BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//141.193.213.21//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Union Theological Seminary X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://utsnyc.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22089@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T233149Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:
Africa-American Harlem Renaissance writer and poet\, Zora Neal Hurston wro te “black women are the mules of the earth.” For some\, black trans women are historically and theologically situated somewhere between Howard Thurm an’s notion of “the disinherited” and Franz Fanon’s notion of “the wretche d of the earth.” In a contemporary context\, transgender\, lesbian\, bisex ual\, and gay African-American persons must overcome complex challenges to establish and secure welcoming and nourishing communities. Even when conn ected with multiple social groups\, membership in these groups is highly c onditional and tenuous. Constant marginalization sustains the community’s burdens of stigma\, violence\, housing insecurity\, and extremely high HIV infection rates. One response to marginalization has been the formation o f self-sustaining social networks and cultural groups\, such as the House | Ballroom scene\, a Black/Latino LGBT artistic collective and intentional kinship system that has grown over the past 50 years with its roots in th e Harlem Renaissance. We will explore the history of the House | Ballroom community as a Black Trans-Womanist theological discourse\, a freedom move ment\, and its spiritual formation responses to race\, class\, sexuality\, and gender oppression. We’ll explore the use of the art of performance as a hermeneutics of the body\, then situate its history in mobilizing as a resistance\, while placing this resistance in conversation with other hist orical struggles.
\nFulfills concentration requirement for Religion and the Black Experience students.
\nMichael Roberson is a public heal th practitioner\, advocate\, activist\, artist\, curator\, and leader with in the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Black Ga y Research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition\, as well as an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College NYC\, a nd Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitle d “Ultra-red.” Michael scholar in residence for the Center for Race\, Reli gion\, and Economic Democracy\, as well as recent TED Media Resident\, whe re he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House /ball ballroom community\, entitled “The enduring legacy of bal lroom” For Black History Month 2021\, Michael co-authored an article i n Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matt er Now More than Ever.” Michael also serves as a cultural consultant for the Pose FX television show. Additionally\, he is a public health advi sor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract trac ing initiative.
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