Civil Rights Tour Presentation
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Support our 1st Year MLK Scholars as they present on their experience traveling this fall break to the South for the annual Civil Rights Tour.
Support our 1st Year MLK Scholars as they present on their experience traveling this fall break to the South for the annual Civil Rights Tour.
Drop by for a guided journey between 11am and 3pm on Monday. One space features Multimedia learning and interaction while the other is intended to provide participants with an opportunity to practice mindful contemplation.
Presented in observance of Women’s History Month
Brooke Guinan was the first openly transgender firefighter in New York City. A third- generation firefighter, Brooke has a passion for heroism that runs in her blood. When Brooke transitions, it poses a challenge to a macho profession and to her family. Brooke and her boyfriend Jim, an Air Force veteran, realize that having the life they want means being vulnerable in the face of judgment. A heartfelt portrait of change in the American family and workplace, and a testament to love, courage, and loyalty.
Presented in observance of Black History Month
The first feature documentary about Lorraine Hansberry, the visionary playwright who authored A Raisin in the Sun. Artist, activist and public intellectual, Hansberry was outspoken and defiant against injustice and her works tackling race, human rights, women’s equality and sexuality anticipated social and political movements on the horizon.
Film student Vito Russo was among the crowd that fought back against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in 1969. He would go on to become one of the most outspoken and inspiring activists in the LGBT community’s fight for equal rights. His book The Celluloid Closet explored the ways gays and lesbians were portrayed on film. He also traveled to gay film festivals and college campuses with his entertaining and informative lecture/clip show on media representation and homophobia.
Presented in collaboration with the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute and Theatre Department
A story about a gay couple and their friends as they negotiate life, love, loss, and new beginnings. Michael Slade is the co-creator, writer and executive producer of this highly acclaimed short-form digital series. Mr. Slade is an award winning playwright, librettist, television writer, and children’s author.
Join us for an evening with Sara Bawany, a social worker and a poet with a passion for bringing some of the most-taboo issues in South Asian and Muslim communities to light.
A clinical social worker in the Dallas area, Sara recently published her first book of poetry. (w)holehearted touches on themes of identity, mental health, domestic violence, femininity, relationships, spirituality, forgiveness, and a variety of social justice issues.