
December 4 @ 7:00 pm
FILM SCREENING: Red November Black November
Sally Alvarez and Carolyn Jung produced a film, "Red November, Black November," documenting the Greensboro tragedy. The film premiered in March of 1981, less than 2 years after the murders, and stands as a raw record of the truth of the massacre and its immediate aftermath.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Film Screenings
December 4 @ 6:00 pm
alQaws Benefit Show x NYC
Come join us for a night of performances to raise funds to help bring together and support Palestinian Queers across borders. With special guest Alsarah from Alsarah and the Nubatones!
Event Categories: Culture, Performances
November 16 @ 2:00 pm
PEOPLE’S MARKET
The People’s Market features local artists, creatives and makers from the 5 boroughs, and beyond. Come learn, share experiences and build community while supporting our local.
Event Category: Culture
November 15 @ 7:00 pm
Film Screening: Llévate Mis Amores
Montados sobre La Bestia, cientos de migrantes cruzan diariamente México con la esperanza de traspasar la frontera y encontrar una mejor vida. En ese vertiginoso trayecto, un grupo de mujeres intercede para regalarles un poco de aliento.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Film Screenings
November 9 @ 3:00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO SILKSCREENING
A step by step guide through the process of silkscreening, from a basic sketch to digital touch up and screen set up concluding with printing on fabric and paper.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
November 2 @ 3:00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO SILKSCREENING
A step by step guide through the process of silkscreening, from a basic sketch to digital touch up and screen set up concluding with printing on fabric and paper.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
November 1 @ 6:30 pm
Rising Blades: A Poetry Series with a Twist
"Rising Blades" is a gathering of revolutionaries, in art and action. We will showcase creative storytellers and community organizers, for an active audience who will have a chance to participate in the proceedings through an initial open-mic, and town hall Q&A in the end.
Event Categories: Culture, Open Mic, Performances
October 29 @ 7:00 pm
Open Program: Open Rehearsals
Join us and create a story. The rehearsals of HOME will introduce different aspects of the research of the Open Program and will give the opportunity to work one on one on selected texts, songs and acting fragments.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
October 26 @ 3:00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO SILKSCREENING
A step by step guide through the process of silkscreening, from a basic sketch to digital touch up and screen set up concluding with printing on fabric and paper.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
October 22 @ 7:00 pm
Open Program: Open Rehearsals
Join us and create a story. The rehearsals of HOME will introduce different aspects of the research of the Open Program and will give the opportunity to work one on one on selected texts, songs and acting fragments.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
October 20 @ 9:00 am
PEOPLE'S MUSIC NETWORK FALL CONVERGENCE
This full-day convergence of the People's Music Network is designed to strengthen connections among musicians and poets in NYC using their craft for justice and liberation. We’ll have participatory workshops, song swaps, an open mic, shared meals for lunch and dinner, a sales table, and built-in networking time.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
October 19 @ 3:00 pm
INTRODUCTION TO SILKSCREENING
A step by step guide through the process of silkscreening, from a basic sketch to digital touch up and screen set up concluding with printing on fabric and paper.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
October 18 @ 7:00 pm
Open Program: Open Rehearsals
Join us and create a story. The rehearsals of HOME will introduce different aspects of the research of the Open Program and will give the opportunity to work one on one on selected texts, songs and acting fragments.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
October 15 @ 7:00 pm
Open Program: Open Rehearsals
Join us and create a story. The rehearsals of HOME will introduce different aspects of the research of the Open Program and will give the opportunity to work one on one on selected texts, songs and acting fragments.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
October 11 @ 7:00 pm
Open Program: Open Rehearsals
Join us and create a story. The rehearsals of HOME will introduce different aspects of the research of the Open Program and will give the opportunity to work one on one on selected texts, songs and acting fragments.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
October 8 @ 7:00 pm
Open Program: Open Rehearsals
Join us and create a story. The rehearsals of HOME will introduce different aspects of the research of the Open Program and will give the opportunity to work one on one on selected texts, songs and acting fragments.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
October 4 @ 7:00 pm
Open Program: Open Rehearsals
Join us and create a story. The rehearsals of HOME will introduce different aspects of the research of the Open Program and will give the opportunity to work one on one on selected texts, songs and acting fragments.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
September 28 @ 6:30 pm
FILM SCREENING: AS AN ACT OF PROTEST
Described once as an "internal Battle of Algiers" and "radical Taxi Driver" (had that film been a progressive movie), As an Act of Protest is a perfect introduction to Dennis Leroy Kangalee's art and work as a cultural activist.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Film Screenings
September 26 @ 6:30 pm
HENNA 101
We will learn about history of henna as an ancient form of body art, have an open discussion about the commercialization and contemporary use of henna in the entertainment, beauty and fashion industries, as well as a demonstration of henna art.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture, Education, Workshops
September 17 @ 5:00 pm
No New Jails Anniversary
No New Jails calls for the immediate closure of Rikers without building new jails, and demands massive investment to address the needs of communities targeted by criminalization. Join us in organizing towards a safer NYC free of confinement, and surveillance.
