Agenda
Topics & Activities for the Day
- 10:00-10:05 a.m.: Opening welcome and introduction (Michael Johnson)
- 10:05-10:10 a.m.: Welcome (Chancellor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco)
- 10:10-10:15 a.m.: Opening poetry reading (Porsha Olayiwola)
- 10:15-10:20 a.m.: Tribute to Carroy 'Cuf' Ferguson
- 10:30-10:45 a.m.: Breakout sessions:
- Community-Building and Solidarity Across the Diaspora (Prof. Patricia Krueger-Henney, facilitator; Campus Center 3540)
- Show Me the Money! From Data to Political Action in Black Boston (Prof. Bodunrin Banwo, facilitator; Campus Center 3545)
- 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Lunch and live jazz
- 12:25-12:30 p.m.: Welcome and keynote introduction (Provost Joseph Berger)
- 12:30-1:05 p.m.: Keynote (Rahsaan Hall, President and CEO, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts)
- 1:05-1:10 p.m.: Closing poem (Deleya Creese)
- 1:10-2:00 p.m.: Community fair (Ballroom C)
Acknowledgements
Partners & Funders
- Department of Africana Studies
- William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture
- College of Liberal Arts
- Black Faculty and Staff Association
Volunteers
- Gloria Slewion
- Allyson Gormley
- Leonard David
- Christa Kelleher
- Roxann Harvey
- Rolihlahla Nyirenda
- Sonia Arthur
- Matteo Totime
- Isabelle Ribeiro Antoine
- Lenise De Melo
- Yvonne Gomes-Santos
- Bella Chavez
- Jaylen Darosa
- Angela Akpah
- Teri Grayson
- Chloe Belt
- Siena Santos Edmunds
- Arlene Wilhite
- Rahmat Husein Andri Ansyah
Community Fair Participants
- United Communities Corporation
- Black Faculty and Staff Association
- Africana Studies Department
- Black Student Center
- Trotter Institute
- Black Men Run Boston
- My Brother's Keeper
- McCormack Graduate School
- Haitian Student Association
Planning Team
- Calvin Hill
- Arlene Wilhite
- Denise Patmon
- Yvonne Gomes-Santos
- Cheryl Price
- Kristina Hall-Michel
- Bodunrin Banwo
- Jadin Draper
- Danielle Grant
- Leonard Davis
- Azure Parker
- Sheldon George
- Keyana Parks
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Michael Johnson, BLM Day event organizer: michael.johnson@umb.edu
Rebecca Francois, Event Planner: rfrancois2600@outlook.com