BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//141.193.213.20//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:20240328T153746Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Michael Roberson\nDate: Friday\, April 8\, 1:00 – 6 :00 pm | Saturday\, April 9\, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm\nFormat: This course wil l be held in person\, at Union Theological Seminary. All registrants must be fully vaccinated and must adhere to Union’s Visitor Policy.\nCourse Reg istration\nAfrica-American Harlem Renaissance writer and poet\, Zora Neal Hurston wrote “black women are the mules of the earth.” For some\, black t rans women are historically and theologically situated somewhere between H oward Thurman’s notion of “the disinherited” and Franz Fanon’s notion of “ the wretched of the earth.” In a contemporary context\, transgender\, lesb ian\, bisexual\, and gay African-American persons must overcome complex ch allenges to establish and secure welcoming and nourishing communities. Eve n when connected with multiple social groups\, membership in these groups is highly conditional and tenuous. Constant marginalization sustains the c ommunity’s burdens of stigma\, violence\, housing insecurity\, and extreme ly high HIV infection rates. One response to marginalization has been the formation of 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 the Harlem Renaissance. We will explore the history of the House | Ballroom community as a Black Trans-Womanist theological discourse\, a f reedom movement\, and its spiritual formation responses to race\, class\, sexuality\, and gender oppression. We’ll explore the use of the art of per formance as a hermeneutics of the body\, then situate its history in mobil izing as a resistance\, while placing this resistance in conversation with other historical struggles.\nFulfills concentration requirement for Relig ion and the Black Experience students.\nAbout Michael Roberson\nMichael Ro berson is a public health practitioner\, advocate\, activist\, artist\, cu rator\, and leader within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Black Gay Research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advoc acy Coalition\, as well as an Adjunct Professor at The New School Universi ty/Lang College NYC\, and Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an interna tional art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitled “Ultra-red.” Michael scholar in residence for the Center for Race\, Religion\, and Economic Democracy\, as well as recent T ED Media Resident\, where he performed a global TED talk about the undergr ound Black/Latinx House/ball ballroom community\, entitled “The enduring l egacy of ballroom” For Black History Month 2021\, Michael co-authored an a rticle in Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matter Now More than Ever.” Michael also serves as a cultural consultant for the Pose FX television show. Additionally\, he is a public health advisor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract tracing ini tiative.\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/trans-sounds-of-black-freedo m. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220410 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Trans Sounds of Black Freedom URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/the-trans-sounds-of-black-freedom/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Ro berson-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/upl oads/Michael-Roberson.png\;381\;483\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nAfrica-American Harlem Rena issance writer and poet\, Zora Neal Hurston wrote “black women are the mul es of the earth.” For some\, black trans women are historically and theolo gically situated somewhere between Howard Thurman’s notion of “the disinhe rited” and Franz Fanon’s notion of “the wretched of the earth.” In a conte mporary context\, transgender\, lesbian\, bisexual\, and gay African-Ameri can persons must overcome complex challenges to establish and secure welco ming and nourishing communities. Even when connected with multiple social groups\, membership in these groups is highly conditional and tenuous. Con stant marginalization sustains the community’s burdens of stigma\, violenc e\, housing insecurity\, and extremely high HIV infection rates. One respo nse to marginalization has been the formation of self-sustaining social ne tworks and cultural groups\, such as the House | Ballroom scene\, a Black/ Latino LGBT artistic collective and intentional kinship system that has gr own over the past 50 years with its roots in the Harlem Renaissance. We wi ll explore the history of the House | Ballroom community as a Black Trans- Womanist theological discourse\, a freedom movement\, and its spiritual fo rmation 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 historical struggles.
\nF ulfills concentration requirement for Religion and the Black Experience st udents.
\nMichael Roberson is a public health practitioner\, advocate\ , activist\, artist\, curator\, and leader within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Black Gay Research group and Nation al Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition\, as well as an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College NYC\, and Union Theological Semina ry NYC. He is an international art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitled “Ultra-red.” Michael scho lar in residence for the Center for Race\, Religion\, and Economic Democra cy\, as well as recent TED Media Resident\, where he performed a global TE D talk about the underground Black/Latinx House/ball ballroom community\, entitled “The enduring legacy of ballroom” For Black Histor y Month 2021\, Michael co-authored an article in Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matter Now More than Ever.” Michael also serves as a cultural consultant for the Pose FX television show. Additionally\, he is a public health advisor and community engagemen t specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract tracing initiative.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/trans-sounds-of-black-fre edom.
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