Event Categories: Culture, Panel Discussions
September 14 @ 2:00 pm
La Paloma Prisoner Project Kick-Off
An event to celebrate the community of activists who are actively raising awareness, and inciting action toward decarceration. This event includes a performance of an excerpt from La Paloma Prisoner, Colombian musicians and Colombian food!
Event Category: Culture
August 30 @ 6:30 pm
24 CITY (CHINA)
This documentary follows three generations of characters in Chengdu (in the 1950s, the 1970s and the present) as a state-owned factory gives way to a modern apartment complex.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
August 29 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
August 24 @ 2:00 pm
People's Market
The People’s Market features local artists, creatives and makers from the 5 boroughs, and beyond. Come learn, share experiences and build community while supporting our local.
Event Category: Culture
August 22 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
August 15 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
August 14 @ 7:00 pm
MIRRORS MEMOIRS FUNDRAISER
Mirror Memoirs is a national storytelling and organizing project uplifting the narratives, healing and leadership of LGBTQI+ people of color who survived child sexual abuse
Event Category: Culture
August 9 @ 7:00 pm
AS AN ACT OF PROTEST
Described once as an "internal Battle of Algiers" and "radical Taxi Driver" (had that film been a progressive movie), As an Act of Protest is a perfect introduction to Dennis Leroy Kangalee's art and work as a cultural activist.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
August 8 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
July 25 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
July 25 @ 6:30 pm
From Armistice to Peace: Ending the 70 Year Korean War
On the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice, come and learn about the longest ongoing US war—aka the “Forgotten War”—and the fight to replace the armistice with a permanent peace agreement. This event will include a film screening of Memory of Forgotten War followed by a panel discussion about the current political moment.
Event Categories: Culture, Education
July 24 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
July 20 @ 3:00 pm
ABC No Rio's Saturday Matinee: Punk Show
Join ABC No RIo for their historical Saturday Matinee. For or over twenty-five years ABC No Rio's Saturday Matinee has been run by a volunteer collective dedicated to providing an all-ages venue for the independent punk and hardcore music scene.
Event Categories: Culture, Open Mic
July 20 @ 2:00 pm
Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed
Join us in recalling a watershed event in US politics, this compelling documentary takes an in-depth look at the 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress and the first to seek nomination for the highest office in the land, born and raised in the Bronx.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
July 18 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
July 15 @ 6:30 pm
Jazz Brew Presents: Intro to Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop is a partner dance that originated in the 1920s and 30s in Harlem, NY. Come join us, this class is open to beginners and experienced dancers alike!
Event Category: Culture
July 14 @ 3:00 pm
"From Columbus to Castro" a Retrospective"
All together this show is a reifies history concluding that Columbus was not the beginning and Castro not the end. We ask you to imagine a world without the people who literally made the ‘New World’ and in doing so, made the rest of the world.
Event Category: Culture
July 13 @ 3:00 pm
"From Columbus to Castro" a Retrospective"
All together this show is a reifies history concluding that Columbus was not the beginning and Castro not the end. We ask you to imagine a world without the people who literally made the ‘New World’ and in doing so, made the rest of the world.
Event Category: Culture
July 12 @ 6:30 pm
Hip Hop Latinx Showcase
This showcase is a Latinx hip hop event focused on a message of hope, optimistic thinking and social awareness. Focused on Latin people and Colombian culture dedicated to music and hip hop.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances
July 11 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
July 10 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
July 8 @ 6:30 pm
Jazz Brew Presents: Intro to Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop is a partner dance that originated in the 1920s and 30s in Harlem, NY. Come join us, this class is open to beginners and experienced dancers alike!
