[PUSO] Upcoming events: "Life in Marvelous Times: Cultural Work in the Racial Present"

[PUSO Seattle]

Dear PUSO friends, 

I hope this email finds you well. The Race/Knowledge Project have worked have worked for over a year to creatively connect poets, dancers, filmmakers, activists, undergrads, educators, and critical thinkers from around the country and I promise it will be unlike any conference you have ever attended. Our upcoming 2 day event, "Life in Marvelous Times: Cultural Work in the Racial Present," takes place at UW Seattle, May 13-14th, and is free and open to the public.

The details of this event are below. I hope that you will help us "get the word out" by forwarding this information to your friends and allies and in, general, contacting folks in the Seattle area who might be interested in attending.

WHAT:

* “Life in Marvelous Times: Cultural Work in the Racial Present,” a conference and community dialog event

WHEN/WHERE:

   * Keynote Address: Vijay Prashad, May 13, 6pm, Kane 210 UW, Seattle Campus

   * Conference: May 14th, 9:00a.m-5:00pm, UW HUB, Seattle Campus

   * "The Culture of Solidarity Work: A roundtable discussion between the Philippine U.S. Solidarity Organization (PUSO) & the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)" 

May 14th, 3:15 - 4:30 pm, UW HUB Rm 310

   * Film Screening: Criminal Queers, May 14th, 7:00pm, UW HUB Auditorium

 COST:

   * All events are free and open to the public

Seattle, WA, May 13th-14th—The University of Washington’s Race/Knowledge Project presents, “Life in Marvelous Times: Cultural Work in the Racial Present,” a free conference and community dialog event open to the public.

Vijay Prashad, author and professor of International studies at Trinity College, gives Thursday evening’s keynote address, "Ends Don't Meet Where the Arms Can't Reach: Looking to Du Bois to Bring Imperialism Back to American Studies." Friday features a full day of presentations by local and national activists, cultural workers and scholars with performances by Amber Flame, Dean Spade, Cristien Storm and Ananya Dance Theatre. Closing the conference will be a screening of Criminal Queers, a film exploring a radical transgender and queer struggle against the prison industrial complex. Co-presented by the Queer + Public + Performance research group, the filmmakers will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion.

The Philippine U.S. Solidarity Organization (PUSO) will hold a roundtable discussion on solidarity work in collaboration with the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES).  The discussion will be moderated by community activist and educator, Nada Elia, who had done extensive solidarity work with the people of Palestine both independently and as a part of  various community organizations. We welcome all audience members and participants and feel that the discussion will be of interest for anyone who wants to learn and share ideas about solidarity work. The discussion will also highlight the current struggles of people of the Philippines and El Salvador. Join and participate in this important discussion from 3:15 to 4:30 pm in the HUB room 310. More information about PUSO and CISPES at www.facebook.com/people/Puso-Seattle/100000728637517, http://pusoseattle.wordpress.com/  http://seattlecispes.org/lang/en-us/

The conference takes inspiration from the 2009 single, "Life in Marvelous Times" in which Mos Def declares that "we are alive in amazing times." The song suggests that we be amazed and marvel at how “basic survival requires super heroics,” at “revelations, hatred, love and war,” and at “delicate hearts” and “diabolical minds.” Taking this cue from Mos Def, this event will marvel at the crisis, the beauty, the apathy, and the critical potential of our "marvelous times." The presenters will explore how cultural work and cultural workers help to comprehend, re-think and transform the racial present.

The Race/Knowledge Project is sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington. More information is available at www.raceknowledgeproject.org

Life in Marvelous Times is also sponsored by Associated Students of the University of Washington, The Center for South Asian Studies, Student Activities and Union Facilities, University of Washington English Department, Q-Center, University of Washington Department of Women Studies, Queer+Public+Performance, The Hilen Fund, The Center for Global Justice at Seattle University, Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University, and Access to Justice Institute at Seattle University.

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