Diversity Council

Black History Month: Body and Language: Invoking Remembering and Embracing Ourselves

Host: Steven Johnson, adjunct faculty, Fine Arts A guided cross-cultural and cross-generational drawing activity. This event is part of the

Black History Month: Talking Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity in African American Lives and Families

Students from History 201: Classics in African American History present a Black History Month video in which they talk with

Black History Month: Uncovering and Recovering Early African American Family Life

This event has been canceled. This online lecture will share archaeological and archival research into early African American family life,

Black History Month: Black Entrepreneurship: A Mother-Daughter Conversation

Panelists: Shara McHayle and Jade Everett, founders of Hoop 88 Dreams Moderator: Elena Romero, assistant professor, Advertising and Marketing Communications

Black History Month: Soulful Cooking with Essence K. White

Join the Black History Month Committee along with the FIT community for a virtual soul food cooking session with Essence

CANCELED: Maafa Reading/Dedication and Visuals of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

This event has been canceled. Maafa—the Kiswahili word for “calamity” or “catastrophe”—is the term used for the African holocaust of

Black History Month: How to Talk About Race: White Fragility Presentation

Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. “How to Talk About Race” is a presentation based on Robin DiAngelo’s book

Black History Month: Diversity Council Meet and Greet

The Diversity Council invites the FIT community to a virtual meet and greet to ask questions, make suggestions, and find

Black History Month: Racism and Structural Change

Structural racism—the normalized and legitimized range of policies, practices, and attitudes that routinely produce cumulative chronic adverse outcomes for people

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