Event Category: Culture
July 4 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
June 29 @ 2:00 pm
THE PEOPLE’S MARKET
The People’s Market features local artists, creatives and makers from the 5 boroughs, and beyond. Come learn, share experiences and build community while supporting our local.
Event Category: Culture
June 27 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
June 27 @ 6:30 pm
RAIZ UP FOR PRIDE LIBERATION!
This is a monthly open mic and showcase welcoming emcee’s, singers, dancers, poets, and all other artists! We do it for the culture! Our resistance to oppression and exploitation has been our main source of survival.
Event Category: Culture
June 26 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
June 25 @ 6:30 pm
The Struggle Against Sanctions: The case of Venezuela
Sanctions kill, and nowhere is that more clear than in Venezuela. Join us for a panel and discussion with analysts and activists who will examine the devastating consequences of sanctions on the people of Venezuela , and share a historical, socio-political and economic analysis of the current situation in Venezuela.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Workshops
June 22 @ 10:00 am
YOUTH JUSTICE SUMMIT
The Youth Justice Summit is a creative, energizing, and engaging event for youth activists and youth who care about impacting their communities and schools.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
June 20 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
June 13 @ 7:30 pm
Dance For The People
Come dance at The People's Forum! Together, we’ll study and embody the social and political significance of dance. Every week, we’ll build strength and skill, explore our creative impulses and learn new choreography.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
June 12 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
June 12 @ 6:30 pm
Palestinian House of Friendship Fundraiser
Celebrate and support the Palestinian House of Friendship! An evening of theatrical storytelling, food and conversation. Learn how the Palestinian House of Friendship weaves music, dance, sports and civic participation into the lives of young people living under occupation.
Event Category: Culture
June 7 @ 5:00 pm
PRIDE
It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
June 3 @ 6:30 pm
THE GOOD MIND - FILM SCREENING
The film follows Onondaga Nation leaders as they continue the efforts of their ancestors to protect their sovereignty and culture, seek justice for the wrongs done to their traditional lands!
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
June 3 @ 3:00 am
Songs in the Key of Resistance
Songs in the Key of Resistance is a community song and chant share hosted by the NYC Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival and The People's Forum. This is a space to develop relationships and strengthen our community through song.
Event Category: Culture
May 31 @ 6:30 pm
RAIZ UP! HIP HOP SHOWCASE + OPEN MIC
Our monthly open mic and showcase welcomes emcee’s, singers, dancers, poets, and all other artists! Join us as we celebrate resistance, movement and art.
Event Category: Culture
May 29 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
May 15 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
May 14 @ 7:00 pm
Kashmir Charity Iftar
Please join us for a Kashmir Charity Iftar on May 14, 7-10 PM. Everyone is welcome, and please bring your family and friends! We will be raising funds to support the Pellet Victims Welfare Trust, an organization that works to support the medical and financial needs of the more than 1300 victims of pellet guns in Kashmir.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Iftar, Performances
May 14 @ 7:00 pm
Songs in the Key of Resistance
Songs in the Key of Resistance is a community song and chant share hosted by the NYC Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival and The People's Forum. This is a space to develop relationships and strengthen our community through song.
Event Category: Culture
May 10 @ 6:00 pm
FILM + Q&A: “WE THE STONES”/NOSOTROS LAS PIEDRAS
We the Stones /Nosotros las Piedras, a documentary by Costa Rican filmmaker Álvaro Torres Crespo, follows three gold panners deep in Costa Rica’s jungle. For years they have panned the rivers and exchanged their gold for food and alcohol. Now, the government has decided to expel them all.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Film Screenings
May 9 @ 7:00 pm
HOME: Theater Performance
Join us in experiencing the culminating performance of HOME. HOME is a theater piece created by people who have to tell you something about this human experience – its different aspects, abuses, struggles, hopes, circumstances and obstacles, and the fight to to be able to say, HOME.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances
May 7 @ 7:30 pm
The Silence of Others
Joins us in a conversation with Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar ahead of the release of their award-winning documentary The Silence of Others (2018). A cautionary tale about fascism and the dangers of forgetting the past.
