February 2020 News
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Dear Friends, 

As we enter Black History Month, I would like to shine a light on a cherished vision of Martin Luther King Jr—the Beloved Community. Dr. King may have absorbed this idea through his father and his father’s friend, Dr. Howard Thurman, the great African American thinker, theologian, and civil rights leader, who had traveled to India to meet Mahatma Gandhi and brought home the principles of nonviolent resistance.  

The call to create Beloved Community is a summon to find common ground in diversity and to honor each person, even if we disagree. It asks us to seek understanding, to educate ourselves, and to build authentic, inclusive community, while we work to right injustice. It calls us to transform the vicious cycles of racism, poverty, and militarism by knowing that love can triumph over fear and hatred. I thank Dr. King and our wise activist authors for showing us so many ways to be truly courageous and open our hearts. 

In community,
Lynne
Memorial Reading for Judith Tannenbaum
February 13, Oakland: A poetry reading and memorial will remember author, poet, and arts-in-corrections educator Judith Tannenbaum, who died December 5. Friends will share favorite poetry of Judith's, and Lynne Elizabeth will read an excerpt from By Heart . All are invited to attend.
 
Chapter 510
February 13, 6:30 – 9:00 PM PST
2301 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland, CA 94612

To honor Judith, we invite you to support the Judith Tannenbaum Teaching Artist Fellowship . Details about the fellowship will be shared at the memorial. Click HERE to donate.
1980s photograph of Judith and Spoon Jackson, who co-authored the double memoir By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives . A recording of Spoon reading a new poem he wrote in tribute to Judith will be played at the memorial.
At Night I Fly with Spoon Jackson
At Night I Fly is an upcoming podcast where listeners can get to know author and poet Spoon Jackson while learning about prison and beyond. Created by Matthew Schneeman and Spoon Jackson. Listen to the pilot episode HERE . 

The podcast still needs funding! Please contribute to their Kickstarter campaign before February 8— HERE .
NEW: An Artist's Life Story from Iran
A Man of the Theater: Survival as an Artist in Iran launches this month in California! It is the vivid personal story of exiled theater director Nasser Rahmaninejad who was caught between the two great upheavals of Iranian history in the 20th century: the White Revolution of the 1960s and the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
Hosted by the House of Iran
Carmichael Library
February 16, 2020 5:30 PM (PST)
5605 Marconi Avenue, Carmichael, CA

Hosted by the Berkeley Lecture Series
Central Stage
February 23, 2020 4:00 PM (PST)
5221 Central Ave., Richmond, CA 94804

Both events will be delivered in a combination of English and Persian.

Get 30% off the book at NYU Press with discount code IRAN30.
Waging Peace at Duke University
The Waging Peace in Vietnam exhibit, curated by two co-authors of Waging Peace in Vietnam: The U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War Ron Carver and Barbara Doherty, is at the Duke University Divinity School! The exhibit and book share the history of U.S. soldiers and veterans who protested against the American War in Vietnam.

Duke University Divinity School
January 15th – February 15th
407 Chapel Drive
Durham, NC 27708

Click HERE to learn more and to see where the exhibit will travel next!

Listen to Nadina LaSpina on KALW
Last month, author and activist Nadina LaSpina was featured on KALW's Your Call. Listen to her conversation on struggle, empowerment, and disability pride HERE .

To learn more about Nadina's story and the history of the disability rights movement, get a copy of her memoir, Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride.
Upcoming Readings of Such a Pretty Girl
March 12th, 2:00 PM CST
5233 N Clark Street
Chicago, IL, 60640
March 20th, 6:30 PM EST
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL, 22134
April 6th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM EST
25 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Huxley Theater
April 17th, 7:30 PM EST
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY, 12230
Learn more about all of Nadina’s upcoming events HERE .
Visitors Release Events
Ann Snitow's memoir Visitors: An American Feminist in East Central Europe provides an intimate and worldly view of the leaderless feminist movement. The beloved sui generis feminist scholar and activist shares her optimistic conviction that feminism can make life better for everyone. Click HERE for event details.

Book Launch Party
Combined launch with Nights in the Concert Hall by Daniel Goode
Tuesday, March 24, 5:30–8:00 PM EST
167 Spring St. #3, New York, NY, 10012
RSVP: hello@newvillagepress.net

Feminist Scholars Discussion
Panelists: Rachel Duplessis , Philip Lopate , and Elzbieta Matynia , moderated by Inessa Medzhibovskaya.
Saturday, April 4th, 2:00–4:00 PM EST 
The New School, Starr Foundation Hall,
UL 102, 63 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003
The event is free and open to the public. Space is wheelchair accessible.
Ann Snitow Prize Accepting Nominations
The Ann Snitow Prize  is a yearly award for a feminist intellectual and activist, living and working in the United States, who has consistently exhibited the qualities that led Ann to be so admired and cherished. Make a nomination by March 1.
Artist and Author Sabra Moore Talk and Exhibit
Barnard College will host an exhibition—WORDY—by the artist Sabra Moore that opens in March. Sabra is the author of Openings: A Memoir from the Women’s Art Movement, New York City 1970-1992 . Sabra lecture in conjunction with the exhibit.
WORDY Exhibit Opening
Wednesday, March 25, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Furth Archives Reading Room (Milstein Center 423)  

Artist Lecture
Thursday, March 26, 6:00 PM
Ella Weed Room (Milbank Hall 223)
Barnard College 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 

Exhibit Duration
March 23 – April 30, 2020  
(Monday – Friday, 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM) Barnard College Library, 4th Floor 
Sabra's art and activism, including the Reconstruction Project she curated and the Women Artists Visibility Event/Let MoMA Know protest she co-organized, are illuminated in this most informative article by Martha Tenny, " Sabra Moore at the MoMA " on the Barnard Archives blog.
New Review of Placemaking with Children and Youth
The 59th issue of the Public Art Review focuses on "Redesigning How We Live Together" and places a spotlight on professionals bringing together art, design, and equity. It includes a review of Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities by Victoria Derr, Louise Chawla, and Mara Mintzer.
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