The Africana Studies 2012 Graduation Luncheon

Thursday, May 31, 2012
1:00PM
ERIS - Center For Diversity Lounge
3309 James Hall

Graduates, friends and family, faculty and staff, and fellow students are all welcome at our buffet luncheon in honor of our graduating majors and minors in Africana Studies. The event will take place immediately following the Brooklyn College Baccalaureate Commencement exercise. The Daniel E. Mayers award, acknowledging excellence in the field of Africana Studies, will also be presented.

East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
11th Annual Black Comic Book Convention

Saturday, May 19, 2012
11:00AM - 7:00PM

The Enterprise Center
4548 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19139

The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) is a comic book convention that features some of the nation’s most accomplished comic book writers, artists, and cartoonists. They honor comic book excellence by presenting the Pioneer Awards to those artists and writers who have paved the way for today's comic book artists and writers, as well as the Glyph Comic Awards which recognize the best in comics made either by, for, or about Black people. ECBACC celebrates the accomplishments that Black artists have made in the comic book industry and promote positive Black images/role models through exciting programs, workshops, and panels.

This event is free for children ages 12 and under, and $10 for adults and teens.

For more information, please call (267) 536-9847 or visit the ECBACC website at www.ecbacc.com.

Prof. Green's classes:

Africana 3324
The Black Urban Experience
2:15PM - 3:30PM

Africana 3337
Black Entrepreneurship in America
5:05PM - 6:20PM

and

Africana 3320
The Black Family
6:30PM - 9:15PM

Are Cancelled for today, Monday, May 14, 2012.

*Students should pick up a copy of the take-home final exam from the main dept., 3105 James Hall.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Prof. Green's classes:

Africana 3324
The Black Urban Experience
2:15PM - 3:30PM

Africana 3337
Black Entrepreneurship in America
5:05PM - 6:20PM

and

Africana 3320
The Black Family
6:30PM - 9:15PM

Are Cancelled for today, Monday, May 07, 2012.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Prof. Green's classes:

Africana 3324
The Black Urban Experience
2:15PM - 3:30PM

and

Africana 3337
Black Entrepreneurship in America
5:05PM - 6:20PM

Are Cancelled for today, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Prof. Latortue's classes:

AFST 3240 (CMLT 3623 and PRLS 3315)
Caribbean Literature
2:15PM - 3:30PM

and

AFST 3260 (ENGL 3162 and WMST 3117)
Black Women in Fiction
3:40PM - 4:55PM

Are Cancelled for today, Thursday, April 19, 2012.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Prof. Day's class:

Africana 3360 (WMST 3446)
Black Women in America
2:15PM - 3:30PM

Is Cancelled for today, Thursday, April 05, 2012.

*Students should leave their due papers/assignments with the Africana Studies Dept., 3105 James Hall.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Prof. Green's classes:

Africana 3324
The Black Urban Experience
2:15PM - 3:30PM

Africana 3337
Black Entrepreneurship in America
5:05PM - 6:20PM

and

*Africana 3320
The Black Family
6:30PM - 9:15PM

Are Cancelled for today, Monday, April 02, 2012.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

*AFST 3320 students, please pick up a copy of the take-home midterm from the main dept., 3105 James Hall

Egypt in Transition
The 27th Social Research Conference

Thursday, April 12, 2012
10:00AM - 7:30PM

John Tishman Auditorium
The New School
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011

This conference aims to shed light on the origins of the events in Tahrir Square, the deposing of President Mubarak, the changes currently under way, and the future of Egypt and the Arab world. Experts will address the roots and character of the Egyptian Revolution and possible outcomes of the Egyptian Revolution. The keynote address will be delivered by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Founder of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, and Trustee of the Arab Democracy Foundation in Cairo.

For more information, please visit the event's webpage at The New School. To save seats, please RSVP to cps-at-newschool-dot-edu.

From One Island to Another:
Dominican Immigration to New York, 1892-1924

Tuesday, April 03, 2012
6:00PM

James Room (3rd Floor, Barnard Hall)
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

More than 5,000 Dominicans came to New York City through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924, and many of them came with the idea of staying permanently. Many of those who came were young and single while many others were married and brought their families with them. How do these Dominicans differ from those who followed them in the 1960’s? How do Dominicans who came through Ellis Island resemble other Caribbean Hispanics who lived in New York City at the dawn of the 20th Century? This presentation is based on Ellis Island documents and other institutional archival records and focuses specifically on those Dominicans that wanted to make New York their permanent home.

A lecture by Ramona Hernández. This event is sponsored by the Forum on Migration and Columbia’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race as part of the Migration, Race, and Ethnicity lecture series.

Race, Civil Rights, and Military Service
A Conversation About Kimberly Phillip's War! What Is It Good For?

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
12:15PM - 2:00PM
Gold Room (6th floor), SUBO

The Wolfe Institute in cooperation with Veterans Affairs and Counseling Center, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Veteran Students Organization, Office of Diversity and Equity Programs, the Department of Africana Studies, and the Department of History presents: Race, Civil Rights, and Military Service featuring Dean Kimberley Phillips and Colonel Stephanie Smith.

Please contact the Wolfe Institute at (718) 951-5847 or wolfeinstitute-at-brooklyn-dot-cuny-dot-edu for more information.

Wangari Maathai
Visionary, Environmental Leader, Political Activist, and Educator

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
9:30AM - 3:00PM
Gold Room (6th floor), SUBO

Wangari Maathai (1940 - 2011) was a Kenyan environmentalist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the Green Belt Movement. The movement, a grassroots organization she founded in 1977, teaches Kenyan women how to create and maintain eco-friendly environments in the midst of enormous economic, political, and social oppression.