Event Categories: Culture, Education
May 7 @ 6:00 pm
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
May 6 @ 7:00 pm
Songs in the Key of Resistance
Songs in the Key of Resistance is a community song and chant share hosted by the NYC Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival and The People's Forum. This is a space to develop relationships and strengthen our community through song.
Event Category: Culture
May 5 @ 12:00 pm
PEOPLE'S MARKET
The People’s Market features local artists, creatives and makers from the 5 boroughs, and beyond. Come learn, share experiences and build community while supporting our local artists.
Event Category: Culture
May 2 @ 6:00 pm
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
May 1 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
May 1 @ 6:30 pm
MAY DAY Open mic + Party Honoring the legacy of Nipsey Hussle
Following the rallies/marches around the city commemorating MAY DAY we will come together to celebrate our culture and movements. For this edition of RAIZ UP, let’s honor the legacy of Nipsey Hussle, and the commitment of building our communities from within, promoting values and principles that uplift us to build people power.
Event Categories: Culture, Open Mic, Performances
April 30 @ 6:00 pm
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
April 28 @ 2:00 pm
Lenny Foster: Native American Issues and Leonard Peltier
Lenny Foster of the Diné Nation (former Director of the Navajo Nation Corrections Project), talking about Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who was unfairly and illegally tried and convicted for his participation in a firefight on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975.
Event Categories: Culture, Education
April 25 @ 6:00 pm
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
April 24 @ 6:30 pm
Our Bodies’ Wisdom: Trauma-Informed Self Massage and Self Care
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
April 23 @ 6:00 pm
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
April 22 @ 6:30 pm
Overdose Prevention Training
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.)
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Workshops
April 20 @ 3:30 pm
Songs in the Key of Resistance
Songs in the Key of Resistance is a community song and chant share hosted by the NYC Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival and The People's Forum. This is a space to develop relationships and strengthen our community through song.
Event Category: Culture
April 18 @ 6:30 pm
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).
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Performances
April 18 @ 6:00 pm
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
April 17 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
April 16 @ 6:00 pm
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.
Event Categories: Culture, Performances, Workshops
April 7 @ 4:00 pm
Native Country of the Heart: Book Launch
Join us and Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria in presenting Cherríe Moraga on Sunday, April 7th. Cherríe—the celebrated coeditor of the groundbreaking anthology "This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color"—will present her new memoir, "Native Country of the Heart."
Event Categories: Culture, Panel Discussions, Spanish
April 3 @ 7:30 pm
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust
Jazz: Music of the Black Holocaust is an introductory course that seeks to explore intersections of “jazz” music, historical perspectives of the African diaspora and their role and impact on contemporary society. Students will be introduced to basic jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies, jazz culture, fashion and development through multi-media that includes videos, films and recordings. Open to the public.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
April 1 @ 7:00 pm
Songs in the Key of Resistance
Songs in the Key of Resistance is a community song and chant share hosted by the NYC Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival and The People's Forum. This is a space to develop relationships and strengthen our community through song.
Event Category: Culture
April 1 @ 7:00 pm
Bravado Magenta: Film Screening and Discussion
This Film is an Exposé on the intersection of coloniality and patriarchy. A performative documentary which critically analyzes racialized masculinities through self-cartography and storytelling. This film was written and directed by multidisciplinary artist and scholar Bocafloja .
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
March 28 @ 6:30 pm
Raiz Up! All Femme Showcase + Open Mic
Join us for this special edition of Raiz Up! as we celebrate women artist, resistance, and movement. This is a monthly open mic and showcase welcoming emcee’s, singers, dancers, poets, and all other artists!
Event Categories: Culture, Performances
March 22 @ 7:00 pm
FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER: Film Screening
FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, played in shaping the American civil rights movement. The dynamic activist was affectionately known as the Fundi, a Swahili word for a person who passes skills from one generation to another.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
March 16 @ 6:00 pm
Hear Leaders of the Cuban Women’s Federation!
