Events
Emma McNally. Image courtesy of the artist.
Fall Events
October 28
East Village Neighbors Who Care (EVNC)
NYU Sanctuary and Asylum initiative: Distribution Event
The NYU Sanctuary and Asylum Initiative will hold its first Fall distribution, which will be a community free store co-sponsored with EVNC on October 28th, there are several key ways that you can support: Purchase items from our registry, which will be shipped directly to IHDSC's office at NYU and distributed as part of our next event, or donate to the "gift card fund" option that can receive donations in any amount. In parallel to the registry drive above, we are also continuing to collect donations of gently used and new men's clothing, suitcases and backpacks. Please feel free to leave donations at IHDSC in our donation boxes, which can be found at 196 Mercer on the 8th Floor in the entryway near the elevator.
November 1
5:00 - 7:00 pm @NYU
CRACS Co-Lab community kick-off event
Let's gather, touch base about some of our upcoming activities and plans for this academic year, and celebrate new work from three of our brilliant colleagues that speak to the central themes of our collective interest in critical racial anti colonial study.
We will pre-circulate a chapter/episode each from new books by Vasuki Nesiah (International Conflict Feminism: Theory, Practice, Challenges), Sonali Thakkar (The Reeducation of Race: Jewishness and the Politics of Antiracism in Postcolonial Thought), and Chenjerai Kumanyika’s blockbuster podcast (Empire City). Our hope is that you will have read/listened to these in advance of our event, so that short informal presentations by Vasuki, Sonali and Chenjerai will be followed by lively discussion along the lines of our reading group from last academic year.
The event is open to NYU and CRACs affiliated members, please RSVP to attend.
November 7
Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry & the Center for the Critical Study of the Health
UC Berkeley (CA)
After It’s All Said: Reading Art as Confrontation
Denise Ferreira da Silva will launch the Project A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times, of which More-than-Perfect: Explorations of Black T/Senses of the Future is part.
Throwing blacklight onto works and practices of the contemporary art stage, Denise Ferreira da Silva comments on radical interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean that reflect on past and current political events through the lens of refusal.
November 15
7:00 pm @The Tramway, Glasgow (UK)
More-Than-Perfect @ Arika Episode 11
Conversation with Arissana Pataxó, Denise Ferrreira da Silva, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Geni Núñez
As part of Denise’s project More-Than-Perfect, this evolving conversation brings together influential figures thinking through Blackness and Indigeneity to ask:
What if we took seriously the possibility that this world, as we know it, may be coming to an end? We dread the loss of this world, but have we begun to imagine the one to come?
Collaborators Events
Supporting Migrant Neighbors in NYC: NYU Sanctuary updates for Fall 2024
Here are some updates on the NYU Sanctuary and Asylum initiative, and information about ways that you can support and get involved as we relaunch our efforts for academic year 2024-2025. We are excited to announce that we are continuing our partnership with East Village Neighbors Who Care (EVNC) this semester, and that we hope to hold at least 3 community "free store" distribution events over the next several months.
Similar to last Spring, we are hoping to use our community distribution events as a way to make connections to our migrant neighbors and distribute much-needed clothing, supplies, food and other resources. Throughout the Spring of last year, NYU Sanctuary and Asylum was able to distribute over 700 care packages, over 120 new jackets and pairs of shoes, over 350 meals, and hundreds of donated clothing items. As we gear up for our first Fall distribution, which will be a community free store co-sponsored with EVNC on October 28th, there are several key ways that you can support:
Purchase items from our registry: You can purchase items from our registry, which will be shipped directly to IHDSC's office at NYU and distributed as part of our next event. We have repeatedly received requests for suitcases and backpacks over the past few months, so those are a priority item. EVNC has also requested clothing and supplies in anticipation of cooler weather, so there are options for sweatshirts and socks, and there is always a need for key hygiene items as well. Finally, for anyone that doesn't want to purchase a specific item, we have included a "gift card fund" option that can receive donations in any amount. Any balance in the gift card fund will be directly for this initiative, either towards unpurchased items on the registry or other items for the free store.
Donate clothing, suitcases, or backpacks: In parallel to the registry drive above, we are also continuing to collect donations of gently used and new men's clothing at IHDSC's office. Given the frequent requests for suitcases and backpacks, we will gladly accept donations of those items as well. Please feel free to leave donations at IHDSC in our donation boxes, which can be found at 196 Mercer on the 8th Floor in the entryway near the elevators. If you have any questions or would like to coordinate the delivery of a larger donation, please feel free to email me.
Volunteering: If you have time to spare, consider volunteering at our next free store in the East Village on October 28th. We will also likely need volunteers on campus in the days leading up to that event in order to sort and assemble items, do an inventory of donations, and to drive items over to the site of the free store. Please email Chris Barker if you would like to volunteer on campus or on the 28th!
CRACS Co-Lab community kick-off event
