Join Perfect City, headed by Lewis Center faculty and former Princeton Arts Fellow Aaron Landsman, on Zoom this summer! We want to build community knowledge with you and talk about how we can change the city together. We’ll read about the history of race, the future of activism, and ways we can be in solidarity against street harassment. Perfect City is a 20-year art and activism working group based at Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side. Our focus is on gentrification; we believe young people who grow up in NYC deserve more of a voice in making the city work for everyone. Come learn with us.

June 28 – Facilitator: Aaron Landsman
Reading: Ideas, Arrangements, Effects: Systems Design and Social Justice by The Design Studio for Social Intervention

July 19 – Facilitator: Jahmorei Snipes
Reading: Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We’re Taking Back Our Power, by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

August 9 – Facilitator: Tiffany Zorrilla
Reading: The Power of Place, by Delores Hayden

August 30 – Facilitator: Tylor Diaz
Reading: Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Perfect City is an Abrons PATHS Social Practice Residency Project. We are a paid working group tackling issues of gentrification, race and gender, urban planning and street harassment.

Ticket Website: http://abronsartscenter.org/program/perfect-city-summer-reading-club/

Facebook URL: http://facebook.com/perfectcitynyc/

Instagram URL: http://instagram.com/perfectcitynyc/