An opportunity to hear directly from Cuban leaders and genuine representatives of Cuban society! Come listen Teresa Amarelle, FMC general secretary, member of Cuba’s Council of State; Yanira Kúper, FMC international relations director; Alicia Campos, Women’s International Democratic Federation, coordinator for Latin America; and Gretel Marante, FMC national office.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Workshops
March 16 @ 2:30 pm
Self Defense Training for Femmes
This workshop will be led Cathy Rojas is a second-degree black belt in ITF Taekwon-do. She has been leading self-defense trainings for youth, women and the LGBTQ community for four years.
Event Categories: Culture, Self-Care, Workshops
March 16 @ 12:30 pm
Marielle Franco - The Legacy of a Powerful Woman: Panel Discussion
On March 16, we are honored to celebrate the power of women and to tell the story of the Brazilian sociologist, activist and politician Marielle Franco - murdered in 2018 - and of other amazing women who fight for Human Rights. An all-day event will discuss Marielle’s political path and impact as a black woman who grew up in a favela and had to overcome oppression, discrimination and to defy all odds in order to become one of the most powerful female leaders of her generation.
Event Categories: Culture, Panel Discussions
March 15 @ 6:30 pm
Cubanas Film Screening
This film evokes the continuous role of women in the Revolution, both in the guerrilla struggle and in the construction of the new Cuban society, through the testimonies of heroines such as Vilma Espín, Celia Sánchez and Haydée Santamaría, the founding figures of the Revolution, and also of contemporary women from different sectors of Cuban society.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
March 6 @ 6:30 pm
The Economics of Incarceration and Re-entry
Join us in a conversation about the economic factors in New York State that influence the scope of prison construction, oversight, and maintenance as well as the service industries that facilitate incarcerated people’s reentry into their home communities. Includes a short film screening.
Event Categories: Culture, Workshops
March 3 @ 5:00 pm
End of the Weak MC Challenge and Open Mic
EODub (End Of the Weak) brings the MC Challenge to The People's Forum and the winner of this season will be given the opportunity to compete in the Mc Challenge World Finals held this fall at one of End of the Weak's international locations!
Event Category: Culture
March 1 @ 7:00 pm
Maestra: A film about the Cuban
A short film of first-hand accounts of the 1961 literacy campaign in Cuba that taught nearly a million workers and peasants to read and write, gave new confidence to students and volunteer teachers alike, and help forge an alliance between toilers in the countryside and those in the cities.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
February 26 @ 7:00 pm
Spoken Word Classes with Ameresoul
A three-day class that will take participants into the political, personal and powerful journey of creating original performance poetry pieces. This class will help students discover and mold their own poetic voice and stage presence.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
February 24 @ 10:00 am
2 Day Theater of the Oppressed Training
In this 2-day workshop we will explore the technique of FORUM THEATER over two days. Participants will learn the basic skills needed to create, perform and lead the Forum Theater format for use in their respective communities. We will explore our bodies as a tool of representing feelings, ideas, and relationships and explore collective solutions to everyday problems.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture, Education, Performances
February 23 @ 10:00 am
2 Day Theater of the Oppressed Training
In this 2-day workshop we will explore the technique of FORUM THEATER over two days. Participants will learn the basic skills needed to create, perform and lead the Forum Theater format for use in their respective communities. We will explore our bodies as a tool of representing feelings, ideas, and relationships and explore collective solutions to everyday problems.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture, Education, Performances
February 17 @ 4:00 pm
Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Screening and Discussion
At the center of this award-winning documentary are Hamid Naficy, author and scholar of Middle Eastern and Iranian cinema and his family, who remained in Iran. Behind them, however, we see the shadows of thousands of other families whose offspring live far away from their homeland.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
February 12 @ 7:00 pm
Spoken Word Classes with Ameresoul
A three-day class that will take participants into the political, personal and powerful journey of creating original performance poetry pieces. This class will help students discover and mold their own poetic voice and stage presence.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
February 9 @ 2:00 pm
People's Market
Come learn, share experiences and build community while supporting our local artists! The People’s Market features local artists, creatives and makers from the 5 boroughs, and beyond. The Market will include a DJ Set + Spoken Word performances.
