11/18/22 SEEING THE VALLEY, FACING THE ACROPOLIS: A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF STEVEN GREGORY

SEEING THE VALLEY, FACING THE ACROPOLIS:

A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF STEVEN GREGORY

November 18, 2022 – 1:00pm – 7:00p EDT.

Hybrid Event ( In-Person & Online)

Registration is required

Registration: https://forms.gle/s3FVjwAsuXyNVFUHA

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Introduction – 1p.

Kellie E. Jones, Chair Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University

1. Seeing the Valley – Black Urban Spaces

Listening to Lives, Seeing Livelihoods – 1:30p

Diedra Kelley (The Romare Bearden Foundation)

Elizabeth Chin (ArtCenter College of Design)

Patricia Zavella (University of California at Santa Cruz)

Jerry Philogene (Dickinson College)

Obery Hendricks (Columbia University)

Spatial Politics Against Global Anti-Blackness – 2:20p

Jacqueline Nassy Brown (Hunter College and the Graduate Center CUNY)

Anthony Johnson (Independent Writer and Scholar)

Brandi T. Summers (University of California at Berkeley)

Frank A. Guridy(Columbia University)

Coffee Break – 3p

2. Facing the Acropolis – Infrapolitical Practices of Resistance

Dialogic Encounters in  Black Studies – 3:20p

Eric Tang (University of Texas at Austin)

Oneka LaBennet (University of Southern California)

Vanessa Agard-Jones (Columbia University)

Robert Gooding Williams (Columbia University)

Posthumous Futurity: Roundtable Introduction toThe Valley & the Acropolis- 4:10p

Farah Jasmine Griffin  (Columbia University)

Arlene Davila  (New York University)

Vanessa Agard-Jones (Columbia University)

Samuel K. Roberts (Columbia  University)

Closing Reflections – 5p

Mabel O. Wilson, Director Institute for Research in African American Studies

Invited guests

Exhibition – 5:30p

The Photography of Steven Gregory: Meditations on People and Place

Curated by Diedra Harris Kelly, Susan Gregory, and Mabel O. Wilson

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Congratulations Class of 2020

Congratulations Columbia University

African American and African Diaspora Studies Department Class of 2020

https://afamstudies.columbia.edu

Learn more online at https://alumni.columbia.edu

Congratulations Katori Hall ’03 in Variety “The Power of New York List 2019”

Congratulations @columbia AAADS/IRAAS alum @katorihall on her work on the Tina Turner Musical and all her previous & future successes #IRAASSTRONG……@columbiabacla………
Reposted from @tinathemusical (@get_regrann) – A huge congratulations to @KatoriHall who has been included in the @Variety “The Power of New York List 2019” ahead of @tinabroadway beginning performances! – #regrann
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Katori Hall is an Olivier Award-winning playwright from Memphis, Tennessee and the showrunner of PUSSY VALLEY, a new Starz series based on her play of the same name. She also wrote the book for Tina, the hit West End musical based on the life and catalog of Tina Turner.

Katori’s play The Mountaintop, premiering at Theatre503 in 2009, transferred to the West End and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2010. Following its West End run, the play opened on Broadway in October 2011 to critical acclaim. Katori’s other work includes the award-winning Hurt Village which is currently in development as a feature film, Hoodoo Love, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, WHADDABLOODCLOT!!!, Our Lady of Kibeho, Purple is the Colour of Mourning and The Blood Quilt.

In addition to her Laurence Olivier Award, Katori’s other awards include a Susan Smith Blackburn Award, Lark Play Development Center Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship, two Lecompte du Nouy Prizes from Lincoln Center, Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, NYFA Fellowship, the Columbia University John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, National Black Theatre’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, and the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award.

Katori has been published in publications such as The Boston Globe, The Guardian, and The New York Times. She has also been a Kennedy Center Playwriting Fellow at the O’Neill, and is currently a resident playwright at The Signature Theatre in New York City. In 2012 and 2016, her play Children of Killers was performed as part of the National Theatre’s Connections Festival. Katori is a proud member of the Ron Brown Scholar Program and the Coca-Cola Scholar Program.

