Virtual Events
Islands of Hope: Challenging School Cultures Through African Brazilian History and Culture
Free and open to the public. Click here to register
Black Racism and the State of Milwaukee
Please join us Thursday, April 8, for a free webinar Q&A with Rick Banks, Co-Founder & Executive Director of MKE Black, Inc, and founding member of the LiberateMKE Campaign, as he discusses Black racism and the state of Milwaukee. Free registration required. Please click here to register.
Searching for Roots: Black Study and the Tradition of Radical Black Political Economy
Join us Friday, October 22nd, 2021 @ 12:30 CDT for a webinar presentation and Q&A with UCLA Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. AJ Rice, titled, "Searching for Roots: Black Study and the Tradition of Radical Black Political Economy." Free registration is required to join via Zoom and participate in the Q&A. Click here to register.
The Black Radical Tradition and Decolonial Return
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.
Webinar | The Impact of Militarization in the Lives of Black Women in Brazil
Join us next Friday, December 3 @ 12:30 CDT with Marcelle Decothé, Advocacy Coordinator at the Marielle Franco Institute in Rio de Janeiro. 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.
Dissertation Defense – Dalila Negreiros
Dalila Negreiros will defend her PhD dissertation, Institutional Quilombos? Black Studies in Brazil and the United States. The thesis supervisor is Associate Professor Gladys Mitchell-Walthour. Venue: Zoom (Webinar ID: 924 1242 7726) Please open the link below to follow the Ph.D. dissertation […]
Embody. Embrace. The Black Youth Experience
Join us on International Women's Day @ 11:30 am CDT for a virtual discussion on the lived experience of Black youth immigrants and refugees. The event is sponsored by The Links, Incorporated, and co-sponsored by UWM's Department of African and African Diaspora Studies.