In the final week of this charged and consequential election season, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Political Science Department, in partnership with the Department of Black and Latinx Studies, is convening a roundtable conversation to discuss the role … Continue reading Identity Politics and the 2020 Election–October 29 @6PM
HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? is a multidisciplinary collective of 45 African diasporic artists who have lived and worked together, in various iterations, for the past twenty years. The collective identifies as a primarily Black, mostly queer group that consists of visual … Continue reading “How Do You Say Yam in African?” Digital Exhibition October 12-November 25, 2020
Black women took part in thousands of individual and group escapes during slavery in the Americas. They actively played central roles in insurrections and revolts. In this collection of stories, Arroyo Pizarro examines how, exploited as they were by slavery … Continue reading Negras, Enslaved Women Rebellion–October 9
Please join BLS Professor Karanja Keita Carroll, the Professional Staff Congress, and other Baruch community faculty, students, and staff talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion from a range of perspectives. The conversation takes place on October 8, from 12:30-2:00pm via … Continue reading Get in the Conversation: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion @ Baruch
On this episode of “Unmuted Africa,” BLS professor Dr. Karanja Keita Carroll explains the discipline of Africana Studies. What is its purpose? Why, when and how did it start? Not only does Dr. Carroll show the void that the discipline … Continue reading Africana Studies, Pan-Africanism, and How to Read Cheikh Anta Diop
The Department of Black and Latino Studies understands its responsibility to sustaining the historical integrity and intentions of the SEEK program. In this current climate, the SEEK Program is at risk. Not only has its budget been cut but important … Continue reading We Stand with SEEK
BLS Professor Arthur Lewin will speak with Professor Carla Shedd (CUNY Graduate Center) and Professor Zebulon Miletsky (SUNY Stonybrook) on a panel called, “Allyship 101: How to Create More Inclusive Institutions” on August 13 at 6pm! You can register here. Continue reading Allyship 101: How to Create More Inclusive Institutions
Baruch Professor Bridgett M. Davis’ memoir, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers will not only be the first year text for Fall 2020, but it will be adapted for a feature film — … Continue reading The World According to Fannie Davis
Did you know the1960s LGBT rights movement was led by trans women of color? From Equality Archive: “History remembers New York’s iconic Stonewall Inn as the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement. On June 28, 1969 it’s bar patrons … Continue reading LGBTQ+ Pride!
“Let Freedom Ring, Facing the rising sun (the sun, the sun, the sun) of our new day begun (of our new day begun) Let us march on (march on, march on, march on) till victory Let us march on (march … Continue reading Celebrating Juneteenth!