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Congratulations @columbia AAADS/IRAAS alum @katorihall on her work on the Tina Turner Musical and all her previous & future successes #IRAASSTRONG……@columbiabacla……… Reposted from @tinathemusical (@get_regrann) – A huge congratulations to @KatoriHall who has been included in the @Variety “The Power of New York List 2019” ahead of @tinabroadway beginning performances! – #regrann ############ Katori Hall is an Olivier Award-winning playwright from Memphis, Tennessee and the showrunner of PUSSY VALLEY, a new Starz series based on her play of the same name. She also wrote the book for Tina, the hit West End musical based on the life and catalog of Tina Turner. Katori’s play The Mountaintop, premiering at Theatre503 in 2009, transferred to the West End and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2010. Following its West End run, the play opened on Broadway in October 2011 to critical acclaim. Katori’s other work includes the award-winning Hurt Village which is currently in development as a feature film, Hoodoo Love, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, WHADDABLOODCLOT!!!, Our Lady of Kibeho, Purple is the Colour of Mourning and The Blood Quilt. In addition to her Laurence Olivier Award, Katori’s other awards include a Susan Smith Blackburn Award, Lark Play Development Center Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship, two Lecompte du Nouy Prizes from Lincoln Center, Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, NYFA Fellowship, the Columbia University John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, National Black Theatre’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, and the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. Katori has been published in publications such as The Boston Globe, The Guardian, and The New York Times. She has also been a Kennedy Center Playwriting Fellow at the O’Neill, and is currently a resident playwright at The Signature Theatre in New York City. In 2012 and 2016, her play Children of Killers was performed as part of the National Theatre’s Connections Festival. Katori is a proud member of the Ron Brown Scholar Program and the Coca-Cola Scholar Program.

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Congratulations Tania Balan-Gaubert ’12 on Bemis Fall 2019 Artist-In-Residence

Congratulations!!AAADS/IRAAS alum, Tania Balan-Gaubert @tanialaure 🖤#IRAASSTRONG

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BEMIS FALL 2019 ARTIST–IN-RESIDENCE
Tania Balan-Gaubert (Brooklyn, NY)
Balan-Gaubert is a Haitian American interdisciplinary artist, curator, and writer. She uses photography, found and ready-made objects, craft materials, and assemblage to contemplate exodus, long-distance nationalism, and belonging. Blending cultural symbols and signifiers, personal archive(s), spirituality and lore, Balan-Gaubert draws from her Haitian and American heritages to map a diasporic allegorical space she refers to as The 10th Department. At Bemis, Balan-Gaubert plans to pursue assemblage painting and video editing. tanialaure.com

Meet Balan-Gaubert at Open House / Open Studios on October 19! Free and open to all. 

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Congratulations!!AAADS/IRAAS alum, Tania Balan-Gaubert @tanialaure 🖤#IRAASSTRONG============= Reposted from @bemiscenter (@get_regrann) – BEMIS FALL 2019 ARTIST–IN-RESIDENCE Tania Balan-Gaubert (Brooklyn, NY) Balan-Gaubert is a Haitian American interdisciplinary artist, curator, and writer. She uses photography, found and ready-made objects, craft materials, and assemblage to contemplate exodus, long-distance nationalism, and belonging. Blending cultural symbols and signifiers, personal archive(s), spirituality and lore, Balan-Gaubert draws from her Haitian and American heritages to map a diasporic allegorical space she refers to as The 10th Department. At Bemis, Balan-Gaubert plans to pursue assemblage painting and video editing. tanialaure.com Meet Balan-Gaubert at Open House / Open Studios on October 19! Free and open to all. Link in bio. – #regrann

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Sept. 26 – 27 “1619 and Its Legacies: Symposium, Roundtable Discussion & Poetic Reading” at Columbia University

1619 and Its Legacies: Symposium, Roundtable Discussion & Poetic Reading

DATE & TIME:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 9:00AM TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 2:30PM

1619 AND ITS LEGACIES: Program Schedule

Thursday, September 26th, 2019
9:00am – 8:00pm

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE

9:15am – 9:30am
OPENING REMARKS

9:30am – 11:00am
• THE MATERIALITY OF SLAVERY: ‘WHAT IS PASSED ON?’
MARISA FUENTES,  Rutgers University, New Brunswick
RASHAUNA JOHNSON,  Dartmouth College
TIYA MILES,  Harvard University

11:15am – 12:45pm
• COLUMBIA SLAVERY PROJECT
FRANK GURIDY,  Columbia University
KARL JACOBY,  Columbia University
JORDAN BREWINGTON,  Columbia University Alum
CIARA LILY KEANE,  Columbia University Alum
TOMMY SONG,  Columbia University Alum

1:00pm – 2:15pm
**LUNCH BREAK **

2:30pm – 4:00pm
• ATTENDING TO THE LEGACIES AND AFTERLIVES OF SLAVERY: AMEND THE 13TH AND REPARATIONS
FLORES FORBES,  Columbia University
KATHERINE FRANKE,  Columbia University
KENDALL THOMAS,  Columbia University
RINALDO WALCOTT,  University of Toronto

