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SUMMARY:Screening and Talkback - WE ARE UNARMED with Veterans For Peace
DESCRIPTION:On the 10th anniversary of the peaceful resistance to treaty violations and militarized force at Standing Rock\, join us for a screening of WE ARE UNARMED\, a documentary film by Gwendolen Cates that follows three Indigenous women who played central roles. The film bears witness to this historic event from September 2016 to the forced evacuation on February 23rd\, 2017. Media coverage glossed over historical and political context. At a critical moment in U.S. history\, the film encourages us to study the past to understand the present. A panel discussion will follow the film. \nPanelists: \nRoberto Mukaro Borrero is a citizen and kasike (chief) of the Guainía Taino Tribe of Borikén and the Virgin Islands. He has a distinguished and diverse background in policy & program development\, the arts\, and rights advocacy\, including a specialization on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. He retains over 25 years of experience actively engaging the United Nations system in thematic areas such as Sustainable Development and Climate Change\, among others. \nGwendolen Cates is an award-winning documentary filmmaker\, photographer\, and author\, whose films have been shown on PBS\, at film festivals\, colleges and universities\, museums\, and the UN. Her films include Water Flowing Together\, which chronicles the life of Navajo/Puerto Rican New York City Ballet principal ballet dancer Jock Soto (PBS Independent Lens 2008); The Good Mind (2016) about Onondaga Nation leaders fighting for return of stolen lands; We Are Unarmed (2020); and The Doctrine (2025) about the impact of the Doctrine of Discovery on Indigenous Peoples and the planet today.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/screening-and-talkback-we-are-unarmed-with-veterans-for-peace/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations: Countering Counter-Revolution
DESCRIPTION:On September 17th\, Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Derecka Purnell are joining the Community Church of New York as Community Conversation partners for a session we’re calling “Countering Counter-Revolution.” Conor Q. Foley\, Director of Community Engagement will facilitate a discussion about Anticommunism\, Anti-“Woke”\, and the Attack on Abolition. RSVP here to join! \nCommunity Conversations is a program presented by the Community Church of New York\, aiming to facilitate open dialogue with movement leaders and thinkers on justice issues that demand our engagement\, understanding\, and action. \nDr. Charisse Burden-Stelly is a critical Black Studies scholar of political theory\, political economy\, intellectual history\, and political and historical sociology who serves as Associate Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University. She obtained her Ph.D.\, African Diaspora Studies\, University of California- Berkeley and her M.A.\, African American Studies\, University of California- Berkeley. She is the author of Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States and the co-author\, with Dr. Gerald Horne\, of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History. Co-editor\, with Dr. Jodi Dean\, of Organize\, Fight\, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writings and of Reproducing Domination: On the Caribbean and the Postcolonial State with Dr. Aaron Kamugisha and Dr. Percy Hintzen. \nDerecka Purnell is a writer\, organizer\, cultural worker\, movement lawyer\, and friend.  She is the author of Becoming Abolitionists: Police\, Protests\, and the Pursuit of Freedom . She is studying and building political homes where people can love\, study\, experiment\, and thrive together. She received her JD from Harvard Law School\, her BA from the University of Missouri- Kansas City\, and studied public policy and economics at the University of California- Berkeley as a Public Policy and International Affairs Law Fellow. Her writing has been published widely\, including inThe New York Magazine\, The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Boston Review\, Teen Vogue\,  Harper’s Bazaar\, The Harvard Journal of African American Policy\,  and Cal Law Review. She has lectured\, studied\, and strategized on social movements across North America\, Africa\, Australia\, and Europe. \nDerecka and Dr. Charisse will be in conversation with Conor Q. Foley\, Director of Community Engagement at the Community Church and author of The Bible and Police Violence in the United States\, published by Routledge this May.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/community-conversations-countering-counter-revolution/
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SUMMARY:Soup Throwers and Super Gluers: Inside Europe's Climate Uprising
DESCRIPTION:Join the leaders of the most radical climate movement in Europe at 1804 Books for an evening built around their own words: live readings from the book\, unscripted reflection\, and an open conversation with the room. \nCo-written by the organizers themselves\, “Soup Throwers and Super Gluers: Inside Europe’s Climate Uprising” tells the inside story of the rise of the Last Generation climate movements across Europe and takes you behind the scenes of hunger strikes\, motorway blockades\, stage and pitch invasions\, and media storms: the late-night planning sessions\, the internal debates\, the moments of doubt\, and the decisions that shaped some of the most audacious climate actions of recent years. \n\nThis is an opportunity to hear\, straight from the people who did it\, why they chose disruption over petitions and what it actually takes to move a movement from outrage to strategy.\nCo-authors Carla Hinrichs\, Henning Jeschke\, Chloé Bertini\, and Thibaut Cantet will read from the book\, reflect on what worked and what they’d do differently\, and open the floor to the room. Books available for signing after\, with time to connect with organizers doing this work right now.\nRSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/soup-throwers-and-super-gluers-inside-europes-climate-uprising-tickets-1999660329876
