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Book Signing, Margarita Sanchez

April 6, 2017 @ 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Wagner Union Atrium

Join Wagner College modern languages professor Margarita María Sánchez González to celebrate the publication of her latest book, “Ser Inmune Desde Adentro: SIDA, escritura y resistencia en las Américas (Being Immune from Within: AIDS, Writings and Resistance in the Americas),” released last year in Madrid by Editorial Pliegos. Sánchez concentrates on the representation of AIDS in Latin American Literature. With an interdisciplinary scope — including psychoanalysis, literary theory and cultural criticism — her analysis contributes to counterbalancing the absence of criticism and analysis on the representation of AIDS in Latin America. “Ser Inmune Desde Adentro” demonstrates the potential of artistic expression to reframe intellectual reflections on social and personal concerns. According to Sánchez, “This project represents my commitment to scholarly analysis and research as well as my willingness to create a space where the voiceless may be heard. The AIDS crisis changed the way humans relate. While political and religious discourses reacted absurdly, blaming the victims, art became the only alternative to combat these manifestations. The chronicles, the autobiography, the novels and the testimonies examined in this book generate an alternative space, a possibility of transcending the physical and social suffering.”

Pre-Health Society meeting

April 6, 2017 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Main Hall 20, Staten Island, 10301

To discuss the finalization of topics for the health fair next Monday, and other upcoming events.

Wagner Choir at Carnegie Hall

April 6, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

On Thursday, April 6 at 7 p.m., the Wagner College Choir will be part of a performance of Ola Gjeilo's "Sunrise Mass" at Carnegie Hall. To choose specific seats, call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or go online to http://bit.ly/2og94VY.

Film Screening “Loving”

April 6, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Join us on April 6th at 7pm for a screening of "Loving". (Doors will open at 6pm)

This film is the story of Mildred and Richard Loving and is based on the couple's real life journey to the Supreme Court. In 1967 the decision of Loving v Virginia struck down the existing laws of the day in which interracial marriages were illegal, and under which the Lovings, an interracial married couple, were faced with either jail or exile from Virginia. Loving v Virginia was a major civil rights victory and reverberations of this landmark decision is felt today as restrictions on "who may love?" are still being discussed and decided in court houses and coffee houses throughout America.

Immediately after the screening, producer, Jack Turner will conduct a post movie Q & A about the development and filming of the movie!

Admission for all Wagner students is free but we ask that you please RSVP for this event at eventbrite.com.

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