UHURU DAYS LYCEUM: a brief 17-evening virtual conversation on a written excerpt from a formerly enslaved person and the freedom of the day. Part of the larger SPCUNY project Reclaiming Lyceums: New York City’s Forgotten Rhetorical Legacy (Mudiwa Pettus/Greylin Jones).
*77* is a community open-mic based in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood, in varying locations. It takes place on the 7th, 17th, and 27th of every month, and features 7 presenters on the mic for 7 minutes each. An ongoing event organized by Miles McAfee and Louis Miller, it is also being supported by Mudiwa Pettus and Greylin Jones during their SPCUNY Fellowship.
Part of the larger Reclaiming Lyceums project (coordinated by SPCUNY Fellow Mudiwa Pettus with collaborator Greylin Jones), Elevating Black Queer Ancestors: Embodying Black Queer Pasts, Envisioning Black Queer Futures is a workshop series that explores the role of embodied experience in recovering, interpreting, and reimagining the uses of Black queer histories.
What Else? is a series of co-created solidarity economy themed comedy shows. the shows will hold a practice of shared laughter as we answer the questions: what can the solidarity economy offer us, after and instead of capitalism, humorously, breathfully? how can humor make the solidarity economy compelling, inviting, appealing? what's funny and beautiful about it?
Please join us on the 4th FL of The Clemente for coffee and donuts while we test out a new an AR experience of the UltraViolet Archive, a nomadic collection of endangered creative works—including films, music, literature, and visual arts—that were banned, challenged, or physically attacked. Organized by 2024–25 Faculty Fellow Christina Freeman with additional support from the National Coalition Against Censorship, this event is limited to 15 people: please RSVP.
The Relationship Assessment Test (RAT) is an original text and series of proctored “test-takings,” inspired by the format and limitations of the U.S. college entrance exam, the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). April Wen (2024-25 SPCUNY Fellow) will host a series of proctored, in-person exams, where the general public can take the multilingual RAT. Each proctored exam begins with time for participants to take the test individually, then opens up into a collaborative space, where people can answer the test questions together, as well as meet the question-authors themselves. NOTAFLOF: No one turned away for lack of funds.
The Relationship Assessment Test (RAT) is an original text and series of proctored “test-takings,” inspired by the format and limitations of the U.S. college entrance exam, the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). April Wen (2024-25 SPCUNY Fellow) will host a series of proctored, in-person exams, where the general public can take the multilingual RAT. Each proctored exam begins with time for participants to take the test individually, then opens up into a collaborative space, where people can answer the test questions together, as well as meet the question-authors themselves. NOTAFLOF: No one turned away for lack of funds.
Attend two sound installations organized as part of the Jamaica Forum for Public Art Otherwise, a 2025-2026 SPCUNY project at York College in Jamaica, Queens! Both events share work from Sounding Data Justice, a collaborative project with Eastern Queens Alliance, Inc. This experimental project works with data on air quality and aircraft noise collected by EQA to advocate for a sustainable Southeast Queens. Respond to the scheduling survey in the long description that opens when you click on the event title above.
CELEBRATE with SPCUNY! We are launching season two of Part of the Practice, our podcast about the intersection of art & social justice. Hear from our Fellows featured on the podcast while enjoying music from our DJs, plus delicious food, good company, and some fun surprises.
Attend two sound installations organized as part of the Jamaica Forum for Public Art Otherwise, a 2025-2026 SPCUNY project at York College in Jamaica, Queens! Both events share work from Sounding Data Justice, a collaborative project with Eastern Queens Alliance, Inc. This experimental project works with data on air quality and aircraft noise collected by EQA to advocate for a sustainable Southeast Queens. Respond to the scheduling survey in the long description that opens when you click on the event title above.
