[Sabeswest] This Wed - Trip to UMass & Platanos & Collard Greens, 8pm in Bowker - free performance

[Mishy Leiblum]

All,

This Wednesday, Student Bridges - a student initiated outreach program at
UMass Amherst - is hosting a trip to UMass in collaboration with AVANZA 2
College. This trip was originally open only to students participating in the
A2C workshop series, but since we still have slots open, we're putting out a
last minute invitation for other interested groups/programs to join us for
this trip.

We will have a yellow school bus making a variety of stops in Holyoke
beginning at 1:15pm tomorrow (Wednesday), and the bus will leave the UMass
campus at around 9:45pm to make a return trip. The agenda for the day is:

v 2:30 – 3:30pm: Lunch at the newly renovated Berkshire Dining Commons
v 3:30 – 4:45pm: Tour of campus
v 5 – 6pm: "College Success" Class in the Campus Center
v 6 - 7:30pm: A social with student organization members at the
Latin American Cultural Center with Antonio's Pizza
v 8pm –9:30pm: Performance of "Platanos and Collard Greens," a hip-hop drama
(visit www.platanosandcollardgreens.com for more info about the play)

We've happy for youth/program participants to come for the whole day and
meet us at one of the bus stops, or for programs to transport
youth/participants separately and to meet up with us for any part of the day
- especially for the performance. If you're at all interested, call Yajaira
or I  at 695.4868 or 545.1288.

Note that we're asking youth under 18 to bring the attached permission slip,
signed by a parent or guardian. If they are in high school or above, we do
not expect/need program staff to accompany them, but staff are more than
welcome to. The trip is open to anyone. (Let us know if you'd like the
Spanish version of the permission slip). This is a pilot run for this sort
of trip - so if this is too last minute for your group to participate, look
out for future trips and/or contact us for more information.

Attached, find the full flier and transportation schedule, and pasted below
please find more information about the performance.

-- 
Mishy Leiblum
UMass Amherst Student Bridges Program
Cell: 413.695.4868
UMass Line: 413.545.1288
Fax: 413.577.0914


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***Please forward widely***

Platanos and Collard Greens
www.platanosandcollardgreens.com
THIS Wednesday, February 21st 2007 @ 8pm
Bowker Auditorium @ UMass-Amherst
Free and Open to the Public

"I've been waiting for this play for 35 years." -- FELIPE LUCIANO, original
member of the Last Poets and Chairman of the Young Lords

In honor of Black History Month, we would like to invite you to join us for
a performance of Platanos and Collard Greens: an intellectual, romantic
comedy that examines stereotypes, cultural differences and similarities
between Blacks and Latinos.

Platanos & Collard Greens tells the story of two college students, Freeman,
an African-American man, and Angelita, a Latina woman, both forced to
confront and overcome cultural and racial prejudices, while defending their
bond from the biases held by family and friends.

Platanos tactfully addresses stereotypes, prejudices, and urban myths that
exist between African-Americans and Latinos within the context of Hip Hop,
humor, and satire. The play encourages the audience to evaluate the
stereotypes of Black men as freakishly endowed and Latino women as sexually
insatiable hot mulattas and aesthetic superiors. Playwright David Lamb
displays these common yet outrageous viewpoints while humorously and deftly
shooting them down and poetically exposing them justly as misrepresentations
of reality. The audience is likely to question conventional attitudes held
about themselves and others.

David Lamb is an Adjunct Professor at John Jay College in NYC, where he
teaches courses on Society and Hip Hop Culture. Platanos has been performed
at colleges and universities from Maryland to California to Illinois to
Rhode Island and - of course - New York.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 @ 8pm
Bowker Auditorium, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Free and Open to the Public

"Asks if love between a Black man and Latina woman can survive".
-- VIBE MAGAZINE

"Lamb shows his chops...[Platanos] asks audiences whether blacks and Latinos
should love one another."
-- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Reservations:
Ticket reservations are not available, but Bowker Auditorium has a large
seating capacity. However, we urge you to arrive at least 10 minutes prior
to the performance.

Parking:
You may park in the UMass Parking Garage for $3 dollars per vehicle.
Alternately, you may park in the lot beside the Mullins Center and walk up a
short hill to Bowker Auditorium. A map of the campus is available at
www.umass.edu/umhome/visit_campus/maps.html

UMass-Amherst Sponsors:
Collegiate Committee for the Education of Black and other Minority
Students(CCEBMS),
Student Bridges, Student Government Association, African, Latin@,
Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American (ALANA) Caucus, ALANAI Honor
Society, Center for Student Development, Office of Programs and Support for
ALANA Students (OPSAS), and the Malcolm X Cultural Center
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