1.
Come
join
the
conversation
as
we
discuss
ways
to
address
the
breach
between
the
African
American,
Latinx,
and
Afro-­‐Latinx
communities!
Our
invited
expert
facilitators
include:
Friday,
February
12th
@
7pm
in
Grace
Dodge
Hall
177/179
**Food
will
be
provided**
This
event
is
Co-­‐Sponsored
by:
the
Teachers
College
Vice
President’s
Diversity
and
Community
Initiatives
Grant
Fund,
Teachers
College
Coalition
of
Latino
Scholars,
Teachers
College
Black
Student
Network,
and
Columbia
University’s
Graduate
School
of
Arts
and
Sciences.
Individuals
with
disabilities
are
invited
to
request
reasonable
accommodations.
To
request
disability-­‐related
accommodations
contact
OASIS
at
oasid@tc.columbia.edu,
(212)
678-­‐3689,
(212)
678-­‐3853
TTY,
(646)
755-­‐3144
video
phone,
as
early
as
possible.
Dr.
Frank
A.
Guridy
is
a
Visiting
Associate
Professor
in
the
Department
of
History
at
Columbia
University.
He
is
the
author
of
the
award-­‐winning
book
Forging
Diaspora:
:
Afro-­‐Cubans
and
African
Americans
in
a
World
of
Empire
and
Jim
Crow
(2010).
Miriam
Jimenéz-­‐Román
is
a
Visiting
Scholar
in
the
Department
of
Social
and
Cultural
Analysis
at
New
York
University.
She
is
the
Executive
Director
of
the
AfroLatin@
Forum
and
co-­‐editor
of
the
award-­‐winning
The
Afro-­‐Latin@
Reader:
History
and
Culture
in
the
United
States
(2010).
Dr.
James
B.
Peterson
is
the
Director
of
Africana
Studies
and
Associate
Professor
of
English
at
Lehigh
University
and
a
Media
Contributor.
He
is
also
the
founder
of
Hip
Hop
Scholars,
Inc.
and
author
of
The
Hip-­‐Hop
Underground
and
African
American
Culture:
Beneath
the
Surface
Nelly
Rosario
is
the
author
of
Song
of
the
Water
Saints
(1999),
which
won
the
2002
PEN/Open
Book
Award.
She
is
an
alumna
of
Columbia
University’s
MFA
program
and
currently
serves
as
the
Assistant
Director
of
‘Writing
for
the
Blacks’
at
MIT
History
Project.