Past Events

2019–2020

MLK Commemoration 2020, January 21 – 28

Tuesday, January 21

• 4 – 5pm Master class, “Up Close and Personal: A Chat with Charlayne Hunter-Gault”, HIG 228 & 229 (free & open to everyone)
• 7 – 8:30 p.m. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, “From Jim Crow America to Apartheid South Africa & Beyond: An Activist Journalist’s Journey”, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Address. Blue Ridge Room, HIG (free & open to everyone)

Wednesday, January 22

• 7pm – 9:30pm Always in Season – History of Lynching in America, Documentary screening in the Grotto, HIG. Sponsored by History and Africana Studies Departments (free & open to everyone)

Thursday, January 23

• 5:30pm Social Justice in Action Workshop, “Why We March. How We March: The Culture of Organizing & Community Building” (Part Two), Mountain Suites 228 & 229 HIG. Sponsored by Office of Multicultural Affairs (free & open to everyone)

Tuesday, January 28

• 1:20 pm – 3:00pm  Master class. Join The Africana Studies Program, Humanities, English, Languages and Culture, and the Department of Music for a conversation on the intersection of music, performance, creative writing, activism, civic engagement and global citizenship. Facilitated by Jonathan King and Mildred Barya. Location TBD.
• 7- 8:30pm- Arthur Flowers Performance & Lecture, with opening by Afro Ensemble music and dance program (Blue Ridge Room). 

Dr. Richard Davidson Residency, February 4 – 14

Tuesday, February 4

• 12 – 1pm Dr. Patrick Foo, Lecture in Blue Ridge Room (free & open to all)

Tuesday, February 11

• 12pm – Flash Meditation, hosted by the Mindfulness Club, University Quad (Ramsey Library weather location) Free & open to all.

Thursday, February 13

• 12pm – Flash Meditation, hosted by the Mindfulness Club, University Quad (HIG weather location). Free & open to all.
• 7 – 8:30 pm Richard Davidson, PhD. “Well Being is a Skill”, Lecture in Lipinsky Auditorium (free & open to everyone). Streaming locations: Alumni Hall and Blue Ridge Room, HIG. This lecture will be rescheduled due to winter weather cancellations. 

Friday, February 14

• 9 – 10am – Master class and guided practice with Dr. Richard Davidson, Blue Ridge Room, HIG (free & open to everyone). This master class will be rescheduled due to winter weather cancellations. 

Indigenous Hip Hop Festival 

April 12 – 17

• TBA Master classes and class visits – This festival will be rescheduled due to COVID 19 cancellations. 

Friday, April 17

• 6 pm Indigenous Hip Hop Festival concert, on the quad (free & open to everyone) – This festival will be rescheduled due to COVID 19 cancellations. 

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PAST EVENTS

Flor de Toloache Residency

September 17 & 18

• 12-1 pm Master class, “Mariachi Music, Machismo and Immigration Rights”, Laurel Forum (free & open to everyone)