Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the United States has seen an uptick in violence against Asians. Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK) combats the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian,...
THE POWER OF CHOICE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
June 23, 2022
Paul Greenberg will be talking about the future of our oceans and how we can make changes to help the environment. Greenberg’s writings on oceans, climate change, and the environment appears...
DESIGNING LOOKS & WEARING CULTURE: A CONVERSATION WITH NEVILLE WISDOM AND PRAJJE OSCAR
June 23, 2022
You are what you wear; no one knows this better than Neville Wisdom, a mainstay of the New Haven fashion scene, and Prajjé Oscar Jean-Baptiste, fresh off the most recent season of Project Runway. The...
Beyond the Surface: Art & Medical Observation
June 23, 2022
How can doctors better serve patients from within challenging systems while our basic understandings of human complexity expands? This interdisciplinary celebrates the true art of medicine — seeing...
Black Food with Bryant Terry
June 23, 2022
Critically acclaimed author, chef, and food justice activist Bryant Terry discusses his 2022 James Beard nominated books Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora and...
THE PASSAGE: A RESEARCH PODCAST PROJECT ON IDENTITY, DREAMS, AGE & RACE
June 23, 2022
As the 2022 HKETONY Arts Activator at the Festival, Hollis Ngai interweaves interviews, stories, and memories into a podcast that presents a fresh perspective on cultural identities, the American...
Shawn Taylor: The Power of Fandom for Radical Change
June 23, 2022
American troubadour Shawn Taylor draws from his expertise in mythology, theater, and pop culture to discuss fandom that radicalizes for change. Fandoms—communities that form around common interests,...
Cultivating Community through Business Entrepreneurship
June 23, 2022
Business entrepreneurs Jason Sobocinski, founder and owner of Black Hog Brewing Company, and Alisha Crutchfield-McLean, founder and owner of BLOOM, New Haven’s newest lifestyle hub, unite for a...
The Age of Humans
June 23, 2022
Learn how humans, art, and biology intersect in this talk with pioneering bio artist Suzanne Anker. Anker’s art which calls attention to the “necessity for enlightened thinking about nature’s ‘...
WOMEN NAVIGATING THE NEW NORMAL: EXPLORING PRISON RE-ENTRY
June 15, 2022
An honest discussion about the difficulties women face when returning home after prison, between Babz Rawls-Ivy and Tiheba Bain, who have been through the experience.
NEW HAVEN PRIDE CENTER DAY OF ACTION ON RACIAL JUSTICE - Welcome & Reading by Andrea Jenkins
June 15, 2022
To welcome and to set the tone for the second Day of Action for 2022, we kick-off the day’s programming with a special artistic presentation by Transgender poet and political leader Andrea Jenkins....
NEW HAVEN PRIDE CENTER DAY OF ACTION ON RACIAL JUSTICE - Pushing Back Against Invisibility : Queer Asian Representation
June 15, 2022
Similar to the straight community, Asian representation within the Queer Community is nearly nonexistent. We must do better as a community of uplifting our Queer Asian siblings. In this panel we will...