Combahee River Collective Mixtape: Black Feminist Sonic Dissent Then & Now
a panel discussion with Daphne Brooks, Kara Keeling, & Jacqueline Stewart
November 15, Wednesday
6 pm
Daphne Brooks, African American Studies, Yale University
Kara Keeling, Cinema & Media Studies and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California, Dornsife
Jacqueline Stewart, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago
Join BCRW in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Combahee River Collective Statement, the radical Black feminist manifesto completed in 1977 that laid out key tenets of intersectional theory and social justice reform. Taking the works of wide range of artists as our point of departure—from musicians such as the Knowles Sisters and Nina Simone to visual artists like Carrie Mae Weems and the L.A. Rebellion filmmakers—we aim to build a bridge from this historic document to the present and future of Black feminism. Audience participation is key, as we invite all attendees to find new directions in which music and image will allow us to carry forth the manifesto’s cogent wisdom.
Event Oval, The Diana Center
Barnard College
Broadway & 117th St
For more information about this event, please contact the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
Co-sponsored by the NYU Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality, the Barnard College Center for Research on Women, and the Columbia University Institute for Research on Women & Gender Studies.
