From Our Sofa- Deeper conversations. Delio Vasquez

As part of our From the Sofa series, join us as we spend time on the sofa sharing and learning about the life of Black Panther leader Huey Newton

Huey P. Newton was called many things in his time: revolutionary, genius, criminal, even the most surveilled human being in world history. Yet, little of the truth about him is known today due to persistent distortions of his legacy as co-founder of the Black Panther Party.

In this much-needed intellectual history, Delio Vásquez establishes Newton as a true philosopher. Newton developed innovative theories for how the most oppressed could spearhead revolutionary change in a rapidly developing technological society. Inspired by his ideas, the Panthers forged alliances with Black student unions and street gangs, Hollywood elites and poor whites, the gay liberation movement and Third World nations.

Delio Vásquez is a scholar of Black studies, philosophy, and social movement history based out of New York University. He has prior taught at American University in Washington D.C., as well as incarcerated students at San Quentin Prison in California and Wallkill Correctional Facility in New York. He has published in various venues on the history and theories of the Black Panther Party, the lived experience of hunger, and criminalized forms of survival and resistance. His past research has also included specializations in political theory and feminist studies. Delio is from the Bronx, New York.

From the Sofa is a unique opportunity to have a deeper conversation  with an author than the usual theatre style author events. There is no host just the author making themselves available for an in depth conversation about their work. 

Why should I come? Come if you are inquisitive and want to be a part of intelligent nuanced conversations with highly knowledgeable people.

Who is this event for? The conversationalists. Those who prefer smaller settings for conversations. Those who have an interest in Black history.