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SUMMARY:Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks: A Workshop for Young Poets
DESCRIPTION:The University of Illinois Rare Books and Manuscripts Library and Illinois Humanities welcome students in grades 5-8 for an afterschool celebration of poetry and the life Gwendolyn Brooks. Participants will examine materials that belonged to Gwendolyn Brooks (including a spice box filled with keys!) and write poetry using her words and their own imaginations. If you love to read\, write\, and act out poems\, then join Janice N. Harrington\, the author of The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County\, for this innovative poetry and biography workshop. \nStudents will be invited to submit their poems to the Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards\, a statewide youth poetry competition founded by Gwendolyn Brooks herself when she was Illinois’s poet laureate. Illinois Humanities has been proud to present the competition since 2017. \nThis workshop is presented by Illinois Humanities and the University of Illinois’ Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. It will be hosted at the Independent Media Center by Janice N. Harrington\, a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Food and drinks will be provided. \nThis event is free and open to students in grades 5 through 8\, but space is limited. To register\, follow this link: https://www.ilhumanities.org/events/celebrating-gwendolyn-brooks-a-workshop-for-young-poets/#register
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/celebrating-gwendolyn-brooks-a-workshop-for-young-poets/
LOCATION:University of Illinois’ Rare Books and Manuscripts Library\, 1408 W. Gregory Dr.\, Room 346\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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SUMMARY:Ann Johnson: Converse & Real Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a School of Art & Design Visitors Series talk by artist Ann Johnson on April 6\, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. The talk will be held in the lower level auditorium of the Krannert Art Museum (500 E. Peabody Dr.\, Champaign). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReflecting on her 2022 Lawndale Contemporary Art Center installation See Me\, Ann “Sole Sister” Johnson is matter-a-fact about the intent: “This is about being seen. Seeing the women in the shadows.” \nIncorporating experimental printmaking on found objects to produce “work that breathes conversation” and “question humanity\,” Ann “Sole Sister” Johnson occupies that threshold between ancestral legacies and historical futures. \nThe artist\, Ann Johnson\, occupies a space—on\, among\, and with ancestral spirits—that is at once both “magical and distressing\,” to bring forth artistic work that examines family\, community\, and Black Womanhood. In so doing\, it interrogates what it means to survive in a world when that world itself “is too damn much.” \nShe presents us with an intricate photopolymer intaglio process “on cotton\, leaves\, feathers and infuses an assimilation of found objects with contemporary imagery. \nWith other poignant processes Johnson honors those women in the shadows and captures “layers and levels of womanhood” via a “transfer printmaking process on vintage and aged-metal ironing boards.” \nShe discerns and embraces the intimacies of family portraits and personal stories by rendering them legible against the surfaces of objects that hold symbolic and historical significance. \nJohnson is currently exhibiting at Plains Art Museum in Fargo\, ND. | Unseen Traces \nAbout the Artist\nBorn in London\, England\, UK\, and raised in Cheyenne\, Wyoming\, USA\, Ann Johnson received a BS in Home Economics from Prairie View A&M University where she has taught for over 20 years. She earned an MA in Humanities (University of Houston-Clear Lake) as well as an MFA from the Academy of Art University (San Francisco) with a concentration in printmaking. \nJohnson’s work has been exhibited at The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, TX; The Museum of Printing History\, Women and Their Work Gallery\, Austin\, TX; Claire Oliver Gallery in Harlem\, NY; Project Row Houses\, Houston\, TX; Tisdale Beach Institute\, Savannah\, GA; Charles H. Wright Museum\, Flint\, MI; The Apex Museum\, Atlanta\, GA; The High Point Centre for Printmaking\, MN; The Contemporary Art Museum Houston; and the California African American Art Museum located in Los Angeles\, CA. She is represented by Hooks Epstein Galleries in Houston\, TX\, and Spillman Blackwell Fine Art in New Orleans\, LA.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/ann-johnson-converse-real-talk/
LOCATION:Krannert Art Museum\, 500 E. Peabody Drive\, Champaign\, Illinois\, 61820
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SUMMARY:Table Talk Book Club: Brighter by the Day
