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Sunday Platform with Andrea Reyes and Deinya Phenix: ‘Guided by Community: A Conversation’
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Guided By Community: A Conversation is an intimate and reflective dialogue between Andrea Reyes and scholar Deinya Phenix, exploring the complexities of community as both a lived experience and a systemic practice.
Drawing from Reyes’ latest book, Guided by Community, the conversation moves beyond idealized notions of belonging to examine the realities of participation, power, care, and transition. Together, they explore what it means to build, sustain, and step away from community—and why, even in moments of tension or change, community remains a critical site for learning, connection, and transformation.
Blending personal narrative with conceptual insight, this conversation invites audiences to consider their own relationship to community—not as a fixed identity, but as an evolving practice shaped through reflection, dialogue, and shared experience.
Community lunch follows, free for first-time guests and families participating in the Young Ethical Explorers Program.
About Andrea Reyes
Andrea Reyes is a community organizer, educator, writer, and doctoral candidate at the Lubin School of Business, where her research focuses on leadership, sustainability, and systems change. She has spent over a decade working across the nonprofit, fashion, and education sectors, including serving as Executive Director of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition.
Her work explores how personal experience, cultural systems, and organizational structures intersect to shape more sustainable futures. Through her Guided By book series, Andrea brings together theory, reflection, and lived experience to invite readers into deeper, more intentional ways of engaging with power, materiality, community, and future thinking.
About Deinya Phenix
Deinya Phenix is a multidisciplinary performing artist, educator, social science researcher, and leader who creates spaces for creative expression rooted in ancestral wisdom. Performing since age five, she has appeared in 900+ events worldwide. She directed Batalá New York from 2016 to 2025, training over 400 people in Afro‑diasporic percussion and dance. Currently, she performs with Legacy Women, Healing Drum Collective, Manhattan Samba, and other ensembles. She founded Sister Drumsong, co‑founded Afoxé Alkebulan Aca Black Family Reunion, teaches at Cumbe, and serves on Duye Moves’ board. Her career reflects a commitment to accessible, intergenerational arts that unite and empower communities.
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Sunday Platform is our most important and long-standing community event. These gatherings educate, stimulate personal growth, inspire reflection and action, and strengthen our community. Sunday meetings begin with music, followed by greetings and a talk given by a Society Leader, member, or guest. Platforms cover a variety of topics that reflect current events, pressing social issues, and Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.
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