January 20, 2021 MACOMB, IL – As part of the 2021 celebration of Black History Month at Western Illinois University, University of Missouri-Columbia Associate Professor Keona Ervin will deliver the keynote address, "Reimagining Liberation: Black Feminism from the Combahee River Collective to the Movement for Black Lives," virtually from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2. The address will provide an overview of the organizing work of radical Black feminists from the 1970s to present. It will include a discussion of the ways Black feminism has uniquely shaped and critiqued movements for social democracy. The virtual address can be accessed Feb. 2 at https://wiu.zoom.us/j/99652421131, and the event is open free to the public.