The Cornell Club of Northern New Jersey and MOSIAC are pleased to invite you to the screening of the "Agents of Change" documentary and discussion with co-producer and Cornell alumni, Frank Dawson '72 moderated by Riché Richardson, Associate Professor of African American literature in the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University. "From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April, 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education, including demands for black and ethnic studies programs, became a clarion call across the country in the late 1960's. Through the stories of these young men and women who were at the forefront of these efforts, Agents of Change examines the untold story of the racial conditions on college campuses and in the country that led to these protests." After the film, the producers will discuss their inspiration for making the film, the outcome of their activism, and whether the current movement of public protests can be effective in creating change.



$35 admission includes refreshments, screening, and post-screening discussion. If intending to pay at the door, only cash or check will be accepted.
Free parking is available at Mana Contemporary; the venue is also accessible by mass transit.


Riché Richardson is currently an associate professor of African American literature in the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University.  Her other areas of interest include American literature, gender studies, and Southern studies.  In 2001, she received a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.  She spent the first 10 years of her academic career in the University of California system at UC Davis.  Her essays have been published in journals such as American Literature, Mississippi Quarterly, Forum for Modern Language Studies, Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire, TransAtlantica, the Southern Quarterly, Black Camera, NKA, Phillis, Technoculture, and Labrys.  Her first book, Black Masculinity and the U.S. South: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007), was highlighted by Choice Books among the "Outstanding Academic Titles of 2008."  Since 2005, she has served as co-editor of the New Southern Studies book series at the University of Georgia Press.  She serves on the Delta Research and Educational Foundation’s Sister Scholars Advisory Council.  Richardson is also a visual artist.  Her art quilts are the subject of the short film by Anne Crémieux and Géraldine Chouard entitled A Portrait of the Artist (2008) and are featured in Lauren Cross’s film The Skin Quilt Project (2010).