4:15pm – 6:00pm
• THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES
CHARLENE CARRUTHERS,  Black Youth Project 100
MONICA DENNIS,  Move to End Violence
BARBARA RANSBY,  University of Illinois at Chicago
ANDREA J.  RITCHIE,  Barnard Center for Research on Women

6:00pm – 7:15pm
**BREAK**

7:15pm – 8:00pm
• POETRY READING
TONGO EISEN-MARTIN,  California & American Book Awards winner

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Friday, September 27, 2019
12:30pm – 2:30pm “LEADERSHIP FOR A LIBERATORY FUTURE” 
LUNCHEON ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH ATLANTIC  FELLOWS FOR RACIAL EQUITY

This roundtable will feature Atlantic Philanthropies Racial Equity Fellows
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.

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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)

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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

* Project funded by the Ford Foundation

Make A Gift to Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Columbia University

8/21/19 Alumni Digital Networking Hour 12PM – 1PM

ALUMNI DIGITAL NETWORKING HOUR

GENERAL MIXER

August 21, 2019 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM  Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

 

Networking is one of the best ways to reconnect with your fellow alumni and make inroads for that next career step! Recent CAA Networking Hours have drawn alumni from all professions, including entrepreneurs, writers, healthcare professionals, and lawyers. Most of them credit networking with other alumni for their career success.

This event is a great opportunity to virtually connect to the Columbia network, which is 350,000 alumni strong. Mingle with alumni professionals interested in finding collaborators, sharing resources and inspiring new projects.

Industries will include:

• Business & Finance
• Entrepreneurs & Start-Ups
• Marketing & Public Relations
• Media & Entertainment

Don’t see your industry? You can join the “Wildcard” group for a chance to meet alumni from a variety of different backgrounds.

No matter where you are in the world, you can sign in from your home, office, or coffee shop. Best of all: it’s free and only open to Columbia alumni. You never know who you might meet!

How It Works

• Be sure to register for the event in advance.
• On the day and time of the event, log-in and join the live session. You will receive log-in details 24 hours and two hours before the event.
• All you need is a computer— you can sign in from anywhere!
• Chats are text-based (no video) and timed (10 minutes)
• Once you enter the live event, you will arrive in the virtual “lobby.” Click “View” to enter a booth, and make your status “Available” when you’re ready to begin chatting with other attendees. Next, go to the “Dashboard” located in the top right hand corner to see the chats come through.
• You’ll have the option to chat with up to three people at one time.
• After the event, you can revisit the event dashboard to view your connections, chat transcripts, and follow-up notes.

If you have any questions, please contact caa-marketing@columbia.edu.

Stay Connected

• For career updates, visit the Columbia Alumni Career website, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

REGISTER ONLINE

Cara Caddoo, PhD IRAAS Alumna arrested while peacefully protesting.

“I’m overwhelmed by the kind messages and generous offers that I’ve received from friends and strangers this week. Thank you–it means more to me than I can put into words. For those who have asked, I do not need any help with legal fees. If you’re in a position to help, I know the organizers at No Space for Hate Bloomington (nospace4hate.btown-in.org) and Black Lives Matter-Bloomington (https://blm.btown-in.org/) would appreciate your words of support and/or donations.” – Cara Caddoo, PhD

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IRAAS alum, Dr. Cara Caddoo was arrested while peacefully protesting a vendor w/white supremacist background after having experienced a racial incident with them at a public farmers market.

 

INDIANAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG

Video: IU Professor Arrested After Demonstration At Farmers’ Market 

By ADAM PINSKER Posted July 29, 2019

WATCH NOW: An Indiana University professor was arrested after protesting a vendor at the Bloomington Farm

Video courtesy of Dina Okamoto

Columbia University Black Alumni Council Opportunities to Engage

My name is Naintara Goodgame, Secretary for the Black Alumni Council. We are in the process of recruiting for our committees for the upcoming year. The opportunities are as follows:

• Homecoming Committee– Responsible for planning BAC’s annual homecoming events such as mixers, tailgates and happy hours.
• Content Committee– Responsible for planning and executing our content and digital marketing strategy to help us engage alumni from across all undergraduate and graduate schools.
• Archival Committee– Responsible for researching, documenting, and publishing the stories/experiences of Black students and alumni at Columbia
• Fundraising Committee– Responsible for developing and executing fundraising strategy for the BAC Scholarship Fund, Homecoming, Black Graduation, and other signature initiatives

