Blacks in Boston Conference
Blacks in Boston is a conference series conceived of by former Boston College Black Studies Director 阿曼达V. 休斯顿. These conferences addressed subjects such as blacks in metropolitan Boston, the struggle for equal education, the relationships between Irish and black Bostonians, the role of immigrants of African descent in the development and evolution of Boston’s black communities.
2022 Blacks in Boston Conference
“Fifty Years of Black Studies in Boston”
April 9, 2022
Boston College, Gasson 100
FREE and open to the public. Deadline to register is April 4th.
Panel 1 Reflecting on Black Studies At and Beyond Boston College
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Aminah Fernandes Pilgrim, 教师 of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Critical Ethnic & Community Studies, Africana Studies, University of Massachusetts-Boston
史密斯的信仰, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and 英语, Brandeis University
Cynthia Young, Associate Professor of African American Studies, 英语, 和女人的, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Moderator: Martin Summers, Professor of 历史 and African and African Diaspora Studies and Director of AADS, Boston College
Virtual Walking Tour of Blacks at Boston College
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Professor Rhonda Frederick, Associate Professor of 英语 and African and African Diaspora Studies, Boston College
Panel 2 Remembering Black Studies at Boston College
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Ufuoma C. Abiola (’06), Executive Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Columbia Business School
Darcel Denise Clark ('83), Bronx County District Attorney, Member of Boston College Board of Trustees
Juan Concepcion (’96), Director, Senior Legal Counsel, Boston Scientific
Rui Gomes (’96), Operational Leader for Secondary School Regions, Boston Public Schools
Zebulon Miletsky (’06), Associate Professor of Africana Studies and 历史, Stony Brook University
Moderator: Karen Miller, Associate Professor of the Practice, 历史, Boston College
Keynote Address
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Régine Jean-Charles, Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice, Director of Africana Studies, Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Northeastern University
"Black Bostonians and the Media"
Friday, April 6, 2018
Corcoran Commons, Heights Room
10:45 a.m. 到晚上7点.m.
The 2018 theme is designed to encourage an examination of the media and Boston’s black communities from historical, 当代, prospective angles. At a time when the media as foundational sources of information are being buffeted by ideological and political assaults, new economic realities, rapid technological change, it is important that we examine the effect of these changes on both traditional and cutting-edge forms of news delivery and the consequences for black Bostonians.
This year's speakers include:
- Jamarhl Crawford, Editor and Publisher, Blackstonian
- Callie Crossley, Host and Commentator,WGBH
- Kimberly Foster, Cultural Critic and Editor-in-Chief, For Harriet
- 蕾妮·格雷厄姆, Associate Editor and Columnist, Boston Globe
- 马丁汉森, Activist,Black Lives Matter Boston
- Yawu米勒, Senior Editor, Bay State Banner
"Black … and Immigrant"
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Gasson大厅 100
9:00 a.m. 到晚上7点.m.
The 2016 theme is designed to engage current issues in the US immigration debate, to explore what black immigrants and immigration bring to this conversation.
This year's speakers include:
- D. Feraiya Williams, 特瑞纳杰克逊, Luz摩尔诺, Network of Immigrant & African American Solidarity
- Dr. 紫米. Showers Johnson德克萨斯州A&米大学
- Dr. Chrystal George Mwangi, UMass Amherst
- Shelvia 英语, University of Maryland, College Park
- Ester Shapiro, University of Massachusetts
- Yvette Modestin, Encuentro Diaspora Afro
- Tyesha马多克斯, New York University
- 塔蒂阿娜米. F. 克鲁兹, University of Michigan