LAHM invites you to enjoy jazz with traditional influences from around the world in the intimacy of our Jazz Room with carefully curated concerts dedicated to our community! Seats are not assigned and will be granted to ticket holders at a first come first served basis. Orders are limited to...
The recent earthquakes and the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have raised old and new questions on the sovereignty of the people living in the Black democratic republic of the Western Hemisphere. Join us for a community conversation on how the Diaspora and Haitians can work together to help steer the tide.
Student workshop with Professor Nadina Naber, Gender and Women's Studies Program & Global Asian Studies Program, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Dr. Nadine Naber is an award-winning author, public speaker and activist on the topics of racial justice; gender justice; women of color feminisms; Arab and Muslim feminisms; Arab Americans; Muslim Americans; people of color-based activism and solidarity; and international human rights.
Natalie Bump Vena is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Studies. She received her J.D. and Ph.D. from Northwestern University’s School of Law and Department of Anthropology. Her research and teaching interests concern environmental policymaking in U.S. cities. She is admitted to the New York State Bar. Vena’s long-term research examines the history of natural resources preservation in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which protects 69,000 acres of land encompassing Chicago. Vena also has an active research agenda in New York City. In addition to undertaking fieldwork and advocacy concerning a South Ozone Park community’s protracted recovery from a sewage backup that occurred in 2019, she is studying the implementation of New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (2019). In particular, she is examining the process of identifying the “disadvantaged communities” who are slated to receive 35% to 40% of benefits derived from the state’s green transition.
Joel Allen is the Executive Officer of the PhD Program in History at the CUNY Grad Center. He is also a Professor of History at Queens College and holds an appointment in the MA/PhD Program in Classics at the Graduate Center. His research interests are in Roman imperial culture.
QC Africana Studies in collaboration with QC Seek and The Office of Diversity & Compliance invites you to join our Community Conversation Series: Are We Safe Yet? On November 29th we launch the first of a four-part series that focuses on unpacking systemic discriminatory processes and barriers to equitable living...
How do we bounce back from an extended writing break? What’s the most effective way to pick up a manuscript when you barely remember what you last wrote? In this workshop, Michelle Boyd, founder and director of InkWell Academic Writing Retreats, explains how to overcome the logistical and emotional barriers...
Healing Roots tells the tale of how Bajan (Barbadian) women use native plants and herbs—bush medicine as it is termed in Barbados—to help heal the body and the nation. It speaks to how these women continue African culture through their use of plants and asks us to think about what is lost...