In continuation of Black History Month, Waterloo Architecture continues to highlight affordable events which are available for its community members.
A
History
of
Motown:
Virtual
Performance
with
Krystle
Dos
Santos:
Waterloo
Region
Community
Event
(Free)
Tuesday,
February
15th,
2022
at
1:30PM
ET
Waterloo
Public
Library
Western
Canadian
Music
Award-winning
singer-songwriter
Krystle
Dos
Santos
and
her
4-piece
band
will
take
participants
back
in
time
to
the
peak
of
Motown
Music
from
the
late
1950s
to
1980s.
Krystle’s
powerful
and
interactive
medleys
of
hits
by
The
Supremes,
Stevie
Wonder,
the
Temptations
and
the
Jackson
5
will
have
students
and
teachers
singing
and
dancing
in
their
seats!
Students
will
learn
interesting
facts
about
these
key
artists
and
about
the
historical
and
significant
impact
that
Motown
music
has
had
on
contemporary
soul
music
today.
Everyone
welcome.
Reimagining
Black
Communal
Care:
Lecture
(Free)
Tuesday,
February
15th,
2022
at
6:00PM
ET
Pratt
Institute
It
has
long
been
time
to
address
care
in
our
communities.
Not
Radical,
for
it
is
practical
and
a
step
towards
liberation.
Not
as
a
red
pill
or
a
problem
to
be
solved,
for
it
is
about
the
approach.
Not
in
one
sector,
as
it
is
wide
reaching
and
intersectional.
Not
as
a
buzzword,
but
as
a
foundation.
Care
can
be
represented
in
many
levels
of
transience
and
scales,
so
we
are
curating
a
space
for
speakers
to
bring
their
perspectives
on
how
we
can
embrace
a
mindset
of
care
in
everything
we
do.
Through
the
lens
of
care
as
play,
protest,
and
all
in
between,
join
us
in
reimagining
a
world
built
and
designed
with
black
care
in
mind.
This
lecture
features
Justin
Garrett
Moore,
Deanna
Van
Buren
and
Chandra
Christmas-Rouse.
Black
History
is
World
History:
From
Moment
to
Global
Movement:
Lecture
(Free)
Thursday,
February
17th,
2022
at
3PM
ET
University
of
Waterloo
Join
us
for
a
special
edition
of
Research
Talks
featuring
Michaëlle
Jean,
University
of
Waterloo
chancellor,
St.
Paul’s
University
College
and
former
Governor
General
and
Commander-in-Chief
of
Canada.
OTHER
ARCHITECTURES:
Lecture
(Free)
Thursday,
February
17th,
2022
at
6PM
ET
The
Bernard
&
Anne
Spitzer
School
of
Architecture
A
2020
Bradford
Grant
Medal
winner
in
Landscape
Architecture
and
2017
Smithsonian
Cooper-Hewitt
Design
Museum
National
Design
Award
winner,
architect,
artist,
academic,
and
activist,
Dr.
Craig
L.
Wilkins’
creative
practice
specializes
in
engaging
communities
in
collaborative
and
participatory
design
processes.
The
former
director
of
the
Detroit
Community
Design
Center,
he
is
currently
creative
director
of
the
Wilkins
project,
a
social
justice,
strategic
design
alliance
that
provides
architectural,
urban
design,
and
planning
services,
public
interest
design
solutions,
and
expertise
in
engaged
public
discourse.
Dr.
Wilkins
is
also
the
author
of
multi-award-winning
“The
Aesthetics
of
Equity:
Notes
on
Race,
Space,
Architecture
&
Music”
(University
of
Minnesota
2007)
and
“Diversity
Among
Architects:
From
Margin
to
Center”
(Routledge
2016).
He
is
currently
an
associate
professor
at
the
University
of
Michigan
College
of
Architecture
and
Urban
Planning,
where
he
teaches
courses
on
design
and
social
justice.
(Re)connecting
Brooklyn's
History:
Slavery
and
Abolition
in
Brooklyn
by
Center
for
Brooklyn
History
Education:
Lecture
(Free)
Thursday
February 17th,
2022
at
4PM
ET
Center
for
Brooklyn
History
Education
Brooklyn
has
a
distinct
story
to
tell
in
the
history
of
social
justice.
From
1783
to
1865,
Brooklyn
transformed
from
an
agricultural
slaveholding
capital
to
the
third
largest
city
in
the
United
States
fueled
by
the
business
of
slavery.
Against
this
backdrop,
the
city’s
anti-slavery
activists
and
radical
abolitionists
led
the
struggle
for
racial
and
social
justice.
