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 

Black Girl Movement Conference at the Institute for Research in African American Studies of Columbia University

BLACK GIRL MOVEMENT CONFERENCE

 

DATE & TIME: 

THURSDAY, APRIL 07, 2016 5:00PM

***SAVE THE DATE***

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                                                                                                                                                        Photo by Lorenshay Hamilton age 16

April 7- 9, 2016

“Black Girl Movement: A National Conference” is a three-day gathering at Columbia University in New York City to focus on Black girls, cis, queer, and trans girls, in the United States.   Bringing together artists, activists, educators, policymakers, and black girls leaders themselves, this first national conference on Black girls seeks to address the disadvantages that Black girls in the United States face, while creating the political will to publicly acknowledge their achievements, contributions, and leadership.

Black girls are among the most significant cultural producers, community connectors, and trendsetters, rarely are their contributions recognized or appreciated. At best, they remain invisible in our public discourse or people assume that all Black girls are doing fine and are “resilient” enough to overcome any structural obstacles put in their way. Nevertheless, the vast majority of Black girls in the United States are in crisis. They face significant barriers to educational achievement, economic and political equality, and are the recipients of deeply embedded racial and gender biases in the media, public policy, philanthropy, and research. 

As a result, the planning of this conference has been done by an intergenerational and cross-institution coalition because the most innovative work being done on and with black girls often are in silos and without the full benefits of a collaboration, funding, and public visibility.  "Black Girl Movement" is an opportunity change that reality through raising public consciousness, advancing research, policy, and community programming, and developing a resource sharing platform.  Most importantly, this conference will highlight Black girls’ agency and ingenuity in order to elevate their voices and solutions toward improving the life outcomes of Black girls in the United States.

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Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus

The Black Girl Movement is proud to have the following organizations as Co-Sponsors.

Columbia University Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Columbia University Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Columbia University Office of the President
Dean for Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University
Fordham University African and African American Studies
A Long Walk Home
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Girls for Gender Equity

Source: IRAAS.com

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

Bro/Sis Announces Annual Voices Gala May 14, 2015

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) is proud to announce that we will host our eleventh annual Voices event on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Gotham Hall located at 1365 Broadway. Our honorees are Michele Roberts, the Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association, and Lynn Nottage, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright.  This event will celebrate 20 years of Bro/Sis providing transformative youth service - 1995-2015! Voices is our signature annual benefit highlighting our youth and life changing programming. The event provides and extraordinary opportunity for our dynamic supporters to celebrate Bro/Sis' commitment to helping youth develop into critical thinkers, community leaders and social change makers.   Information about our signature annual benefit is here.  http://brotherhood-sistersol.org/events/voices-11 Tickets and sponsorship can be purchased here.  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-11-annual-benefit-tickets-16045357095 You can contact fundraising@brotherhood-sistersol.org with any sponsorship questions. 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 eight to twenty-two.  We offer wrap around evidence-based programming, four-six year rites of passage programming, thorough after school care, school and home counseling, summer camps, job training, college preparation, employment opportunities, community organizing training, and international study programs to Africa and Latin America. 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 our leadership is invited to speak and present at educational and policy convenings and conferences across the country.  Please come out on May 14th and support our young people and this vision.  You will be treated to a unique and wonderful experience. All the best, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol's Board of Directors and Voices Benefit Committee

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol | 512 West 143rd Street | New York | NY | 10031 http://brotherhood-sistersol.org/events/voices-11

Two-week Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) Application Due April 15, 2015

Columbia University, Institute for Research in African American Studies 

Two-week Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) Application Due April 15, 2015

CLICK HERE TO APPLY NOW (APPLICATION OPEN UNTIL APRIL 15, 2015

GENERAL INFORMATION

Between 13 and 24 July, 2015, the Columbia University Institute for Research in African-American Studies (#IRAAS) will convene a two-week Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI), focusing particularly on the history, cultures, and institutions of African-descended peoples in New York City. New York, home to Harlem and numerous other historic black enclaves, historically and today is one of the capitals of Black America, and even the Black World. 

This Summer Institute offers what few others are able: the opportunity to study African-American history, culture, politics, and life through the lens of New York, and in New York. 

The Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) will be open to high school and college/university instructors, independent scholars and researchers, public historians, biographers, journalists, and graduate students, and will explore various historical and contemporary themes, including: Slavery, Freedom, Abolitionism, and Emancipation; the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance; Educating Harlem (and Beyond): Histories of Black Education in New York City; Civil Rights, 1940-the present; Black Women Intellectuals; "Beyond Harlem: Brooklyn and the Bronx"; Race, Policing and Criminal Justice, 1880-present; Black Immigration since 1965; Health/Medical Rights and Politics: From Tuberculosis to HIV; and Black Politics from the Margins to Mainstream.

ELIGIBILITY
The Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) will be open to high school and college/university instructors, independent scholars and researchers, public historians, biographers, journalists, and graduate students.

Source: http://stsi.iraas.columbia.edu

Submissions for BlackYouthProject.com

The work of The Black Youth Project (BYP) is based on three basic concepts: knowledge, voice, and action.

KNOWLEDGE: We are committed to producing research about the ideas, attitudes, decision making, and lived experiences of black youth, especially as it relates to their political and civic engagement.

VOICE: Unlike any other organization, we amplify the perspectives of young black people daily without censorship or control. We have built a space on the Internet where black youth can speak for themselves about the issues that concern them.

ACTION: Informed with culturally-specific knowledge, we will work to mobilize black youth and their allies to make positive change and build the world within which they want to live.

BYP 100: Comprised of 100 black activists from across the country convened by the Black Youth Project to mobilize communities of color beyond electoral politics.

BlackYouthProject.com is a diverse online resource, divided into four main subsites: BYP BLOG, BYP RESEARCH,BYP 100 and BYP ACTION.

SUBMISSIONS

Interested in having your work featured on The Black Youth Project?

So are we!

BYP is committed to providing a platform for the ideas, views and perspectives of young African American writers, preferably between the ages of 15-30 years old. Fill out the form below, attach your article (Word docs only; 250-700 words please), and we’ll review it ASAP.

If we like your stuff, we’ll contact you about posting your piece. And if we really like your stuff, there’s definitely the possibility of bringing you on as a regular contributor to our site.

Unfortunately, we cannot feature every submission. If you don’t hear back from us after two weeks, assume it was not possible for us to feature your article. And please feel free to submit again.

http://www.blackyouthproject.com/submissions

©2015 BlackYouthProject.com 

Improving Educational Outcomes for Young Men of Color

Improving Educational Outcomes for Young Men of Color

JPMorgan Chase is committed to helping disadvantaged young people gain access to 
the knowledge, skills and experiences they need to compete in a challenging global economy.

About the Fellowship Initiative

Too many young people face daunting odds as they attempt to navigate the challenges of high school and the prospect of college and the workplace. For young men of color, particularly those from economically distressed communities, poor educational opportunities and few positive professional role models can put high school graduation and the economic promise of a college degree out of reach.

Beginning in 2010, JPMorgan Chase launched The Fellowship Initiative (TFI) in New York City to see if the right combination of intensive academic and leadership training could help young men of color complete their high school educations prepared to excel in high quality, four-year colleges and universities. This pilot demonstrated that with a comprehensive enrichment program, these students were able to rise to the challenge, work hard and expand their own expectations of what they could achieve.

Recognizing the power of TFI to change lives, JPMorgan Chase decided to continue the program in New York, expand it to two new cities – Chicago and Los Angeles – and grow the number of young men served in each city to 40.

Source: JPMorgan Chase & Co. via Imani Farley & Andrea O'Neal 

http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/the-fellowship-initiative.htm

NYC 2/27/15 - My Brother’s Keeper Community Convening

SAVE THE DATE
YOUNG MEN’S INITIATIVE
My Brother’s Keeper Community Convening
Friday, February 27th, 2015
8:30am-3:00pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
Between 135th and 136th Streets
On February 27th, you are invited to join the NYC Young Men’s
Initiative for the My Brother’s Keeper Community Convening at
the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This event
will provide a unique opportunity for community members,
elected officials, and partners from across the city to discuss
strategies for engaging young men of color.
Formal invitation to follow. We look forward to your attendance.
For more information contact: ymiconvening@cityhall.nyc.gov

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