Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Fermin Rojas. This episode is a rerun which is part of the Best Of TriVersity Talk Series.
TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn.
TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s ICARE Initiative. ICARE stands for Increasing Community Awareness through Relevant Education. ICARE Programs are generously funded by The Greater Pike Community.
Fermín Rojas is a playwright, producer, filmmaker, actor, and co-founder of DKR Films. He is a member of Desert Playwrights’ Retreat, and The Truro Playwrights’ Collective. His latest play Liberty Talks have its world premiere in 2024 at Wellfleet Harbor Actors’ Theatre (WHAT). DKR’s award-winning documentaries include There Are Things To Do (about LGBTQ activist Urvashi Vaid), The Black Mambas, King Philip’s Belt : A Story of Wampum, which screened at The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of the American Indian, and Alumbrones (iIlluminations) about artist in Havana, Cuba. Narrative film credits include executive producer for The Ali’i King, written and directed by Christine Kunewa Walker, and consulting producer of High Tide by Marco Calvani. Along with husband Jay Kubesch, Fermin produced Cuba’s first and only gay men’s singing ensemble Mano a Mano. Fermin is also proud to be a past board member of Provincetown Theater. He is currently collaborating on a new musical The Gospel of Eureka with composer/singer Emily Saliers, writer Mfoniso Udofia, and director Jeremy Cohen.
There Are Things To Do (about LGBTQ activist Urvashi Vaid): Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was a LGBTQ+ leader who believed in human rights for all people and helped shape the modern gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap for generations of activists, particularly as the lesbian, gay, and bisexual, transgender & queer communities currently face backlash against equal rights.
Watch TriVersity Talk! Live on Wednesday at 7 PM ET on Youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/@TriVersityCenter The official website for the TriVersity Center may be found at https://www.triversitycenter.org
