Impact of Black studies to be discussed Jan. 28 via Zoom
Speakers Drs. Sonia Sanchez and John Bracey initiated the movement for Black studies in the 1970s.
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ORONO In honor of Black History Month, the University of Maine Black Student Union and the University of Maine Alumni Association will welcome Dr. Sonia Sanchez and Dr. John Bracey to discuss the importance and impact of Black Studies in 21st century higher education at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, over Zoom, according to a news release from UMaine News.
“Black Studies in 21st Century Higher Education” also will be livestreamed on the UMaine Alumni YouTube channel.
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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.