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Documentary Viewing and Panel Discussion; Tuesday, September 4, 2018; Harriett Beecher Stowe House; Doors open at 5:30; Documentary shown at 6:30 followed by panel discussion. The event is free and open to the public and includes a tour of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House at 5:30 pm.
The Cincinnati Friends Meeting, Community Friends Meeting and Eastern Hills Meeting are pleased to present this event and viewing of the Documentary: " Brother Outsider" about the life of Bayard Rustin. After the viewing of the documentary there will be panel discussion. Panelists include:
James Newby, Minister and Public Friend of Cincinnati Friends Meeting.
Shannon Isaacs, Development Director of the Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Board Member of Friends General Conference.
Martha Viehmann, Presiding Clerk of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; Member, Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
Jared Leighton, Guest Speaker; "The Role of LGBT Civil Rights–Black Power Activists in Advancing LBGT Rights" ; Wednesday, September 5, 2018; 7PM - 9PM; Arrupe Overlook (main floor (1st floor) Gallagher Student Center; Parking: Cintas Center; Free and Open to the Public
Jared Leighton is a historian of 20th-century America, African American, and LGBT life and history. He received both his MA and PhD degrees in history from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he completed his dissertation titled “Freedom Indivisible: Gays and Lesbians in the African American Civil Rights Movement.” It received the Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, which goes to the best dissertation produced by a UNL PhD student in any field in an academic year, having received outside support from renowned scholars Timothy B. Tyson of Duke University and William P. Jones of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. With Patrick D. Jones, he is the coauthor of In Their Own Image: Artifacts From the Great Plains Black History Museum. He has had single-author articles published in the Journal of Social History and the Journal of Civil and Human Rights. He runs the website FBI Docs: An Archive of Documents From FOIA Requests to the FBI (fbidocs.com) and has had reviews published in American Studies, the American Historical Association Committee on LGBT History Newsletter, the Journal of Regional Science, H-Net, and Dissertation Reviews. Leighton has presented at Emory University’s Whose Beloved Community? conference, Washington University in St. Louis’s Black Sexual Economies conference, as well as the Association for the Study of African American History and Life and the Mid-America American Studies Association conferences, among others. He has given invited talks at Miami University’s 50 Years After Freedom Summer conference and Creighton University’s American Studies Colloquium. Leighton is currently working on turning his dissertation into a scholarly monograph, as well as producing a couple of journal articles.
Dr. John D'Emilio, Author and Guest Speaker; "Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin"; Thursday, September 6, 2018; 6PM – 9PM; Miami University; Regional Hamilton Campus; Parrish Auditorium; Includes Reception and Q&A; Free and Open to the Public
A pioneer in the field of LGBT studies and the history of sexuality, and a historian of post-World War II social justice movements, John D’Emilio has written or edited more than half a dozen books, including Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: the Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States; Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America; and Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin. D’Emilio was a finalist for the National Book Award and received the Brudner Prize from Yale University for lifetime contributions to LGBT studies. A former co-chair of the board of directors of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, he was also the founding director of its Policy Institute. Intimate Matters was quoted by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas case, which declared state sodomy statutes unconstitutional. From 1999-2014, D’Emilio was Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is currently writing a “coming of age” memoir and is the incoming president of the Board of the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives in Chicago.
Calendar of Events
BAYARD RUSTIN SYMPOSIUM
Lectures – Education – Films
All events are free and open to the public, donations welcome
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 3:00PM
Sinclair Community College, Building 12, Room 116
444 West Third St.; Dayton, OH 45202
Documentary: “Brother Outsider” and Panel Discussion
Dr. Faheem Curtis-Khidr, Amaha Sellassie, Moderated by Rodney Veal
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 6:30PM
Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 2950 Gilbert Ave; Cincinnati, OH 45206
Documentary: “Brother Outsider” and Panel Discussion
Shannon Isaacs, James Newby, Martha Viehmann
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:00 PM
Xavier University: Arrupe Overlook (1st floor, main floor) Gallagher Student Center Parking: Cintas Center, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45207
Dr. Jared Leighton, Guest Lecturer
“The Role of LGBT Civil Rights–Black Power Activists in Advancing LGBT Rights"
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:00PM
Wilmington College: Main Campus Lawn, 1870 Quaker Way, Wilmington, OH 45177
Documentary: “Brother Outsider” and Panel Discussion, Dr. Tanya Maus
Sponsored by Campus Ministry, Quaker Heritage Center, Center for Diversity and Inclusion, and Spectra
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:00PM
Wittenberg University: 201 Shouvlin Center
737 N. Fountain Ave.; Springfield, OH 45504
Documentary: “Brother Outsider” and Panel Discussion
A discussion will follow the film led by panelists
Dr. Julius Bailey, Professor of Philosophy
Dr. ShaDawn Battle, Assistant Professor of English
Olivia Montgomery, the Springfield NAACP and chair of the LGBTQIA Task Force of Ohio
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 11:00AM
Central State University: 1400 Brush Row Rd. Wilberforce, OH, 45384
Documentary: “Brother Outsider” and Panel Discussion, Dr Geoffrey Giddings,
Dr. Kevin McGruder, Jeremy Winston
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 6:00 PM
Miami University/Hamilton Campus
Parrish Auditorium, 1601 University Blvd, Hamilton, OH 45011
Dr. John D’Emilio, Guest Lecturer
“Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin”
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:00AM
Wittenberg University, Ness Auditorium in Hollenbeck Hall
289 Bill Edwards Dr., Springfield, OH 45504
Writing for Social Change, Professor Rick Incorvati’s class
Dr. Jared Leighton, Dr. John D’Emilio, and Walter Naegle, Guest Lecturers
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 2:00PM
Antioch College, Arts and Science Building, Cinema Room, 2nd floor
One Morgan Place (by the library)
Documentary: “Brother Outsider” and Panel Discussion
Dr. Kevin McGruder and Patricia Dewees
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Yellow Springs Public Library: 415 Xenia Ave, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Village Read for Young Adults: Bayard Rustin: Invisible Activist, by Walter Naegle
Meeting Times: Monday 08.27 at 4:00, 08.30 at 4:00, 09.05 at 4:00 and
Friday September 7 at 4:00 with the author Walter Naegle
Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 9:30AM
Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom
One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
“Non-Violent Direct Action Today” with guest author Walter Naegle, Gavin DeVore Leonard, James Hayes, Dr. Kevin McGruder, Mila Cooper, Dr. Carl Hyde, Dr. Tanya Maus
Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 10:00 AM
Youth Collaborative Conversation
African American Chamber of Commerce: 2945 Gilbert St., Cincinnati, 45206
Advanced Registration Required (Free to youth 10 and up)
Tim’m West, Facilitator
Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 2950 Gilbert Street, Cincinnati, 45206
Dr. Jared Leighton, Guest Lecturer
“The Role of LGBT Civil Rights–Black Power Activists in Advancing LGBT Rights"
Sunday September 9, 2018 at 10:00 AM
First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati: 536 Linton St, Cincinnati, OH 45219
Dr. Jared Leighton, Guest Speaker
“The Role of LGBT Civil Rights–Black Power Activists in Advancing LBGT Rights