February 15, 2023 Fighting for Respect:
Virtual Screenings and Panel Discussion,
Part of Baruch’s Collaboration with the
New York African Diaspora International Film Festival Dear Baruch College Community Members, With
the generous support of the CUNY
Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Baruch College Office
of Diversity, Compliance, and Equity Initiatives (ODCEI) has been privileged to host lectures, panel discussions, and film screenings throughout the 2022–23 academic year. In particular,
Baruch College ODCEI administrators have been using
CUNY
BRESI
funds to foster a collaboration with the
New
York African Diaspora International Film Festival (NYADIFF) to conduct virtual and in-person film screenings from the extensive
cinema libraries of the NYADIFF
and Artmattan Films.
Each screening also features a conversation with the filmmakers and/or panelists. Virtual Screenings and Special Panel Discussion Our third event is
a virtual screening of the documentary
Fighting
for Respect: They fought for Liberty in France and Equality at Home (United States/France, 2021).
The film captures the plight of African American soldiers who fought in WWI, receiving the Croix de Guerre military decoration from France while still fighting for equality in the United States.
You may watch the film for free on a special platform and engage with its producer
at a virtual panel discussion:
For more information and to register to watch the film and join the virtual panel discussion,
please review the
flyer and select a showing/register here.
We look forward to engaging with you virtually on February 28, and we will continue to share the latest
in the series as events become available. Sincerely, Elliott Dawes, JD, LLM,
Executive Chief Diversity Officer Kimara Patton, Esq.,
Deputy Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX/EEO Coordinator Kendrell Lawson, MPA,
Diversity and Operations Specialist Baruch
College Office of Diversity, Compliance, and Equity Initiatives (ODCEI) BC
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