Being Black in Maine to livestream on Martin Luther King Day
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In recognition of Martin Luther King Day, a free online public webinar, “Being Black in Maine: Lived Experience and the Prospect for Change,” will be livestreamed on YouTube on Monday, Jan. 18, from 5 to 6:15 p.m.
The webinar, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Alumni Association, will include a sustained panel discussion, relevant short presentations and a special announcement of a new civil rights speaker series.
The YouTube event can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/zQlUVca2ReM.
Academics Sanchez, Bracey to discuss impact of Black studies
In honor of Black History Month, the University of Maine Black Student Union and the University of Maine Alumni Association will welcome Sonia Sanchez and John Bracey to discuss the relevance and impact of Black Studies in 21st century higher education at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28 over Zoom.
Register for the free, public event at tinyurl.com/BlackStudies21. âBlack Studies in 21st Century Higher Educationâ also will be livestreamed on the UMaine Alumni YouTube channel.
Sanchez and Bracey were among the intellectuals who initiated the movement for Black studies in the 1970s. Reflecting on their decades-long commitment to, and work toward, racial justice in academic and community spaces, they will discuss the present moment of âracial reckoning,â as it has been dubbed in the media.
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The conversation will begin with an address by University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and will feature some of Sanchez’s poetry. In addition to the dialogue between Sanchez and Bracey, there will be time for attendees to ask questions.
Sanchez is a key figure in the Black Arts Movement, a multi-award-winning poet, activist, and an academic who has impacted the fights for gender rights, racial justice, and peace around the world.
Bracey is a former chair and current graduate certificate co-director at the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an award-winning academic and activist.
Being Black in Maine to livestream on Martin Luther King Day
Event Location:
Event has passed
In recognition of Martin Luther King Day, a free online public webinar, “Being Black in Maine: Lived Experience and the Prospect for Change,” will be livestreamed on YouTube on Monday, Jan. 18, from 5 to 6:15 p.m.
The webinar, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Alumni Association, will include a sustained panel discussion, relevant short presentations and a special announcement of a new civil rights speaker series.
The YouTube event can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/zQlUVca2ReM.
January 11, 2021 News
The University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications, the University of Maine Alumni Association and the University of Maine Foundation were awarded a total of six 2021 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District I Excellence Awards.
UMaine Today online, the magazine website managed by web/print content coordinator Amanda Lozier in Marketing and Communications, received a Silver Excellence Award in the Digital Magazines category. This is the third consecutive year of national and regional awards for UMaine Today online: a CASE 2020 Silver Excellence Award, and district 2020 Silver and 2019 CASE Gold Excellence awards.
UMaine photographer and videographer Adam Küykendall received a 2021 Silver Excellence Award for a UMaine Today magazine video and Honorary Mention in Platinum Awards for best photography, both focused on documenting the songbird habitat research o