In the spirit of MLK week, on January 21st, Rooke chapel, Gospel Choir, and Bucknell religious and spiritual life in collaboration with the griot institute hosted awonderful service at the chapel to …
Erica Dunbar: Lecture
Lecture: Joy and Pain, the Representations of Black Life from Slavery through the Gilded Age On October 3, 2023, the campus of Bucknell University hosted Erica Armstrong Dunbar, an esteemed …
MLK Week Event Recap: Unlearning Racism at a PWI
On January 19th, Bucknell University hosted a pivotal MLK Week Event centered on the imperative task of unlearning racism within our institution. The event, held in the Hildreth Mirza Great Room, drew …
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Griot Spring Series 🌸: “Black Joy: A Strategy for Healing, Freedom and Reckoning,” with Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
Each academic year, the Griot Institute identifies a question or issue of interest that’s central to the continued study of Black lives and cultures and develops a series of programs to explore these …
Gbenga Akinnagbe: Lecture and Q/A
((Written by Ninah Jackson and Ryleigh Roberts)) Our 2024 Keynote Speaker and Bucknell Alum, Gbenga Akinnagbe, came to campus for a lunch Q/A and gave a lecture for the Sustaining Social Movements …
Dr. Jared Ball: Lecture and Q/A
Written by Ninah Jackson and Ryleigh Roberts “Imagine, if you will, that in hopes of making your way to some not-so-far-off destination, you board a flight and find yourself lucky enough to get …