Day: October 27, 2015

  • Black Mexico: The African Roots in Mexico Western Connecticut State University Student Center Theater 181 White Street Danbury, Connecticut Wednesday, 2015-10-28, 10:50 EDT (Local Time) Gloria Arjona, Lecturer in Spanish California Institute of Technology, Pasadena In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Dr. Gloria Arjona, a lecturer at CalTech Pasadena and University of Southern California, will…

  • B. Iden Payne Awards 2015 Winners and Nominees B. Iden Payne Awards Austin, Texas 2015-10-26 Below are the nominees for the 2014-2015 theatrical season. THEATER FOR YOUTH: 2014 – 2015  Season Outstanding Production Winner: Am I White / Salvage Vanguard Theater Outstanding Direction Winner: Jenny Larson / Am I White, Salvage Vanguard Theater Outstanding Lead…

  • Blackness and Mestizaje in Mexico and Central America Africa World Press 2013 176 pages ISBN: 978-1592219339 Edited by: Elisabeth Cunin, Sociologist Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France Odile Hoffmann, Geographer Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France American configurations, because of their originality, force us to adopt plural visions, toward the margins, with particular…

  • Multiracial Teens Talk About Their Identity Rip Tides Women’s eNews 2015-10-27 Stephanie Geier, Teen Voices for Women’s eNews The pressures and rejections come from within, from peers, from different sides of their families. “No matter how hard I tried I was always too white for the black kids and too black for the white kids,”…

  • Brilliant Ideas: Artist Ellen Gallagher Bloomberg Business 2015-09-14 “Brilliant Ideas” looks at the most exciting and acclaimed artists at work in the world today. On this episode, Ellen Gallagher talks to Bloomberg. (Source: Bloomberg)

  • Alumna and author Danzy Senna visits high school The Sagamore: Brookline High School’s student newspaper Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts 2015-09-29 Sam Klein, Valentina Rojas-Posada and Sofia Tong Danzy Senna, alumna and author of junior and senior summer reading book Caucasia, came to the high school today for a day of discussions with students and…

  • Rescuing Discarded Images of Everyday Black Life The New York Times 2015-10-20 David Gonzalez, Side Street Columnist Who throws away family photos? How do faded, blurry squares that chronicled weddings, ballgames and goofy moments at home end up abandoned, tossed to the curb or in boxes bought sight unseen at storage auctions? Zun Lee has…

  • Defying the Stereotype of the Broken Black Family The New Yorker 2015-10-12 Lucy McKeon For his series “Father Figure,” begun in 2011, the photographer Zun Lee created quiet and tender portraits of black fathers with their children: one kisses the tiny hand of his baby while riding the subway; another goofs around at bedtime, his…

  • Photo Gallery Highlights Multiracial Student Experiences The Havard Crimson 2015-10-26 Aafreen Azmi, Contributing Writer Brandon J. Dixon, Contributing Writer Students study the portraits on display at “OTHER: A Multiracial Student Photo Gallery” at the exhibition’s opening on Sunday afternoon. Eliza R. Pugh Students expressed their desire to define their racial identities on their own terms…