Event

Truthworker Theatre Company

The Association for Justice & Health (AJAH) at Columbia University's School of Public Health presents: BAR CODE: A PERFORMATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE

Directed by Samara Gaev, BAR CODE is an original work written and performed by a company of high school and college-aged youth from Brooklyn, NY. Drawing connections from Willie Lynch to Trayvon Martin, sourcing interviews with formerly incarcerated youth, and citing research from New York City's key lawyers in the Stop and Frisk trials, BAR CODE interrogates cycles of systemic oppression through a compelling narrative that weaves rhyme, multimedia, hip-hop theatre, dance, and personal testimony.

All proceeds collected will support Truthworker Theatre Company, a social justice based, hip-hop theatre company for high school and college aged youth in Brooklyn, NY. TTC provides free programming and professional stipends for young visionaries & performers to receive rigorous training in the arts and social justice. TTC is a safe space for young people to be the subjects, not the objects, of their stories-narrating their own experiences & unique perspectives. Using theatre & media to examine history & learn about models for creating social change, TTC programming fosters language & critical thinking skills as tools to develop solution-driven citizens of the world.