Event Category: Culture
February 5 @ 7:00 pm
Spoken Word Classes with Ameresoul
A three-day class that will take participants into the political, personal and powerful journey of creating original performance poetry pieces. This class will help students discover and mold their own poetic voice and stage presence.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture
January 13 @ 9:00 am
Mental Health First Aid Training
Become certified in Mental Health First Aid! This 8 hour course will help you: identify signs and symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses & how to respond if you see these signs in your colleagues, friends, and loved ones.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Workshops
December 13, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
A Brilliant Genocide
A Brilliant Genocide is an expose of the brutal campaigns by the Yoweri Museveni regime to wipe out a significant part of Uganda’s Acholi people under the guise of crushing a rebellion by The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Film Screenings
December 9, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
A State of Indifference
A state of indifference takes you on a trip through Hip Hop from the perspective of the DJ. This exhibit shows the artist on Turntables through Monica Perry's lens covering the time period of 2008-2018.
Exhibit with Performance by Mike Flo MC and DJ of Dead Prez
Event Categories: Culture, Performances
December 7, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
Burkinabé rising
Burkinabè Rising, a new documentary from Cultures of Resistance Films, showcases creative nonviolent resistance in Burkina Faso. A movie by director Iara Lee.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
December 7, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
Rhythms of Resistance
Join us as we dance to rhythms from the global south and celebrate solidarity, resistance and movement. Open mic welcoming mc’s, singers, and poets to showcase our people’s artistic expressions;
Featuring Mahina Movement, Mother Tongue, DJ Aguapanela Mami, Yesenia and A Very Special Guest from Chile
Grupo Kalfu
Event Categories: Culture, Performances
December 5, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
Economics of surveillance
This workshop is one of a four-part series titled “The Franchise” which aims to explore the political and economic foundation sustaining the arch of the criminal justice system, and the role of community surveillance in this process.
Event Categories: Classes, Culture, Education, Workshops
December 4, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
The murder of Fred Hampton -- Film Screening
Fred Hampton , was shot dead in his bed by the Chicago police during a pre-dawn raid. With righteous anger, director Howard Alk peels back layers of government lies to reveal the truth about an assassination conspiracy stretching all the way to the FBI.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Film Screenings
November 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
Fascism in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Reflections on today’s Strongmen
New York release of OR Books edition of Strongmen: Putin, Erdogan, Duterte, Trump, Modi. Speakers include Eve Ensler, Ninotchka Rosca, Lara Vapnyar, and Vijay Prashad.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Panel Discussions
November 20, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
Making All Black Lives Matter with Barbara Ransby
Join author, historian and activist Barbara Ransby as she discusses her new book "Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century." Ransby will be in conversation with with Movement for Black lives activist and Blackbird co-founder, Thenjiwe McHarris.
Event Categories: Culture, Panel Discussions
November 11, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
The Feminist Film
THE FEMINIST follows Schyman through daily life and political breakthroughs. With cameos from supporters Jane Fonda and Pharrell, the film paints a personal and political portrait of the woman behind the headlines, as she meets with women in small towns in Sweden, travels to refugee camps in Greece, and organizes a movement in the corridors of power in Brussels.
Event Categories: Culture, Film Screenings
October 23, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
Black in the Holy Land Presentation
Marc Lamont Hill and Nancy Mansour present a closer look at the diverse Black communities within the Holy Land including Sudanese/Eritrean refugees, Black Palestinian refugees, Afro Palestinians and more.
Event Category: Culture
October 18, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
In Defense of Ancestral Lands
Nidiria Ruiz Medina , a community organizer, and women's peace activist from the Naya River in Cauca, Colombia, will talk about Afro-Colombian women resisting U.S. Militarization and the War on Drugs.
Event Categories: Culture, Panel Discussions
September 29, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
Screen Printing Workshop
Join Ricky Rodriguez of Ravenous Creative from Durham, North Carolina, as he provides a fast-paced,
Event Category: Culture
September 26, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
"Dear Mandela" Film Screening
Join us for this special screening of Dear Mandela, in light of recent oppression by the South African government of the Abahlali baseMjondolo, Shack Dwellers Movement, with filmmakers, Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza.
Event Categories: Culture, Education, Film Screenings
September 23, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
Grito de Lares: The Struggle Continues!
We want to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of El Grito de Lares in Puerto Rico, and reflect on the current struggle for decolonization and self-determination. Join us for a great night of reflection, live music and community!
Event Categories: Culture, Performances