Culture
Legal Scholar David A. Harris on Police Violence
NYU School of Law 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesHow do police confrontations go wrong? How can courts secure justice for victims after the fact? And how can such incidents be avoided in the first place? University of Pittsburgh law professor David A. Harris offers answers by way of one such incident in his hometown. His new book, A City Divided: Race, Fear and the […]
Kitchen Liberation: Immigrant Home Cooking and Women’s Rights
Tenement Museum 103 Orchard Street, New York, NY, United StatesWhat happens when immigrant women teach strangers their most trusted recipes? The League of Kitchens, an organization that partners with immigrant women who teach cooking classes in their own homes, is on a mission to change how we see home cooking. In this event, Charlotte Druckman, author of Women on Food, joins in conversation with League of […]
How to Stop Procrastinating on Your New Year’s Resolutions
QED 27-16 23rd Ave, Queens, NY, United StatesDavid Parker is the author of the award-winning self-help book, The More You Do The Better You Feel: How to Overcome Procrastination and Live a Happier Life. In his book, Mr. Parker explains the relationship between habitual procrastination, mental depression, personal responsibility, and self-esteem and learn how to overcome habitual procrastination! Copies will be available […]
Documentary and Discussion – The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesIn the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation’s safe havens and notorious […]
Drug Test: Psychedelic Economics & Networking Hour
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesWhen the black market turns rainbow, what are we gonna do? How do we keep the good parts of an underground community? How do we protect against the bad parts of a legal economy? How do we keep the "deal" in "drug deal"? Stick around for a Networking Happy Hour after the show!!! Since the […]