Academic Events

'Election Brown Bag Discussion with the Parole Preparation Project'
Monday, Oct. 28
Noon
Payne Room, Tang Teaching Museum 

Tyler Morse and Willie Kearse of the Parole Preparation Projection, an organization that supports currently and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers through advocacy, litigation, and community care, will have a conversation on elections and felon voting rights. The conversation will be introduced by College Librarian Marta Brunner, who is teaching a Bridge Experience course this semester titled LI 201 Overdue Notice: Libraries and Social Justice. All are welcome. Visit the Tang Teaching Museum website for more information.

'Lyd in Exile' documentary screening and Q-and-A with directors
Wednesday, Oct. 30
6 p.m.
Davis Auditorium

Members of the Skidmore community are invited to screen "Lyd," a feature-length, sci-fi documentary that shares multiple pasts, presents, and futures of the city of Lyd in Palestine/Israel. During the film, the viewer is guided through the lifespan of a five-thousand-year-old city and its residents from the perspective of the city herself. There will be a Q-and-A with Directors Rami Younis, a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, journalist, and activist from Lyd, and Sarah Ema Friedland, New York City-based media artist and educator, moderated by Associate Professor of Environmental Studeies and Sciences Nurcan Atalan-Helicke following the screening. Contact Nurcan Atalan-Helicke with questions.

Post-Election Debrief: A Community Discussion
Tuesday, Nov. 12
6:30 p.m.
Payne Room, Tang Teaching Museum

All are invited to a post-election debrief with Skidmore faculty who will address the questions and controversies that remain following Election Day. Contact Tom Yoshikami with questions or visit the Tang Teaching Museum website for more information.