[COURSE] The Artist Must Take Sides: Culture & The Movement Past, Present, & Future

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

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.

PORTUGUESE INTERMEDIATE 2 | SPRING 2026

Virtual Event with The People's Forum

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.

PORTUGUESE BASICO 3 | SPRING 2026

Virtual Event with The People's Forum

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

PORTUGUESE BASICO 1 | SPRING 2026

Virtual Event with The People's Forum

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.

ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES | SUMMER 2026

Virtual Event with The People's Forum

Algarabía Language Co-op is offering new Arabic courses at The People’s Forum to those who are interested in learning Arabic with a focus on topics of social justice, cinema, media, and culture.

Book Launch: The Bible and Police Violence in the United States by Conor Q. Foley

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

This book traces the dynamics of biblical influence on police violence in the United States. As new escalations of state violence are inflected by an ascendent Christian nationalism, the Bible has been reasserted as a source of legitimacy and narrative force.

FIGURE DRAWING NIGHT w/ NICK SKOUG

Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, United States

In this one-day session, participants will practice figure drawing from life, working independently with guidance from Nick Skoug.

A California Story: Screening & Panel Discussion

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

California Story is a groundbreaking documentary that examines gang documentation and surveillance laws targeting communities of color across America.

FILM SCREEENING: Seeds for Liberation

From Gaza and the West Bank to Stop Cop City and digital activism, the film spans decades of solidarity and culminates in reflections on what liberation and a free Palestine truly mean.

Recurring

PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + FRANCESCA

Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, United States

Open studio is a space to develop a print-making project in community with other organizers, artists, and cultural workers.

CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER

Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio 320 W. 37th, New York, NY, United States

Students will spend this workshop on May 30, 2026 learning the cyanotype process from beginning to end, with Praise Fuller.

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