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Film Screening, ‘When the Spirits Dance Mambo?”

Tuesday, February 13^th. 6.30pm

Venue: Caribbean Cultural Center, African Diaspora Institute

408 W. 58^th St NY NY 10019 (bet, 9^th and 10^th)

Subway: 1,A,B,C,D to 59^th St, Columbus Circle

A triumphant voyage of faith and power, When the Spirits Dance Mambo traces the role of sacred African thought and practices in the formation of Cuban society, culture and music.
Cuba/United States, 2002, 91min, English, Spanish with English subtitles

Director Dr. Marta Moreno Vega and Robert Shepard
Suggested Donation $5, CCC Members Free

Panel Discussion: Iconic Tenants and Ironic Dictates

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Reception – 6.00pm -  6.45pm. Panel Discussion 7.00 - 8.30pm

Venue:The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. 3940 Broadway NY, N.Y 10032 (bet 165^th and 166^th Street)

Subway: 1 to 168^th St or A,C 168^th St.

Panelists: Carlos Moore

The universal Emancipation of Africans and the Pan African movements of the 19^th and 20^th centuries were benchmarks of the liberation struggles endured by the revolutionary and progressive tenants of those eras.  In the 21^st Century’s “post-racial society”, how do arguments circulating the “End of Blackness” or “Post-Black” constructs impact global cultural and economic policies, and the ideological mandates we use to harness our histories and trace our identities?  

Free Admission

Conference: Re – Defining African American: What’s At Stake?

Friday, February 15th, 2008 6.00pm – 9.00pm

Venue: The Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College (CUNY)

695 Park Ave, Room 424 Hunter North, NY NY 10021

(Enter on 68^th bet, Lexington & Park Ave, North side of the street)

Subway: 6 to 68^th Street

Does the term African American include or exclude the diversity of African descendant populations that now reside within the nation’s borders? Does the term African American need to be redefined? If so, why and towards what concrete goals?

Introduction: Dr. J. Michael Turner

Panel 1:                                                Panel 2:

Moderator: Dr. J. Michael Turner                        Moderator:Dr. Marta Moreno Vega

Mario L. Baeza                                      Ejima Baker

Dr. Rex Nettleford                                 Jesús Garcia Naspe     

Dowoti Désir                                         Juna A. La Fonta 

Carlos Moore                                        Jesús Chucho Garcia

                                               

Free Admission

The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Malcolm & X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center Presents:

Panel Discussion: Say It Loud…Black Identity and Liberation in the Obama Era

Saturday, February 16th, 2008, 3pm

The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center.

3940 Broadway New York City, N.Y. 10032 (bet 165^th and 166^th Street).

Subway: 1 to 168^th St or A,C 168^th St.

Senator Barack Obama’s impact in the space of Black imagination and consciousness questions how the social, electoral, educational, and judicial infrastructure of the US receives the advent of Black Power no matter how “blackness” is defined or power acquired. If Malcolm X served as a barometer for defining modern blackness, what currency does an African descendent in the political arena have today when his/her “African-ness” is “not black enough” for African Americans?

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