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LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch 10 Grand Army Plz 1st floor, Brooklyn, NY 11238
SUMMARY:UPRISING/DOWNFALL: Repression and Resistance in the Making of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:On October 10, come to Central Library for a late-night teach-in about political resilience and hope, featuring music, performances and refreshments. Join us for conversations, readings and debates looking back on the U.S.’s major democratic movements and Americans’ continuous struggles for equity.The evening kicks off at 7 pm with a live set from DJ Kofta (of the Yalla! Dance party project), followed by a keynote address by physicist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan and Living Colour guitarist/producer Vernon Reid.Guest curated by Brian Tate.Speakers and performers include:Aline Gue, Executive Director of Haitian Women for Haitian RefugeesAva Chin, author of the award-winning Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion & HomecomingClarissa Martínez De Castro, Vice President of the Latino Vote Initiative at UnidosUSDawn Porter, award-winning documentary filmmaker of Power of the Dream, The Sing Sing Chronicles, When a Witness Recants, and moreDiala Shamas, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)Dr. Uché Blackstock, New York Times bestselling author of LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in MedicineFrank Abe, author of WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime IncarcerationJacqueline De León, senior staff attorney and member of the Isleta PuebloLinda Villarosa, contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and author of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, a Pulitzer Prize finalist
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