# Event Details - **Event Name**: Amma’s Pride: Visibility, Acceptance and Celebration - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Amma's Pride: Transgender Awareness Week - Visibility, Acceptance and CelebrationAbout this EventAmma’s Pride: Visibility, Acceptance, and Celebration of Trans YouthJoin us for an evening that celebrates the power of storytelling and the voices of a new generation. The night begins with a screening of the award-winning short documentary Amma’s Pride, followed by a special reading and conversation with author Kimm Topping from their debut book Generation Queer: Stories of Youth Organizers, Artists, and Educators—a tribute to young trailblazers shaping a world rooted in intersectional, collaborative social justice. Together, we’ll explore how stories like Amma’s Pride and Generation Queer create spaces of belonging, empathy, and action. The evening concludes with a community dialogue, reflection, and celebration of the next generation of changemakers.The event is made possible by: Asian Women Giving Circle and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. https://vimeo.com/1118830432?fl=pl&fe=sh7:00 pm Doors Open7:15 pm Warm welcome by Chithra Jeyaram7:20 pm Film ScreeningAmma's Pride chronicles Valli’s unwavering support for her trans daughter, Srija, as Srija fights for legal recognition of her marriage in a traditional South Indian town.7:45 pm Book reading & conversation on trans & queer youth trailblazersFilmmaker Shiva Krish & Author Kimm Topping8:30 pm Cash Bar 9:00 pm Event EndsAboutKimm Topping, Ed.M. is a Brooklyn-based trans and queer artist-educator, writer, and historian dedicated to preserving and teaching LGBTQIA+ history. They are the author of Generation Queer: Stories of Youth Organizers, Artists, and Educators, a nonfiction collection celebrating young activists shaping a more just and inclusive world. As the founder of Lavender Education, Kimm creates arts and education programs that center queer history and liberation. With over a decade of experience, they have worked with schools and organizations nationwide to build affirming spaces, and currently lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on gender, sexuality, and equity. Their work has been recognized by the 2025 Curve Power List and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition for their lasting impact on LGBTQIA+ education and advocacy.SHIVA KRISH: DIRECTOR (He/Him) began his career as an assistant director on the Tamil feature film ORU NAAL IRAVIL Volunteering during the Chennai floods of 2015 connected him with several local nonprofits, which in turn sparked his interest in documentaries. After that, he made short documentaries on demonetization in India and schizophrenia in collaboration with nonprofits. He was the first assistant director in the acclaimed Amazon Prime documentary series HARMONY WITH A.R. RAHMAN. AMMA’S PRIDE is his first independent documentary short.Chithra Jeyaram is a physical therapist turned filmmaker who identifies as Tamil. Her films reveal the extraordinary in the everyday, focusing on the wisdom, resilience, and love of biological and chosen families. Her feature documentary FOREIGN PUZZLE is a poignant exploration of motherhood that contrasts cancer's brutality with the resilience of dance, and LOVE CHAOS KIN fills a critical gap in mainstream adoption narratives by highlighting multicultural families through the lens of immigrants. She has edited the feature documentary - Sex Work, It’s Just a Job (2025) and filmed and edited the feature documentary One Thousand and One Berber Nights (2023). Chithra is an adjunct faculty member at NYU. She is an alumna of prestigious programs, including Visions du Réel’s RoughCut Lab, the Chicken & (Egg)celerator Lab, the BGDM Artist Fellowship, the Gotham Documentary Fellowship, and the Jerome Foundation grant. Her films have been showcased by platforms and festivals such as 2M, PBS, CBSN, Apple TV, BlackStar, SXSW, and DOC NYC. She calls Chennai and New York City home and is writing her first screenplay, THE LONGEST SUMMER. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/480655f0-bedd-11f0-b012-77968f1f9f74-rimg-w523-h740-dc040405-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/amma’s-pride-visibility-acceptance-and-celebration/100001832454884889 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, festivals, volunteering, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fammas-pride-visibility-acceptance-and-celebration-tickets-1832454884889 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Buunni Coffee - Inwood - **lat**: 40.8681653 - **long**: -73.92052799999999 - **full address**: Buunni Coffee - Inwood, 4961 Broadway, New York, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Chithra Jeyaram, Real Talkies LLC (https://allevents.in/org/chithra-jeyaram-real-talkies-llc/18837853) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/027e296498e35b628165167bf35f06bb1550928168f975d330d56d63d6d2437a-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1a1615-gmir.jpg?v=1762851807 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/743468ffc3a9e3845552a0323a6322d2cd1520836c808396a58b28803ac564d2-rimg-w400-h400-dc1a1617-gmir.jpg?v=1762851806 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Buunni Coffee - Inwood, 4961 Broadway, New York, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Chithra Jeyaram, Real Talkies LLC - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment, festivals, volunteering, storytelling - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Amma’s Pride: Visibility, Acceptance and Celebration ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Amma’s Pride: Visibility, Acceptance and Celebration", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/027e296498e35b628165167bf35f06bb1550928168f975d330d56d63d6d2437a-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1a1615-gmir.jpg?v=1762851807", "startDate": "2025-11-19", "endDate": "2025-11-19", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/amma’s-pride-visibility-acceptance-and-celebration/100001832454884889", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Buunni Coffee - Inwood", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "4961 Broadway", "postalCode": "10034", "addressLocality": "New York", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.8681653", "longitude": "-73.92052799999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Amma's Pride: Transgender Awareness Week - Visibility, Acceptance and Celebration", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-19", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/amma’s-pride-visibility-acceptance-and-celebration/100001832454884889" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/amma’s-pride-visibility-acceptance-and-celebration/100001832454884889", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Chithra Jeyaram Real Talkies LLC", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/chithra-jeyaram-real-talkies-llc/18837853", "description": "Chithra Jeyaram makes intimate films about identity, relationships, race, art, and health. She has an M.F.A in film production from the University of Texas in Austin. 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