A.C.T.O.R (A Continuing Talk on Race)- AUTHOR’S SHOWCASE
Date and Time
Feb 2, 2020 5:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Feb 2, 2020 5:00 pm
14th & V
The A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) open discussion series is hosted by Busboys and Poets as a community service. It provides the opportunity for people to come together and speak openly and honestly about issues of race. The intent is that each person walks away from the discussion feeling something: challenged, educated, uncomfortable, enlightened, refreshed, reassured and hopefully inspired and moved to action! Each month there is a new topic for discussion.
This Month's Topic: AUTHOR"S SHOWCASE!
Busboys and Poets Book's Featured Authors themes of Anti-Racist activism, Race Relations, Racialized Violence etc., will get the opportunity to read from their works, discuss the themes and motivations, discuss the similarities and differences between their works and impart some knowledge.
Featuring:
Arjun Singh Sethi is a community activist, civil rights lawyer, and author based in Washington, D.C. He works closely with Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh communities and is an expert in policing, the war on terror, and racial and religious profiling. He also advises foundations and nonprofits on rapid-response organizing, advocacy campaigns, and public policy. Professor Sethi is particularly active on domestic and international surveillance issues and pre-arrest police civilian encounters, including consensual stops, predictive policing, location tracking, biometric data collection, and countering violent extremist programs.
KK Ottesen is an author and photographer, who shares the stories of people’s lives through first-person narrative interviews and photographic portraits. Through her work, Ottesen seeks to bring her audiences close to her subjects to break down barriers and stereotypes and allow for the discovery and celebration of common ground. Ottesen has contributed to The Washington Post Magazine over the past decade, and her work has also appeared in Esquire, The San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, New York Daily News, Ms.com, Washingtonian, bitch media, and elsewhere. She is the author and photographer of ACTIVIST: Portraits of Courage (Chronicle, 2019), which features interviews and photographs with more than forty activists – from John Lewis and Angela Davis to leaders of Black Lives Matter, The Tea Party, and Standing Rock – who recount the moments and decisions that sparked their activism. Ottesen’s first book, Great Americans, explored what it means to be an American through interviews and photographs with everyday individuals who happen to share names with some of the country’s most famous and infamous icons. Ottesen earned a bachelor's from Wesleyan University and a master's from Yale. More of her work can be found at kkottesen.com or @kk.ottesen.
Free and open to all.
A.C.T.O.R. is held on the first Sunday of every month at Busboys and Poets 14th & V from 5:00 PM-7:00 pm.
