​Friendship as Social Justice Activism: Critical Solidarities in a Global Perspective

​Friendship as Social Justice Activism: Critical Solidarities in a Global Perspective

Date and Time

Aug 18, 2018 5:00 pm

Location

14th & V

2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009

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Description:

Friendship as Social Justice Activism: Critical Solidarities in a Global Perspective - a reading by contributors.

Readers Include:

Amelie Zurn on 90s AIDS activism in DC;

Ignacio G. Rivera on friendship as critical to survival and healing from violence;

Jack Harrison-Quintana on intergenerational, multi-gender and multi-racial friendship;

And co-editor Dr. Jaime M. Grant on friendship as a social justice tool and outcome.

PEN America and the legendary Strand Bookstore in NY named Friendship as Social Justice Activism as an honorable mention selection on its 2018 list of books for Freedom, Power and Rage.

https://medium.com/@strandbookstore/pen-out-loud-freedom-power-and-rage-aebb60f30ef1. Authors on the list include: Angela Y. Davis, Toni Morrison, Zadie Smith, Darnell Moore, Brittney Cooper, Claudia Rankine, bell hooks, Audre Lorde and Patrisse Cullors.

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