If you had to describe Jackson, Mississippi in one word, that word would have to be “burgeoning.”
We are a town full of artists, intellectuals, and entrepreneurs. Jackson is full of people with drive and we are doing “world class”
things. For
us to sustain and expand on the promise that surrounds us, we must
seize the initiative and start a new conversation, a two-sided
conversation, between Jackson and the rest of the world. That is why
we have started Cross-Pollinate: A Speaker Series.
Cross-Pollinate Vol. I Featured Shahid Buttar, the executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee(“BRDC”).
BRDC is a national grassroots organization dedicated to building a
popular movement to restore the rule of law and civil liberties eroded
by the war on terror. The organization addresses warrantless
surveillance, arbitrary detention, torture with impunity and the
executive secrecy that pervades each of these policy areas. Heather
Hurlburt, Executive Director of the National Security Network, recently
included Mr. Buttar among her list of “recommended voices” on the issue
of national security policy under President Obama.As
the name suggests, “Cross-Pollinate” is about creating a mutually
beneficial interaction between Jacksonians and today’s most creative
and successful young thinkers, artists, and activists. Each
Cross-Pollination will bring to Jackson one featured speaker and ask them to give an "Intellectual Argument" and then, the following night, their "Artistic Response." These speakers will always be young intellectuals who are strong in their academic field and also, in unique ways, successful artists. For three days, the speaker will meet with a wide range of Jacksonians and in a variety of situations that will be enlightening for us and for them. When the speakers leave, they will leave as a new ambassador for our City. June 25 - June 26 = Cross-Pollinate Vol. II FEATURED GUEST: LARISA MANN (aka DJ RIPLEY) Larisa Mann/DJ Ripley, is a dj, journalist, and a scholar at UC Berkeley Law School’s Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program.
She has spoken at significant academic conferences on the issue of
copyright law and its effects on creativity. Her work particularly
focuses on Jamaican culture. Under the name "DJ Ripley", Larisa has performed all over the world and
is one of the residents of the concert series Surya Dub, which recently had its 3rd anniversay. The readers of the San Francisco Guardian voted Larisa the Best Club DJ in 2008 for her genre-defying sets of dubstep, reggae, and various forms of international bass music. Read More About Larisa Here: Http://djripley.blogspot.com CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
THE INTELLECTUAL ARGUMENT: FRIDAY, JUNE 25 |
