Ho-Chunk Nation Flag-Raising
Friday, November 4 at 10:00 am the Ho-Chunk Flag will be raised over Bascom Hill for the first time. The event is open to the public. https://oursharedfuture.wisc.edu/flag-raising-2021/
College of Letters & Science
Friday, November 4 at 10:00 am the Ho-Chunk Flag will be raised over Bascom Hill for the first time. The event is open to the public. https://oursharedfuture.wisc.edu/flag-raising-2021/
Please join us Wednesday November 3rd at 4pm for a discussion of Prof. Brenda Gayle Plummer’s (History, Afro-American Studies) chapter, “Aviation Discrimination’s Roots in Jim Crow Practices.” An abstract of the book is below. We will meet from 4pm to 5pm on Wednesday, November 3rd, at the following Zoom link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99896004161?pwd=L0ZkR0lmV3FJbkJob3FDTS9xOXBBQT09 The chapter was previously circulated …
Join vocalist Anthony Russell and multi-instrumentalist Dmitri Gaskin as they perform and unpack the sounds, idioms and histories behind the music they’ve created as the Yiddish songwriting duo, Tsvey Brider. Afro-American Studies is a co-sponsor for this event. Thursday, October 28 4:00 pm Hamel Music Center Collins Recital Hall
Treaties: How we come to be where we are Join us for a free, live virtual roundtable discussion to learn about treaties, the most important documents in any community, and how our ongoing nation-to-nation agreements with the Ho-Chunk Nation are fundamental to daily life here at Teejop (day-JOPE), the place currently known as Madison, Wisconsin. …
The world just lost a gentle soul. Robin Hope Schmidt was born on May 1, 1950 in Newport News, Virginia. She spent her elementary school years in Detroit, Michigan. Her family moved several times and later settled in Bloomfield, Indiana where she graduated from Bloomfield High School. As a child, she spent many happy …
Broadway star André De Shields will address bachelor’s degree candidates, while John Gottman, one of the most influential psychologists in the country, will address graduate degree candidates. In 2004, Department of Afro-American Studies led the way for Andre de Shields to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the UW–Madison. We nominated him with theatre and drama …
The Department of Afro-American Studies stands in solidarity with the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Asian American Studies Program Response to Anti-Asian Violence: https://asianamerican.wisc.edu/2021/03/17/response-to-anti-asian-violence/ Resources to Support Our APIDA Community: https://diversity.wisc.edu/asian-pacific-islander-desi-american-support-resources/ The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Statement in Response to the Atlanta Shootings: https://news.wisc.edu/statement-in-response-to-atlanta-shootings/
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