Africana Studies at Brooklyn College

The Africana Studies/ERIS Center for Diversity
Fall 2012 Welcome Reception

Thursday, October 18, 2012
12:30PM - 2:00PM
ERIS - Center For Diversity Lounge
3309 James Hall

The Department of Africana Studies and the ERIS Center for Diversity invite you to a welcome reception! Join us for lunch and conversation with our faculty and new chairperson. Learn more about our study abroad program and other programs related to your course of study.

For more information, please call the Africana Studies Department at (718) 951-5597.

Body and Soul
The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination

Thursday, October 11, 2012
6:00PM - 8:00PM

The Graduate Center, CUNY
Skylight Room 9100
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Join Prof. Alondra Nelson for a lecture and discussion of the Gloria Thomas Memorial Lecture: "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party."

For more information, please visit http://web.gc.cuny.edu/womencenter, or contact (212) 817-8905.

Stop + Frisk
Racial Profiling or Deterrent to Crime?

Thursday, October 11, 2012
12:00PM - 2:30PM

Pace University
Multipurpose Room
1 Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038

Under the current New York City administration, men and women regardless of age are being stopped, questioned, and searched at alarming rates. In 2011 for example, 85% of the 700,000 stops involved Blacks and Latino/as. The rationale, according to New York City's mayor, police commissioner, select public policy analysts, and some leaders in Black and Latino/a communities, is that these practices make communities safer and lower the crime rate. Whether you agree, disagree, or are somewhere in the middle, join in on what will prove to be a provocative discussion.

For more information, please contact Denise Santiago at (212) 346-1546 or dsantiago-at-pace-dot-edu.

Salvage Anthropology and a South African City in Ruins
Coastal Whiteness and the Photographic Collections of Joseph Denfield, 1960-1967

Thursday, October 4, 2012
4:15PM - 6:15PM

The Graduate Center, CUNY
Room 8404
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Join Prof. Leslie Bank for a discussion of the collections of Joseph Denfield, a medical doctor who rose to prominence as an amateur photographer and public intellectual in South Africa in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Denfield participated in regional visual economies at different points in his career in order to establish his contribution towards visual histories in Southern Africa, experimenting with various photographic genres, from ethnographic to pictorial work, widely circulated in salon exhibitions.

For more information, please visit http://centerforthehumanities.org/, or contact (212) 817-2005 or ch-AT-gc-DOT-cuny-DOT-edu.

Youth Voter Registration

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
3:00PM - 5:00PM

Lehman College
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY 10468

Join in for music, live performances, giveaways, and contests encouraging more young New Yorkers to register to vote in time for this year's important election. Event will take place on the South Field.

For more information, please visit Lehman's online calendar.

Heart and Soul
The Story of America and African-Americans

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
New York, NY 10065

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans is an exhibit of work by Kadir Nelson from the award-winning children's book of the same name. Published by HarperCollins in 2011, the story and images portray scenes of triumph and hardships that have become important symbols to our nation’s history.

This exhibit is in conjunction with the upcoming lecture and panel discussion: African American History is American History: How Struggles for African American Liberty Earned All Americans their Civil Rights.

For more information, please visit the exhibition's webpage or contact (212) 838-2560.

The New York State Public Health Law and CUNY regulations require that ALL students prove immunity to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (or provide proof of exemption). Students will be barred from classes as of Monday, September 24, 2012 and receive a WA grade for the Fall semester if they have NOT completed their immunization records and submitted documentation to the Health Programs Office. Please take action and ensure that all your health requirements have been met.

Contact the Health Programs/Immunization Requirements Office at (718) 951-4505 for more information.

Genocide and Human Rights:
A Fraught Relationship?

Friday, September 7, 2012
9:00AM - 5:00PM

Queensborough Community College
CUNY Graduate Center Building
222-05 56th Avenue, Room C197
Bayside, Queens 11364

The History Department of QCC will present a symposium on the study of genocide and related topics. This free event will bring together a group of leading scholars in the fields of genocide and human rights studies.

For more information, please contact (718) 281-5044.

Egypt after the Presidential Election

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
6:00PM - 8:00PM

John Tishman Auditorium
The New School
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011

A panel discussion of experts discussing what is likely to occur in Egypt following the recent presidential election.

Participants:

• Hazem Fahmy, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Mona El Ghobashy, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Comparative Politics, Barnard College
• Timothy Mitchell, Professor, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University
• Samer Shehata, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Moderator: Talal Asad, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center

This panel discussion launches Egypt in Transition, the 2012 Summer issue of Social Research: An International Quarterly, which is devoted to the proceedings of the 27th Social Research conference on the same theme.

Event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come-first served. RSVP is not required, but appreciated. For more information, contact cps-at-newschool-dot-edu.

The 29th Annual National Night Out Against Crime

Tuesday, August 07, 2012
4:00PM and Later

National Night Out is a crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW). It's an annual campaign involving citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from over 15,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide. It is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and participation in local anti-crime programs, strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships, and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils, cities, towns, and neighborhoods 'celebrate' NNO with a variety of events and activities such as block parties and cook-outs, exhibits, flashlight walks, contests, and youth programs.

Contact your local police precinct or Community Board to learn where an NNO event will be held near you.