EVENT 1 | AARG AND AADRG READING GROUP DISCUSSION
Thursday, March 28
7:00–8:30 p.m. via Zoom
The Asian American Reading Group (AARG) and the African American and Diasporic Reading Group (AADRG) invite you to a virtual meeting to discuss the work of Grace Lee Boggs. We will be providing excerpts of Boggs’s writing, so please send an email to szl598@psu.edu to receive a PDF of the reading and Zoom link.
EVENT 2 | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS SCREENING & DISCUSSION
Wednesday, April 3
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Schlow Centre Region Library, Downsbrough Community Room
Join AARG and AADRG for a screening of the documentary American Revolutionary with discussion to follow. Dinner will be provided. We welcome students, instructors/faculty, and the general public!
About American Revolutionary: Grace Lee Boggs was a Chinese-American philosopher, writer and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights, and Black Power movements, she challenged a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively, and redefine revolution for our times. This Peabody-Award winning film, directed by Grace Lee, transcends a mere biographical portrait of this unique woman and uses the intersections between Boggs’s life and historical events to explore essential questions about political and social change. Are debate and reflection as vital to social transformation as action? What’s the difference between protest and revolution? How do we transform ourselves personally and also act as a community? In short, how do we create a world that delivers on the promise of “liberty and justice for all”?
To RSVP, click here by March 6, 2024.