DESCRIPTION:Join the Champaign Public Library’s casual monthly get-togethers to talk about books by contemporary African American writers. New members are welcome; call 217/403-2090 for more information. \nOn April 13\, 2023\, the book club will discuss Brighter by the Day by Robin Roberts. This will be a joint meeting with the library’s other book clubs and will be held at the Main Library. \n“Diane\, Michelle\, Kenya\, and Lynette have known each other since they were small children. They grew up in different neighborhoods\, but they also grew up in the same church (which is how they first met)\, and while they each attended different colleges\, they never lost touch with each other. So much so\, they regularly planned trips to come home on the same weekends\, and outside of time spent with their family and dating\, they enjoyed all their summers together as well. Now many years later\, at age forty\, they are still best friends forever and they meet for lunch on the first Saturday of every month\, but their lives couldn’t be more different”– Provided by publisher. \nBooks for this season are: \n\nApr 13\, Brighter by the Day by Robin Roberts *Note: This is a joint meeting with the library’s other book clubs and will be held at the Main Library.\nMay 9\, No book discussion. We will meet to select the books for next season.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/table-talk-book-club-brighter-by-the-day/
LOCATION:Champaign Public Library – Main Library\, 200 W. Green St.\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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SUMMARY:UI Black Chorus
DESCRIPTION:The University of Illinois Black Chorus will perform at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts. The chorus will be conducted by Ollie Watts Davis. \nTickets will go on sale Wednesday\, January 25\, at 10 a.m.\, online only. More information is available here: https://krannertcenter.com/events/ui-black-chorus-0. \n 
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/ui-black-chorus/
LOCATION:Foellinger Great Hall\, 709 S. Mathews Ave.\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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SUMMARY:News\, Brews & Beatz: Parenting Black Children & Teens Today
DESCRIPTION:Illinois Public Media invites you to News\, Brews and Beatz 8 as we discuss parenting Black children and teens today. The public recording will be held on April 17 at the Pour Bros. Taproom (40 E. University Ave.\, Champaign) at 6:00 p.m.\n\nTopics we will cover:\n• “Old school” vs. “new school” parenting styles;\n• Exploring how you were brought up vs. how you parent your children;\n• Having “The Talk” regarding policing\, race\, and racism;\n• Addressing your child’s cultural identity and self-esteem in predominantly white spaces;\n• And navigating the challenges of social media with today’s peer pressures.\nCohosts:\n• Reginald Hardwick\, IPM Public Media News & Public Affairs Director\n• Tracy Parsons\, Comm. Relations & Facilitator Community Coalition\, City of Champaign\nPanelists:\n• Dr. Carolyn Randolph-Kato\, Visiting Assoc. Director of Arts Impact Assessment University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\n• Todd Kato\, Assistant Director in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Illinois (Todd and wife Carolyn are married and raising three children)\n• Cynthia Smith\, Resource Specialist\, Child Care Resource Service (Cynthia is raising her three granddaughters)\n• Erik L. Felix\, Coach\, Referee\, Entrepreneur from Danville (Erik is a single parent of seven children\, ages 14-31)\n• Robert A. White II\, Adult & Senior Programs Coordinator at Douglass Annex (Robert is a single parent of three children\, including a set of twins)\n• Dr. Dynesha D. Grissom\, Psychologist at YMG Psychological Services\, PLLC.\n\nPerformances by Spoken Word Artist Missy Richland\, and Ryan Byfield & Nuclei Trio Band.\n\nThese quarterly conversations focus on different aspects of the gun violence crisis and what individuals and community groups are doing to combat it. News\, Brews & Beatz events are free and open to the public.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/news-brews-beatz-parenting-black-children-teens-today/
LOCATION:Pour Bros. Taproom\, 40 E. University Ave.\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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SUMMARY:Food for the Soul/Inside Scoop with Nikky Finney
