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FALL 2024 EVENTS

October 29th, 2024

Unity Through Reparations: The December 12th Movement

Location: Jefferson Williams Room, Student Center

Time: 12:30-2 pm

Join us for a presentation and discussion on the historic and current global struggle for reparations with guest presenters: The December 12th Movement. Learn about the demand for a federal executive order downpayment for reparations, the historic Durban Declaration that launched the current reparations moment, and how to get involved in this centuries-long grassroots struggle.

Click the link below to see the flyer and scan the QR code to register. Lunch is provided.

Unity Through Reparations

Black Solidarity Day: November 4th, 2024

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Cuba in Africa. A Film Screening and Discussion with Producer and Director Negash Abduraham in conversation with Prof. Lily Cerat, Director of CUNY Haitian Studies Association (HSI) Cuba in Africa

Location: Woody Tanger Auditorium, Library

Time: 11:00am – 12:15 pm

Learn about Cuba’s role in liberation movements in Africa, the relationship between current events in Cuba, Haiti, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and how Black Solidarity Day in the US relates to Blackness globally. After the film, there will be a discussion with Producer and Director Negash Abduraham in conversation with Prof. Lily Cerat, Director of CUNY Haitian Studies Association (HSI).

Keynote Lunch: Speaker Charles Barron

Location: Student Center, Room TBD