CCNY announces virtual Black History Month activities

A workshop to empower Black students, an architecture lecture series themed 鈥淩adical Black Space,鈥 and discussions with sociologist Eve L. Ewing, and cultural critic/author/comedian Cyrus McQueen, highlight T九色视频鈥檚 virtual observance of Black History Month this February.

Following are the events:

Feb. 3, 12:30 p.m. 鈥淭rill or Not Trill Workshop鈥
Department of Student Life & Leadership Development
A workshop by the leadership institute for Black students as they face challenges from on-campus discrimination to stigmas about graduation rates. Its aim is to provide participants with specific tools that will enhance their college experience. The Zoom event is part of Student Life鈥檚 鈥淐CNY Beaver Thursdays - Leadership Edition: Black Student Leadership Green Book鈥 series. and view any additional Black History Month events.

Feb. 10, 6 p.m. 鈥淐onversation: Black Land Consortium鈥
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
The first of the Spitzer School鈥檚 themed 鈥淩adical Black Space鈥 features Jerome Haferd, Emanual Admassu, Curry Hackett and Jennifer Newsom. The series brings together architects, preservationists, planners, artists, and historians of color at a precipitous moment in time. Radical Black Space shows that the Black Radical tradition is alive in art and architecture, and that Black history and study are essential to understanding the present, and shaping the future for all. .

Feb. 17, 6 p.m. 鈥淥ther Architectures鈥
Sciame Lecture Series event featuring .

Feb. 17, 6 -7:30 p.m. 鈥淐yrus McQueen: Tweeting Truth to Power鈥
Division of Interdisciplinary Studies
The Committee on Inclusive Excellence kicks off the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies鈥 Black History Month celebration with , comedian, cultural critic, and author of 鈥淭weeting Truth to Power: Chronicling Our Caustic Politics, Crazed Times, and the Great Black and White Divide.鈥 . 

Feb. 22, 5:30 鈥 6:45 p.m.  鈥淔ounder Talk: Joy Fowler of A MIRacle Foundation鈥
Zahn Innovation Center
Celebrate black-owned businesses and organizations at the first event of the Zahn Center鈥檚 Standard Chartered Women+Tech Network programming. Joy Fowler, co-founder of will speak. .

Feb. 24, 6 p.m. 鈥淒ifference and Design鈥 
Sciame Lecture Series event featuring transdisciplinary designer and urbanist . 

Feb. 28,  6 -7:30 p.m.  Eve L. Ewing, interview and discussion
Division of Interdisciplinary Studies
Interview and discussion with poet and sociologist . Her research is focused on racism, social inequality, urban policy, and the impact of these forces on American public schools and the lives of young people. She is a prolific writer across multiple genres and will discuss 鈥淕hosts in the Schoolyard: Racism & School Closings on Chicago's South Side;鈥 her poetry collection, 鈥1919;鈥 her children鈥檚 book, 鈥淢aya and the Robot;鈥 and her work for Marvel Comics. . 

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Jay Mwamba
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e: jmwamba@ccny.cuny.edu