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SUMMARY:The Black Joy Project
DESCRIPTION:Running from February 2 through December 1\, 2024\, the Black Joy Project aims to make an unprecedented celebration of Black JOY visible in our communities and museum spaces. The project celebrates the beauty\, joy\, and resilience of Black women and girls and their lived experiences during COVID-19 and the social unrest after the brutal deaths of George Floyd\, Breonna Taylor\, and others. During 2024\, public events will carry the project’s themes into performances\, workshops\, talks\, and other programs with an exciting variety of artists and experts. The project will grow and build joy throughout the year. \nThroughout the run of the project\, the community can expect events that underscore resilience and healing through food\, performance\, crafting\, music\, and much more. Conversations around self-care and cooking lead into wellness activities and programs encouraging participants to add to the project’s museum display. Programs include a Black business expo (February) to connect local Black business owners with the community and to discuss ideas around growing Black wealth; a multi-day workshop (June) for community members to create their own Book of Life\, inspired by PBS’s hit TV show Finding Your Roots; and a back to school evening (August) for students to learn about and receive materials to incorporate the Samaritan’s Eight Dimensions of Wellness(external link). \nAbout the Curators\nDr. Ruby Mendenhall is a professor in Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the Associate Dean for Diversity and Democratization of Health Innovation of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Her research looks at how gun violence affects Black mothers’ mental and physical health. She is currently directing the Nobel Project\, which provides students from marginalized groups unprecedented access to experiences and mentors in science\, technology\, engineering\, art\, and math. She recently trained close to 50 high school and young adults to be Community Health Workers and Citizen/Community Scientists. She is also developing Wellness Stores/Spaces in schools and other locations in communities. \nFlorence Adibu is a Research Scientist at Carle Illinois College of Medicine. She infuses her work with a deep understanding of intercultural learning\, Afrofuturism\, and community healing. She inspires students to become Global Ambassadors\, passionately addressing the intersection of innovation\, inequity\, and knowledge. Florence is a vocal advocate for Black women and girls\, leveraging oral storytelling to speak truth to power in her teaching and writing. \nSupported by:\n\nDr. Allan C. and Marlene S. Campbell Endowment Fund\nRichard J. and Barbara S. Faletti Gallery of African Cultures Fund\nDonald W. and Dorothy Berkey White Endowment Fund\nNorman E. Whitten Spurlock Graduate Assistant Fund\nSpurlock Museum Educational Endowment Fund\nSpurlock Museum Guild Museum Fund\nGirls Like Me Inc.\nCarle Illinois College of Medicine\nPresident’s Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and Humanities\nNational Science Foundation\nIllinois Arts Council Agency
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/the-black-joy-project/
LOCATION:Spurlock Museum\, 600 S. Gregory\, Urbana\, IL
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SUMMARY:Willie Summerville: A Life of Music\, Faith\, and Service
DESCRIPTION:The Sousa Archives exhibit\, “Willie Summerville: A Life of Music\, Faith\, and Service” opened at the School of Music lobby.  In Kathya Alexander’s 2017 memorial essay to William “Willie” Thomas Summerville (1944-2017)\, she describes him as Urbana-Champaign-University of Illinois’ unique musical and spiritual force who brought people together through song and service to the community.  She wrote\, \nMr. Summerville graduated from the University of Illinois in 1967 with a Master’s degree in music education. He played tuba with the Marching Illini.  His first job was with Champaign Public Schools until 1970 when he became the Choral Music Director of the Middle School 8th Grade Chorus in Urbana Unified Schools.  He was also the Director of the Urbana High School Concert Choir.  He took that choir to Rome to sing at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in 1999.   In 2002\, he took the Urbana High School Choir to NYC where they sang at Riverside Church and Carnegie Hall.  He was a founding member of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church and a charter member of the Deacon Board and treasurer of the Canaan Development Foundation…Mr. Summerville was born in Sunshine\, Arkansas on August 17\, 1944.  He was the son of Moses and Lenora\, the middle child of four sisters. He was married to his wife\, Valerian Alexander Summerville for 48 years. \nThanks to the generosity of the Summerville family the Willie T. Summerville and Summerville Family Papers are preserved at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.  This collection and our new exhibit documents Willie’s career as music educator for the Urbana public school system and deacon\, treasurer and music minister for the Canaan Baptist Church\, and highlights his extraordinary service to our local community through music.  For further information about this new exhibit honoring Black History Month call 217-333-4577 or email schwrtzs@illinois.edu.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/willie-summerville-a-life-of-music-faith-and-service/
LOCATION:Sousa Archives & Center for American Music\, 1103 S 6th St\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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