Please contact Prof. Florence at (718) 951-5000, ext. 3772 or nflorence-at-brooklyn-dot-cuny-dot-edu for more information.

Gender & Power in Sierra Leone
Women Chiefs of the Last Two Centuries

Tuesday, March 13, 2012
5:00PM - 6:30PM
State Lounge (5th floor), SUBO

A book party conversation and celebration with Prof. Lynda Day. In research that spans over 30 years, Prof. Day uses Sierra Leone to explore gendered political authority, illuminating the role it plays in women's history, political history, and political transformation. Embraced by the women chiefs and their extended families, Prof. Day will talk about her experience researching women chiefs and how this experience impacted her professional and personal growth.

Please contact Ms. Adams at (718) 951-5476 or iadams-at-brooklyn-dot-cuny-dot-edu for more information.

Women's Rights & Empowerment in Sierra Leone, West Africa
A Conversation With Martha Chigozie and Prof. Lynda Day

Thursday, March 01, 2012
1:00PM - 2:15PM
Women's Center
227 New Ingersoll

Ms. Chigozie's Sierra Leone-based NGO is dedicated to empowering women and girls through adult literacy, skill building, and leadership training. One of her main goals is the eradication of Female Genital Cutting, a widespread practice in Sierra Leone.

Please contact Ms. Adams at (718) 951-5476 or iadams-at-brooklyn-dot-cuny-dot-edu for more information.

Culture as Site for Contest: Destroyed Past, Truncated Present, Dubious Future
A Brooklyn College Interdisciplinary Colloquium

Friday, March 02, 2012
5:30PM - 9:00PM
Jefferson-Williams Lounge (4th Floor), SUBO

and

Saturday, March 03, 2012
9:00AM - 7:00PM
Georgian Room (Basement), Boylan Hall

A collaborative initiative of the departments of Philosophy, Africana Studies, Political Science, and Secondary Education, this colloquium will discuss epistemicide - the obliteration of a people's intellectual consciousness and heritage - in Africa. An array of eminent scholars from various disciplines will participate and discuss the diverse challenges facing peoples of African descent in the 21st century.

For more information, please visit the Philosophy Department's colloquium webpage or contact Ms. Dwyer at (718) 951-5311 or ldywer-at-brooklyn-dot-cuny-dot-edu.

Protest and Sacrifice
A Discussion on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

Thursday, February 16, 2012
6:30PM

The Graduate Center, CUNY
The James Gallery
365 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10016

As the leader of the Indian independence struggle in the first half of the 20th century, M. K. Gandhi galvanized the marginalized and the voiceless in an epic struggle to gain recognition and freedom. A student of Gandhi’s philosophy, Martin Luther King did much the same as the most important leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Join Jeffrey Ferguson (Black Studies and American Studies, Amherst College) and Uday Mehta (Political Science, The Graduate Center, CUNY) for a discussion about these two important figures and their shared principles and disagreements. Sujatha Fernandez (Anthropology, Queens, CUNY) will moderate.

For more information, please visit http://centerforthehumanities.org/, or contact (212) 817-2005 or ch-AT-gc-DOT-cuny-DOT-edu.

IndiVisible Dialogue
African-Native American Lives in the Americas

Thursday, February 09, 2012 - Friday, August 31, 2012

The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Diker Pavilion
One Bowling Green (near Battery Park)
New York, NY 10004

This 20-panel banner exhibition explores the history, culture and contemporary reality of people who share African-American and Native American ancestry. It also sheds light on the dynamics of race, community, culture, and creativity, and addresses the human desires of being and belonging. With compelling text and powerful graphics, IndiVisible includes accounts of cultural integration and diffusion as well as the struggle to define and preserve identity. Stories are set within the context of a larger society that, for centuries, has viewed people through the prism of race brought to the Western Hemisphere by European settlers. The exhibition is accompanied by a 160-page publication and 10-minute media piece.

The exhibition kicks off with a conversation hosted by curator Dr. Gabrielle Tayac (Piscataway) and Dr. Heriberto Dixon (Tutelo) about the history and contemporary cultures of mixed heritage Native people. A book signing will follow the discussion.

The discussion will take place Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 6:00PM in the Diker Pavilion. It will also be simultaneously webcasted online.

Please call (212) 514-3700 or visit the exhibition's website for more information.

Prof. Pierre's class:

AFST 3335
The Black Child and the Urban Education System
6:30PM - 9:15PM
Section EW6

Will be held, for today only, Wednesday, February 08, 2012, in the

Woody-Tanger Auditorium
1st Floor, Brooklyn College Library

for the "Jim Crow Justice" BC event.

Jim Crow Justice
A Black History Month Lecture

Wednesday, February 08, 2012
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Woody-Tanger Auditorium
(Brooklyn College Library)

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad will discuss his book, Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. Dr. Muhammad wrote that 100 years ago New York City police were accused of engaging in a "pattern of discriminatory crime-fighting," with Blacks arrested for crimes that Whites committed with impunity. Dr. Muhammad will reflect on a question: Is New York City's Stop-and-Frisk policy a continuation of these "Jim Crow" practices associated with the post-Civil War South? Prof. Ron Howell and Dean Kimberly Phillips will also speak.

For more information, please contact the Wolfe Institute at (718) 951-5847 or wolfeinstitute-at-brooklyn-dot-cuny-dot-edu.

Black Hair
A Discussion About The Fascination With All "Types" of Black Hair

Tuesday, February 07, 2012
6:30PM - 9:30PM
Jefferson-Williams Lounge (4th Floor), SUBO

According to statistics, Black hair care consumption is incredibly high. Why is that and what are the concerns? Speak about natural, relaxed, locked, and weaved hair. Hosted by the Black History Month Committee and Women of Color.

Light refreshments will be served.