DESCRIPTION:Food for the Soul/Inside Scoop with Nikky Finney\n\nSponsor\nHumanities Research Institute\, hosted and cosponsored by the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center\nLocation\nBruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center\nDate\nApr 19\, 2023   12:00 pm\nSpeaker\nNikky Finney\n\n\nContact\nHumanities Research Institute\n\n\nE-Mail\ninfo-hri@illinois.edu\n\n\nFood for the Soul/Inside Scoop lunch with Nikky Finney\, John H. Bennett\, Jr.\, Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters\, University of South Carolina \nHosted and Cosponsored by the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center \nAbout the Speaker \n“So—you can write pretty\,” Toni Cade Bambara tells the twenty-one-year-old Nikky Finney during a monthly writing circle that Bambara held in her Atlanta home during the 1980’s. “But what else can your words do besides adorn?” This flat-footed question\, put to the young poet by the great short story writer\, at the beginning of her career\, sets her sailing toward a life of aiming her words to do more than pearl and decorate the page. She follows the path\, beyond adornment\, that Bambara lived and taught—a writing life rooted in empathetic engagement and human reciprocity. Nikky Finney has been a faculty member at Cave Canem summer workshop for African American poets; a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets\, a particular place for poets of color in Appalachia; poet and professor for twenty-three years at the University of Kentucky; and visiting professor at Berea and Smith Colleges. She won the PEN American Open Book Award in 1996 and the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Award for the Arts in South Carolina in 2016. She edited Black Poets Lean South\, a Cave Canem anthology (2007) authored On Wings Made of Gauze (1985)\, Rice (1995)\, Heartwood (1997)\, The World Is Round (2003)\, and Head Off & Split\, winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry. Her acceptance speech has become a thing of legend\, described by the 2011 NBA host\, John Lithgow\, as “the best acceptance speech ever–for anything.” In her home state of South Carolina\, she involves herself in the day-to-day battles for truth and justice while also guiding both undergraduates and MFA students at the University of South Carolina where she is the John H. Bennett\, Jr.\, Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters\, with appointments in both the Department of English Language and Literature and the African American Studies Program\, which she proudly notes is forty-six years strong. Nikky Finney’s work\, in book form and video\, including her now legendary acceptance speech\, is on display in the inaugural exhibition of the African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington\, D.C. You will find her in the poet’s corner\, directly across from Chuck Berry’s 1973 candy apple red Cadillac Eldorado. Finney’s work includes the arenas of Black girl genius unrecognized\, Black history misplaced and forgotten\, and the stories of women who prefer to jump instead of ride the traditional tracks of polite and acceptable society. In her full body of poetry and storytelling\, she explores the whispers and shouts of sexuality\, the invisibility of poverty in a world continually smitten by the rich and the powerful\, the graciousness of Black family perseverance\, the truth of history\, the grace and necessity of memory\, as well as the titanic loss of habitat for all things precious and wild. \nThe new decade is here and so is Nikky’s new book. Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry (pub date April 15\, 2020) is her first poetry collection since winning the National Book Award in 2011. In addition to the poems\, there are hotbeds\, a horticulture term introducing her readers to her journals\, the place where most of her poems have always found their calcium and strong knees. There are also artifacts\, images and photographs\, that assist the words in composing how the poet’s poet-life came to be. Over the last 30 years each and every Nikky Finney book has always been wonderfully different but this long awaited new minglement of word and image crafts a new kind of American poesy. \nPhoto by Forrest Clonts
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/food-for-the-soul-inside-scoop-with-nikky-finney/
LOCATION:Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center\, 1212 W. Nevada St.\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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SUMMARY:CultureTalk | Nikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown
DESCRIPTION:CultureTalk | Nikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown\n\nSponsor\nCosponsored by the College of Fine and Applied Arts\, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts\, the Center for Advanced Study\, Spurlock Museum\, and HRI\nLocation\nSpurlock Museum\, Knight Auditorium in person; livestream at go.illinois.edu/culturetalk\nVirtual\n\nDate\nApr 19\, 2023   7:30 pm\nSpeaker\nNikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown\n\n\nContact\nHumanities Research Institute\n\n\nE-Mail\ninfo-hri@illinois.edu\n\n\nNikky Finney (John H. Bennett\, Jr.