Fall 2024
Check back here for our first event!
Spring 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 6:00-7:30pm
Miller Forum, Moyer Hall
Effective Allyship and Advocacy with Amber Hikes of the ACLU
Register: https://form.jotform.com/240586434570964
Past Events
Tuesday, September 26 5:00-6:30
via Zoom
“Power, Pageantry, and Performance in the Postcolonial Caribbean” -- A Guest Lecture by Dr. Julia Hori
Part of the series: Beyond Borders: Global Blackness and Current Events
The Beyond Borders series provides an expansive focus on Blackness that extends beyond the United States to shed light on current events related to Black communities around the world. This year's event will focus on current discourse in the Caribbean regarding tourism, reparations, and the British monarchy. Dr. Julia Hori, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial and Caribbean Literatures in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, will join us to present her talk, "Power, Pageantry, and Performance in the Postcolonial Caribbean.” Dr. Hori's talk will explore British imperial pageantry as a global stage and battleground of anticolonial politics in the Caribbean.
Wednesday, May 3, 7:00 -8:00pm
via Zoom
Living in the Time Loop: Afrofuturism and Paranormal Activity
Monday, March 27, 5:30-7:00pm
via Zoom
Discussing Mental Health, Imposter Phenomena, and Graduate School with S. Brooke Vick, Ph.D.
Tuesday, March 7th, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
via Zoom
The Graduate School Preparatory Program and the Africana Studies Program Present:
A Conversation with Dr. Elia Hefner, Founder of “Black Girl, STEM World”
Event Co-Facilitators: Dr. Giancarlo Cudara (Co-Director, Graduate School Preparatory Program) and Dr. Emanuela Kucik (Co-Director, Graduate School Preparatory Program; Director, Africana Studies Program)
Dr. Elia Hefner is a biochemist, educator, and student advocate. Her passion for chemistry began in high school, which spurred her decision to attend Muhlenberg College and major in biochemistry. While at Muhlenberg, Elia worked hard to facilitate open, constructive conversations regarding race and class for the campus community. Dr. Keri Colabroy was her faculty advisor, and Dr. Amy Hark was her research advisor while she was at Muhlenberg.
Dr. Hefner completed her graduate studies in biological chemistry at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, where she was an active member in Black Scholars and Professionals, Students of Color of Rackham, and the Association of Multicultural Scientists. During her time at the University of Michigan, she was a Rackham Merit Fellow and awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Pre-doctoral National Research Service Award.
Dr. Elia Hefner is currently part of the teaching faculty at Michigan State University in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department. She is also an entrepreneur, offering workshops for high school, college, and graduate students to help them create rich, fruitful, empowering academic experiences.
Please register using the following form: https://form.jotform.
Monday, Feb. 27, 5:30-7:00pm
via Zoom
Learning from Agents of Change: A Panel with Black Activists
Friday, Feb. 24, 4:00pm
Civic Theatre of Allentown
Film Screening
Neptune Frost with post-film discussion by Ingrid Raphaël
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 7:00-8:30pm
Miller Forum, Moyer Hall
Black History Month Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ruha Benjamin discusses Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
Wednesday, December 7, 5:30 - 7:00pm
via Zoom
Black Women's Reproductive Rights Around the World
Wednesday, November 16 , 6:00 - 7:30pm
via Zoom
P.I.E. Performance, Image, and Exposure: The Formula for Success
A Presentation and Q & A with Jeanne Wood, MBA
Friday, October 21, 2:00 - 3:30pm
Moyer 209
Africana Studies Open House
Monday, October 3, 5:30-7:00pm
Seegers Event Space
Interracial Solidarity and Erasures: Latinx Identity and Its Intersections