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| 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Lehman Gets the Vax
Lehman College presents a live discussion and Q&A about the COVID-19 vaccine moderated by Sandra Garcia, reporter with the New York Times and a Lehman College alumna featuring:
· Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse, Lehman College nursing graduate and the first person in the U.S. to take the vaccine;
· Lehman College President Dr. Daniel Lemons;
· Dr. C. Alicia Georges, professor and chair of the Nursing Department, School of Health Sciences, Human Services. and Nursing;
· Dr. Maria-Isabel Roldós-Prosser, associate professor, School of Health Sciences, Human Services, and Nursing and director of the CUNY Institute of Health Equity (CIHE). | |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | The Meridian Journalism Speaker Series - Ludwig Hurtado
Ludwig Hurtado is an Associate Producer at NBC. He has also written for Vice, The Nation, Pitchfork, Paper, and contributed to multiple feature-length documentaries.
Ludwig will discuss:
- Finding unique sources
- Breaking into the industry
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| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Black Poetry & Performance: Poems as Songs that ‘Send’ Us: Considering Selections from ‘Black Language & Music’ in Kevin Young’s African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks, in her 1967 occasional poem “The Chicago Picasso,” observed that: “Art hurts. Art urges voyages-/ and it is easier to stay at home, / the nice beer ready.” This notion invites the consideration of a lyric: Darling, you send me. Written in 1955 by the late singer Sam Cooke and released in 1957, “You Send Me” is timeless in theme and durability. How might a poem ‘send’ us? Leafing through Kevin Young’s repertoire of poets and poems, we’ll situate ‘sending’ as an effect responsive to desire and surrender. Featuring poets Rodney Terich Leonard, Lise Esdaile, Trapeta B. Mayson, and Monnette Sudler.
The event is one of a series of eclectic programs organized by One Book One Bronx, in collaboration with the Leonard Lief Library at Lehman College, as part of the Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters initiative. Lift Every Voice seeks to engage participants in a multifaceted exploration of African American poetry. It is sponsored by the Library of America and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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