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AWAKENING OUR DEMOCRACY: Ferguson, Charleston, and Beyond

AWAKENING OUR DEMOCRACY is a new conversation series on race, ethnicity, disparities, justice and other pressing issues at the forefront of the University’s and the nation’s consciousness, hosted by the Office of University Life. (See our co-sponsors and highlights from Awakening Our Democracy:  The

Panel: The Myth of the Dangerous Panel, The Riverside Church

Sun, Oct 24th, 1PM The Riverside Church 191 Claremont Ave New York, NY 10027 “The Myth of the Dangerous Criminal” will bring together national thought leaders, activists and formerly incarcerated people to explore America’s reflexive, fearful response to people convicted

The Bigger Picture Series: Screening and Conversation: “Do the Right Thing”

Mon, Oct 19, 6pm Miller Theatre 2960 Broadway Join an interdisciplinary conversation on race, representation, policing and power following a screening of Spike Lee’s groundbreaking 1989 film Do the Right Thing, with activist Noche Diaz, Ebony Senior Editor Jamilah Lemieux, Columbia School of Law professor Patricia J.

Film Screening: Natural Life, a film by Tirtza Even

Film Screening of Natural Life, a film by Tirtza Even Tuesday, October 13th, 2015, 6:30PM Barnard College, Columbia University Julius Held Lecture Hall, Third Floor, Barnard Hall Natural Life (naturallifefilm.org) is a documentary highlighting the stories of five individuals who are