Events

Harvard Heat Week will include three formal panel events and four separate public actions, culminating in a rally on Friday, April 26th, where we plan to flood the campus with people to amplify our call for Harvard University to divest from fossil fuels. We welcome your participation in any and all of these events, with particular emphasis on the April 26th rally.

How do I help?
If you represent an organization, endorse us! Organization endorsements can be made here.

Individuals can endorse this effort, too. Click here to endorse Harvard Heat Week.

If you want to learn more, please attend our pane events. And join us in our splice actions and rally! Thank you.

Where can I get more info?
For more information, visit our website for the official schedule.

Do I need to sign up in advance?
Please do! You can sign up here or on Facebook. Thanks!

For centuries, racist or casteist ideologies have overlapped in the oppression of African Americans, Dalits, Romani people and others. The racecraft of inferiority continues to be a powerful ideological weapon that ruling elites and dominant majorities have been using—intentionally and unintentionally, overtly or covertly—against historically oppressed groups.

The “Dismantling Racism, Casteism. Similar struggles for justice, equality, and dignity of the historically oppressed groups” seminar series aims to create a space for solidarity and partnership among activists, scholars, community leaders involved in similar struggles across the world. Voices belonging to various minority and marginalized groups will discuss opportunities and tactics to connect, share, and stand together in solidarity against oppression.

The seminar series will kick off on April 24, 2019, with a panel discussion entitled “Racecraft. A Transnational Weapon to Criminalize and Dehumanize African American, Dalit, and Romani People” involving African American, Dalit, and Romani scholars.

Panelists:
Cornel West- Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University
Suraj Yengde- Postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Shorenstein Center on Media
Magda Matache – Instructor at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Director of the Roma Program at Harvard
Moderator:
Khalil Gibran Muhammad – Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

This seminar series is hosted by the Initiative for Institutional Anti-Racism and Accountability at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

The event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

We will be live streaming the panel discussion, so check this Facebook event for additional information, if you cannot attend in person.

Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019, from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Venue: Belfer B-200 Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School

We’re cleaning up the perimeter of this vital pond which is traversed by thousands of commuters by T, road, bike-path and on foot everyday. Jerry’s Pond is across the street from approx. 4,000 residents of affordable housing in the three Rindge Towers, Jefferson Park and smaller projects along Rindge Ave.

What will we be doing?
Help with clean-up and if you’d like to help us organize as well, please post on our FB page here: www.facebook.com/jerryspond/  or email us at: jerryspond@gmail.com,

Where do I sign up?
Sign up on facebook in advance—that would be much appreciated.

What if I have physical limitations?
If you can’t help physically, you can still be there to encourage us along or help us get the word out.

We’d love to have volunteers!