Juneteenth Keynote Address with Angela Davis

Saturday, June 19, 2021
4:00PM-5:00PM
Online

Saturday, June 19, 2021

4:00PM-5:00PM

Online

In partnership with UChicago Grad Council, the Black Grad Coalition, and OMSA, this inaugural initiative with programming throughout June marks the University community coming together to commemorate Juneteenth and engage in active allyship. Through her activism and scholarship over many decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender justice.

This program is free and open to the public.


Other Juneteenth Programming Beginning Thursday, May 27

  • Join the UChicago Juneteenth kickoff event with a panel on reparations.
  • If you’re interested in building allyship, consider joining these sessions: 1) History of Juneteenth, 2) Sharing our Stories: The Black Graduate Experience, and 3) Anti-Racism Workshop
  • If you’re interested in building community with fellow Black students, consider joining these sessions: 1) Black@UC: Intersectional identities, 2) Black@UC: Social, and 3) Black@UC: Open mic
  • Learn more at the I-House Book Club on June 2 or June 16 with “Freedom is a Constant Struggle” by Angela Davis (exclusively for graduate students)

Presented by International House, UChicago Grad Council, the Black Grad Coalition, and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.

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