Brown University Black Alumni Reunion: September 21-23, 2018

Black Alumni Reunion: September 21-23, 2018

http://brown.edu/go/BAR2018 

Brown University and the Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC) invite you to mark your calendar for a very special three-day event, at a pivotal moment in time for our community.

Are you in?

Registration, schedule and speaker information will be available later this spring, but we know you want to make plans now. So here are three action items to help you start getting ready:

1. Check your Brown alumni profile.
   Be sure to get event updates by confirming that Brown has your current email address and that your profile* is up to date (see below).
2. Spread the Black Alumni Reunion love!
   Share the IPC’s Facebook event with your friends.
3. Take the pledge.
   Let us know you are committed to being a part of the 2018 Black Alumni Reunion. Participation in promoting and/or attending the Reunion is vital to the success of this celebration. Take the pledge today! A list of those who have taken the pledge will be posted in the coming weeks.
4. It’s not too early to book accommodations.
   - Check out Brown’s Travel Portal, which features nearby hotels at special Brown rates.
   - Find low-cost apartment rentals close to campus: AirBnB | Homeaway.com
   - Discount booking sites may land you a great deal: Groupon.com | Hotels.com | Expedia.com
5. Source: http://brown.edu/go/BAR2018
6. Interested in Corporate Sponsorship? Please contact: 
7. Kimberly V. Nelson
   Assistant Director, Multicultural Programs
   Brown Annual Fund
   Tel: +1 (401) 863-9835  kimberly_nelson@brown.edu 

The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice: Week of 10/03/16

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CSSJ Weekly Newsletter
September 30, 2016

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10/5/16 Brown Changemakers: Spotlight on Education with The Brotherhood/Sister Sol - Khary Lazarre-White, Esq. & Friends

Brown Changemakers: Spotlight on Education

Don't miss this extraordinary panel of Brown alumni, all distinguished in the field of nonprofits and education, who'll talk about their work and how they are fundamentally changing education for youth and families everywhere.

The Brown Club in NYC is excited to invite you to an alumni panel focusing on the intersection of education, nonprofits, and community development. Panelists will share their experiences and provide insight into the strategies their organizations employ to close the education gap in NYC and beyond. Guests will then have the opportunity to pose questions to the panelists about their careers and doing well by doing good.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
6:30 – 7:00 PM Reception with light snacks and refreshments
7:00 – 8:15 PM Panel
8:15 – 8:30 PM Q&A

UJA-Federation of New York 
130 East 59th Street (btw Lexington & Park Ave) 
Floor 6
New York City

Tickets: $20 Click here to purchase

Meet our panelists!

Dana Edell, Ph.D, Executive Director, SPARK Movement (’98): At SPARK Movement, an intergenerational girls’ activist organization, Dana collaborates with girls to launch successful action campaigns including a media campaign that led to Seventeen Magazine’s public promise to never Photoshop girl models and to commit to race and body size diversity in their pages. She trains and supports girls (ages 13-22) to take action, produce theater, create videos and write blogs. Dana was co-chair of the Girls’ Participation Task Force at the United Nations and she teaches Theatre and Activism at New York University and the City University of New York.

Amy Kantrowitz, COO, Free Arts NYC (MA’92): Amy has two decades of nonprofit experience and currently serves as COO of Free Arts NYC, an arts education nonprofit that provides underserved children with a unique combination of educational arts and mentoring programs. Amy has worked with some of NYC’s leading education and youth development organizations, including New Visions for Public Schools, and The After-School Corporation - this path emerged directly from her Brown MAT, work with Professor Ted Sizer at the Coalition of Essential Schools, and VISTA year at the Swearer Center for Public Service.

Josh Landay, Director, Eye to Eye Diplomats (’02): Josh is a professional actor, teaching artist, and non-profit program director. He serves as Director of the speakers bureau of Eye to Eye, a national nonprofit organization for students with learning disabilities.  Since launching the Diplomats program in 2011, Mr. Landay has developed and coordinated over 250 public engagement presentations, including events at the White House and the U.S. Department of Education. He has also performed in Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway as well as in the West End, Las Vegas, and the first national tour. 

Khary Lazarre-White, Executive Director & Co-Founder, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (’95): Khary is a social entrepreneur, educator, non-profit executive, writer and attorney. In 1995 he co-founded The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, a nationally renowned, comprehensive youth development and educational organization that provides rites of passage programming, after school care, counseling, summer camps, job training, college preparation and scholarships, employment opportunities, community organizing training, legal representation, and month long international study programs to Africa and Latin America. Khary has extensive experience as a public speaker across the country, writes regular opinion pieces for The Huffington Post, and essays for publications that have included NYU Press, Nation Books, and MSNBC.com.

