LIVING ROOM: June Jordan’s legacy in a time of genocide, policing, & Trump’s return
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
6:00 PM–8:00 PM
This conversation will take place online via Zoom. Free and open to all. Registration required. Please register below and we will send you the Zoom link and info.
A dialogue with Erica R. Edwards, Marina Magloire, & Patricia Spears Jones, hosted by Conor Tomás Reed
June Jordan—Black bisexual feminist poet-educator-militant—dedicated her life to collective liberation across scales of conflict at home and across the world. She decried Israeli/US genocides in Palestine and Lebanon, imperial violence upon the Global South, the scourge of policing and interpersonal harm in our cities, and working people’s alienation from an elite “representative democracy” system. At every step, she also invoked the potential for LIVING ROOM: a place and a way to make dignifying life with each other.
In this urgent post-election dialogue, June Jordan’s friends and scholars will reflect upon her legacy. We are honored to gather:
- Erica R. Edwards (author of The Other Side of Terror: Black Women and the Culture of US Empire, in part about Jordan’s abolitionist and international solidarity efforts)
- Marina Magloire (author of “Moving Towards Life” about Jordan’s commitment to anti-Zionism and solidarity debates with colleagues Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich)
- Patricia Spears Jones (poet-contemporary of Jordan and co-member of “The Sisterhood,” author of The Beloved Community, and New York State Poet)
- Hosted by Conor Tomás Reed (author of New York Liberation School: Study and Movement for the People’s University, in part about Jordan’s advocacy and teaching in CUNY/NYC)
We invite audience members to coordinate LIVING ROOM viewing circles on Thursday, December 12th with friends and family in your homes, workplaces, classrooms, and community centers, so that Jordan’s lessons can radiate widely in this time of renewed upheavals for human and ecosystemic justice. We look forward to converging soon! Register here for this online community gathering and conversation.
Participants
Co-hosted by the Center for Humanities, Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, with Common Notions and Wendy’s Subway.
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