Black Student Cultural Center
Sisters Like Me | Black Girl Magic
Sisters like me is an event for Black womxn-identified students to facilitate community and bonding. Join us for an afternoon of Black Girl Magic! Black womxn leaders on and off campus will be facilitating discussions and sharing their experiences with self-care as a radical and important act, especially during this current climate.
Webinar Event: “Black History in Wisconsin and Milwaukee” with Clayborn Benson
Join us for our free webinar " Black History & Black Politics in Milwaukee" with Clayborn Benson, founder of the Wisconsin Black Historical Society in Milwaukee. This is the first event in our webinar series, “Black History and Black Activism in Brazil & the U.S,” co-sponsored by the Black Student Cultural Center at UWM. Click here to register for this webinar event.
Webinar Event | “Black History and Black Politics in Brazil” with Dr. Flávia Rios
Flavia Rios (Ph.D, USP) is a Professor of Sociology at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil. She was a Visiting Student Reasearcher Collaborator (VSRC) in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University (2013). Her main interests are Social Movements, racial inequalities, Affirmative Actions and Black thought. Flavia’s current research focuses on intersections between gender, race and democracy Click here to register.
Under the African Skies: Uganda
Jackline Kirungi (Ph.D. student in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at UWM) will explore gender, marriage, family, and racism in different communities. In Uganda, she researched gender and health, gender and education in adolescents, gender and feminism studies in Africa, gender and migration, gender and local government, and water.
Webinar | “Black Activism in Milwaukee” with Dr. Monique Liston
Join us for the third session in our on-going webinar series, "Black History and Black Activism in Brazil and the United States,' where Dr. Monique Listion will give a talk on Black Activism in Milwaukee. Dr. Liston is an experienced evaluator and program designed. She founded UBUNTU Research and Evaluation as a professional learning community that prioritizes Black women and their leadership in building beloved communities. Click here to Register
Webinar | “Combating Systemic Racism and Sexism through Black Activism in São Paulo” with Guest Speaker, Douglas Belchior
Join us for the fourth session in our on-going webinar series, “Black History and Black Activism in Brazil & the United States,’ where Douglas Belchior will give a talk on combating systemic racism and sexism through Black activism in São Paulo, Brazil. Belchior is a Brazilian educator, activist, and founder of the UNEafro-Brasil Movement, an NGO that works to empower Black youth in Brazil. The event will be hosted via Zoom and free registration is required. "Click here to register.
Black Feminism and Mobilization in Brazil
Join us on Thursday, March 18, 2021 @ 2:00 pm (CT) for a presentation with Dr. Fernanda Barros dos Santos, Professor of Public Policy and Human Rights at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, for a discussion on Black feminism and mobilization in Brazil. Free registration required: Please 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.