CUNY-SPH -HHI is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join us for a conversation with Dr. Jennifer Lee and Icon, Hall of Famer, Michael Roberson for 3 part series: Ballroom has Something to Say About Being Human, and the Struggle for Freedom, in the Face of Catastrophe.

Topic: The Ballroom has Something to Say About Being Human, and the Struggle for Freedom, in the Face of Catastrophe

Part I: Between Two Pandemics: A Ballroom Protocol of Becoming, A Hegemony in Resistance Discourse, A Kairos Moment of Reckoning

Objectives:

1. Describe the history of the house and ballroom community

2. Describe the history of HIV organizing in NYC at the intersection of COVID-19 and anti-Blackness

3. Discuss lessons learned at the intersection 40th anniversary of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19

Resources to be shared:

1. The Ballroom Scene Has Long Offered Radical Freedoms For Black and Brown Queer People. Today, That Matters More Than Ever – https://time.com/5941822/ballroom-voguing-queer-black-culture-renaissance/

2. TED Talk – The Enduring Legacy of Ballroom – https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_roberson_the_enduring_legacy_of_ballroom

3. Vogueing for Our Lives Again – NYT – https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/style/self-care/vogue-trans-black-lives-protest.html