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Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and Dwyer Cultural Center
Present
5th Annual Redefining African American Conference
"Beyond the Brown Paper Bag Test: De-constructing Black and Brown"
Tuesday, February 23 @ Dwyer Cultural Center
(entrance on 123rd between St. Nicholas Ave. and Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
5: 30 - 9 p.m.
The objective of this program is to motivate and influence an international dialogue that will examine the globa l need to develop thinking, terminology, programs and actions that w ill unite African descendants in a collaborative manner.
The 5th Annual Re-Defining African American Conference, will deconstruct the meaning of Black and Brown, by examining the complexities within each "color" identification and the underlying culture and history surrounding both.
FEATURING:
Screening of: Memoirs of A Black Latina - Written, Directed and Produced by Crystal Roman
And "Beyond the Brown Paper Bag Test: De-constructing Black and Brown" Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Dr. Yaba Blay: Ghanaian-born-American whose research focuses on the body politics of women of African descent, with particular specialization in global skin color politics. Her most recent research project investigates skin bleaching among Ghanaians.
Rosa Clemente: Rosa Clemente, is an Afro-Boricua Hip Hop Activist,community organizer, radio journalist and 2008 Green Party VP candidate. She and former Congresswomen Cynthia Mckinney were the first women of color ticket in USA history to run in a presidential election She is currently teaching at Lehman College. She has also written extensively on Afro-Latino identity and politics, Sexism within Hip-Hop Culture and Hip-Hop Activism, Media Justice, and African-American and Latino unity.
Rogelio Pineda: Caribbean rese archer and writer who has focused on the African Diasporic experienc e using a comparative approach regarding the issues of lost African identities, colonial/slave identities and post-colonial identities, linguistic, economic and historical underpinnings.
Moderated by Shantrelle P. Lewis: Director of Programming and Exhibitions at CCCADI
For more information please call 212.307.7420 ext. 3008
Free and Open to the Public
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