Voice Correspondent
MACOMB Dr. Keona Ervin delivered the keynote address of the virtual opening ceremony for Black History Month at Western Illinois University’s Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center on Tuesday.
Ervin, an associate professor of history at the University of Missouri-Columbia, talked about Black feminism in her keynote speech, Reimagining Liberation: Black Feminism from the Combahee River Collective to the Movement for Black Lives.
“I have to say this is this is quite an honor,” Erwin said. “I don t take for granted the opportunity to meet with new learning communities to think through the issues of our time, and especially to think through what historical study can offer us as we do that. It s also an honor to be with the WIU community because this institution shares its home with the late, great, Reverend C.T. Vivian.”
February 2, 2021
Dear University Community,
Black History Month is observed across the nation during the month of February, and Western Illinois University has a long-established tradition of celebrating Black History Month through numerous programs, events and activities.
This evening at 6 p.m., our keynote speaker, Dr. Keona Ervin, an associate professor, at the University of Missouri-Columbia is delivering, via Zoom at https://wiu.zoom.us/j/99652421131, Reimagining Liberation: Black Feminism from the Combahee River Collective to the Movement for Black Lives. In addition, Western s Multicultural Center, the Black Student Association, the Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center and other University programs and departments have a slate of activities scheduled throughout the month. Visit bit.ly/WIUBHM2021 for more information.
Ervin keynote speaker for WIU Black History Month event Feb. 2
Office of University Relations
Weatern Illinois University
MACOMB As part of the 2021 celebration of Black History Month at Western Illinois University, University of Missouri-Columbia Associate Professor Keona Ervin will deliver the keynote address, Reimagining Liberation: Black Feminism from the Combahee River Collective to the Movement for Black Lives, virtually from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2.
The address will provide an overview of the organizing work of radical Black feminists from the 1970s to present. It will include a discussion of the ways Black feminism has uniquely shaped and critiqued movements for social democracy.
January 20, 2021 MACOMB, IL – As part of the 2021 celebration of Black History Month at Western Illinois University, University of Missouri-Columbia Associate Professor Keona Ervin will deliver the keynote address, Reimagining Liberation: Black Feminism from the Combahee River Collective to the Movement for Black Lives, virtually from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2.
The address will provide an overview of the organizing work of radical Black feminists from the 1970s to present. It will include a discussion of the ways Black feminism has uniquely shaped and critiqued movements for social democracy.
The virtual address can be accessed Feb. 2 at https://wiu.zoom.us/j/99652421131, and the event is open free to the public.