Screening of "There are Things to Do" by Mike Syers on May 7 with special guest Laverne Cox.
鈥淪tanding on the Shoulders of Heroes,鈥 an exhibition of LGBTQ+ stories from the Stonewall National Museum & Archives Photography Exhibit, comes to 海角社区 at the May 7 screening of 鈥.鈥 The event will take place at the from 5-7 p.m. followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and special guest LGBTQ+ activist and actress .
Cox will be the newest addition to the "Standing on the Shoulders of Heroes" exhibit, and her panel will be unveiled at the May 7 event where documentary filmmaker Mike Syers鈥 short film "There are Things to Do," about Indian-born American LGBTQ+ activist, writer and author Urvashi Vaid, will be shown.
Cox rose to prominence on the Netflix series 鈥淥range Is the New Black,鈥 becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for 鈥淟averne Cox Presents: The T Word,鈥 making her the first trans woman to win the award.
Following the film, Syers will take the stage with CCNY鈥檚 inaugural Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership Urvashi Vaid Award for LGBTQ+ Advocacy winners Shantal Rodriguez, a CCNY student, and Blaze Levario, a CCNY alum. There will be special remarks by , executive director of the Stonewall National Museum & Archives, and Andrew Rich, the Richard J. Henley and Susan L. Davis Dean of CCNY鈥檚 Colin Powell School.
The exhibition will be on display for pre-registered guests at 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor, on May 7. For more information, please email:
events@ccny.cuny.edu
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The exhibit and event are co-sponsored by CCNY, CCNY鈥檚 LGBTQ+ Student Center, the , The Foundation for City College, the Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications & External Relations, the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and the Colin Powell School.
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