Showing events on November 20, 2019
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SSW Book Club
November 20, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The SSW Book Club will discuss Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.
You are welcome to join us, whether or not you have attended before, and whether or not you have finished the book.
All members of the SSW community are invited. Feel free to bring your lunch.
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New Leaders in African-Centered Social Work presents Professor Osvaldo "Ozzie" Rivera and RicanStruction
November 20, 2019 - 5:00pm
Join us as we explore the connection of African-Hispanic roots in American History by Detroit based ensemble RicanStruction
The performance troupe of director Osvaldo “Ozzie” Rivera, dancers Celia Benvenutti, Sheila Royster as well as percussionists Chinelo Amen Ra, and Enrique Hernandez, will utilize a performance/lecture approach that transforms us on an Afro Puerto Rican musical journey through the Spanish Speaking Caribbean highlighting the significance of African-Hispanic presence. This historical perspective illuminates how three primary cultural and racial "currents" (African, Spanish & Native American) influence present-day Latin American music and culture.
A significant component of the presentation features a participatory segment where the audience can participate in the Afro Puerto Rican community-building tradition of Bomba. (*Bomba’s origins are rooted in the island's history of African enslavement)
Refreshments will be served, please RSVP.
Sponsored by the New Leaders in African-Centered Social Work and The School of Social Work