. She loves screenprint for the physical labor it demands, and for its value in movement-making past, present, and future.

BOOK-BINDING w/ DANIEL DRENNAN ELAWAR
2026-03-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
BOOKBINDING: ART BOOKS TO ZINES w/ DANIEL DRENNAN ELAWAR
5-week | 6-8:30PM | Fridays, March 20 through April 17 | $250
From broadsides and pamphlets to zines and art books, bookbinding has a long history that parallels that of the printing trades. In this class students will explore the construction of various book forms, using traditional and archival bookmaking materials. Further emphasis will focus on aspects of content: audience, communication, dissemination of ideas, and durable historical archives. From simple folded zines and sewn saddle stitch bindings, to Japanese binding of loose pages and Coptic binding of page signatures, the full gamut of possibilities will be explored with a variety of real-world projects.
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Daniel Drennan ElAwar is an illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, and educator. His work, based in a documentary genre, focuses primarily on issues of displacement, dispossession, and disinheritance. His research and practice concerning decolonization and resistance led to the founding in 2009 of a Beirut-based artists’ collective, ‎جمع اليد (Jamaa Al-Yad). He currently manages the studio and workshops for Frontline Arts in Branchburg, NJ.

CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER
2026-03-21 11:00 - 14:00 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER
One-day | 11AM – 2PM | Saturday, March 21 | $75
Students will spend this introductory workshop learning the cyanotype process from beginning to end. This one-day class covers the basic process of prep, choosing photos/objects, and exposure/printing. Cyanotype 101 is beginner-friendly and perfect for those who haven’t experimented with the medium before.
For those intermediate + advanced, please join Cyanotype 201 (first session April 2026).
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Praise Fuller (b. Houston, Texas) is a New York-based, self-taught artist, poet, and educator with a practice spanning printmaking, installation, and mixed media with a central focus on the cyanotype process. Fuller’s work emerges from historical analysis and introspection, exploring what lies beyond the constraints of family, the church, trauma, and the cultural realities of the South. These introspections are interwoven with the concept of “rememory,” a term borrowed from Toni Morrison, which reflects how memory exists beyond, or even escapes, the individual mind by inhabiting objects, places, and communities.
https://www.praise-fuller.com/

REVOLUTIONARY PRINT-MAKING w/ DANIEL DRENNAN ELAWAR
2026-03-21 14:30 - 17:30 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
REVOLUTIONARY PRINT-MAKING w/ DANIEL DRENNAN ELAWAR
6-week | 2:30-5:30PM | Saturdays, March 21 through April 25 | $250
This six-session class provides an overview of relief print-making in terms of the political poster tradition.
The broadside or poster serves as an important historical printed record and archive of prevailing customs and culture, as well as resistance to dominant cultural norms. In this project, students will conduct photo and lettering research, design and carve linoleum blocks, and print a small run of a one-color poster.
Portfolio of previous student work:
https://www.elawarart.org/praxis/tpf_printmaking/exhibit/

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Daniel Drennan ElAwar is an illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, and educator. His work, based in a documentary genre, focuses primarily on issues of displacement, dispossession, and disinheritance. His research and practice concerning decolonization and resistance led to the founding in 2009 of a Beirut-based artists’ collective, ‎جمع اليد (Jamaa Al-Yad). He currently manages the studio and workshops for Frontline Arts in Branchburg, NJ.

Mutual Aid Fundraiser for Trans & Queer Immigrant Solidarity
2026-03-21 16:00 - 19:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
Kermes De Apoyo Mutual
En Solidaridad con Inmigrantes Queer y Trans

el sábado, 21 de marzo de las 4pm-7pm
ubicada en The People’s Forum

Unase a artistas y obreros culturales, obreros, y organizadores de la comunidad Trans/Queer con el propositio de solidarizarnos con nuestros hermanes refugiades, los que piden asilo politico, los que previamente/actualmente fueron incarcerados.

Presentaciones musicales de leilani patao, Violet Stanza, The Drips y Zoe Firn.
La poesía por Aristilde Kirby. DJ por Kuppi.
Presentade por Flower.

