Past Events

This Black History Month, join us in celebrating the life and work of Bayard Rustin, a key figure of the Civil Rights movement who faced discrimination as a gay African-American man.

Join us as we learn more about the life and activism of Dr. Antonia Pantoja, founder of ASPIRA, an organization that trained politicians, activists, and reformers to lead New York’s growing Puerto Rican community in the mid to late 20th century.

Join us to celebrate autumn by examining the history of New York city’s rich food traditions with a nourishing full-day workshop for educators.

Explore the history and legacies of early New York in this online course for educators offered by the Museum of the City of New York and the National Museum of the American Indian–New York.

Join authors Shawn Dove and Nick Chiles for a celebration of stories of loving, learning and leading for and by Black men and boys, including a special reading and conversation around their acclaimed book, I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys. 

In this virtual workshop, students will hear from multidisciplinary artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya and examine the resiliency of New York's Asian American and Pacific Islander community and their solidarity across past and present activist movements through the stories of Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X.