september, 2019
27sep12:30 pm- 2:30 pm1619 And Its Legacies: Symposium, Roundtable Discussion, & Poetic Reading
Event Details
1619 And Its Legacies: Symposium, Roundtable Discussion, & Poetic Reading Observing the 400th
Event Details
1619 And Its Legacies: Symposium, Roundtable Discussion, & Poetic Reading
Observing the 400th Commemoration of the arrival of Africans in Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English colony in North America. Exploring the ongoing impact and legacy of chattel slavery and anti-Black racism.
12:30pm – 2:30pm “LEADERSHIP FOR A LIBERATORY FUTURE”
LUNCHEON ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR RACIAL EQUITY
This roundtable will feature Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity and focus on how models of leadership are evolving as organizers, artists, and scholars
think more expansively about liberation for Black people, particularly within the contexts of South Africa and the U.S.
Dr. Sebabatso Monoeli (Moderator), Director of Strategy Programmes
Dylan Valley, Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker and Educator
Cedric Brown, Chief Foundation Officer, Kapor Center
Regina Holloway, Senior Program Manager, the Policing Project at New York University School of Law
Event Location:
Columbia University’s Faculty House
64 Morningside Drive
New York, NY 10027
(Entrance at Wein Gate mid-block on 116street between Amsterdam & Morningside Drive)
The symposium is sponsored by:
African American and African Diaspora Studies Department, Columbia University
Africana Studies Department, Barnard College
Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Columbia University *
Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Columbia University
Time
(Friday) 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location
Faculty House, 64 Morningside Dr, New York, NY 10027, USA
64 Morningside Dr, New York, NY 10027