Book launch
In Anti-Eviction, anthropologist and scholar-activist Manissa Maharawal tells the story of how residents built a powerful anti-eviction movement and how they fought—and sometimes won—a right to their homes and their city. Focusing on the stories of tenants facing eviction, Maharawal describes the different strategies for resistance that emerged as well as lessons for the broader … more

Public Discussion on Rural Immigrant health- This insightful work on rural health in the United States examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean, navigate the health care system in the United States. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has risen sharply, and rural areas have seen the highest increases. Thurka Sangaramoorthy reveals that that the … more

Lecture and Public Discussion: In this talk Dr. Sayers will expand on his work on Maroon Communities in the swamplands of North Carolina and Virgina to reflect on the role of the non-human in shaping the notions of freedom and unfreedom for marginalized communities.