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Shayda Kafai With Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Discuss "Crip Kinship"
Join us to learn more about the essential art-activism of Sins Invalid, a San Francisco Bay Area-based performance project.
View Video (01:00:52) | Posted January 2022
Radical Self-Acceptance As Activism: BIPOC Access To Travel And The Outdoors With Amanda Machado
Guest Curator Olaiya Land talks with Amanda Machado about how race, gender, power, and identity affect the way we travel and experience the outdoors.
View Video (01:05:18) | Posted December 2021
Jack Straw Writers' Showcase 2021
Join us to hear new work from members of the Jack Straw Writing Program, curated by E.J. Koh.
View Video (01:26:17) | Posted December 2021
Raymond Antrobus And Teraca Florence Discuss "All The Names Given"
Join us for a celebration of esteemed poet Raymond Antrobus’ new collection. Antrobus will appear in conversation with artist Teraca Florence.
View Video (01:01:11) | Posted November 2021
Mayukh Sen And Angela Garbes Discuss "Taste Makers"
Join us to learn more about America’s modern culinary history told through the lives of seven path-breaking chefs and food writers.
View Video (01:08:24) | Posted November 2021
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and "Between Certain Death and a Possible Future"
Join us for the launch of "Between Certain Death and a Possible Future," a collection which examines the ongoing and persistent impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in queer lives with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and contributors.
View Video (01:21:28) | Posted November 2021
Elsa Sjunneson And Annalee Newitz Discuss "Being Seen"
Join us for a conversation about how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else.
View Video (00:51:21) | Posted November 2021
Josephine Ensign discusses Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City
Informed by her own lived experience of homelessness, and many years providing primary health care to homeless people, Ensign will discuss this complicated issue.
View Video (01:06:13) | Posted November 2021
Conversation Hearts: Bisexual Romance Panel Discussion
Join us for a discussion on bi romance moderated by Olivia Waite with panelists Alyssa Cole, Alexandria Bellefleur, Katrina Jackson, Casey McQuiston, and Rebekah Weatherspoon!
View Video (01:33:48) | Posted October 2021
Sandra Cisneros Discusses "Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo"
Join us to hear bestselling author Sandra Cisneros talk about her new book, which is a tribute to the life-changing power of youthful friendship. Cisneros appears in conversation with Manuel Muñoz.
View Video (01:00:02) | Posted October 2021