Los artistas compartirán su obra revolucionaria e inspiradora relevante a nuestro momento
¡Habra una Mesa de Recauación de Fondos de Venta Directa!
¡Sorteo!
¡Mesa Comunitaria!
Title: Mutual Aid Fundraiser for Trans & Queer Immigrant Solidarity
Date: Sat, March 21
Time: 4pm-7pm (doors at 3:50pm)
Venue: The People’s Forum

Fundraising for: Community Fund for Trans and Queer Detainees and Recently Released Neighbors
Read more at: tqcommunityfund.com
Suggested Door Donation: $5-$55
Donations are being collected via venmo, @sibling_support
Can’t make it to the People’s Forum? Your contribution is still very welcome!
NYC community members gather to make music and raise funds for a grassroots effort to support our Trans/Queer neighbors in detention, immigration proceedings, and those recently released from detention. Often isolated from their immediate families, Trans and Queer people can get lost in the U.S. immigration system. This T/Q Community Fund will support folks who don’t have families looking for them or working to secure their release. The fund will also support Trans and Queer neighbors who have recently been released from detention.
Info about Trans/Queer folks disappearing in detentions https://www.vera.org/news/ice-is-excluding-data-on-transgender-people-in-detention
Do you know someone who would benefit from this funding? You can fill out an intake form at tqcommunityfund.com and we will make sure funds are distributed.

Music by leilani patao, Violet Stanza, The Drips and Zoe Firn. Poetry by Aristilde Kirby. Grooves by Kuppi. Hosted by Flower! The artists will share revolutionary and inspiring work that meets our moment.

Amazing fundraiser items will be for sale by New York artisans, including an exciting raffle. Items will be announced leading up to the event<3
100% of proceeds go to the T/Q Community Fund!
A community table of free stuff will also be set up, including KYR info, Zines, Resource Guides, Whistles, Health and Safety Supplies, and more.

Join working class artists and cultural workers, laborers, and Trans/Queer organizers to show our refugee and asylum seeking siblings and previously/currently incarcerated folks that they are not forgotten.

Leilani Patao is trying to figure it out, and they want out of streaming. They’re a Los Angeles-born and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter-producer, and a recovering jack of all trades. daisy, Leilani’s latest EP was not released on streaming as a protest against unfair wages for artists, AI integration and lack of regulation, and the streaming model no longer aligning with their morals. With CEOs treating our art and our livelihoods as data to be traded, AI contributing to the destruction of our planet and the commodification of art, and any money made seeming to still end up funding genocide and systemic oppression, filling the pockets of those who Leilani speaks against, they wanted out. This release is just as much of an experiment of sound as it is an experiment of sharing this music.
Violet Stanza is a singer/songwriter whose writing ranges from pop bangers to tender ballads. Her music has earned several accolades, winning both BroadwayWorld’s Best Original Song, and the Goethe Institut’s International Music Contest. Violet can be found performing around New York, or online where her content has amassed over 800 thousand followers across platforms. She hopes to empower other queer and trans people through her art, and make the world a prettier place along the way.
Zoe Firn has a song for every mood. Wielding a guitar, her voice, and sometimes a violin, Zoe crafts earthy alt-rock tunes that “you’ll want to take home in your pocket” (according to Molly Murphy) and lyrics that “hit harder than a Mack truck” (according to Radio Free Brooklyn). She aims to connect with listeners, whether it’s an audience of 1 through a pair of headphones, a handful of friends in the back of a bar, or over 100 on a particularly celebratory night. Zoe’s debut album “Atomic Force” was released in October 2025 on Bandcamp/CDs then in December 2025 on all streaming sites excluding Spotify. And she hopes the songs stick with you long after the first listen.
THE DRIPS are a new BK based Indie band that fuses together a gnarly potion of folk, pop, & punk-rock. The coven is made up of Déa, Aspen, and Caro, who met on a moonlit night in a Dunkin-donuts parking lot. Their hex-proof cauldron is specially brewed to connect queer comrades far and wide. Transvolution, the band’s debut album, is available in physical form, as well as anywhere where artist wages are ethical and AI is prohibited.

Aristilde Kirby is a poet & performance artist from the Bronx living in Brooklyn. She has written the book Daisy & Catherine Squared (Auric Press, 2022) & the chapbook Sonnet Infinitésimal / Material Girl (Best American Experimental Writing, 2020). She is writing a couple of books riffing off ideas of math.

ASL SPRING 2026
2026-03-24 17:00 - 2026-04-28 19:00 | Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
Join us Spring 2026 for a new set of ASL Classes. These are virtual classes, facilitated by Kristen Suiter and Siena Rafter, for people of all levels in their language study journey.

