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Monday, March 30, 2015

RESCHEDULED SYMPOSIUM THIS WEDNESDAY @ RUTGERS-NEWARK

Ferguson/Newark/Gender

WHEN: Wednesday, April 1, 2:30-3:50 PM
WHERE: 
Center for Public Service (CPS also known as the "SPAA" building) Rooms 104 and 106
ADMISSION: FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

In the wake of this month's Justice Department report about racial bias in policing in Ferguson, this event is more relevant than ever, so we hope you will join us.

The first panel begins at 2:30pm in room 104-- The second panel, "QUEERING RIOTS, QUEERING ARCHIVES," begins at 4:00pm in room 106--Ackerson Hall.

 
2:30 PM: Room 104, 111 Washington St., Newark
FROM FERGUSON TO #BLACKLIVESMATTER AND BEYOND

  • Nyle Fort: Nothing to Lose But Our Chains
  • Darnell Moore, Black Futures and the Need for Black Imagination

4:00-5:20 PM: Ackerson 106, 180 University Ave., Newark
QUEERING RIOTS, QUEERING ARCHIVES

  • Elizabeth Parker, The Politics of Memory: Archiving Activism
  • Whitney Strub, Hidden Histories of a Gay Newark Left
  • Kwame Holmes, Beyond the Flames: Queering the History of Black Riots