THE LYRIC LAB Summer Showcase
Thursday, August 24, 2017
5 - 7pm

Hunter East Harlem Gallery
2180 3rd Ave at 119th Street
New York, NY 10035

Please join us on for The Lyric Lab's Summer Showcase!

The Lyric Lab is a unique arts program that facilitates creative writing and audio recording workshops in schools, senior centers, correctional facilities and with organizations that work with the homeless.  The Lyric Lab's motto is we are "Building Community One Song at a Time."

The Summer Showcase wrapping up the first successful season of programming where The Lyric Lab had residencies at Picture the Homeless, Casabe Houses for the Elderly, the Metropolitan Detention Center and the Staten Island Urban Center.

PARTY! Uptown Portrait Unveiling & Exhibition Reception

Saturday, August 12, 2017
4 - 7pm

Hunter East Harlem Gallery
2180 3rd Ave at 119th Street
New York, NY 10035

Join us on Saturday, August 12th to celebrate our summer exhibition project, A CENTURY OF DISSENT! and view the unveiling of the UPTOWN ARTIST GROUP PORTRAIT  taken on August 5th at Marcus Garvey Park. Open to everyone! Come one, come all!

The Case for Community Policing: Lecture by Dave Cazeau

Wednesday, July 26, 2017
6:30-8:30pm

Hunter East Harlem Gallery
2180 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10035 

A Century of Dissent at Hunter East Harlem Gallery is thrilled to host THE CASE FOR COMMUNITY POLICING, a lecture by Dave Cazeau, Phd Candidate at the Graduate Center, CUNY. 

The police department in the United States has historically represented the most oppressive aspects of the country, demonstrated through its treatment of African American and black citizens. The historical approach to law enforcement has been informed by a perspective provided by the wealthier class, which largely sought to maintain their status of privilege in society at the expense of the poor minorities in the country dating back to the antebellum era. Looking at the organization of the police department (PD) through institutional theory, we see that the legitimacy that the organization sought came from the wealthier class, who historically informed and supported local police agendas. Given the current climate, where police reform is a more popularized initiative, community policing, a more socially inclusive approach to law enforcement is explored and suggested for a redefinition of the legitimacy sought by PDs, a legitimacy that will be given its social context in a country where the racial and ethnic demographics are changing.

Dave Cazeau, LMSW
Doctoral Student/Graduate Assistant
Social Welfare Program
The Graduate Center, CUNY
dcazeau@gradcenter.cuny.edu

A CENTURY OF DISSENT! at UPTOWN BOUNCE

Weds, July 19, 2017
6-9pm

Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St
New York, NY

As part of this summer's UPTOWN BOUNCE at Museum of the City of New York Jason Lazarus will have a sign-making workshop located outside the museum on 104th Street. Join us in making posters from a century of protests in Upper Manhattan, inspired directly by photographs from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.

More info coming soon.