Events
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HBCUs as Justice Incubators: Prairie View and the Fight for Voter Access
Time: - 1:30 PMDate:
Speaker: Professor Melanye Price
Wednesday, November 9 | 12:00 – 1:30pm PT Hybrid: Latinx Research Center | 2547 Channing Way, Berkeley & Zoom Webinar | Register here (free) Melanye Price Endowed Professor of Political Science, Prairie View A&M University Sponsored by: Institute for the Study of Societal Issues Co-sponsored by: Institute of Governmental Studies, Department of African American Studies, Department of Political Science Light refreshments served following the event Abstract The passage of the 26th Amendment six years after the Voting Rights Act opened the door for students at HBCUs, particularly those in rural communities, to leverage their numbers into localized political power. Previously, black students were…
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2022 Black Studies Collaboratory Small Grantee Symposium
Time: - 5:00 PMDate: Location: Tilden Room, MLK Jr/ASUC Student Union Building
September 9, 2022 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Tilden Room, Located on the 5th floor of the MLK Jr./ASUC Student Union Building at UC Berkeley Please register in advance to attend. Join the Black Studies Collaboratory (BSC) and African American and African Diaspora Studies Department to celebrate, learn from, and be in conversation with the Spring and Summer 2022 cohorts of the BSC’s Small Grantee program. The symposium will include a series of curated conversations amongst our grantees, moderated by a scholar working in their subject area. There will be time for audience questions and conversation during the panels and in the break periods.…