[Entm-beu] Department of Black Study at UCR

[Robin Doyle Testa]

The following message has been forwarded on behalf of Dr. S. Hollis Woodard.


Hi everyone - please check out this new initiative to create a new Department of Black Study. Please send any questions/comments to ucrblackstudy at gmail.com<mailto:ucrblackstudy at gmail.com>

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Dear Colleagues,



We hope this finds you well!



We respectfully request that you share this with your colleagues.



After two years since the creation of the Black Study Initiative Committee, two rounds of revisions following CHASS EC and Academic Senate input, and the collection of over 2,500 signatures, on May 24th 2022 the Academic Senate will vote on the proposal<https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/issues/updated-deptblackstudy-full-617b1809c18d7-.pdf> for the creation of the Department of Black Study at UCR.



This is your chance to show up, let your voice be heard and vote in the affirmative!



Why a  Department of Black Study



Black Study is a transdisciplinary body of knowledge emerging from historical and contemporary African, African American, and diasporic Black experiences. Its urgent need became all the more evident in the wake of the 2020 transnational and multiracial mass mobilization for Black Lives. Black Study encompasses but significantly exceeds conventional curricular frameworks of Black Studies, African American Studies, Africana Studies, as well as traditional disciplines in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts. Black Study emphasizes the verb study: the collective activities -- past, present and future -- expressed in abolitionist African and Black diasporic queer, trans, and feminist transdisciplinary approaches to a global framing of Black experiences. To succeed, the initiative needs strong support from a broad coalition of people, communities and organizations.



What can you do to support:



1.    Come show your support and vote yes on May 24th

2.    Encourage your colleagues, fellow department chairs, and dean to attend the May 24th senate meeting and vote yes for the creation of the department

3.    Attend the events below to learn more about the department



Learn more about the Department of Black Study at these upcoming events:



· Open College Forums from  11-12pm at https://ucr.zoom.us/j/94375817688

§  Thursday May 5

·        Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering

·        College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

·        School of Business

·        School of Medicine

§  Thursday May 12

·        College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

·        School of Education

·        School of Public Policy


· CIS Co-sponsoered event: Thursday, May 19, 11am (online). More information forthcoming


· BSI Open Forums: https://ucr.zoom.us/j/94375817688

§  Wednesday April 20 (2-3pm)

§  Tuesday April 26 (1-2pm)

§  Wednesday May 18 (2-3pm)



We welcome any opportunity to engage with you, and answer your questions. If you would like more information regarding all things Black Study, please email us at ucrblackstudy at gmail.com<mailto:ucrblackstudy at gmail.com>





Sincerely and with gratitude,



The Black Study Initiative Committee:



Aaron Brown, graduate student, Department of English

Ayana A Flewellen, faculty, Department of Anthropology

Dennis Frederick McIver, University Honors and Past President of the Black Faculty

and Staff Association (BFASA)

Donatella Galella, faculty, Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production

Imani Kai Johnson, faculty, Department of Dance

Ïxkári Noé Estelle, graduate student, Department of English

Jamal J Myrick, director, African Student Programs (ASP)

joão costa vargas, faculty, Department of Anthropology

John Epps, minister, community member

Kim Yi Dionne, faculty, Department of Political Science

Marilyn Grell-Brisk, researcher,

Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT)

Ni'Ja Whitson, faculty, Department of Dance

Precious Fasakin, undergraduate student (UCR Class of 2021)

Rickerby Hinds, faculty, Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production

Toi Thibodeaux, Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center

Vorris Lynn, faculty, Department of English


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