If you are interested, please complete this form by August 6th. We will begin committee placements immediately. Thanks! As always, if you have questions, reach out to us at columbiabac@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Naintara Goodgame, ’15BC

BAC Secretary

http://bac.alumni.columbia.edu

Congratulations David Johns on 2019 National Urban League Young Professionals Award

Via IRAAS Alumni David Johns, “It’s humbling to know the feeling of standing at the place where your purpose meets passion. It’s affirming to be acknowledged for doing the work, especially when the work isn’t always sexy. I am thankful to the @nulyp for thinking enough about my effort quarterbacking the team at @nbjconthemove. Know that I’ll be accepting this award on behalf of #NigelShelby the black gay men murdered at the home of #EdBuck and the 12 Black trans women murdered this far this year. Our lives matter #BlackLivesMatter #BlackQueerLivesMatter #LetsGetFree”
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NULYP Honors Spotlight: The Adovocate & Educator “It is truly humbling to be acknowledged, by your people, for your work—especially when you feel blessed to have found and to be supported in working at your purpose. Because my work involves being a race warrior at the intersections of racial equity and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving equality my work is often ignored, which makes this recognition by the National Urban League’s Young Professionals—my tribe that much more meaningful.” David Johns
Advocate & Educator
New York, NY
Personal IG: @MrDavidJohns
Organization IG: @NBJCOnTheMove

#NULYPHonors #NULYPRoadTo20 #BlackExcellence

6/27/19 IRAAS Alumni Tourmaline’s film Salacia on the occasion of Pride Month 2019

7PM Thursday, June 27, 2019

A CONVERSATION WITH TOURMALINE AND KIMBERLY DREW

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High Line Channel artist Tourmaline is joined in conversation by Kimberly Drew to discuss Tourmaline’s film Salacia on the occasion of Pride Month 2019.

In the style of Black fantasy and folktales such as Virginia Hamilton’s The People Could Fly, Tourmaline’s work for the High Line, Salacia, takes place in Seneca Village—a 19th-century free Black community in upper Manhattan that was demolished to create Central Park in 1855. Salacia follows Mary Jones (born 1803), a Black transgender New Yorker as she discovers her power in the face of heightened systemic racism and transphobia.

Tourmaline is an activist, filmmaker, and writer. Her work highlights the capacity of Black queer and trans people and communities to make and transform worlds. In her films, Tourmaline creates dreamlike portraits of people whose stories tell the history of New York City, including gay and trans liberation activists, drag queens, and queer icons Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera (Happy Birthday Marsha, co-directed with Sasha Wortzel, 2018), Miss Major (The Personal Things, 2016), and Egyptt LaBeija (Atlantic is a Sea of Bones, 2017). Tending to the histories and haunts of disabled, poor, Black, queer, and trans life that echo and vibrate beneath neighborhoods and cultural landmarks, Tourmaline’s films undulate between narrative and non-narrative and illuminate the mundane acts that form the fabric of historical events and mutually supportive communities.

Kimberly Drew is a writer, curator, and activist. Drew received her B.A. from Smith College in Art History and African-American Studies. She first experienced the art world as an intern in the Director’s Office of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Her time at the Studio Museum inspired her to start the Tumblr blog Black Contemporary Art, sparking her interest in social media. Drew’s writing has appeared in Vogue, Glamour, W, Teen Vogue, and Lenny Letter and she has executed Instagram takeovers for Prada, The White House, and Instagram. Drew recently left her role as the Social Media Manager at The Met. Her upcoming book, “Black Futures,” which she is co-editing with Jenna Wortham is due in 2020. You can follow her at @museummammy on Instagram and Twitter.

Salacia is the first work in High Line Art’s newest format: High Line Originals. Part of High Line Channels, High Line Originals marks the first time High Line Art commissions new video work and is intended to support the work of local, emerging artists. Salacia is co-commissioned by the Brooklyn Museum and High Line Art, presented by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

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ACCESSIBILITY
We encourage all persons with disabilities to attend. To request additional information regarding accessibility or accommodations at a program, please contact programs@thehighline.org or (646) 774-2179. Program venues are accessible via wheelchair, and ASL interpretation can be arranged two weeks in advance.

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SUPPORT

Lead support for High Line Art comes from Amanda and Don Mullen. Major support for High Line Art is provided by Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, and the Charina Endowment Fund. High Line Art is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Corey Johnson.