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.
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.
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.
Português Intermediário 2 is an advanced intermediate class, designed by Natalia de Campos for The People’s Forum, 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 have more vocabulary, composed verbal structures, and more elaborate conversations with Portuguese native speakers.
This is a fast-paced course designed for people who learned the Basic structure of Portuguese and present, past and near future of verbs tenses. You will learn other tenses, introduction to subjunctive and more complex writing
Join us for an introductory course on the basics of Portuguese with a glimpse on historical and contemporary contexts of the working classes and social movements in Brazil, and other Portuguese-speaking countries.
In this one-day session, we will practice figure drawing from life, working independently with guidance from Nick Skoug. April 21, 2026.
This film “Honoring Amilcar” captures Amilcar Cabral’s influence and impact on several social justice involved Black people in Cape Verde and The United States.
This gathering is envisioned as a cultural and relational experience that invites participants to engage with the tensions, contradictions, and possibilities of shaping new pathways for land stewardship, cultural renewal, and collective liberation.
Join us for a special Earth Day Screening of the second documentary from journalist Abby Martin that uncovers a shocking blind spot in the climate conversation: the U.S. military.
Don’t Be Long, Little Bird: A young Palestinian girl time travels to 1930s Palestine and meets her great-grandmother as a child.
LA Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement: A documentary on the rise of LA Rebellion, the UCLA-born movement of filmmakers of color after the Watts Uprising.
Join us for a special concert with Alida & the Nightshades as they explore the music and history of the Nueva Canción movement that emerged across Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s. Rooted in folk traditions, the movement used song as resistance to repression, centering social justice, collective struggle, and a deep connection between people, land, and memory.
Join us for an interactive musical show where children and families will sing, move, and learn Arabic together in the most fun and playful way.
Seth Fein presents three short films of diverse content as well as form that he produced in and (mainly) about Queens.
Open studio is a space to develop a print-making project in community with other organizers, artists, and cultural workers.
An acclaimed documentary on poet Nikki Giovanni, tracing her life, poetry, and influence from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.
The evening will feature a panel discussion with contributing artists, offering deeper insight into their practices and the role of memory, ritual, and imagination in their work.
