At the Crossroads - Phillips Exeter Academy

At the Crossroads
Of Liberation, Oppression, and Solidarity
The Transformation of Knowledge into Language and Action (1977)
Friday January 15th, 2016 ~ Keynote Address by Gyasi Ross ~ 9am ~ Love Gym
“At the Crossroads” Town Hall Panel
FRIDAY 10:45am-12:15pm AND 1:30pm – 3pm
A Time to Break Silence (1967)
Workshop led by Sandra Guzman
with Panelists Sami Atif, Jamelle Bouie, Darby Henry ’13, and Lorella Praeli
Assembly Hall
This town hall-style panel is an opportunity for Phillips Exeter and the greater community to listen to
and ask questions about some of the most pressing stories of our time, those in which Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. likely would have been deeply engaged. Sandra Guzman, award-winning multimedia
journalist and interviewer (PBS’s American Masters Series, The Women’s List), will moderate this
panel comprised of: Dr. Sami Atif, Instructor in Mathematics, will discuss Islamophobia; Jamelle
Bouie, writer for Slate and a CBS contributor, will discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and the
legacy of Katrina; Darby Henry ‘13, will discuss life at the crossroads at Exeter and her personal
realization while at Yale; and Lorella Praeli, DREAMer and immigration activist, will discuss the
climate of immigration reform in the United States.
Friday January 8th, 2016 ~ UNSILENCED: Spoken Word ~ 8:30pm Assembly Hall
Thursday January 14th, 2016 ~ Student Arts’ Performance ~ 8pm ~ Assembly Hall
Friday January 15th, 2016 ~ Workshops & Breakout Sessions ~ 10:45-12:15 & 1:30-3:00pm
~ Q & A w/Gyasi Ross ~ “Spoken Word” w/G. Yamazawa ~ “We the Privileged” w/Exonian Encounters ~ “Elite Status
& the Challenge of Solidarity Across Differences” w/Ruben Gaztambide-Fernandez ~ “Creative Activism & Social
Design” w/Michael Thompson aka Freestylee ~ “Mass Incarceration Documentary” w/Serena Cho ~ “Painting as SelfReflection & Political Discourse: Race in America” w/Ally Grounds, Gracie Williams, Grace Huang, Carissa Chen , Wendi
Yan, Ivy Tran, Rachael Johnson ~ Playland w/Cary Wendell, Russell Weatherspoon & Rob Richards ` “Double
Consciousness: An Examination of Black Male Identity” w/Perry Asibey-Bonsu ~ “Negotiating Religious Diversity”
w/Tom Simpson & Tom Ramsey ~ “Native Expression: Decolonizing Through Music” w/Danielle Lucero ~
Viewing/Discussion of Brother Outsider ~ Viewing/Discussion of When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts ~
“Your silence will not protect you.”
Friday January 15th, 2016 ~ Gallery Opening ~ 5-7pm ~ “Graphic Advocacy”
Saturday January 16th, 2016 ~ Panel: Arts, Representation & Social Justice ~ 10am Gallery
MLK Day
January 15 t h , 2016
Phillips Exeter Academy
20 Main Street
“We must move past indecision to action.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
~ Audre Lorde
Exeter, NH 03833