During the last weekend of September, the Griot hosted its annual Dancing Mind Challenge, a two day event that challenges you to put away all devices and read and write for 2 to 8 hours. The challenge …
Mama C Performance: Don’t give up, live your life to the fullest.
Brace yourself, this is going to be a long one… I woke up this morning with a song in my heart, craving sounds from home. I think it was the rhythm that made the impact most this time round. Now …
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Student Leadership Lunch
The Annual Griot Student Leadership lunch has come and gone as student leaders gathered and extended hands of welcome and partnership to one another. Bucknell is a small liberal arts institution but …
Welcome Back Luncheon
On Friday, September 5, the Griot Institute hosted their annual faculty and staff lunch. The lunch purposed to bring together student interns, Griot staff, and Bucknell University faculty in order to …
A Joyous Celebration: Griot Institute Opening Ceremony
On Saturday, September 6, the Bucknell community came together to celebrate the opening ceremony of the Griot Institute for the Study of Black Life and Culture. From 12 to 2 p.m., the Terrace Room in …
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Guest Lecturer Dr. William Turner: Blacks in Appalachian Coal Towns
On Thursday, September 4th, Bucknell University welcomed William H. Turner, Ph.D., as the first speaker in the Humanities Department’s Black Appalachia and the Search for Nowhere series. Dr. Turner …
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