Black Power Panel

“Black power represents one of the most enduring and controversial stories of racial tumult, social protest, and political upheaval of our time, complete with a cast of tragic and heroic historical characters: Black Muslims, FBI agents, Martin Luther King Jr., Black Panthers, Carmichael, Lyndon B. Johnson, the New Left, and Fidel Castro all play major and minor parts in the era this movement helped define. Black power’s reach was global, spanning continents and crossing oceans.”

– Peniel Joseph,

The Chronicle Review 2006

Panel Participants:

• Prof. Robyn Spencer, History, Lehman College
  • The Black Panther Party’s Evolution in Oakland (work in progress)
• Prof. Christopher Strain, American Studies, Florida Atlantic University
  • Pure Fire: Self?Defense as Activism in the Civil Rights Era
• Prof. Rhonda Williams, History, Case Western Reserve University, The
  • Politics of Public Housing: Black Women’s Struggles Against Urban Inequality
• Prof. Yohuru Williams, African American History, Fairfield University,
  • Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights, Black Power and Black Panthers in New Haven

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Sponsored by Black Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Department of Political Science, the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, the Black Cultural Center, and the Dean’s Office for Multicultural Affairs

contact:  Anna Everetts, Programs Office, Swarthmore College, aeveret1@swarthmore.edu

To honor the resilience of millions of women survivors of war around the world, Women for Women International is hosting a global campaign called Join me on the Bridge on and before International Women’s Day: March 6- 8, 2010.

Sunday, March 7, 2010; 1pm to 3pm

Swarthmore Train Station

On March 8, 2010 we will bring women from Rwanda and Congo together in peace on a bridge between their two countries to demand an end to war and demonstrate that women can build bridges to peace and development. At the same time and during the preceding weekend, we will bring women (and men!) together throughout the world, creating a global movement that says NO to war and YES to peace and hope.

For more information contact Jill.Whitcraft@gmail.com

or Satya.renay@gmail.com

Mary Lord, who is the Cadbury Scholar this year at Pendle Hill (on the other side of Crum woods) was recently interviewed in the center’s electronic newsletter.  She addresses Quaker witness, nonviolent resistance, and the elements of a peaceful culture.

“Mary Lord worked professionally in the field of peace and security for thirty years, including as Assistant General Secretary for Peace and Conflict Resolution for the American Friends Service Committee and with the program on peaceful prevention of armed conflict for the Friends Committee on National Legislation.  She is the Henry J. Cadbury scholar at Pendle Hill for 2009-2010. A member of Adelphi Friends Meeting in Baltimore Yearly Meeting, she serves on the General Board and Executive Committee of Friends United Meeting.”

Read the interview in its entirety.

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Democracy Unplugged presents

7th District Congressional Candidate Debate Sunday Feb 28th, 4pm Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Old Sproul Rd. Springfield.

The first of a series, this event will focus on foreign policy. Afghanistan? Iran? Terrorism? Â Find out where your next congressional representative stands on the issues as they answer questions from a panel and from the public. Your opportunity to participate in democracy. Moderated by Roger Balson, co-sponsored by Delaware County Wage Peace & Justice and Delco for Liberty, invited candidates include Independent Jim Schneller, Republican Patrick Meehan and Democrats Gail Conner, E.Teresa Touey and Bryan Lentz. Â Free to the public with refreshments served. For more info or directions please call 610 543 8427 or www.democracyunplugged.net.

Directions to the event:

http://www.delcopeacecenter.org/directions.html

LIST GALLERY EVENT:

Bearing Witness, Recent Works by Daniel Heyman

For the past four years, Daniel Heyman, has traveled to Jordan and Turkey to meet with former Iraqi detainees, paint their portraits, and record their testimony. His exhibition will feature a selection of his portraits of survivors of torture at Abu Grahib prison as well as portraits of African American men from the Philadelphia area who have endured extreme poverty and repeated incarceration. Heyman’s moving portraits neither sensationalize the horrific stories told by their subjects nor emphasize his own emotional reaction. Instead, as Swarthmore Professor of Sociology Robin Wagner-Pacifici points out in her forthcoming exhibition catalog essay, Heyman’s portraits, with their selective inclusion of excerpts of sworn testimony, emphasize the subjects’ professional and familial roles—fundamental aspects of our social and personal identity. In doing so, the portraits restore dignity and individuality to those who have been deprived of their most basic human rights.

Heyman graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Visual Studies and received an M.F.A in painting from the University of Pennsylvania. Numerous institutions have acquired portfolios of his work including the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Yale University Art Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, and Princeton University Art Museum. Heyman is a 2009 Pew Fellowship recipient. In addition, he has received many fellowships including awards from the MacDowell colony, the AMJ foundation, the Philadelphia Print Collaborative, and the Independence Foundation. A distinguished visiting artist and critic at noted institutions, including Cranbrook Academy and the University of Iowa, Heyman teaches printmaking regularly at Swarthmore College and Rhode Island School of Design.

For more information

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Artists in Wartime: Bearing Witness / Shaping a Response Symposium

March 20, 2010

begins 9:30 a.m.

This symposium will explore the role of contemporary artists who focus on a seemingly endless era of global warfare, related health issues, and other crises of politics.

It will take place while Bearing Witness, Recent Works by Daniel Heyman and Printmakers Go to War Exhibit are on display on the Swarthmore campus.

The discussion will be moderated by Janine Mileaf, participants will include Daniel Heyman, visiting artist; Damian Cote, artist; Eric Avery, artist; Laurel Reuter, director, North Dakota Museum of Art; and Juan Manuel Echavarria, artist.

Cooper Series events are free and open to the public; there is no reserved seating. Event details may be subject to change without notice.

Location Information:

*Swarthmore College – Lang Performing Arts Center

Room: LPAC Cinema

Contact Information:

Phone: 610-328-8200

For more information

Event Sponsors:

Swarthmore College and William J Cooper Foundation

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO APRIL 4, 2010.

Dorothy Marder was a peace activist, feminist, and gay rights advocate. Her freelance photography offers a glimpse into activism during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

At the Kitao Gallery

February 26-28, 2010

Opening & Reception: Friday 5 to 7 pm

Saturday and Sunday 4 to 6 pm

The Kitao Gallery is a student gallery located on the Swarthmore College campus between Sharples dining hall and Olde Club.

(see campus map) (pdf map) (Google map) (directions)

Hosted by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Peace and Conflict Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Kitao Gallery

contact: Elizabeth Matlock