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November 2015
NEST WEEK @ CSER: Race and New Media Panel
NEST WEEK @ CSER Race and New Media Panel Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:00pm World Room, Pulitzer Hall Sponsors MA Program in American Studies, the Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism Society of Fellows in the Humanities “Race and New Media” is a panel discussion of identity and new digital publishing formats. It features academics (Minh-Ha T. Pham of Pratt University and Susan E. McGregor of Columbia) and editors of online magazines (Lisa Lucas…
Find out more »RUBBLE KINGS A film by Shan Nicholson
The Teachers College Center on History and Education is pleased to present the film Rubble Kings, a 1970s story about the Bronx. Out of the rubble, in a community let down by the promise of the civil rights movement, where gang violence ruled, the creative and political expression of hip-hop culture was born. Discussion with director Shan Nicholson and Teachers College professor Chris Emdin, author of Urban Science Education for the Hip-hop Generation, will follow the screening. (Film: 1 hour and 8 minutes. ) The event is presented in…
Find out more »Undocumented: Conversation with Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Thursday, December 12, 2015 6:15pm The Heyman Center, Common Room, Second Floor Sponsors Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race Society of Fellows in the Humanities “An undocumented immigrant’s journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton class”—Penguin Press. In the summer of 2015, Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a current postdoctoral fellow in the Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, published his memoir, Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy…
Find out more »Race Dialogue on American Campuses (and Elsewhere)
The Civic Participation Project at Teachers College Monday, November 16, 2015 1-2:30 pm Columbia University, Russell Hall 103 525 W 120th Street, New York, NY 10010 Sponsors Teachers College, Columbia University Please join us for a dialogue about race on campus in the U.S. and abroad. We will be speaking in reaction to the recent events at the University of Missouri, Yale University, and Ithaca College.
Find out more »The Archive of Women’s Incarceration: Reading Case Files from the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills
In collaboration with The Columbia Population Research Center, The Center for Justice at Columbia is pleased to invite you to “The Archive of Women’s Incarceration: Reading Case Files from the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills” seminar by Emily Hainze Ph.D. Candidate, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University and a Heyman Center Public Humanities Fellow and “Protection for Whom? Responding to ‘At Risk’ Young Women in Scotland” seminar by Annie Rose Crowley Ph.D. Candidate, Scottish Centre for Crime and…
Find out more »Racial Literacy Roundtables: Youth and Well-Being
We look forward to seeing you at the next Racial Literacy Roundtable of the 2015-2016 academic year: “A Young Adult’s Forgotten Memory of a Social Justice Education“ on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Teachers College, Columbia University in Horace Mann 150 from 6:00 – 8:00. Pizza and refreshments start at 5:30 p.m. Youth and Well-Being Series: For the third year in a row, all Roundtable topics are dedicated to the lives of young people. Topics will explore how race intersects with language, life, and literacy practices, as well as the in- and…
Find out more »Home Within Kinan Azmeh & Kevork Mourad #musicforsyria
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8pm The Miller Theater, Columbia University, Morningside Campus Sponsors Heyman Center for the Humanities The Heyman Center for Humanities presents Home Within, the newest project of Syrian composer and clarinetist, Kinan Azmeh, and Syrian-Armenian visual artist, Kevork Mourad. The 60-minute audio-visual performance will take place at 8.00pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, in Columbia University’s Miller Theater. “Home Within” has been touring North America and Europe in efforts to raise awareness and funds for Syrian Refugees…
Find out more »Rikers Island: Reform it – or Shut it Down?
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2-5pm The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, First FLoor Sponsors JustLeadershipUSA Humanities Action Lab at The New School The Rikers Island jail complex has become an infamous symbol of criminal justice dysfunction. Last year, The New York Times uncovered 129 serious injuries to inmates. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York documented widespread abuse and neglect of teenagers in the jail’s adolescent unit. And Mayor de Blasio described an environment so toxic that inmates are released…
Find out more »What Does it Mean to be Young, Black and Female in America?: A Few Perspectives from Youth
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 6-8pm Teachers College, Columbia University Room: Horace Mann 150 Facilitators Jessica Penn, Senior Aichatou Nimaga, Senior Lanasia McMillan, Junior Janell Jones, Junior Fatoumata Sankare, Senior China Camacho, History Teacher Team Leader Ingrid Chung, Assistant Principal The Urban Assembly School for Applied Math & Science Join us for the next Racial Literacy Round table of the 2015-2016 academic year. For the third year in a row, all round table topics are dedicated to the lives of young…
Find out more »The Justice Forum: From Juvenile Justice to Young Adult Justice: An Emerging Framework for Policy and Practice
Monday, November 30, 2015 6:30pm Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 103 435 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027 Please join us for a discussion about a new framework, practice and programs, and related research about young adults in the justice system. Vincent Schiraldi, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard University Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, Chief Assistant District Attorney, New York County Dsitrict Attorney’s Office Richard Roderick, Programs Coordinator, Justice-in-Education Initiative, Columbia University, subject of…
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