From Day One

This video honoring SLAM was put together by the SLAM X Media Committee (Lenina, Eddy, Nas and Bravo) for SLAM’s 10th anniversary in March 2006. Directed by Eddy Nelson Rivera.

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CUNY Social Forum opening plenary: “The Movement for Educational Democracy and Self-Determination at CUNY in the Context of the Global Struggle for Human Rights and Reparations”

To listen to these sound files, recorded Oct. 17, 2008, in Harlem at the CUNY Social Forum, click on the links below: Maria Arettines (moderator), a CUNY Social Forum organizer and Hunter College student: “What are our desires?” (5 minutes, 23 seconds) Hank Williams, veteran of the Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM!) and organizer with [...]

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What I Will, spoken word poetry by Suheir Hammad, video directed by Lenina Nadal

This Suheir Hammad video was made for SLAM X, the 10th anniversary of SLAM. Directed and edited by Lenina, camera by Eddy, starring Bravo as the taxi driver. Cab lenders – Nas and Bravo. Suheir was a founding member of SLAM at Hunter College. Special thanks to the Hammad family for letting the SLAM X [...]

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