March 11, 6:00 pm
Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor
Staceyann Chin is a fulltime writer and activist. Recipient of the 2007 Power of the Voice Award from The Human Rights Campaign, the 2008 Safe Haven Award from Immigration Equality, the 2008 Honors from the Lesbian AIDS Project, and the 2009 New York State Senate Award, she identifies as Caribbean and Black, Asian and lesbian, woman and resident of New York City. Chin was a stock feature on the Peabody Award winning HBO series, Def Poetry Jam. She went on to co-write and perform as one of the original cast members of the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed, Tony Award winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Chin is the author of the memoir, The Other Side of Paradise, published by Scribner. Simon and Schuster, Inc. Join us for a reading by Chin from this new groundbreaking work.
Co-Sponsored by Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Office of the Dean, The Office of Intercultural Support and the Office of International Student Services.
Free and open to all. Please rsvp to LangSpecialProjects@newschool.edu
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