Harvard Black History Month Taste of the Diaspora

Date: 

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Physics Library, 4th Floor, Jefferson Labs 450, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Join the Association of Black Faculty, Administrators, & Fellows (ABFAF) as they partner with the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), the Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT),  the Harvard University Division of Continuing Education (DCE), and the Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) for a taste of the African diaspora and discussion on the importance of celebrating black culture here at Harvard.

Keynote-
"Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Brilliant: Commemorating the Legacy of Black Excellence at Harvard University"  from Devon Crawford (Staff Director of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice at The Center for Public Leadership)

Musical selections from "Servants of Soul" (local Greater Boston acapella singing ensemble).

Registration required.

Harvard University welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Alexis Stokes (astokes@seas.harvard.edu) in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the university will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.