St. John’s University students and faculty are welcomed to join the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the City University of New York for the following conference, which is free and open to the public:
Philosophy and Religion Conference in Africana Traditions
2017 Intersectionality and the Politics of Activism
Friday, OCTOBER 27, 2017
9:30am — 6:00pm
Center for Place, Culture and Politics
The Graduate Center of The City University of New York Rooms 9204/9205
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10016Topics for Consideration:
1. Social activism. What are the main terrains of struggle? What are the strategies people are putting into place, what are the programs being developed (for instance “The Vision for Black Lives “movement)?
2. Culture and politic. Speakers will address the inter-relationships between art and politics and how cultural issues, from art, film, novels are related to liberation struggles. How art and films depict the struggle, how they contribute to it, what are the main themes?
3. Reconstructing the collective memory, from a historical and philosophical viewpoint. Speakers will comment on what of the past (history, theory, practice) now seems most important from the viewpoint of the present struggle. Explore the importance of reconnecting with the past to place the present in a context, as a way to give strength to present struggles.
Schedule:
Friday October 27th: MORNING SESSION 9:30am – 12:30pm
9:30am – 9:50am
Greetings and Opening Statement: J. Everet Green – Mercy College Greetings: Mary Taylor – CUNY: The Graduate Center10:00am – 11:00am
“Reflections on the Terrains of the Struggle for Black Freedom in the 21st Century”
Speaker: Mathylde Frontus, Ph.D. – Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University Chair: Brittany O’Neal, Ph.D. – Adjunct Professor, Lehman College, CUNY
11:00am – 12:30pm
“The Movement for Black Lives”
Speaker: Sara Mokuria M.A., Senior Research Associate, UT Dallas Institute for Policy Research
Urban
Chair: Zay D. Green M.A., – HUMANITAS
LUNCH 12:30pm – 1:30pm
AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30pm – 6:00pm
1:35pm – 1:45pm
Greetings and Introduction: J. Everet Green – Mercy College1:50pm – 2:50pm
“I, John De Conqueror: Black Male Self-Recovery in the U.S.”
Speaker: John White Fordham University Chair: Julie Siestreem
3:00pm – 4:30pm
“Hubert Harrison and the Militant ‘New Negro Movement’” Speaker: Jeffrey B. Perry, Ph.D. – Independent Scholar
Chair: Mathylde Frontus4:30pm – 5:50pm
Intersectionality and the Politics of Activism
Panel Discussion Chair: Brittany O’Neal – Lehman College Speakers: Sonia Vas Borges CUNY Graduate Center
Vicki Mokuria – Texas A&M
Sara Mokuria M.A., Senior Research Associate, UT Dallas Institute forUrban Policy Research
Aileen Mokuria – HarvardSaturday, OCTOBER 28, 2017
9:30am — 6:00pm
Mayday Community Space 176 St. Nicholas Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237
MORNING SESSION 10:00am – 12:30pm
10:00am – 11:00am
“Grace Lee & Jimmy Boggs’ Oblique Counter-Practice” [R]evolution in Love &Struggle with Black Humanism
Speaker: Josef Mendoza, Ph.D. – Mercy College Chair: Aileen Mokuria – Harvard
11:00am – 12:30pm
“‘I am Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired’: Critical Thought in the Interest of Material Equality”
Speaker: Brittany O’Neal, Ph.D. – Lehman College, CUNY Chair: Zay D. Green-HUMANITAS
1:40pm – 3:00pm
LUNCH 12:30pm – 1:30pm
AFTERNOON SESSION 1:40pm – 6:00pm
“Islamic Genesis of Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Neglected Partners”
Speaker: Greg Moses, Ph. D. Texas State University Chair: Vicki Mokuria – Texas A&M
3:00pm – 4:00pm
“Homeless and the Policing of the Commons”
Speaker: Odilka Santiago
4:00pm – 5:45pm
Intersectionality and the Politics of Activism Panel Discussion
Speakers: Zay D. GreenJ. Everet Green, Greg Moses, Brittany O’Neal
For more information, please contact J. Everet Green at: everet@verizon.net
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Place, Culture and Politics and HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical and Cultural Society
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