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This is what education looks like when it’s actually fun.

This isn’t school. It’s smarter, sexier, and served with a glass of bubbly.

EVENT DETAILS

September 19th, 2025

57 Grand St. apt 1B Brooklyn, NY

7:30pm

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was born from a simple truth: we deserve access to deep, transformative knowledge, without needing to step foot or pay thousands to be in an institution.

Our events are designed for curious minds who want more than surface-level conversation.

Each gathering features one guest speaker—a scholar, thinker, or creative—who breaks down complex ideas across politics, science, psychology, economics, culture, and the diaspora in a way that feels real, relevant, and rooted. Think political science, psychology, science, tech, diaspora studies, and everything in between.

Over cocktails and conversation, we create space for learning that’s communal, accessible, and alive. No gatekeeping. No jargon. Just sharp minds, good energy, and ideas worth sharing.

This is higher education—on our terms.

SEPTEMBER 19TH

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GUEST SPEAKER

Terrence Freeman is an organizer, Bronx native, historian and recent MA graduate of NYU’s GSAS history program, who studies the historical intersection between radical social movements and sociopolitical  repression in late 20th century New York City. His thesis, “For a Healthy and Community Controlled Bronx: White Lightning and the Fight Against Social Abandonment and Struggle for Neighborhood Socialism”, investigates the intellectual contributions and health politics of White Lightning—a Bronx-based New Left organization of the early 1970s founded by white, former heroin addicts. The piece articulates how the group’s community-directed activism—its free health clinics, its detoxification initiatives, and its challenges to housing inequality—was not only a reification of its conviction that poor health was socially determined and could only be redressed by unraveling the broader conditions of social inequality, but also a direct means of combatting the socioeconomic neglect inflicted upon the Bronx’s poor, working class and predominantly BIPOC communities by a municipal government committed to advancing a regime of austerity politics.

TERRENCE FREEMAN

FAQs

  • Doors open at 7:30pm so you can get settled with a welcome drink before the program begins. The conversation will start promptly at 8:30.

  • We’re keeping it cozy and low-key. You’ll take your shoes off when you arrive, so wear socks, go barefoot, or use the slippers we’ll have for you. We’ll be sitting criss-cross on the floor for the conversation, so pick something you’ll feel comfortable moving and sitting in. Think relaxed but still nice enough for a special night out.

  • Yes. We’ll be serving a selection of curated small plates and appetizers along with champagne and non-alcoholic options.

  • We may take photos for future promotion. If you’d prefer not to be photographed, let a team member know at check-in.

  • The event will be held in Williamsburg, NYC. We’ll send exact details and directions after ticket purchase.

  • Just your curiosity and an open mind. All materials for the interactive session will be provided.

  • Terrence Freeman is an organizer, Bronx native, historian and recent MA graduate of NYU’s GSAS history program, who studies the historical intersection between radical social movements and sociopolitical  repression in late 20th century New York City. His thesis, “For a Healthy and Community Controlled Bronx: White Lightning and the Fight Against Social Abandonment and Struggle for Neighborhood Socialism”, investigates the intellectual contributions and health politics of White Lightning—a Bronx-based New Left organization of the early 1970s founded by white, former heroin addicts. The piece articulates how the group’s community-directed activism—its free health clinics, its detoxification initiatives, and its challenges to housing inequality—was not only a reification of its conviction that poor health was socially determined and could only be redressed by unraveling the broader conditions of social inequality, but also a direct means of combatting the socioeconomic neglect inflicted upon the Bronx’s poor, working class and predominantly BIPOC communities by a municipal government committed to advancing a regime of austerity politics.

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