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Forty Years of Black Feminist Fire

Friday, April 15, 2022 | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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WRRC Forty Years of Black Feminist Fire

Forty Years of Black Feminist Fire is a future-forward celebration hosted by the Women's Research & Resource Center at Spelman College. This virtual celebration will include remarks from students, scholar-activists, artists and friends of WRRC.

During this one-day event, we will celebrate the teaching legacy of Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., the 40th anniversary of the Women's Research & Resource Center at Spelman College, and 21 years of the Toni Cade Bambara Scholars/Writers/Activists Collective.

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10 a.m. | Welcome and Purpose

  • Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., C'66, Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
  • M. Bahati Kuumba, Ph.D., Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
  • Raquille Love, C’2022, Spelman College Student
  • Cultural Expression - TBD

11 a.m. | Special Recognitions in Memory of Toni Cade Bambara, bell hooks, and Professor Valerie Boyd

  • Holly Smith, M.A., College Archivist, Spelman College

11:40 a.m. | Panel #1: 40 years of Black Feminism

  • Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ph.D., C'70, Georgia Tech University (Retired)
  • Sherie Randolph, Ph.D., Georgia Tech University
  • Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Ph.D., Emory University

12:45 p.m. | Poetic Movement

  • Sequoia Maner, Ph.D., Spelman College

1 p.m. | Musical Movement

  • Somalia Ramin, C'2018, Artist & Musician

1:30 p.m. | Panel #2: Big Mama’s Roundtable Revisited

  • Sarah (Thompson) Nahar, M.Div, C’2006, Syracuse University
  • Moya Bailey, Ph.D., C’2005, Northeastern University
  • Banah Ghadbian, Ph.D., C’201, University of California San Diego

2:45 p.m. | Word Movement

  • Members of Alpha Pi Chapter, Triota Honor Society (Iota Iota Iota)

3 p.m. | Still Alive: The Spirit of Toni Cade Bambara Lives On [Film]

  • Taryn Lee Crenshaw, M.A., C'2009, Documentarian & Educator

3:40 p.m. | Call to Scholar-Activism

  • M. Bahati Kuumba, Ph.D., Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center

 

Past Events

A Tribute to Toni Morrison at Spelman College

The Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center, in collaboration with the Spelman UNCF/Mellon Programs and the UGA Low-Residency MFA Program, hosted A Tribute to Toni Morrison on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. The program included readings and performances by Herman BeaversPearl CleageJohn HolmanTayari JonesKamilah Aisha MoonShay YoungbloodGina Breedlove.

Read an article about the tribute: Crafting the Pieces Of Morrison’s Puzzle!

A Tribute to Toni Morrison Event
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Breast Cancer Symposium
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TCB Foot Soldiers
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