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 …
MLK Week: Makerspace Event
Sustaining Social Movements marks a time when we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the influential figures who stood alongside him. Throughout January, the MLK Week Committee …