Sponsored by SJP
Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism is a traveling
exhibit which highlights art from various political boycott movements
throughout history. The exhibit includes art highlighting the Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions Movement called for by Palestinian Civil Society.
February 3,
2016 Jasbir Puar on “Inhumanist
Biopolitics: How Palestine Matters”
Sponsored by the American Studies Program; co-sponsored
by the Political Science Department, the Religion Department, the English
Department, the International Studies Program, Jewish Studies Program, Africana
Studies Program and Women’s Studies Program
See description here.
See description here.
February 4, 2016
“BDS and Pizza – Freshman Hangout”
Sponsored by SJP
Come to
talk about BDS, SJP, and other things related to Palestine solidarity work.
This is a low-key hangout, where we just talk with you about our politics and
our lives, while eating pizza.
February 11, 2016
Film screening - “Hip-Hop is Bigger Than the Occupation”; SJP & WVKR Burger-Fi Party
Sponsored by ViCE, JVP and SJP
Hip-Hop is Bigger than the Occupation follows a few US
based Hip-Hop artists on a tour through historic Palestine where they meet with
Palestinian Hip-Hop artists and discuss the solidarities between Black
oppression and state violence in the United States, and human rights violations
and violence towards Palestinians in historic Palestine. With that, Hip-Hop is
highlighted as non-violent cultural resistance that takes place in both
locations. The film will be followed up by a panel discussion on hip-hop as
resistance from the United States to Palestine. Panelists include M1 from dead
prez, Professor David McDonald, NYU SJP President Taher Dahleh, Mazzi from
S.O.U.L. Purpose, and a few others from the organization “Existence is
Resistance.”
February 12, 2016
“It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop”
Sponsored by Hip-Hop 101, Students for Justice in
Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), WVKR, Act Out!, Crafts Not
Bombs, Feminist Alliance, Grassroots Alliance for Alternative Politics (GAAP),
Queer Coalition Vassar College (QCVC), Vassar Drone Initiative, Vassar
Transparency Coalition (VTC), Vassar Queer Health Initiative (VQHI), Young
Democratic Socialists (YDS), Young Greens Rising, Hudson Valley Middle East
Crisis Response (MECR)
New York City hip-hop artist M1 will be performing alongside Shadia Mansour and
Vassar artists Sean Blaise and Elijah Mcdonnaugh, as well as, Mazzi from
S.O.U.L. Purpose, Majesty, Lah Tere, and other hip-hop artists who’ve traveled
and performed across the US and Palestine. They’re here to show us how hip-hop
can be used as a tool of resistance to occupation, colonization, and state
violence.
February 12, 2016
“Art as Resistance from the US to Palestine”
Sponsored by SJP
Part of the "Art as Resistance from the US to
Palestine" Series
February 17, 2016
“Anti-Zionism vs. Anti-Semitism”
Sponsored by SJP
In hopes to push the conversation around Palestine, a discussion highlighting the difference between being an anti-zionist
and being an anti-semite.
February 24, 2016
“Palestine”
Sponsored by SJP
Najla Said performing her award-winning,
one-woman show, Palestine. The play reflects on Said’s personal journey as a
Palestinian and Arab-American, and how many transformative events throughout
her life allowed her to eventually define her identity on her own terms.
February 24, 2016
“BDS Debate”
Sponsored by SJP
Sick of Dialogue? Let's Have a Debate: BDS are you for or
against human rights?
February 25,
2016 “Najla Said Lecture with Q&A”
Sponsored by SJP; co-sponsored by Middle Eastern
Student’s Coalition (MESC), Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish
Voice for Peace (JVP), Act Out!, Crafts Not Bombs, Feminist Alliance,
Grassroots Alliance for Alternative Politics (GAAP), Philaletheis, South Asian
Students Association (SASA), Queer Coalition Vassar College (QCVC), Vassar
Drone Initiative, Vassar Transparency Coalition (VTC), Vassar Queer Health
Initiative (VQHI), Young Democratic Socialists (YDS), Young Greens Rising,
Africana Studies, Education Department, Hudson Valley Middle East Crisis
Response (MECR)
Actress, playwright, and activist, Najla Said giving a lecture on her life as an Arab-American artist, and her memoir,
Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family. She will
address growing up in the US as a Palestinian-Lebanese American, her
relationship with her father, Edward Said, and his influence on her life and
works, as well as her constant struggles with her identity.
February 25, 2016
“Art as Resistance from the US to Palestine”
Sponsored by SJP
Part of the "Art as Resistance from the US to
Palestine" series to highlight non-violent resistance to state oppression.
March 5, 2016
Film screening - “There is a Field”
Sponsored by JVP and SJP
THERE IS A FIELD is a play about Aseel Asleh, a 17-year
old Palestinian citizen of Israel killed by police in October 2000. Based on
interviews and primary sources collected over 15 years, the play offers a
uniquely personal lens for understanding inequality as the root of state
violence and impunity. Audiences throughout the United States will find
particular resonance with themes raised by Aseel’s life and murder, and
post-play discussions and actions will create space to further explore
connections and build solidarity across universal struggles for liberation and
equality.
Following the performance, the cast and members of JVP
and SJP at Vassar will host a talk-back concerning the content of the play as
well as the student body's deliberations about endorsing the call for Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel.
