Fall 2022 with the Diaspora Solidarities Lab (DSL)
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September 1, 2022 x 5pm EST
Join the DSL for an intimate evening of conversation and spell-casting featuring Ibeyi's Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vázquez (dir. Open Boat Lab).
Moderated by DSL Project Manager Tatiana Esh
September 30, 2022 x 12 pm EST
September 30, 2022, 12PM to 1:30 PM EST (co-sponsored with the Black Beyond Data Reading Group): Catherine Knight-Steele, Associate Professor of Communications at University of Maryland-College Park and Director of the Black Communication and Technology Lab (BCaT) on digital Black feminism, social media, and Black discourse online.
October 11, 2022 x 5 pm EST
October 11, 2022, 5pm EST: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, author of A Woman of Endurance (Amistad Books) on history, memory, world-building and Afro-Puerto Rican women’s lives. In conversation with Melanie Maldonado. This event also launches the CKL MicroLab Taller Entre Aguas
November 17, 2022 x 5 pm EST
November 17, 2022, 5pm EST: Andrea Chung, Art is not a luxury. In this virtual event featuring Andrea Chung, the San Diego-based artist will introduce the audience to her creative practice and workflow. From beadwork to sugarwork to rootwork, the talk will include topics ranging from Black feminist art to Asian diaspora in the Caribbean to research-based artistic methods. As the demand for deliverables increases in the hyperproductivity of the ongoing pandemic, Chung in conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe will explore strategies for rest, sleep, play, recuperation, and healing.
December 9, 2022 x 12 pm EST
December 9, 2022, 12 pm to 1:30 pm EST (co-sponsored with the Black Beyond Data Reading Group): Doroty Berry, Digital Curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, joins the DSL and the Black Beyond Data Reading Group to discuss archives, libraries and Black data.
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