Carlos Lejnieks, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson, & Union Counties (’00): Lejnieks took over an atrophied Big Brothers Big Sisters agency in 2008 and, within four years, went from serving approximately 100 youth to serving well over 1,100. Under his leadership, BBBS has received numerous awards from local, state and national entities, including a formal recognition by President Obama. Lejnieks has served on President Barack Obama’s Regional Finance Committee, Governor Chris Christie’s Education Transition Team and Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s Transition Team. In 2016, he was the NY Yankees “Civic Leader Spotlight”.

Shalinee Sharma, Executive Director & Board Member, Zearn (’98): Zearn Math was created to fix math education for all kids. It offers an internationally-normed, rigorous curriculum that combines personalized digital lessons with daily targeted small group instruction so that every teacher can reach every student, every day.

Don't miss this extraordinary panel of Brown alumni, all distinguished in the field of nonprofits and education, who'll talk about their work and how they are fundamentally changing education for youth and families everywhere.

The Brown Club in NYC is excited to invite you to an alumni panel focusing on the intersection of education, nonprofits, and community development. Panelists will share their experiences and provide insight into the strategies their organizations employ to close the education gap in NYC and beyond. Guests will then have the opportunity to pose questions to the panelists about their careers and doing well by doing good.

Source: Brown Club of New York

Photo Shoot Ayana Evans at Uptown Bounce 8/17/16

Uptown Bounce: The Finale Wednesday, August 17, 6:00 - 9:00 pm El Museo del Barrio and MCNY Exhibit and Block Party Join the Museum of the City of New York and El Museo del Barrio for our third annual Uptown Bounce series of summer block parties! On four consecutive Wednesday evenings, sample distinctive New York DJs with music and dancing (including dance lessons), and enjoy gallery talks and tours, art workshops, summer drinks, and local food.

A private talk with the Artist in Residence Ayana Evans at 6:00pm. Ayana Evans is a NYC based artist. Her work consists of performance (often relational) arts practices that examine experiences and presumed knowledge that are lived through her body. Evans's recent performances include: "Operation Catsuit" and "I Just Came Here to Find a Husband," which are two on-going public interventions.

7PM Ayana Evans dancing with the Stanley Love Performance Group

http://www.ayanaevans.com
@yana_handbags

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May 12, Bro/Sis Annual Voices Gala

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) is proud to announce that we will host our annual Voices gala event on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Gotham Hall located at 1365 Broadway, at 36th Street.   Our honorees are Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and Damien Dwin, Managing Partner & Co-founder, Brightwood Capital.  This event will celebrate Bro/Sis providing transformative youth services to the youth of New York City for over 20 years.   Voices is our signature annual benefit highlighting our youth, their commentary on the world and our life changing programs. The event provides an opportunity for our supporters to celebrate Bro/Sis' commitment to guiding our members to develop into critical thinkers and community leaders.   Information about our signature annual benefit is here. http://brotherhood-sistersol.org/events/voices-12 Tickets and sponsorship can be purchased here.  http://brotherhood-sistersol.org/events/voices-12 CLICK HERE to purchase tickets. Founded in 1995, Bro/Sis provides comprehensive, holistic and long-term support services to youth who range in age from 8-22.  We offer wrap around evidence-based programming. We focus on issues such as leadership development and educational achievement, sexual responsibility, sexism and misogyny, political education and social justice, Pan-African and Latino history, and global awareness.  We provide four-six year rites of passage programming, after school care, school and home counseling, summer camps, job training, college preparation, employment opportunities, community organizing training, and international study programs to Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Bro/Sis is locally based, with a national reach, as we publish assorted curricula and collections of our members' writings; trains educators from throughout the nation on our approach; and advise on educational policy across the country and New York City. Bro/Sis has earned national recognition for our evidence-based model, receiving awards from Oprah Winfrey, and institutions such as the Ford Foundation, Brown University and the New York State Department of Education, among others. Please come out on May 12th and support our young people and this vision.  You will be treated to a unique and wonderful experience.

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, 512 West 143rd Street, New York, NY 10031

Providence, RI - Black Lives Matter: Recognizing and Minimizing Trauma Among Black Youth

Black Lives Matter: Recognizing and Minimizing Trauma Among Black Youth

Roundtable discussion around the effects of trauma among black youth both in the past and in the ongoing struggle for freedom. What are the costs of freedom? 

Monday, September 21, 2015
4:00 pm
Churchill House, George H. Bass Theater
155 Angell Street, Providence

David Dennis, Director of the Southern Initiative Algebra Project, Civil Rights Movement Veteran

Corey Walker, Dean, College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education, John W. and Anna Hodgin Hanes Professor of the Humanities, Winston-Salem State University

Oliver Hill, Jr., Professor of Psychology, Virginia State University

Kevin Favor, Professor of Psychology, Lincoln University

Moderated by Françoise Hamlin, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Brown University

Sponsored by the Pembroke Center, Brown Center for Students of Color, Department of Africana Studies, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, and the Center for the Study for Race and Ethnicity in America.

This project is supported, in part, by a Pembroke Center Seed Grant for Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research. 

