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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T190000
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URL:https://www.hmc.edu/calendar/events/sojourner-truth-lecture-charlene-a
 -carruthers-author-and-filmmaker/
SUMMARY:38th Annual Sojourner Truth Lecture: Charlene A. Carruthers\, autho
 r and filmmaker
DESCRIPTION:The Sojourner Truth Lectureship\, established in 1983\, honors 
 the achievements and contributions of outstanding African American women i
 n the U.S. and the African Diaspora. Conceived and administered by faculty
  in the Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies\, the lectureship i
 s sponsored by six of The Claremont Colleges: Claremont McKenna\, Harvey M
 udd\, Pitzer\, Pomona\, Scripps colleges and Claremont Graduate University
 . This year\, the talk will take place at Harvey Mudd.\nSpeaker\nCharlene 
 A. Carruthers (she/her) is a writer\, filmmaker\, community organizer\, an
 d Black studies PhD candidate at Northwestern University. Her work spans m
 ore than 20 years of community organizing across racial\, gender and econo
 mic justice movements.\n\nA practitioner of telling more complete stories\
 , her work as an artist is to honor ancestors across the diaspora and inte
 rrogate ongoing work towards collective liberation. Charlene wrote and dir
 ected The Funnel\, a short film\, which received the Queer Black Voices Aw
 ard at the 35th Annual aGLIFF Prism Film Festival. Charlene also directed 
 La Salida\, a short film co-written by Deivid Rojas and produced by Full S
 pectrum Features. She is an inaugural Marguerite Casey Presidential Freedo
 m Scholar\, 2024 Northwestern University Presidential Fellow and 2024 Cent
 er for Racial Justice Fellow at the University of Michigan.\n\nShe is the 
 founding National Director of BYP100\, a national organization of young Bl
 ack organizers working through a Black queer feminist lens. In addition to
  being a highly sought-after speaker\, educator and facilitator\, Charlene
  is author of the bestselling book\, Unapologetic: A Black\, Queer and Fem
 inist Mandate for Radical Movements (Beacon Press). She is an enthusiastic
  global traveler and believes that food is the best way to learn about peo
 ple and culture.
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CATEGORIES:Alumni,Faculty,General Feed,Staff,Students,TCCS Feed: Lecture
LOCATION:Galileo Hall\, 240 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United S
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