The Color of Disaster

This info comes courtesy of Trica Rose

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The Color of Disaster:
Race, Class and Hurricane Katrina

A Symposium and Fundraiser
October 14th and 15th at NYU

Friday, October 14, 8pm
Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South

The Eye of the Storm:
Voices and Visions of New Orleans

Brenda Marie Osbey, Poet Laureate of Louisiana
Frank Stewart, Photographer, Jazz @ Lincoln Center
Deb Willis, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Hosted by:
Tricia Rose, American Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Robin Kelley, Anthropology, Columbia University

Saturday, October 15, 2pm - doors open
Loewe Theater
35 West 4th Street

2:30pm
Eyewitnessing the Storm:
Stories of Catastrophe and Survival
Moderator: Tricia Rose, American Studies, UC Santa Cruz

Tony Zumbado, NBC Photojournalist
Michaela Harrison, artist and New Orleans resident

4:30pm
Before and After Katrina:
History, Race and Space in New Orleans
Moderator: Lisa Duggan, American Studies, NYU

Adam Green, American Studies, NYU
Walter Johnson, American Studies, NYU
George Lipsitz, African American Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Brenda Marie Osbey, Poet Laureate of Louisiana

7:00pm
Weathering Katrina:
Community and Culture
Moderator: Robin Kelley, Anthropology, Columbia University

Mindy Fullilove, School of Public Health, Columbia University
Mandy Carter, Executive Director, Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
Charlton McIlwain, Department of Culture and Communication, Steinhardt School of Education, NYU
Eric Tang, community organizer, American Studies, NYU

9:00pm
Performance by Mother Tongue


All Events Are Free and Open to the Public. All monetary donations gratefully accepted for the Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund, a project of Community Labor United, New Orleans.

Sponsored by:

New York University's
Office of the Dean, Center for Art and Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts
Steinhardt School of Education
Humanities Council
Office of the Provost
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Dean for the Humanities
American Studies Program,
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality,
Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
GSOC/UAW Local 2110, the Union for Graduate Assistants
UCATS/AFT Local 3882, the Union for Clerical and Technical Staff
ACT-UAW Local 7902, the Union for Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty