Our featured speakers, Bronx authors and educators of Caribbean roots Sofia Quintero and Lorraine Avila, will engage in an in-depth exchange about how they use literature and storytelling to break through generational trauma and internalized oppression.

In collaboration with Ashé Cultural Arts Center, this installment will feature two New Orleans natives exploring Mardi Gras traditions from their respective lenses as culture bearers.

An ongoing talk series that examines the shared Pan-African experience from a diverse set of Black lenses.