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Brujería as Collective Action: The Hexing of Donald Trump SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION RELIGION GRADUATE ORGANIZATION PRESENTS OCTOBER 10 * 7 PM - LYMAN 132 PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIONS AT HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL. For those who practice African diasporic religions, “witchcraft” or brujería as it is known in Spanish, has historically been a strategy to reveal systematic oppression. Since early European colonialism and white domination, overseers, masters, and police have been the subject of curses from various Black, Native, and Pagan hexes. This talk examines the collective political strategy of brujería against Donald Trump as tool against the violence of this racist administration. AISHA M. BELISO-DE JESÚS SPONSORED BY: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION, RELIGION GRADUATE ORGANIZATION, DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION, AFRICAN- AMERICAN STUDIES, LATINO/LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM, & THE DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION | 501 HALL OF LANGUAGES, SYRACUSE, NY 13244 | PHONE: 315.443.3863 | RELIGION.SYR.EDU

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Brujeriacutea asCollective Action The Hexing of Donald Trump

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION RELIGION GRADUATE ORGANIZATION PRESENTS

OCTOBER 10 7 PM - LYMAN 132

PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIONS AT HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL

For those who practice African diasporic religions ldquowitchcraftrdquo or brujeriacutea as it is known in Spanish has histor ical ly been a strategy to reveal systematic oppression Since early European colonialism and white domination overseers masters and police have been the subject of curses from various Black Native and Pagan hexes This talk examines the collective political strategy of brujeriacutea against Donald Trump as tool against the violence of this racist administration

AISHA M BELISO-DE JESUacuteS

SPONSORED BY SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION RELIGION GRADUATE ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES LATINOLATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM amp THE DEPARTMENT OF WOMENS AND GENDER STUDIES

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION | 501 HALL OF LANGUAGES SYRACUSE NY 13244 | PHONE 3154433863 | RELIGIONSYREDU