Days of Action and Dialogue will start on President's day, February 20. To get full details of the over 35 events being hosted by Purchase students, student organizations, offices, and faculty, check out:
https://www.purchasedad.org.
Here are a few of our favorites:
Black Futures: Student Student Exhibition
Wednesday, February 22 - Sunday, February 26 in the Visual Arts Building, Room 1019A.
If there’s no documentation of our lives here now, then where’s the proof of us in the future? Join us for a week-long program the celebrates and explores different narratives for black futures. Reflecting on the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the new ascendance of white nationalism, we interrogate whether representation will equal empathy for black lives in the ensuing years.
Legislative Advocacy 101 - Workshop with the New York Civil Liberties Union
Monday, February 20 in the Multicultural Center 4-5:30pm
Manfulness in Action: Waking up and embracing uncertainty in a time when truth is presented as fiction and everything is at stake
Monday, February 20 in the Wellness Center at 6pm
Featuring a panel of local leaders and our favorite Rev. Doris K. Dalton from the Westchester MLK Institute
Beyond the Pussyhat: An Introduction to Craftivism and the Gentle Protest
Monday, February 20 in CCN, Commuter's Lounge
Freedom Machine
Tuesday, February 21 under the big clock on the Mall from 3-4pm
Theatre of the Oppressed Class will lead the Campus under the clock on the mall to make a giant machine in opposition to racism, sexism, xenophobia and racism.
“Keep America American”
Wednesday, February 22 in the Humanities Building Room 1040 from 11am-12:15pm
This teach-in will look at how and why the US shut its doors to immigration in 1924 and why it matters. We will look at the language and history of immigration restriction and how it has been resisted with an eye to the present and the future.
Punching Up: Opening Reception Wednesday, February 22 in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Visual Arts Building from 6-7:30pm
Punching Up, curated by Jon Lutz and Janine Polak, brings together visual artists working within various permutations of humor (irony, puns, deadpan, satire, etc.) in the service of critiquing those in power. Referring to a comedy-world golden rule of taking cultural hierarchies to task, the artists in Punching Up point out, examine, and combat issues of power. When done with intelligence and humanity, humor has a unique ability to dismantle the status quo, be subversive, raise consciousness, and address current issues. Racism, classism, gentrification, capitalism, elitism, and the art world itself are all subjects to be exposed and examined. Artists featured in the show work in a variety of mediums including printmaking, drawing, painting, sculpture, video, and performance.
Artists included in the exhibition:
Caroline Chandler, Desiree Des, Ryan Falkowitz, Rob Hult, Cary Leibowitz, Brendan Loper, Divya Mehra, Jayson Musson, Pope.L, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Alan Resnick, Buzz Slutzky, Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung, Katie Vida.
Lift Every Voice
Wednesday, February 22 in Music Building, Recital Hall from 7-8:15pm
An interdisciplinary event, "Lift Every Voice" is the ninth annual concert in celebration of Black History Month here at Purchase. Featured will be the Purchase Soul Voices, directed by their founder, Prof. Pete Malinverni. The Soul Voices are 60-student choir from all backgrounds and majors united by a shared mission: to explore and celebrate the music of the African-American experience.
With the guidance of Prof. Pamela Prather, actors from the BFA Junior Company will share spoken word highlighting Black American stories of triumph and success. The evening promises to be uplifting and inspiring.
Strategies for Engaging and Moving People into Racial Justice Action
Thursday, February 23 in Humanities Theater 6pm
Millions of people of all backgrounds, with leadership coming from the Black community, are taking to the streets under the banner and vision of #BlackLivesMatter. With racism in the national headlines, the Black liberation movement on the move, and lots of white people questioning racism in the U.S., this is a powerful and important time to engage and move more white people into racial justice action. The purpose of the presentation is to support all who tend to feel more confident doing anti-racist work in white communities and to leave with ideas and tools for doing it more effectively.
Black Futures: Artist Panel featuring Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Lachelle Workman, Ei Jane & Chuckuwuma
Thursday, February 23 in Visual Arts Building, Room 1016 at 6pm
Black Futures: Musical Performance by SCRATCH
Thursday, February 23 in Whitson's in the Stood at 8pm
Knit Crochet or Pussyhat your way to Zen
Friday, February 24 in the Wellness Center 12-2pm
Screening and Discussion: The Black Panther Party: Vanguard of the Revolution
Friday, February 24 TBD from 6:30-9:30pm
