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Lemba, Dominican Republic
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Thursday, November 30th,
2006, 6:30-8:30 pm
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Living up To the Maroon Legacy: Social Justice in
Cultural Art by Youth & Teaching Artists
Presentation & Discussion
At The Caribbean Cultural Center
408 West 58 Street between 9th & 10th Ave.
New York, NY 10019
#1/A/B/C/D train to W. 59th St. Columbus Circle, NY, NY
10019
To RSVP/For more information: 212-307-7420 ext. 3012 or
Manuela@thelegacycircle.org
Join us to learn about the spirit of the maroon warrior
and how African Diaspora cultural arts can awaken young
people to lead and create justice in their communities.
After presentations and discussions by youth,
organizers, and teaching artists, we will provide an
opportunity for teaching artists, schools and youth to
join the effort to promote youth development and social
justice through cultural arts and deeper knowledge of
self as African descendants.
About the Presenters:
C. Daniel Dawson is a professor at NYU and Columbia
University, an art curator, and a promoter of African
descendants, maroons, and their living cultures in the
Americas.
Nicole Burrowes is the Communications and Outreach
Manager at the Funder’s Collaborative on Youth
Organizing, a collective dedicated to advancing youth
organizing as a strategy for youth development and
social justice. She is a filmmaker and co-founder of
Sista ii Sista in Brooklyn and has years of experience
in youth work.
Rachel Castillo has experience in literacy and theater
rooted in theater of the oppressed. Using guerilla
theater tactics with young people at Youth Ministries
for Peace and Justice, she facilitated the creation of
street theater pieces to support their environmental and
the campaign for police reform campaign in the Morrison-Soundview
neighborhood of the South Bronx.
The Reel X Project and it’s young women members are
dedicated to creating a social justice and creative
filmmaking space for young women ages 14-20 in the
Southwest Bronx. |
