TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing – Film and Talk

Event details Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Campus: The City College of New York Type: Performing Arts / Film About this event An exciting biography of this highly influential Black woman writer, filmmaker and organizer. Director Louis Massiah will speak. As B. Ruby RIch writes:"Louis Massiah has conjured the great Toni Cade Bambara back to life. Through archival footage and personal testimonies—most notably and eloquently by her friend, editor, and champion, Toni Morrison—this formidable writer and warrior for social justice blazes back into consciousness. There was simply nobody else like her. TCB - The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing offers a tonic for today’s woes and a lesson in joyousness for today’s challenges. With its propulsive jazz soundtrack and knowledge of history, Massiah’s film feeds a bone-deep hunger for inspiration." Join us for the film and hear from the director, Louis Massiah. When: October 14th, 2026 at 6 PM Where: Shepard Hall Room 291, City College of NY 259 Convent Avenue at 140th Street. #1 to 137th street, ABCD to 145th Street ASL and CART. Light refreshments served. A presentation of the Documentary Forum at CCNY and Third World Newsreel RSVP Date: October 14, 2026 Time: 6:00 PM — 9:00 PM College: The City College of New York Address: Convent Avenue & 138th Street, Manhattan Building: Shepard Hall Rooms 290/291 Phone: 212 947-9277 x 16 Admission: Free Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tcb-the-toni-cade-bambara-school-of-organizing-film-and-talk-tickets-2001894332839?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true Official event details: https://events.cuny.edu/cec/tcb-the-toni-cade-bambara-school-of-organizing-film-and-talk/