University Of Saint Joseph Presents Civil Rights Film Series
The series is curated by Dr. Pablo Correa, Dr. Anthony De Jesús, and Steven Raider-Ginsburg.by BWW News Desk
The University of Saint Joseph presents a three-part Civil Rights Film Series, curated by Dr. Pablo Correa, Dr. Anthony De Jesús, and Steven Raider-Ginsburg. The film series is virtual, consisting of the film and post-film panel discussion with the filmmaker and additional panelists. The film series runs on Thursdays, April 8, April 15 and April 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets are free of charge and can be obtained online at autorino.usj.edu
By Cherranda Smith
During Women’s History Month, the
Black Information Network is elevating the life and work of Black women who’ve pioneered and persevered across industries and generations.
Though the list of women we need to celebrate is vast and long, there are a few hidden figures we want to uplift here.
These Black women worked diligently, some behind the scenes, others at the forefront, making striking impacts on culture, social movements, laws, and more. Some formed groups, relying on the collective power to make change, others stood up where they were to make a change. However the work was done, Black women did it and continue to do it, for themselves and for those to come.
February 9, 2021
By Nicole Taylor Morris
Fannie Lou Hamer is rumored to have said, “If you give a hungry man food, he will eat it. [But] if you give him land, he will grow his own food,” while referring to her Freedom Farm Cooperative, which was established in 1967 in rural Mississippi.
We enter Black History Month in the middle of a pandemic that disproportionately impacts Black communities while those same communities continue to face state violence and police brutality. Fannie Lou Hamer’s wisdom continues to ring true. She speaks to the need for deep systemic change, particularly in relation to racial equity and structural opportunity in land access, rather than unsustainable Band-Aid solutions.