UPCOMING EVENTS
DECEMBER
Outside Event Highlight!
DECEMBER 27
Kwanzaa Celebration – Join Harambee Kingston & Center for Creative Education for their Kinara Candle Ceremony on the second day of Kwanzaa! This event will feature a community feast, cultural arts, children’s activities, and local vendors! The event is free for all ages. | 2:00 – 8:00 PM | Center For Creative Education @ 16 Cedar Street, Kingston, NY 12401
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Outside Event Highlight!
DECEMBER 27
Kwanzaa Celebration – The Margaret Wade-Lewis Center is holding their 6th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration! Join this community to drum, sing, dance, light candles, and enjoy food of the culture together! Tickets are $10, kids under 13 are free. Pay at the door or RSVP here. | 1:00 – 6:00 PM | Redeemer Lutheran Church, 90 New York 32 S, New Paltz, NY 12561, USA
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DECEMBER 3
Write it Out! with Black Lives Matter @ School Collective – Take Authorship of Your Journey – Bring your end-of-the-semester stress and join us in a space of relief! Whether it’s through a creative writing outlet or an activist-focused sign, we welcome you to cultivate art alongside one another as we close out the semester! [This event is in collaboration with Holistic Hawks for a Stressbusters Event] | 12:00 – 2:00 PM | SUB Prefunction Space
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NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 9
Locker Room Talk’s Kingston Debut – Join us for the first-ever Kingston Screening of TMI Project’s award-winning documentary Locker Room Talk! This film follows a group of Kingston High School football players as they participate in a TMI Project storytelling workshop designed to confront unhealthy ideas about manhood and redefine healthy masculinity on their terms. There will also be a panel discussion afterwards with members of the filmmaking team and community leaders who will reflect on the film’s themes and explore what positive masculinity can look like today. (TMI Project Website) [Our collective will be joining as a Tabling Partner! Swing by to get information about our collective and our partnerships within these communities!] | 4:00 PM | Kingston High School Auditorium
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NOVEMBER 2 & NOVEMBER 3
Pre Black Solidarity Day (11/2) – Please join the Black Student Union for their last vigil in Collango Hall, followed by a campus walk. This event will occur the evening before the annual Black Solidarity Day event. | 8:00 – ~10:30 PM | Shango Hall Basement
Black Solidarity Day (11/3) – Join us for the annual Black Solidarity Day event, hosted by SUNY New Paltz’s Black Student Union. | 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM | The Academy [33 Academy Street, Poughkeepsie, 12601]
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OCTOBER
OCTOBER 23
Sound Your Truth: Dreaming Our Loud – Art as a Bridge to What Comes Next– Join us to foster community and center underrepresented voices on campus! We invite YOU to actively co-create the evening of creative sharing and collective expression!! | 4:30 – 7:30 PM | Sojourner Truth Library Courtyard (FAB Rotunda in the event of rain)
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SEPTEMBER
ARTISTRY WEEK WITH BLM@S COLLECTIVE AND COLLABORATORS/SPONSORS:
SEPTEMBER 25
Script Your Truth – Part of what we do as humans is tell stories, regardless of the life we are part of. Join us for a 90-minute panel discussion and writing space, featuring Hollywood Screenwriter Brandon Childs and several community/staff members as we delve into our experiences, backgrounds, and creativity that inform what we do and how we do it. In addition, a Q&A session will be held with our student moderator, Azmir! | 5:00 – 6:30 PM | Lecture Center 102
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SEPTEMBER 26
Strike Your Power Pose – Visualize. Inspire. Soar – Join us in this space for a thoughtful conversation on psychology through power poses and mindfulness. How can we understand and move through these strategies in our day-to-day? | 3:00 – 5:00 PM | Student Union Building: Pre-Function Space & Scholar’s Perch
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