[ShareTompkins] Free Black History Month Lecture Series

[Shira Golding]

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> PRESENTS
> Black History Month Lecture Series
> Friday’s in February 5-7pm in Southside gymnasium
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> February 12th
> “Ithaca, the Beacon of Hope: Examining a Hub of Emancipation “  - 
> Presented by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
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> The Brothers from the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,  
> Inc. will visit Southside Community Center in an effort to  
> illuminate some of the historical identity of the city of Ithaca as  
> part of Black History Month. The Alpha Chapter, having started here  
> in the city of Ithaca at Cornell University, recognizes the  
> significance of Ithaca on creating a culture such that the  
> Fraternity could form and be sustained for over a century now. By  
> looking at the relationship between the origin of the Fraternity and  
> the social climate in Ithaca, its expansion, and some of the events  
> in Black History to date that has been impacted by the Fraternity,  
> we hope to accentuate the significance of Ithaca in the Black  
> experience.
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> February 19th
> “Nuthin New Under the Sun: the African Aesthetic and Africanist  
> principles retained in contemporary hip-hop culture” Presented by  
> Darryl “Mongoose” Johnson
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> This presentation will explore the themes and specific cultural  
> traits that contribute to Hip-Hop’s place among the various African  
> Diasporic art forms by providing a lens through which hip-hop can be  
> appreciated as a continuum of the African aesthetic. Participants  
> will be encouraged to initiate discussion and continue dialogue with  
> regards to some of the most contemporary artisans representing the  
> craft to date. Our discussion will circulate among our  
> interpretations of listening examples and provided visuals with the  
> goal in mind to broaden the scope we employ to critique and  
> appreciate the culture we developed and sustain as African diasporic  
> peoples. Ase!!
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> February 26th
> "The African Diaspora's Dance"-Presented by Sabia McCoy Torres
> In celebration of Black History month, "The African Diaspora's  
> Dance" will consider African diasporic dance throughout the  
> Americas. In this part of the lecture series we will trace the paths  
> of Africans from the continent to the Americas and consider the  
> dances that connect the descendents of uprooted and relocated  
> peoples to their ancestral land and to each other across space and  
> time. We will talk about characteristics of the African dance  
> aesthetic and look at some moves to see how they are visible in  
> contemporary dance of African diasporic peoples. My hope is that  
> attendees will get an idea of how connected to one another people  
> from African descent truly are (whether they be in the U.S., Puerto  
> Rico, or Brazil) and how this connection is made visible through our  
> dance; and furthermore how the African origins of our dance reveals  
> that certain cultural traditions have survived slavery, colonialism,  
> and our dispersal around the world.
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> Hope you can come out and join us!
>
> Kirtrina Baxter
> Southside Community Center
> 305 S. Plain St Ithaca NY 14850
> 607-273-4190 x225
> kbaxter at sscc-ithaca.org
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