They
created
local,
regional,
and
national
networks
of
political
solidarity
to
advance
their
anti-slavery
agenda.
Through
courage
and
conscience,
the
residents
of
neighborhoods
we
now
know
as
Brooklyn
Heights,
Downtown
Brooklyn,
DUMBO,
Fort
Greene,
Vinegar
Hill,
Weeksville,
and
Williamsburg
insisted
on
an
immediate
end
to
slavery
and
demanded
legal
and
political
equality
for
all
Americans.
In
this
talk,
historian
Prithi
Kanakamedala
will
provide
educators
and
students
a
glimpse
of
the
long
history
of
slavery
and
anti-slavery
activism
in
Brooklyn
and
its
connections
to
New
York,
and
the
United
States
through
various
primary
sources.
Karen
Murray
-
Central
Assigned
Principal,
Equity,
Anti-Racism
and
Anti-Oppression
in
the
TDSB:
Live
sharing
and
workshop
(Free)
Thursday
February
17th,
2022
at
10AM
ET
On
The
Scoop
The
Black
Land
Consortium
is
an
ongoing
dialogue,
convened
by
Emanuel
Admassu,
Jerome
Haferd,
Curry
Hackett,
and
Jennifer
Newsom,
to
discuss
how
concerns
of
Blackness
and
Land
relate
to
design
and
pedagogy
today.
In
this
live
sharing
and
workshop
session,
the
collaborators
will
connect
urgent
questions
emerging
in
their
practices
and
relative
geographies
to
pedagogy
and
curricula.
How
can
we
disentangle
architecture
and
urban
design
from
property?
How
can
we
disassemble
the
exploitative
regimes
of
speculation
and
displacement
that
anchor
the
built
environment?
A
Discussion
With
Antonio
Michael
Downing:
Musician,
Writer
and
Activist:
Waterloo
Region
Community
Event
(Free)
Thursday
February
17th,
2022
at
6:30PM
ET
Waterloo
Public
Library
Join
Antonio
Michael
Downing,
musician,
activist
and
author
of
Saga
Boy
and
Molasses,
as
he
discusses
writing,
storytelling
and
music.
Antonio
Michael
Downing
grew
up
in
southern
Trinidad,
Northern
Ontario,
Brooklyn,
Scarborough
and
Kitchener
Waterloo.
He
publishes
his
books
under
his
birth
name
but
explores
art
and
music
under
a
variety
of
other
personas.
When
he's
not
writing,
he
performs
and
composes
music
as
John
Orpheus
exploring
a
wide
variety
of
genres
including
R&B,
punk,
blues
and
hip-hop.
He
is
a
captivating
and
engaging
storyteller
with
a
fascinating
personal
history
and
an
impressive
body
of
work.
Join
us
for
a
great
conversation.
Pathways
for
Addressing
(with
care)
Disclosures
of
Racism:
Student
Workshop
Thursday,
February
17th,
2022
at
9:00AM
ET
University
of
Waterloo
This
workshop
is
a
101
course
for
those
that
are
looking
to
get
a
baseline
understanding
of
core
foundational
concepts
and
frameworks
as
it
relates
to
anti-racism,
addressing
disclosures
of
racism
and
by
standard
intervention.
Black
Presence
in
Berlin
walking
tour
starting
at
Kitchener
Market:
Student
Workshop
(Waterloo
Region
Community
Event
($25/person)
Friday,
February
18th,
2022
at
11:00AM
ET
Stroll
Walking
Tours
This workshop is a series of curated events discussing the practice of social justice within our communities, as experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd uprisings. Each month will discuss 1 of the 4 principles of social justice framed around the theme of Covid-19, with community leaders, leading advocates, and creative artists. Along with conversations, there will be opportunities for interactive collaboration amongst attendees and facilitators Many people think that Kitchener’s first Black residents only came here in the 1960s and 70s, but did you know that the first Black person actually arrived in Waterloo region in 1806? On this walk we will talk about Berlin’s connection to the early Black settlers of the Queens Bush settlement. Further, we will visit former sites where Black residents lived, had their businesses and schools in the 19th century and learn about their lives and contributions to our community. You will hear about black teachers, a black lawyer, and black domestic workers. One of Berlin’s black residents even ran for office! Come join us to find out who that was. As we recover and re-tell these histories you’ll look at this town differently and realize that Kitchener’s heritage is more colourful and richer than we thought. breakout groups.
Organized by:
Waterloo
Public
Library
Pratt
Institute
University
of
Waterloo
The
Bernard
&
Anne
Spitzer
School
of
Architecture
Center
for
Brooklyn
History
Education
On
The
Scoop
Stroll
Walking
Tours