My God rest the souls of these two amazing poets and let their legacies live FOREVER...
Gil Scott Heron (1949- May 27, 2011) and Will Da Real One (?-May 29, 2011)
5.31.2011
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4.26.2011
From Precious II For Colored Girls: The Black Image in the American Mind
Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, 1st Floor.
FREE
For the fifth year, the Institute partners with Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues, bringing a distinguished panel of scholars, journalists and activists for a townhall-style meeting addressing important issues in our communities.
Rap Sessions is led by critically-acclaimed journalist, activist, political analyst, and Institute Fellow, Bakari Kitwana.
This year's panel explores contemporary moments in popular culture and political debates where race, image and identity come center stage. Recent films like Precious, For Colored Girls, and TV shows like The Wire and Treme, as well as current political issues such as immigration and others, are among the hot button issues to be addressed in this context.
PANELISTS:
Elizabeth Méndez Berry (journalist and author, The Obama Generation, Revisited, featured in The Nation)
John Jennings (Professor, Visual Studies, SUNY Buffalo, and co-author of Black Comix: African American Independent Comix and Culture)
Joan Morgan (journalist, cultural critic, and author, When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost)
Mark Anthony Neal (Professor, Black Popular Culture, Duke University, and author of New Black Man)
Vijay Prashad (Director, International Studies, Trinity College, and author of The Darker Nations: A People’s History of The Third World).
Moderated by: Bakari Kitwana
4.19.2011
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4.18.2011
GRIPS Organization (Tacoma-based mentoring program)
Girls Reclaiming Individual Purpose in Society (GRIPS) Organization is a faith-based mentorship program that benefits teenage girls in the Tacoma-Pierce County area. GRIPS organization seeks to build self-esteem, academic acheivement and cultural experiences within young women who face unique challenges through mentorship, socialization, volunteer opportunities, cultural experiences and other resources.
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