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/soup-throwers-and-super-gluers-inside-europes-climate-uprising/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:Songs in the Key of Life at 50 Symposium
DESCRIPTION:To mark the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life\, the Center for the Study of Social Difference (CSSD) at Columbia University is organizing a full-day symposium and accompanying concert. \nHeld in partnership with The People’s Forum\, the symposium and accompanying concert will reflect on the groundbreaking album’s insights into life in the wake of civil rights and decolonial movements across the African world\, and on the legacies of Wonder’s hopeful vision of a future grounded in love and shared humanity. They will kick off a yearlong series of public events and study sessions organized by CSSD that respond to the U.S. semiquincentennial and offer a critical counternarrative to officially sanctioned accounts of the past by focusing on works with alternative anniversaries which illuminate the experiences of minoritized communities.\n\nThe symposium features four panels\, each focusing on one side of Wonder’s four-sided album. Panels will bring together scholars and musicians for conversations that incorporate close listening and improvisational demonstrations. Themes broached in discussions will range from urban Black and brown impoverishment and jazz as a form of Black resistance to Black familial love and Global South solidarities. Panelists include Marcus J. Moore\, LaFrae Sci\, Samora Pinderhughes\, Naomi Extra\, Naima Cochrane\, Immanuel Wilkins\, Toshi Reagon\, and Shana L. Redmond. The symposium will end with a jam session building off of the album’s bonus tracks\, led by Dr. Guthrie Ramsey’s Musiqology\, and a reception.  \nTaking place at The People’s Forum\, the symposium\, which is co-sponsored by the Center for Jazz Studies\, is free and open for all to attend. Registration is required. Register here. \n\nFollowing the symposium\, CSSD is proud to co-present\, along with Pique-nique\, Boom Collective and The Radio in the Orchard (TRiO)\, a concert featuring musician Elliott Skinner at The Pocket Jazz Club. Organized as part of Pique-nique’s “Take Two” series\, the concert will include a listening session of Wonder’s album followed by a reinterpretation by Skinner. Blending soul\, blues\, folk\, and rock\, singer\, songwriter\, and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Skinner creates music that combines atmospheric vocals and rich instrumentation with an emphasis on personal storytelling. His work draws from the Black Radical Music Tradition\, a lineage of Black artists who have used music to explore identity\, confront social realities\, and imagine new possibilities for freedom. To purchase tickets for the concert\, follow the link here.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/songs-in-the-key-of-life-at-50-symposium/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Move the Money: From Militarization Back to Communities
DESCRIPTION:What becomes possible when we invest in people instead of war?\nJoin WILPF US and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office for Move the Money: From Militarization Back to Communities\, a free\, day-long gathering at The People’s Forum in New York City taking place alongside the 81st United Nations General Assembly. \nBringing together peacebuilders\, artists\, activists\, students\, NGO representatives\, and community members\, the event will explore what becomes possible when we shift resources away from militarization and invest instead in people\, communities\, and the systems that sustain peace. \nPROGRAM\n11:30 AM–1:00 PM | OPENING PANEL\nMove the Money From Militarization Back to Communities — 10% For All \n2:00–3:00 PM | FIRESIDE CHAT\nJustice for Gaza and Palestine \n4:00–5:00 PM | FEATURED ARTIST TALKS\nWhen Art Becomes a Language for Peace \n6:00–7:30 PM | CLOSING RECEPTION\nAcross Generations — What Do We Carry Forward? \nThroughout the day\, explore the Women & Peace Art Exhibition\, contribute to community art and interactive activities\, meet people working across movements\, and gather over food and conversation. \nCome for one conversation or spend the day with us. Make some art. Meet people working for change. \nFree and open to the public. RSVP HERE.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/move-the-money-from-militarization-back-to-communities/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Panel Discussions,Public Meetings
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SUMMARY:Community Dinner | Community Church of New York x The People's Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Community Church of New York invites you to join us for Community Dinner at the People’s Forum to break bread and build relationships grounded in revolutionary love. Whoever you are\, and whatever your relationship to our church\, we’d love to gather around the table with you. Never heard of us? Familiar but have never visited? Don’t consider yourself a religious person? No problem – there’s no pressure here\, just shared values and commitments.\n\nWe’ll be upstairs at the People’s Forum from 6 – 8 PM. Food will be provided by the Community Church. Space is limited and RSVP is required to ensure enough food to go around. To reserve your spot\, fill out the registration form using this link.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/community-dinner-community-church-of-new-york-x-the-peoples-forum/2026-10-01/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T190000
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SUMMARY:Mohamed Araki: Sounds from Sudan
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 21 at 7pm for Sounds From Sudan\, a live project led by Grammy-nominated Sudanese musician Mohamed Araki. Blending Sudanese songs\, oudnths\, and deep grooves\, the band brings songs from home into a modern live sound—rooted in memory\, rhythm\, and community. \nThe Band \nFeaturing Mohamed Araki \nVocal/Oud—Mohamed Tahir \nGuitar/Percussion—Dillon Zahner \nBass— Marwan Allam \nDrums—Bez \nSax— Gideon Forbes
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/mohamed-araki-sounds-from-sudan/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,Culture
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