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Upcoming Events
The Adjunct Project’s Dispatches from the Struggle and Respond Crisis Translation: Afghan Ramadan Celebration & Afghan has several upcoming events in spring 2022, we hope to see you there!
Dispatches from the Struggle is a series that focuses on intersectional community organizing and social movement struggles outside of CUNY that intersect with CUNY struggles. Dispatches from the Struggle seeks to connect struggles and build solidarity and power across movements. The Dispatches from the Struggle is free and open to CUNY and the community.
Spring 2022 Events
March 2022
March 31st, 2022 at 6 pm EST
Dispatches from the Struggle with Mark k. Tilsen: Indigenous Rights & Sovereignty, Standing Rock, L’eau est La Vie Camp, & Indigenous Political Prisoners
Join Dispatches from the Struggle in welcoming Mark k. Tilsen, Oglala Lakota Poet Educator from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Mark will join us to discuss Indigenous Rights & Sovereignty, Standing Rock, L’eau est La Vie Camp, & Indigenous Political Prisoners, with moderator Jamila Hammami, Co-Organizer of External and Labor Relations at the Adjunct Project.
Learn more about the event here.
April 2022
April 6th, 2022 at 6 pm EST
Ramadan Celebration & Respond Crisis Translation Afghan Team Economic Justice Mutual Aid Event
Register here
Read more about the event from Respond: Crisis Translation:
Join us to celebrate Ramadan with the Respond Afghan Languages Team!
Enjoy performances by Afghan poet, Zohra Saed, singer, Marina Doost, artist Nooria Alam, as they join us to celebrate this important day. Browse and purchase art from our Respond community, and allies, including celebrated artist, Molly Crapbapple, as we launch our art auction fundraiser.
Learn about the amazing and life-critical work the Afghan Languages Team members are doing, and show your support of both these Afghan language practitioners and Afghan asylum seekers as they resettle across the United States and Canada.
Listen to our panel discussion about the racism and xenophobia that cannot be denied as we see Ukrainians being welcomed, while Black and brown refugees are not. The panel will be moderated by Jamila Hammami. They will be joined by Arash Azizzada, co-founder of Afghans For A Better Tomorrow, Respond Afghan team member, Sakina Mirrza, a member of the Respond Crisis Haitian Krèyol team, and Immigration Attorney Steve Sacco.
Bring your family, friends and community members!
This event is free but donations are welcome! All proceeds from this event, including the art auction, will go directly towards paying Afghan interpreters and translators at Respond, and allow them to continue providing language support to Afghan asylum seekers. More information about Respond Crisis Translation can be found at: https://respondcrisistranslation.org
We are grateful to our partners, Afghans for a Better Tomorrow and CUNY Adjunct Project.
We look forward to seeing you!
April 7th, 2022 at 6 pm EST
Dispatches from the Struggle with Leena Al-Arian & Daniel McGowan in Dialogue: Political Prisoner Solidarity
April 13th, 2022 at 6 pm EST
Dispatches from the Struggle with Dr. Sam Anderson, Community Control of Schools Then & Now: The Fight Against Privatization Continues
In this Dispatches from the Struggle, Dr. Sam Anderson, co-founder of the The NYC Coalition to Finally End Mayoral Control 2022 (CFEMC), former member of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and founding member of the Black Panther Party, will join us to discuss the historical and current conditions of community control of schools and the fight against privatization of education in New York City.
Learn more about the event here.
In this Dispatches from the Struggle, Dr. Sam Anderson, co-founder of the The NYC Coalition to Finally End Mayoral Control 2022 (CFEMC), former member of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and founding member of the Black Panther Party, will join us to discuss the historical and current conditions of community control of schools and the fight against privatization of education in New York City.
Learn more about the event here.
Past Recent Events
March 14th, 2022 at 12 pm EST
Dispatches from the Struggle with Respond Crisis Translation: Fighting for Language Justice at the Intersection of Fair Wages & Economic Justice
Join Dispatches from the Struggle in welcoming Marie-Ève Monette and Uma of Respond Crisis Translation. The panel will focus on Respond Crisis Translation’s fight for Language Justice at the Intersection of Fair Wages/ Economic Justice, with moderator Jamila Hammami, Co-Organizer of External and Labor Relations at the Adjunct Project. Learn more about the event here.
March 16th, 2022 at 6 pm EST
Dispatches from the Struggle with Dr. Maha Hilal
Join Dispatches from the Struggle in welcoming Dr. Maha Hilal, Co-Director of Justice for Muslims Collective, organizer, researcher, writer, and author of the book Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11. Dr. Hilal will join us to discuss Islamophobia, the War on Terror and Guantanamo Bay, with moderator Jamila Hammami, Co-Organizer of External and Labor Relations at the Adjunct Project.
