Blacks in ºÚÁϹÙÍø Conference

Blacks in ºÚÁϹÙÍø is a conference series conceived of by former ºÚÁϹÙÍø College Black Studies Director Amanda V. Houston. These conferences addressed subjects such as blacks in metropolitan ºÚÁϹÙÍø, the struggle for equal education, the relationships between Irish and black ºÚÁϹÙÍøians, and the role of immigrants of African descent in the development and evolution of ºÚÁϹÙ꿉۪s black communities.

Blacks in ºÚÁϹÙÍø Conference

2022 Blacks in ºÚÁϹÙÍø Conference
“Fifty Years of Black Studies in ºÚÁϹÙÍøâ€

April 9, 2022
ºÚÁϹÙÍø College, Gasson 100

FREE and open to the public. Deadline to register is April 4th.

Panel 1 Reflecting on Black Studies At and Beyond ºÚÁϹÙÍø College

  • 10:00–11:30 a.m.

    Aminah Fernandes Pilgrim, Faculty of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Critical Ethnic & Community Studies, and Africana Studies, University of Massachusetts-ºÚÁϹÙÍø

  • Faith Smith, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and English, Brandeis University

  • Cynthia Young, Associate Professor of African American Studies, English, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University

  • Moderator: Martin Summers, Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies and Director of AADS, ºÚÁϹÙÍø College

Virtual Walking Tour of Blacks at ºÚÁϹÙÍø College

  • 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

    Professor Rhonda Frederick, Associate Professor of English and African and African Diaspora Studies, ºÚÁϹÙÍø College

Panel 2 Remembering Black Studies at ºÚÁϹÙÍø College

  • 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

    Ufuoma C. Abiola (’06), Executive Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Columbia Business School

    Darcel Denise Clark ('83), Bronx County District Attorney, Member of ºÚÁϹÙÍø College Board of Trustees

  • Juan Concepcion (’96), Director, Senior Legal Counsel, ºÚÁϹÙÍø Scientific

  • Rui Gomes (’96), Operational Leader for Secondary School Regions, ºÚÁϹÙÍø Public Schools

  • Zebulon Miletsky (’06), Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Stony Brook University

  • Moderator: Karen Miller, Associate Professor of the Practice, History, ºÚÁϹÙÍø College

Keynote Address

  • 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

    Régine Jean-Charles, Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice, Director of Africana Studies, and Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Northeastern University