INTRO TO ASL – Apply Here
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. From learning the ABCs and how to introduce yourself to studying Deaf representation in media, this offering will cover the basics of American Sign Language and American Deaf culture.

Mondays 5pm est – 630pm est
March 23 – April 27
Sliding Scale ($150 – $300)

ASL LEVEL 2 – Apply Here
This ASL Level 2 course is designed to continue your skill development in expressive signing. 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. We’ll also focus on teaching you more about the deaf community, so you gain a better appreciation for deaf culture, activism, and learn how you can get involved.

Wednesdays 6pm-730pm EST
March 25 – April 29
Sliding Scale ($150 – $300)

ASL LEVEL 3 – Apply Here

Level 3 will continue to develop and strengthen students’ storytelling and conversational skills! Participants will continue to become more comfortable in utilizing their visual space and expressing their own thoughts and ideas through American Sign Language. This course will also feature more in depth explorations of Deaf culture and how this current administration is affecting Deaf lives across the world.

Tuesdays 6pm-730pm EST
March 24 – April 28
Sliding Scale ($150 – $300

Arab Tech Collective: Humanizing Accessibility through Technical Case Studies
2026-03-25 18:00 - 20:30 | NY
Join us at The People’s Forum for this great talk plus networking afterwards!
Humanizing Accessibility through Technical Case Studies
This talk aims to humanize the often-nebulous concept of accessibility by examining technical solutions to some of the problems faced by the blind in their constant quest to use the tools made available by modern computing as those tools change. Led by a former Googler, the talk will highlight patterns in the development of solutions that can inform a designer of a product for which there are no formal accessibility guidelines. Key to the discussion will be the real-world impact that this work has on people’s employment and livelihood.

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FIGURE DRAWING NIGHT w/ NICK SKOUG
2026-03-26 18:00 - 20:30 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
FIGURE DRAWING NIGHT w/ NICK SKOUG
One-day | 6-8:30PM | Thursday, March 26 | $20
In these one-day drawing sessions, we will practice figure drawing with a live model, working independently with guidance and input from the teacher.
Basic drawing materials will be available (paper, drawing boards, pencils, charcoal, erasers). Participants are encouraged to bring their own supplies as well!
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Nick Skoug is a figurative painter. Originally from the Los Angeles area, he studied painting there before moving to Germany, where he lived for 10 years. He left Berlin for a Master’s Degree in Painting at the New York Studio School.

PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + FRANCESCA
2026-03-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + FRANCESCA
Alternating Saturdays | 11AM – 2PM | $20
Open studio is a space to develop a print-making project in community with other organizers, artists, and cultural workers.
These sessions are designed for those who have taken Screen-print 101 or Revolutionary Print-making at The People’s Forum, or who have experience with print-making.
Come for one Saturday, or return every other week! Each session is drop-in and goals are defined by the participant.
Basic tools and materials are available—including ink, linoleum, paper, transparencies, screens, and emulsion.
Spring schedule: March 28 / April 11 / April 25 / May 9 / May 23 / June 6 / June 20
Registration is required. Co-facilitated by Daniel Drennan ElAwar and Francesca Barr.
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Daniel Drennan ElAwar is an illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, and educator. His work, based in a documentary genre, focuses primarily on issues of displacement, dispossession, and disinheritance. His research and practice concerning decolonization and resistance led to the founding in 2009 of a Beirut-based artists’ collective, ‎جمع اليد (Jamaa Al-Yad). He currently manages the studio and workshops for Frontline Arts in Branchburg, NJ.
Francesca Barr is a working artist and writer from Massachusetts. She loves screenprint for the physical labor it demands, and for its value in movement-making past, present, and future.

The Story of Capital: Book Launch with David Harvey in conversation with Adam Tooze
2026-03-30 18:30 - 20:30 | NY

FIRST FRIDAYS: Frontyard FM
2026-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Violeta Parra Stage, 320 West 37th Street, New York, 10018, United States
First Fridays at The People’s Forum is a monthly concert series curated and co-presented by Artists Against Apartheid, featuring artists on the cutting edge of culture whose work speaks to the political and social moment. Each show is a live, intimate, and immersive experience—a space where music & art are understood as tools in the struggle for collective liberation.
On Fri. April 3rd, we’re excited to welcome Frontyard FM to the TPF stage for First Fridays. Frontyard FM is a grassroots music and community organization located in Brooklyn, NY since 2024. As a collective of artists, they mix live performance with DJing, spanning a range of genres including R&B, soul, reggae, hip-hop, jazz and house, with resident artists Stav, Jennora, Osiris, Jodí, Isa Tariq, Tallboy, Mick Banks, and DJ Sevenstair. Also featuring special guests Dana and Alden, and Desmond Barrett.

