Black Citizenship Project Updates
Event Descriptions:
Kizzy's Appeal—by a collective of artists
A performance comprised of spoken word, visual art, and dance. This performance started from the maternal question, "Have you seen my child?" Kizzy's Appeal mirrors the impact, historically and currently, of systemic violence that robs black and brown communities of loved ones.
Two Things –by Letta Neely
A spoken word performance that expresses the current state of black emotions and feelings amidst the backdrop of state sanctioned violence and the recent Charleston massacre
Blind Spots—by James Montford Jr
A performance to explore, expose, and discuss the social construct of exclusion and through a performative process manifest potential for change. The artist will tell several short stories about "difference" and intimating/identifying the cause being Blind Spots in our behavior.
Of / From—by Sheldon Scott
Performative intervention interrogating the 14th Amendment
Divided We Fall—choreographed by McKersin Previlus
John the Baptist was something of a biblical spectacle—a long locked, loud-voiced, wild gesticulator.
This dance performance brings his central question to mind: what did you come here to see?
Black Body Survival Store—by Intelligent Mischief
A pop-up store featuring the Black Body Survival Guide—a compilation of rules and regulations for surviving in the U.S. as the owner of a black body—and related products
Terror, Beauty, Pain, Solace—by Marlene Smith
We know, and have been reminded, against our will, that we can hurt and be hurt in public. This spiritual intervention asks the question, can we heal and be healed in public?
Frederick Douglass—Annual Reading “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
A communal reading of the fiery July 5, 1852, speech in which Frederick Douglass took exception to being asked to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Midnight Vigil—by Boston area Youth Organizing Project
A midnight to noon vigil asking the question, “Are blacks citizens?”