UPRISING/DOWNFALL: Repression and Resistance in the Making of Democracy

On October 10, come to Central Library for a late-night teach-in about political resilience and hope, featuring music, performances and refreshments. Join us for conversations, readings and debates looking back on the U.S.'s major democratic movements and Americans’ continuous struggles for equity. 

The evening kicks off at 7 pm with a live set from DJ Kofta (of the Yalla! Dance party project), followed by a keynote address by physicist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan and Living Colour guitarist/producer Vernon Reid. 

Guest curated by Brian Tate.

Speakers and performers include: 

• Aline Gue, Executive Director of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees 
• Ava Chin, author of the award-winning Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion & Homecoming 
• Clarissa Martínez De Castro, Vice President of the Latino Vote Initiative at UnidosUS
• Dawn Porter, award-winning documentary filmmaker of Power of the Dream, The Sing Sing Chronicles, When a Witness Recants, and more 
• Diala Shamas, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) 
• Dr. Uché Blackstock, New York Times bestselling author of LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine 
• Frank Abe, author of WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration 
• Jacqueline De León, senior staff attorney and member of the Isleta Pueblo 
• Linda Villarosa, contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and author of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, a Pulitzer Prize finalist

RSVP here: bklynlibrary.org/calendar/uprisingdownfall-central-library-20261010-0700pm