Source: Brown University 

BLACK LIFE MATTERS | SCHOMBURG EXHIBIT | SAT 8.15.15 with Brown University Inman Page Black Alumni Council

BLACK LIFE MATTERS | SCHOMBURG EXHIBIT | SAT 8.15 Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Saturday, August 15, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X. Blvd. New York , NY 10037 View Map  Share:        The Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC) of Brown University invites you to an exhibit at the Schomburg in Harlem on the afternoon of Saturday, August 15.  Curator's Choice: Black Life Matters launches the Schomburg Center’s 90th anniversary year with an eclectic array of rarely seen collection materials that affirm the Schomburg’s mission to document and preserve black life, history, and culture.  Shane Lloyd MPH'11 will lead us on a custom guided tour of the exhibits.   Click here to view blog posts from the Schomburg Curator's Choice: Black Life Matters. www.brownunityblacklifematters.eventbrite.com

Brown University Pre-College Programs Grades 6 - 12 Applications Open for Summer 2015

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Now accepting applications for Summer 2015.

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Source: Brown University, Pre College

New York City Half Marathon For Brotherhood SisterSol

Hello Friends and Family,

BENEFITING: THE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC

ORGANIZER: RAHSAN-RAHSAN

EVENT DATE: MAR 15, 2015

You are a Team Member

THE STORY:

Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay wrote -

In 3 weeks, I will once again be running the NYC Half marathon. While I see it as a personal challenge, I also use it as an opportunity to do some good. The purpose of this fundraiser is to bring much needed support to an organization I hold near and dear, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol. BHSS is a NYC based comprehensive youth development organization that is a model for programs like it across the country.

In this, its 20th year, BHSS is endeavoring to serve more young people than ever before. With programs that include environmental study, summer leadership, summer camp, creative writing, study abroad and youth organizing among other programs, Bro-Sis is widely recognized as one of the best organizations in the country for youth development and education.

I'm asking people to either pledge a flat amount of an amount per mile. As a reminder, half marathon's are 13.1 miles! :-) In addition, I am hoping you will pass this link on to others whom you believe would support an organization like The Brotherhood/Sister Sol.

To donate, please go to: https://www.crowdrise.com/nychalfforbhss20th/fundraiser/rahsanrahsanlindsay

Peace & blessings,

Rahsan 

DONATE

National Diversity Summit, March 6-8, 2015 at Brown University

The Scholarship of Diversity and Inclusion in the Academy: Lessons Learned and the Work Ahead for Universities in the 21st Century

As we approach the end of the Brown 250+ Celebration, please join us on campus for the Brown 250+ Diversity Summit. At this special convening of students, faculty, staff, alumni, thought leaders and innovators, we will explore how higher education engages in the work of developing and sustaining an increasingly diverse and inclusive academic community. Through plenary panel discussions, workshops, interactive seminars, and networking activities, we will engage in critical discussions that consider the broad range of identities, perspectives and experiences (race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, etc.) represented in higher education institutions today, and how relevant research and scholarship informs the work of advancing diversity and inclusion in the academy. 

For further information, please contact institutional_diversity@brown.edu or (401) 863-2216 

Source: Brown University, Institutional Diversity

2/20/15 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership presents Black History Month 2015

AFFILIATE EVENT: Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership presents Black History Month 2015

Take an insightful look at women artists of the black Brooklyn renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s, as profiled in Brooklyn Boheme, the recent HBO documentary by Nelson George. Writer Lisa Jones and writer/composer/performer Alva Rogers discuss the black women’s Fort Greene arts collective Rodeo Caldonia in a conversation facilitated by cultural critic Greg Tate.

Alva Rogers is a Brown alumna, MFA '98, and a member of the Executive Board of The Brown Club in NY.

For more information, visit http://www.myrtleavenue.org/event/remembering-rodeo-caldonia-lisa-jones-alva-rogers-conversation-culture-critic-greg-tate/

Date:       Friday, February 20, 2015
Time:      6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue:  Pillow Cafe-Lounge 505 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn

 

Sources: Brown University Club of New York & Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership

Washington, DC Book Signing by Neil Roberts, PhD 2/7/15

Neil Roberts, PhD Feb 7 2015 1:00 pm Washington DC, BusBoy & Poets 

Taking his title from the societies of escaped slaves, or “maroons,” living on the outskirts of slave societies in the Caribbean, Roberts, Williams College associate professor of Africana studies, draws on history and on thinkers ranging from Douglass and Du Bois to Arendt and Angela Davis, to examine freedom as a condition of perpetual flight akin to marronage. (Univ. Chicago)

Freedom as Marronage (Paperback)

By Neil Roberts

$29.00

ISBN-13: 9780226201047
Availability: Not currently shipping from publisher – Subject to future availability
Published: University of Chicago Press, 1/2015 

Other Editions of this Title

http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/neil-roberts-freedom-marronage