[COURSE] The Artist Must Take Sides: Culture & The Movement Past, Present, & Future
2026-04-04 08:00 - 2026-05-30 21:00 | The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.” — Paul Robeson
In times of war and crisis, when people are rising up, when people are taking a stand, when the stakes could not be higher– what is the responsibility of the artist?
History points us to the answer. Culture is the heartbeat of our movements. It brings people into collective action, sharpens our sense of our own power, and makes a better future feel possible. But the ruling elites also use culture to flood our screens with art that makes the current crisis feel natural, inevitable, and permanent. Artists on the side of freedom have to fight back. Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Elizabeth Catlett, and Paul Robeson all took a side. The muralists of the Chicano Movement took a side. Hip-hop artists and those speaking out on stages, screens, studio walls, and the streets today take a side. Now, we as artists have to consider what that looks like in today’s context.
In this course presented by Artists Against Apartheid & The People’s Forum, we will study the role of the artist in the movement. We will discuss the responsibility of artists to struggle against the system that exploits, alienates, and pacifies and towards building a culture that inspires, drives, and sustains our collective struggle for liberation. Art alone cannot make a revolution, but it can transform the people who will.
More About the Course: You can take this course from anywhere in the world — join live in-person in NYC at The People’s Forum and online via zoom, or access recordings and readings on your own time. There will also be opportunities to connect with people participating in your regional area to watch classes, discuss and build connections together. Register now and we will follow up with details about local participation.
Drawing from the tradition of the Black Arts Movement, the John Reed Clubs, and other radical artist organizing, part of this course will be Artist Salons — gatherings to exchange ideas, and discuss how to bring the classroom lessons into our artistic practices and organizing. Salons will take place twice over the 6 week course, with some opportunities for those outside NYC to plug into one in their area.
REGISTER HERE
About the Organizations:
Artists Against Apartheid is a network of over 15,000 artists & cultural workers dedicated to using our practices to build the movement for the liberation of Palestine & beyond. We are musicians, writers, poets, actors, filmmakers, painters, dancers, chefs, sculptors, directors, and more—and we know that all artists have a responsibility to build a better world. AgainstApartheid.art
The People’s Forum is a New York City-based education and cultural center for working class and marginalized communities. We build unity across historic lines of division at home and abroad through courses, workshops, grassroots organizing, and cultural programming. peoplesforum.org

WHEN:
This course runs for 6 weeks, from April 21 to May 26, meeting on Tuesdays from 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET. If you aren’t able to join each class live due to scheduling conflicts or time zone differences – no worries, the recordings from each session are uploaded to the course student portal, which all registrants will have indefinite access to, within 24 hours of class.
WHERE:
The Artist Must Take Sides: Culture and the Movement Past Present and Future is a hybrid program, so you can participate from anywhere in the world.

If you are based in New York City, join us in-person at The People’s Forum (320 W 37th St.)
If you are joining virtually, a zoom link will be sent prior to each class
If you aren’t able to join classes live, all course materials (including class recordings, readings, and additional materials) will be uploaded to the student portal so you can follow the course at your own pace.

HOW:
Register here to join the course and gain access to all course materials!

CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER
2026-04-04 11:00 - 14:00 | Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio, 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, 10018, United States
CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER
One-day | 11AM – 2PM | Saturday, April 4 | $75
Students will spend this introductory workshop learning the cyanotype process from beginning to end. This one-day class covers the basic process of prep, choosing photos/objects, and exposure/printing. Cyanotype 101 is beginner-friendly and perfect for those who haven’t experimented with the medium before.
For those intermediate + advanced, please join Cyanotype 201 (first session April 2026).
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Praise Fuller (b. Houston, Texas) is a New York-based, self-taught artist, poet, and educator with a practice spanning printmaking, installation, and mixed media with a central focus on the cyanotype process. Fuller’s work emerges from historical analysis and introspection, exploring what lies beyond the constraints of family, the church, trauma, and the cultural realities of the South. These introspections are interwoven with the concept of “rememory,” a term borrowed from Toni Morrison, which reflects how memory exists beyond, or even escapes, the individual mind by inhabiting objects, places, and communities.
https://www.praise-fuller.com/
