Black Feminist Futures Series: Planting for the Future

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Schomburg Center's Black Feminist Futures series features programs highlighting the relationship between Afrofuturism & Black feminism.

<h3><strong>About this event</strong></h3><h3></h3><h3>WATCH LIVE: <a href="https://youtu.be/I52p1Cur6RM" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/I52p1Cur6RM</a><a href="https://youtu.be/I52p1Cur6RM" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a></h3><h3><a href="https://youtu.be/I52p1Cur6RM" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a></h3><h3>VIRTUAL PROGRAM</h3><p>Join us for <strong><em>Black Women Planting for the Future</em></strong>, a  <strong>virtual</strong> conversation on Black women’s participation in Afrofuturism through literature, film, art, fashion, and community organizing. The program features <strong>Dr. Andrea Hairston </strong>(author of <em>Master of Poisons</em>), <strong>Sheree Renee Thomas</strong> (author of <em>Nine Bar Blues</em>), <strong>Tananarive Due</strong> (author of <em>The Between: A Novel</em>), and <strong>Tanya Denise Fields  </strong>(founder of Black Feminist Project &amp; Black Joy Farm, and author of &quot;Dirty Business: The Messy Affair of Rejecting Shame&quot; in the book <em>You Are Your Best Thing</em>). The program will be moderated by Dr. Chesya Burke (author of <em>Let’s Play White</em>).</p><h3></h3><h3>Black Feminist Futures Series </h3><p>The Black Feminist Futures Series<strong> </strong>features programs highlighting the powerful and long-standing relationship between Afrofuturism and Black feminism in genres ranging from literature, film, art, fashion, and community organizing. Our programs include Dr. Kinitra Brooks, Sheree Renee Thomas, Tananarive Due, Andrea Hairston, Dacia Polk, Tanya Fields, Dr. Lawana Richmond, and many more! The series is presented by the Schomburg Center&#x27;s 10th Annual Black Comic Book Festival.</p><h3>SCHEDULE:</h3><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-feminist-futures-series-black-woman-and-theories-of-the-future-tickets-231873649327" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Black Woman and Theories of the Future</strong></a><strong> </strong>| Saturday, February 19 at 12:00 - 1:30 </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/231901021197" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Black Women Planting for the Future</strong></a> | Wednesday, March 9 at 12:00 - 1:30</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-feminist-futures-series-black-women-organizing-for-the-future-tickets-231908995047" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Black Women Organizing for the Future</strong></a><strong> </strong> | Thursday, March 24 at 12:00 - 1:30</p><p></p><p><strong>VIRTUAL PROGRAM  | </strong><em>This program will be streamed on YouTube. You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. Please check your email shortly before the discussion to receive the link.</em> </p><p><strong>PRESS</strong> | Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Leah Drayton at leahdrayton@nypl.org.</p><p></p><p><strong>PUBLIC NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER</strong></p><p>This Program uses a third-party website link. By clicking on the third-party website link, you will leave NYPL’s website and enter a website not operated by NYPL. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact with through our Library services. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of <a href="https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy#_ga=2.93591389.1139486927.1592274552-1534508630.1592274552" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NYPL&#x27;s Privacy Policy</a> describing &quot;Third-Party Library Services Providers&quot; at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy</a>.</p><p>During this Program, you will be using third-party platforms such as Zoom and YouTube, for the purpose of communication. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact with through our Library services.  This service may collect some personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, &amp; password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy, which can be found here: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US#_ga=2.59317997.1139486927.1592274552-1534508630.1592274552" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Google Privacy Policy</a>, <a href="https://zoom.us/privacy#_ga=2.59317997.1139486927.1592274552-1534508630.1592274552" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zoom Privacy Policy</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/#community-guidelines" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube Privacy Policy</a>. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of <a href="https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy#_ga=2.93591389.1139486927.1592274552-1534508630.1592274552" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NYPL&#x27;s Privacy Policy</a> describing &quot;Third-Party Library Services Providers&quot; at<a href="https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy</a>.</p>

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