A World Beyond PC

In the recent political climate, the use (or misuse) of language has been an issue at the forefront of public discourse and within social movements. Most specifically, this Olio will explore the following: How does a fear of language hold us back from addressing the critical social justice issues that surround us? How does the cultivation of a PC culture actually harm movements for social change?

Together, we will explore language and how it can simultaneously be used to perpetuate systems of oppression and on the other hand, create more welcoming spaces for communities. We will collectively discuss the perils of PC language that separates and hinders us from making social change, alongside “liberatory language,” language that uplifts, unites, and mobilizes social change.

Using examples from the immigrant rights and end mass incarceration movements, we will also explore how imagination, and the arts has been used to build “liberatory language” and how a world beyond PC might not only be possible, but necessary.

Teacher: Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario

Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario is an adjunct lecturer at the City College of New York in the Education and Art Education departments. She is also the Executive Director of Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE), a non-profit organization that supports young people in amplifying their voices for human rights change through the visual arts.

$15

Nowadays
56-06 Cooper Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385











When: Wed., Nov. 7, 2018 at 7:00 pm

In the recent political climate, the use (or misuse) of language has been an issue at the forefront of public discourse and within social movements. Most specifically, this Olio will explore the following: How does a fear of language hold us back from addressing the critical social justice issues that surround us? How does the cultivation of a PC culture actually harm movements for social change?

Together, we will explore language and how it can simultaneously be used to perpetuate systems of oppression and on the other hand, create more welcoming spaces for communities. We will collectively discuss the perils of PC language that separates and hinders us from making social change, alongside “liberatory language,” language that uplifts, unites, and mobilizes social change.

Using examples from the immigrant rights and end mass incarceration movements, we will also explore how imagination, and the arts has been used to build “liberatory language” and how a world beyond PC might not only be possible, but necessary.

Teacher: Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario

Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario is an adjunct lecturer at the City College of New York in the Education and Art Education departments. She is also the Executive Director of Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE), a non-profit organization that supports young people in amplifying their voices for human rights change through the visual arts.

$15

Nowadays
56-06 Cooper Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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