Black History Month 2023: “Black and…” Speakers Series
Details
This year the Office of Race and Ethnicity will host the “Black and…” Speakers Series throughout black history month. The series will focus on educating participants about the intersectionality and complexity of the Black experience through a series of lectures and panels with guest speakers from the Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore College Communities, from the local community, and around the country.
We hope the "Black and..." series reminds our campus community how multifaceted cultures are as well as how richly intersectionality and experiences shape us in complex, powerful, and deeply profound ways.
Schedule
Thursday February 2
- 11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Stokes 106-MCC - Black and Minding My Business—Navigating Entrepreneurship as a Black Person
Will Toms Co-founder Rec Philly, author of (Un)Common Sense, and a 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 honoree will share his experience as a Black entrepreneur navigating the world of business ownership and expansion.
Refreshments provided.
Tuesday February 14th
- 12 p.m. — 3 p.m.*
Lutnick 200 - Douglass Day
Join us as we celebrate Fredrick Douglass’s Birthday with a transcribe-a-thon and birthday cake. If you’ve ever wondered how historical works, like Douglass’ become digitized, this is the day to learn about that and participate in digitizing the works of Shadd Cary through transcription. For more information about Douglass Day visit douglasday.org. To learn more about Douglass Day at Haverford College contact alacy [at] haverford.edu (Anna Lacy) with the Library or aking3 [at] haverford.edu (Ahyana King) with the Office of Race and Ethnicity Education.
*Birthday cake cutting at 1:30 p.m.
Friday February 17
- 12 p.m. — 1 p.m.
Lutnick 200 - Black and Educated—Experiences Working in Higher Education at Predominantly White Institutions Across the US
John Mcknight (Dean of the College), Danielle Lynch (Director of Athletics), and Gabriel Angrand (Assistant Director of the Office of Academic Resources) from Haverford College will be joined by Joi Dallas of Bryn Mawr College (Assistant Dean for Intercultural Engagement) and Sara Willie-LeBreton (Provost) of Swarthmore College to share their experiences, observations, lessons, and hopes as it pertains to their work at predominately white colleges and universities across the United States.
Refreshments will be provided
Wednesday February 22
- 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Stokes 106-MCC - Black, Queer, and Here—Navigating Life as a Black Queer Activist
Lenee Voss of Say Hey Lenee and as known across the Twitterverse as @dopegirlfresh will share her journey of showing up fully and unapologetically in the ways she uses social media, writing, and radio, to spur others on to do the same and create change in their communities.
Refreshments will be provided
Tuesday February 28
- 12 p.m. — 1 p.m.
Stokes 106-MCC - Event Cancelled: Black and Undocumented—Navigating the US as a Caribbean Undocumented Individual
Neisha-Anne Green who currently serves as the Director of Academic Student Services Writing Center Academic Support and Access Center at American University remembers moving from Barbados at a young age with her parents and younger brother. What she doesn’t remember is why her paperwork for becoming a US citizen was not completed, something she’d find out much later in life. She will share her story of navigating the US as an undocumented person as well as her journey towards citizenship, especially given recent political landscapes in the United States.
Refreshments will be provided
Oshun Family Center Collection Box
February 7—February 28
This Black History Month, the Office of Service will be collecting diapers for our friends at Oshun Family Center. Oshun provides racially concordant care to members of the Black community who are seeking to achieve optimal wellness. It is their goal to center the experiences of Black people and create a welcoming space for healing and refuge. A collection box will be in Stokes Hall from February 7th to February 28th!
Black History Month Book Raffle
February 2023
Throughout the month of February you can enter our Black History Month Book Raffle. Our heritage month book raffles are designed to celebrate the brilliance and beautiful creativity of the heritage from which the authors belong. Furthermore books are often purchased from bookshops that are independently owned and often owned by BIPOC community members. Feel free to stop by Lutnick Library to see the collection of books being raffled this month, ranging from novels to biographies to collections of essays and poetry, inclusive of authors like Barack Obama, James Baldwin, and Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, we’re sure you’ll find something you will enjoy. To enter the raffle you can complete our book raffle form. Winners will be selected end of day February 28th and notified of where to pick up their books. To learn more about our heritage month book raffles you can contact aking3 [at] haverford.edu (Ahyana King) with the Office of Race and Ethnicity Education.
For more information about our series or other Black History Month Events at Haverford College please email aking3 [at] haverford.edu (Ahyana King) with The Office of Race and Ethnicity Education.