2017–18

• Recorded events with Edwidge Danticat

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Politics of Immigration in the United States. Today, in co-sponsorship with the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute

Panel discussion with CUNY Citizenship Now lawyer Stephanie Delia, Hunter student Thamara Jean, and moderated by Carolina Bank Muñoz and with undergraduate students enrolled in Women’s and Gender Studies 1001: Sex, Gender, and Power (Swapna Banerjee), and Africana Studies 3360: Black Women in America (Prudence Cumberbatch).
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m., Gold Room, sixth floor, Student Center

Luncheon with Student Activists

12:30–2 p.m., State Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center

TransHispaniola: Listening to Caribbean Women’s Stories

Discussion with undergraduate students enrolled in Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 2250: Digital Life Stories: Chicana/Latino Testimonio
3:40–4:55 p.m., Gold Room, sixth floor, Student Center

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Narrating Our Lives: Brunch With Faculty and Students From the Listening Project

11 a.m.–1 p.m., State Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center

The Power to Change

In-process observation of short, issue-based plays researched and developed by undergraduate students enrolled in Theater 3620: Devising and Collaborative Creation (Laura Tesman and Jolie Tong)
1–2:15 p.m.

A Right to Be Here: Race, Immigration, and My Third Culture Kids

Robert L. Hess Memorial Lecture
Hosted by President Michelle Anderson and the Robert L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence Planning Committee
5:05–6:20 p.m., Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library

Reception and Dinner in Honor of Edwidge Danticat, immediately following Memorial Lecture

6:30–8 p.m., Penthouse, Student Center

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Event Canceled: Stones in the Sun

Film viewing starring Danticat and discussion with undergraduate students enrolled in American Studies 1010: American Identities (Joseph Entin)
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m., Gold Room, sixth floor, Student Center

Creating Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

Discussion with Madeleine Thien and moderated by Rosamond King on the craft of writing and producing art
3:40–4:55 p.m., Occidental Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center

Reception to follow

5:05–6:20 p.m., International Lounge, fifth floor, Student Center