| When | Saturday, March 20, 2021, 4:30 – 7:30 PM |
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| Categories | Lectures & Discussions, Webcasts & Online |
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| Sponsor | African American History and Culture Museum |
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| Co-sponsor | The Center for Global Migration Studies, University of Maryland, College Park |
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| Venue | African American History and Culture Museum |
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| Event Location | Virtual |
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| Cost | Free. Registration Recommended |
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| Get Tickets or Register | eventactions.com… |
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| Related Events | The Making African America symposium series brings together scholars, journalists, activists, curators, filmmakers, and writers to discuss how immigration has shaped and is continuing to reshape what it
means to be black in the United States. The symposium takes place over three weekends in March. For the full schedule and more information about the symposium, click here. |
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| Sign Up | | Details | 1:00 PM EST
Community Day: Telling Tales of the Diaspora. For more information and to register for Community Day, please click here.
4:30 PM EST
Session 9: Advancing Blackness in Activism and Justice
Within Black populations, despite unvarying concerns about violence and racism, each generation believes more strongly in the possibility of racial equity. Millennials are members of one of the most populous, well-educated, and racially and ethnically diverse generation in the United States. This panel discussion will explore contemporary sites of black activism for millennial leaders, including anti-racism, immigration, and economic justice. - Malachi Hernandez, Massachusetts State House
- Gregory “Ronnie” James, UndocuBlack Network
- DeJoiry McKenzie-Simmons, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Nakia Woods, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- Moderator: Nana Afua Brantuo, Justice for Muslims Collective
6:00 PM EST
Session 10: ‘I Too Sing America’: Writing Blackness in Poetry and Fiction
This panel discussion brings together renowned authors whose cultural roots span the African diaspora. They will discuss their use of the written word as a medium to communicate black immigrant experiences, including the complexity of encounters with other Black Americans in the United States. - Dinaw Mengestu, author
- Edwidge Danticat, author
- Elizabeth Acevedo, poet and author
- Moderator: Joanne Hyppolite, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Titles by Dinaw Mengestu, Edwidge Danticat, and Elizabeth Acevedo are available for purchase courtesy of Smithsonian Enterprises using this request form.
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