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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Poet Carlos Andres Gómez
Andrés Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, and author of Fractures, winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, Hijito, winner of the Broken River Prize and a #1 SPD bestseller, and the memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood, released by Penguin Random House. A star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TV One’s Verses and Flow, and Spike Lee’s #1 box office movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Carlos is widely known for his viral poems, “Where are you really from?” and “What Latino Looks Like,” which have garnered millions of views online. Winner of the Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize and the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, he partnered with John Legend on Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying and champion inclusive masculinity among high school students. Carlos is a proud Latinx and father. | |
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| 5:00 PM | LatiNext: A New Anthology of Latinx Poets
LatiNEXT is A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions. In the dynamic tradition of the BreakBeat Poets anthology, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext celebrates the embodied narratives of Latinidad. Poets speak from an array of nationalities, genders, sexualities, races, and writing styles, staking a claim to our cultural and civic space.
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| All Day | Spring GYN Hours (Multi-Day Event)
GYN Hours will resume on January 28th:
Mondays 9-5pm
Tuesdays 9:30-5pm
Wednesdays 9:30-2:30pm
Appointments need to be made in person since a $5 deposit and a validated ID are required. | Old Gym Building
Old Gym Building - (Student Health Center, B008) |
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| 8:00 AM - 10:45 PM | | Information Technology Center
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| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Health Insurance Assistance
Need health insurance? Your health insurance lapsed? Please come see the health insurance navigator on Mondays from 10-4pm starting January 28, 2019. | Old Gym Building
Old Gym Building - (Student Health Center, B008) |
| 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Free HIV Testing
Free HIV testing will be available at the Student Health Center, Old Gym B008 Monday-Thursday 12-4pm. No appointment needed. | Old Gym Building
Old Gym Building - (Student Health Center, B008) |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | World Music: Radio Jarocho
Radio Jarocho plays the rowdy, upbeat, and at times melancholic music of the countryside of Veracruz, Mexico, called son jarocho, and has been mixing it with the sounds of New York’s urban life for over ten years. Having recently joined forces with son jarocho legend Zenen Zeferino, they deliver performances that are passionate, energetic, and true to the roots of the genre. | Music Building - (306 (Recital Hall)) |
| 6:15 PM - 8:40 PM | Celebrating the Life of Ntozake Shange: An Evening of Poetry, Performance
The Women’s Studies Program and English Department will celebrate the life of award-winning author Ntozake Shange with a special evening dedicated to poetry, performance, and music. Shange was an American playwright and poet frequently recognized for her play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf."
The program will feature performances by Cassandra Cato-Louis, claude e. sloan, Arturo Lindsay, Mariposa Fernandez, Chandra Grosvenor Brown, Flemmie Kittrell-Williams, Luz Rodriguez, and Susan Watson Turner.
6:15- 8:40pm
Music Building. Room 306, 3rd Floor | |
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