Join us for a series of events for African Heritage Month 2018!
‘Black Women and Powers / Femmes Noires et pouvoirs’:
Cultural display curated by SOFIFRAN (G.A. Gibson Library)
Monday, January 29 to Sunday, February 11, 2018: Interior library cases
, open event
Monday, February 5 to Sunday, February 11, 2018: Thistle Complex (open event)
‘Reflections Unheard: Black Women & Civil Rights’: Screening and Panel Discussion
Thursday, February 1, 2018, from 5:00pm to 8:00on: Sankey Chamber (open event)
Organizers: Brock African Heritage Recognition Committee (BAHRC). Student Justice Centre (SJC), Human Rights and Equity (HRE)
‘Les matriarcats d’Afrique’:
Interactive workshop by SOFIFRAN, in French.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm: Welsh Hall 208 (open event)
Organizers: SOFIFRAN, MLLC, BAHRC
‘It Takes a Riot’: Screening and Panel Discussion of Simon Black’s film about the 1992 Yonge Street rebellion.
Thursday, February 8, 2018, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm: Sankey Chambers (open event)
Organizers: BAHRC
‘Contribution of Afro Descendent Women to the History of Humanity’:
By Nafee N. Faigou (SOFIFRAN) & Jean Ntakirutimana (Brock Univeristy)
Thursday, February 15, 2018, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm: Sankey Chambers (open event)
Organizers: SOFIFRAN, MLLC, BAHRC
‘Wilma: The Story of a Black Canadian’: Screening and Q&A with the film maker Ayo Adewumi and Dr. Wilma Morrison
Saturday, February 17, 2018, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm: St. Catharines Public Library (open event)
Organizer: BAHRC, St. Catharines Public Library
‘Babe l’ve got to go’: Screening and panel discussion with Andrew Moir, Andre Atlyn, and Jamaican Consul General (Lloyd Wilks)
Thursday, March 1, 2018, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (open event)
Organizer: BAHRC
In addition, there are four student organized events:
“Let’s Talk About Colourism” (closed event)
Thursday, February 8, 2018, in the Student Justice Centre
“Let’s Talk About Black Love” (open event)
Wednesday, February 14, 2018, in the Student Justice Centre
“Black Men and the Pressure of Masculinity: Film and Panel Discussion” (open event)
Monday, February 26, 2018, in the Student Justice Centre
“The Kaleidoscope Experience: Exposition and Gala” (open event)
Friday, March 2, 2018, in Isaac’s
Sponsored by the Office of the President, and co-sponsored by the St. Catharines Public Library; the Brock University Faculty Association; Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies; Department of History, Department of Labour Studies, Department of Modern Languages, Literature, and Culture; Department of Political Science; Department of Sociology; Human Rights and Equity Office; MA in Critical Sociology; MA in Social Justice and Equity, and Social Justice Centre.
