Join us for a panel presentation and discussion about the long and diverse history of Islam in America.
Themes: Cultural Preservation
PHOTOS: Racial Realities and Bed Stuy Memories
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Svetlana Kitto reports back on race, writing, and literature workshop
Voces: Framing Narratives
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Visual artists, historians, and community activists discuss Puerto Rican communities in 1970s New York.
Elizabeth Velazquez
Oral History
"I think that it’s important to see role models in different positions because when we’re young, we kind of follow habits, and if kids see, again and again, that people that look like them are only working at the deli, or working in cleaning, and not to say that they won't do other things, because it has been done, but I think that for them to stop feeling that feeling that they're less than, that I think it creates.
Bette Yee
Oral History
"...It was 1956, I was in the first grade, and I still hadn’t spoken any English. We really didn’t have a TV until we were -- until I was like seven or eight years old, and we didn’t even know what other kids had. We just knew that we were different, but we also felt that we were special."
Connection between storytelling and identity?
Discussion Topic
At the Identity & Oral History workshop at the Brooklyn Museum (grounded in the Question Bridge: Black Males exhibit), participants discussed important turning points in our lives and practiced deep listening skills, which inspired reflections on the role of storytelling and listening in our own liv
Identity and Oral History Workshop at Brooklyn Museum
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"What makes you Black?" - Question Bridge