Jazz + Community Bridging Divides Sold Out
Join us for an evening where music meets meaning featuring musical performance & discussion with Sabu Adeyola, Colter Harper, & Alex McArthur. Moderated by Naomi Thompson.
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.
Kind Fools: The Moral Imperative
This project is supported by Just Buffalo Literary Center as part of their Civil Writes Project in concert with their BABEL Series featuring author James McBride, his book The Good Lord Bird, and his BABEL discussion on Thursday, April 30, 2025.
Racial Healing Circle
Join National Federation for Just Communities for a racial healing circle in connection to Kiese Laymon’s book Heavy and his recent BABEL visit.
FOR YOUTH: 4:30 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
FOR ADULTS: 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
FOR YOUTH: 4:30 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
FOR ADULTS: 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
“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.
Racial Healing Circle (Virtual)
The National Federation for Just Communities (NFJC) and Just Buffalo Literary Center cordially invite you to participate in a virtual racial healing circle.
BABEL: Kiese Laymon
Join award-winning author Kiese Laymon and host Barbara Cole for an in-depth and in-person discussion about his work and his book, Heavy.
Kiese Laymon’s Heavy with Nina & Abuk
JBWC Coordinator Nina Vega-Westhoff and Youth Ambassador Abuk lead a youth writing workshop inspired by Kiese Laymon’s Heavy: An American Memoir in anticipation of the award-winning author’s upcoming BABEL visit.
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.
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.
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