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dwb - Conversation on Racial Justice (Live Stream) |
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Start Date: | 10/29/2020 | Start Time: | 6:00 PM |
End Date: | 10/29/2020 | End Time: | 7:00 PM |
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Event Description: Presented with Opera Omaha
dwb (driving while black)
Artist-Community Dialogue
on Racial Injustice and Driving While Black
with Roberta Gumbel, J.T Roane, Erica Richardson, Teona Pagan and Yael Meegan
October 29 at 6 PM
EVENT LINK HERE
(available on 10/29 only an hour before start of program.)
"Un-missable"- The New York Observer, Fall 2020
“One of the most singularly devastating theatrical moments of the last year.” –The Pitch
“A composer of vivid imagination and skill” —Fanfare
Join this discussion on racial injustice in today's America, provoked by BPAC's presentation of a 44-minute music-theatre work considering the phenomenon of of dwb (Driving While Black) and why/how art provides a platform for issues of social justice.
Speakers include;
Roberta Gumbel: librettist and performer of dwb
J.T Roane: Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies in the School of Social
Transformation at Arizona State University and leader of the new Black Ecologies Initiative in the Institute
for Humanities Research at ASU.
Erica Richardson: Assistant professor, English at Baruch College, a scholar on the intellectual history and aesthetics of Black social life, specializing in Black Women Writers, The Harlem Renaissance, and African American Drama.
Teona Pagan: (Baruch Senior, Major –Communications) President of the Black Student Union at CUNY
Yael Meegan: (Baruch Junior, Major – Journalism) Writer
EVENT LINK HERE
(available on 10/29 only an hour before start of program.)
And if you haven’t yet seen dwb (driving while black) - find out more here.
Contact Information:
Email: BPAC.TicketRequest@baruch.cuny.edu |
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Schools/Departments: Baruch Performing Arts Center |
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