Join Occupy Wall Street activists as they reflect on the 10 years since OWS and comment on how OWS has influenced their current work.
Friday November 12, 5:00-6:00 PM EST
Occupy Wall Street activists, Nelini Stamp, Jillian Johnson, and Manissa M. Maharawal, are joined in conversation by moderator Astra Taylor to discuss their experiences in the Occupy Wall Street movement. In reflecting on the ten years since OWS, the panelists will share how participating in Occupy informs their current work in organizing, activism, media, and politics.
This Tamiment event is generously sponsored by the Kurz Family Foundation and aims to honor the legacies of Herbert Kurz and Frederic Ewen – two outspoken advocates for academic freedom, civil liberties, civil rights, and democracy. The Ewen Forum is a discursive space to create a community of scholars, generate dialogue, promote research, and bring the public into greater awareness of the issues that were central to the life and work of Kurz and Ewen.
This event will be presented in Zoom. Live closed captioning will be available.
SPEAKERS
Astra Taylor, Debt Collective collaborator, documentarian, writer, and musician.
Nelini Stamp, National Organizing Director at the Working Families Party.
Jillian Johnson, Mayor Pro Tempore of Durham, North Carolina.
Manissa M. Maharawal, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at American University, collective member of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project.