Fwd: [Media Justice Exchange] In NYC on April 18th & 19th: A talk by Jeff Chang

[Nadia]

Thought I'd pass along. I am planning to attend. Hope to see some friendly faces!

The Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU presents

Who We Be: A Workshop with Jeff Chang

 

Friday, April 19, 2013
2-4 PM

Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU
8 Washington Mews
New York, New York 10003

Following his public talk at NYU on Thursday, April 18, Jeff Chang (Who We Be: The Colorization of America [Fall 2013]; Can't Stop Won't Stop; Stanford University] invites organizers, educators, artists, and other changemakers to a workshop on the power of art and other creative practices to create social change. Following a brief presentation on the role of art and artists in racial justice work, Jeff will lead a participatory workshop with special guests including his CultureStrike collaborators.

Space is limited. Please RSVP with your name and affiliation to apa....@nyu.edu.

Jeff Chang is the executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts + Committee on Black Performing Arts at Stanford University. Named by the Utne Reader as “one of the 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World,” Jeff Chang has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and a winner of the North Star News Prize. His first book, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, garnered many honors, including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. He was the editor of Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop. His current projects include  3 new books: Who We Be: The Colorization of America (St. Martin’s Press, 2013), Youth (Picador Big Ideas/Small Books series), and a biography of Bruce Lee (Little, Brown). He was a founding editor of ColorLines magazine, and a co-founding member of the SoleSides hip-hop collective, now Quannum Projects. Born of Chinese and Native Hawaiian ancestry, Jeff was raised in Hawai’i where he attended ‘Iolani School, a school that many have described as “better than Punahou, for whatever that’s worth.” He lives in Berkeley, California.

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