BABEL Book Reading: Kiese Laymon’s Heavy
Join us for a BABEL Book Club discussion led by Second Chapter Bookstore where we’ll be discussing Heavy: An American Memoir by upcoming BABEL author Kiese Laymon.
Here are just some of the past events in conjuction with THE CIVIL WRITES PROJECT, which challenges our community to grapple with racism and inequities through literature, find pathways toward justice in the power of the written word, and open hearts & minds as we confront our shared past and present in order to shape a more equitable future.
“Heavy” Reflections
"Heavy" Reflections provides community members a continuing opportunity to reflect deeply on their personal experiences and on how they relate to Kiese Laymon’s memoir and BABEL discussion.
Ink & Rhythm: A Night of Performance, Poetry & Art
A captivating event that will inaugurate the Black and Latino Pride celebration, showcasing some local talent within our community.
Labor’s Fruit: The Story of Jeffrey Brace
Labor's Fruit
In the Age of Revolution, a man stolen from West Africa and enslaved in New England struggles to win his freedom, raise a family and forge an antislavery movement
A reading of four 60-minute episodes of a docuseries script based on The Blind African Slave, or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace (1810)
Jeffrey Brace (ca.1742-1827): African boy, enslaved sailor, Revolutionary soldier, Vermont farmer, pioneering autobiographer, and antislavery activist.
FUMI: Future Mind Performances & Screenings
Join BCAT Artists and young community Poets while we exhibit, perform and launch our interdisciplinary collaborative project that brought digital artists and poets together to elucidate their idea of future
Agents of Change
Torn Space will collaborate with Lafayette International High School, The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and Just Buffalo Literary Center to present a conference, public performance and art installation focused on local business leaders and entrepreneurs.
A Darker Wilderness Community Reading
A community reading celebrating A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars featuring writer/editor Erin Sharkey and a selection of young writers, performers, and activists from Just Buffalo, Ujima Theatre, and Massachusetts Avenue Project.
A Darker Wilderness Workshop w/ Erin Sharkey (in-person)
For Youth ages 12 - 18! At this workshop, we'll write inspired by A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars led by writer/editor Erin Sharkey. After the workshop, we'll hold a community reading featuring Erin and a selection of young writers, performers, and activists from Just Buffalo, Ujima Theatre, and Massachusetts Avenue Project.
Civil Writes: Our Migration Stories
Saturday storytelling workshops exploring our rich and complicated stories of migration to, from and around Buffalo and Western New York.
Civil Writes: Our Migration Stories
Saturday storytelling workshops exploring our rich and complicated stories of migration to, from and around Buffalo and Western New York
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