Wednesday, October 4, 2017<\/strong> The American Dream, Cepeda argues, is a pipedream for some and a birthright for others.\u00a0Challenging the absurdity of the black-white national conversation about the American dream, Cepeda offers a working and accessible revision to suit generations of Americans, like her, who have been pushed to the margins.<\/p>\n This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Women\u2019s & Gender Resource Center, the Popel Shaw Center for Ethnicity & Race, the Division of Student Life, and the Departments of Spanish & Portuguese, English, and Women\u2019s, Gender & Sexuality Studies.<\/p>\n Biography (provided by the speaker)<\/strong><\/p>\n Born in Harlem to Dominican parents, award-winning journalist, cultural activist, podcaster, and documentary filmmaker Raquel Cepeda<\/strong><\/a> is the author of Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina.<\/i>\u00a0Equal parts memoir about Cepeda\u2019s coming of age in New York City and Santo Domingo, and detective story chronicling her year-long journey to discover the truth about her ancestry, the book also looks at what it means to be Latinx today. Cepeda\u2019s latest documentary Some Girls<\/a>, <\/i>produced by Henry Chalfant and Sam Pollard, focuses on a group of troubled Latina teens from a Bronx-based side prevention program who are transformed by an exploration of their roots via the use of ancestral DNA testing, followed by a treat to the seat of the Americas. Cepeda is currently in production on her next documentary and currently writing East of Broadway<\/i>, a story about one community in New York as soon through the lives of several of its inhabitants. She lives with her husband, Sacha Jenkins, a filmmaker, musician, and creative agency partner, her daughter, 20, and five-year-old son in New York City, \u201c\u2026concrete jungle where\u00a0dreams are made of [and] there\u2019s nothin\u2019 you can\u2019t do\u2026\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read the article: EXAMINING IDENTITY<\/a>\u00a0by Kaila Basile\u00a0’20\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remixing the American Dream Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m. The American Dream, Cepeda argues, is a pipedream for some and a birthright for others.\u00a0Challenging the absurdity of the black-white national conversation about the American dream, … Continue reading
\nAnita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n