Please join UWM’s Self Care Club (SSC) and Sociocultural Programming this evening (12/8) for a writing workshop (7:00-7:45 pm) at the Inclusive Excellence Center (Union 119) and Lyrical Sanctuary featuring Adisa Simone (8-10 pm) at the Union Alumni Fireside Lounge. … Continue Reading »

Join us next Friday, December 3 @ 12:30 CDT with Marcelle Decothé,  Advocacy Coordinator at the Marielle Franco Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her presentation titled, “The Impact of Militarization in the Lives of Black Women in Brazil,” will be moderated by Dr. Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and will be hosted via Zoom and streamed live to the department’s Facebook page. Click here to register.… Continue Reading »

Please join us next Friday, November 5 @ 12:30 CST for a webinar Q&A with Dr. George Barganier, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University for a presentation on decolonial theory and the Black Radical Tradition. Free registration is required to join via Zoom and participate in the Q&A. Click here to register.… Continue Reading »

Please join us Friday, October 22nd, 2021 @ 12:30 CDT for a webinar Q&A with UCLA Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. AJ Rice on his recent article, Political Economy and the Tradition of Radical Black Study. Free registration required to join via zoom. Click here to register… Continue Reading »

Assistant Professor Ermitte Saint Jacques joined Lake Effect’s Mallory Cheng today to discuss the contemporary history of migration from West Africa to southern Europe and how Giannis Antetokounpo and his family’s migration story resonates with many across the globe carrying multiple cultural identities.… Continue Reading »

Join us this Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 12:30 pm CST, for a special webinar Q&A with Thiago dos Santos Molina, PhD Student at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His presentation will address the relevance of issues related to culture for Black children over the course of their schooling process and the changes in school culture instigated by the teaching of African and African Brazilian history and culture. Free & open to the public: Click here to register… Continue Reading »

Join us April 8th, 2021 @ 2:00 pm (cst) for a webinar Q&A with Rick Banks, Co-Founder & Executive Director of MKE Black, Inc. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to join via zoom … Continue Reading »

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