Featuring Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Osayande Baruti. You can register at: https://bit.ly/therehestood2022. The audience will be a part of this interactive evening performance. If you are unable to watch the event on February 2, your link will allow you to view it on Youtube 30 days after the event. This presentation is made possible through the support of the Pennsylvania Council
Thursday, February 17, 2022, 11:00AM ET $5 AAMC members / $10 nonmembers This panel will approach the issue of ‘identity’ through a multi-perspectival discussion of artistic and curatorial practices from the Majority World. Panelists are invited to focus on museums and other spaces and models of display in the built (and natural) environment, the visual
Join law professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall for a virtual lecture "She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power." She Took Justice explores the Black woman’s miraculous journey African to political power brokers in American politics. Learn about the famous, infamous, and forgotten women in history from 1619 to 1969. More information: https://heinzhistorycenter.salsalabs.org/black-history-month-lecture-2022/index.html
On behalf of the American Assocatiation for State and Local History, National Council on Public History, and Organization of American Historians, you're invited to an evening event to launch "Reframing History," a new set of evidence-backed recommendations for communicating about history. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation and carried out in partnership with the
Rawle Gibbons and Eintou Pearl Springer to be featured on Feb 24, 2022: South Carolina State University’s “Words Across the Water: Writing and Discourse Across the Black Atlantic Rawle Gibbons and Eintou Pearl Springer will be featured on February 24, 2022, 5:00 pm in South Carolina State University’s first of three interactive virtual programs of
The second session will focus on contemporary issues addressing health and well-being among Black athletes. It will feature a round table discussion among former NFL players and sports medicine professionals about issues of race norming, mental health and other relevant topics affecting the health and well-being of Black athletes. The panel will feature a round
About this event It's the music that defined generations, inspired movements, changed history, and brings us all together! Join the American Jazz Museum at the historic Gem Theater for a Black History Tribute Concert: Journey Through Black Music. You will hear iconic selections from Jazz, R&B, Gospel, Blues, and contemporary sounds as we explore an evolution
Curators from around the world will gather in New York City from April 30 to May 3 for the 2022 Art Curators Conference. We anticipate over 600 attendees to join us for a one-of-a-kind gathering of curatorial decision-makers in museums and nonprofit arts organizations. Centered on the theme of Sustainability & Revitalization, we will investigate ways
2022 Black History Theme: Black Health and Wellness The 107th Annual Meeting and Conference | September 29 – October 1, 2022 Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa, Montgomery, Alabama The theme for 2022 focuses on the importance of Black Health and Wellness. This theme acknowledges the various ways health and wellness can be described, including, but
The Margaret Walker Center is pleased to announce the schedule of events for the 16th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, featuring musical greats Cassandra Wilson, Nellie Mack, Rhonda Richmond, and Yvonne "Niecie" Evers, scheduled to be held in a hybrid format, virtually and in-person, on Friday and Saturday, April 8 & 9, 2022. These events are made possible
Workshop Dates Online Sessions: May 9-11, 2022 In-person Experience: May 15-17, 2022 Program Overview The Museum's Office of Strategic Partnerships is pleased to announce the official launch of a new professional development training focused on Urban Environmentalism. Using the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum's Urban Waterways project as a model, participants will explore how cultural organizations and museums can engage
The theme for 2022 focuses on the importance of Black Health and Wellness. This theme acknowledges the various ways health and wellness can be described, including, but not limited, to medical health, mental health, nutrition, body positivity, financial wellness, creative arts, and physical activity. Additionally, it is important to note the intersection between financial wellness
Register here: https://blackmuseums.org/aaam2022-registration/
MOBILIZATION TOUR IN MEMPHIS | MAY 23, 20220 In Memphis, grassroots organizers are building a Movement to overcome systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation+denial of healthcare, the war economy, and the false moral narrative of religious nationalism. As part of today's Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival tour, Memphis is the last
Join award- winning designer and educator Atianna J. Cordova, Founder and CEO of WATER BLOCK™ and WATER BLOCK Kids™ in an exploration of her ongoing collaboration with communities in New Orleans at the intersection of environmental advocacy, design, and urban planning. Conversation will trace Cordova’s personal and professional journeys and the importance of intersectionality and community leadership in advancing racial
ICOM-NMAAHC International Collaboration Workshop Applications are now open for an upcoming workshop, co-developed by the International Council of Museums and the Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP) at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. The week-long training workshop is aimed at enhancing institutional capacity to develop international partnerships
What to the Slave is the 4th of July? Frederick Douglass National Historic Site FEE: Free. LOCATION: All events will be held at Anacostia Park next to the Skating Pavilion. DATES & TIMES Date: Monday, July 4, 2022 Time: 11:00 AM Duration: 3 hours TYPE OF EVENT Children’s Program Guided Tour Living History Performance Talk
Celebrating Mrs. Bethune Who doesn’t love a good birthday celebration? Each year, the National Park Service staff at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS honors Mary McLeod Bethune with events on her birthday. Each of these events highlight her amazing life and showcases her legacy for all to remember. Mrs. Bethune—educator, civil rights activist, presidential advisor,
CALLS FOR PROPOSALS TO BE DETERMINED. The abbreviation TBD—meaning “to be determined”—is a device that holds space for unknown futures. It indicates that the process of knowing and planning is still actively unfolding. But “to be determined” has other meanings, too, signaling resolve, commitment, and intention. The 2023 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, as
