(Re)imagining Black Futures: Intersectionality and Coalition Building for Reshaping Black Realities
Event Details
Saturday, April 27, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Campus Center Amherst Room
Free
Online registration or tickets
Contact
Andrew Brooks
Afro-American Studies
The Afro-American Studies Graduate Student Council (AAGC) and W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, invite the UMASS and Five Colleges community to join us on Saturday, April 27 for our Graduate Student Symposium “(Re)imagining Black Futures: Intersectionality and Coalition Building for Reshaping Black Realities.” The Symposium features working scholars, graduate students, and Du Bois Department alumni from across the country in order to explore topics of Black politics, Black culture, Black literature, and Black Feminisms, within the framework of envisioning the future of Black communities and Black Studies.
Find the event program here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rxPEjMfGa23GbLZdrxyXQYtMmipOskHG/view?usp=sharing
RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fw-uMyU25IV_jC7dbahmklVaPOyivxY8kVhcD0ncKj8
Time & Place
Saturday, April 27
9am - 5pm
Hadley & Amherst Rooms, 10th Floor Campus Center
The University of Massachusetts Amherst
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Daphne Lamothe
Professor of Africana Studies, Smith College
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.