\, Chair in Creative Writing and Southern Letters\, University of South Carolina) and Ruth Nicole Brown (African American Studies\, Michigan State University and Founder\, Saving Our Lives\, Hearing Our Truths – SOLHOT) in conversation\, with Janice Harrington (Creative Writing\, Department of English) moderating. Join us in person at Spurlock Museum or watch the livestream. \nCosponsored by the College of Fine and Applied Arts\, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts\, the Center for Advanced Study\, Spurlock Museum\, and HRI. \nTo request disability-related accommodations for this event\, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu or (217) 244-5586. \nAbout the Speakers\n \nNikky Finney was born by the sea in South Carolina and raised during the Civil Rights\, Black Power\, and Black Arts Movements. She is the author of On Wings Made of Gauze; Rice; The World Is Round; and Head Off & Split\, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. Her new collection of poems\, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry\, was released in 2020 from TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press. \nDr. Ruth Nicole Brown is at her best when disciplinary norms are disrupted in favor of creating ideas that swing. \nBrown’s research documents and analyzes Black girls’ lived experiences and the practical ways they make Black girlhood with those who love them. Her previous work has explored how Black girl’s conceptualize freedom\, creativity\, and relationships in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT). Brown founded SOLHOT in 2006 as a collective space to celebrate Black girlhood and to date it remains her most cherished and consistent practice of meeting Black girls face to face and heart to heart.  SOLHOT has received support from The Novo Foundation (2018-2021)\, campus grants\, Champaign-Urbana institutions\, and those who actively participate. A Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellow (2019-2020)\, Brown’s Black Girl Genius Week (BGGW) exhausts the rituals of SOLHOT to widen the cipher and experience the imaginative capabilities and artistry that only occurs when Black girls and women are together as homegirls. BGGW has taken place in central Illinois (2014\, 2016\, & 2019)\, Columbia\, SC (2019 & 2020)\, and Chicago\, IL (2019 & 2020). \nBrown is the Inaugural Chairperson of the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor in Political Science with graduate certificates in World Performance Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies. \nImages (left to right): Nikky Finney (by Forrest Clonts) and Ruth Nicole Brown
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/culturetalk-nikky-finney-and-ruth-nicole-brown/
LOCATION:Spurlock Museum\, 600 S. Gregory\, Urbana\, IL
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SUMMARY:John Jennings: “Go Back and Get It”
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a School of Art & Design Visitors Series talk by award-winning artist and scholar John Jennings (MA ’95\, MFA ’97). The talk will be held on April 20\, 2023\, at 5:30 p.m. in the lower level auditorium of the Krannert Art Museum (500 E. Peabody Drive\, Champaign). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Jennings is an award-winning artist\, visual culture scholar\, designer\, storyteller and cultural activist. \nHis work has helped reenvision how Black subjectivity is constructed\, viewed and theorized in popular media\, fine art\, and the academy. \nIn this talk\, Jennings will examine how the West African concept of “sankofa” has been a lens through which his critical making practice\, his pedagogy and his community-focused organizing has been centered. \nAbout the Artist\nJohn Jennings is a professor\, author\, graphic novelist\, curator\, Harvard Fellow\, New York Times Bestseller\, 2018 Eisner Winner\, and all-around champion of Black culture. \nAs Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside (UCR)\, Jennings examines the visual culture of race in various media forms including film\, illustrated fiction\, and comics and graphic novels. He is also the director of Abrams ComicArts imprint Megascope\, which publishes graphic novels focused on the experiences of people of color. \nHis research interests include the visual culture of Hip Hop\, Afrofuturism and politics\, Visual Literacy\, Horror\, and the EthnoGothic\, and Speculative Design and its applications to visual rhetoric. \nJennings is co-editor of the 2016 Eisner Award-winning collection The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art (Rutgers) and cofounder/organizer of The Schomburg Center’s Black Comic Book Festival in Harlem. He is cofounder and organizer of the MLK NorCal’s Black Comix Arts Festival in San Francisco and also SOL-CON: The Brown and Black Comix Expo at The Ohio State University. \nAt Krannert Art Museum\, Jennings co-reated with Damian Duffy the 2008 exhibition and its exhibition catalogue Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/john-jennings-go-back-and-get-it/
LOCATION:Krannert Art Museum\, 500 E. Peabody Drive\, Champaign\, Illinois\, 61820
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SUMMARY:Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower (Krannert Center for the Performing Arts)
DESCRIPTION:Based on the novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler\, this genre-defying work of political theatre featuring a powerhouse ensemble of 20 singers\, actors\, and musicians harnesses 200 years of Black music to give musical life to Butler’s acclaimed science fiction novels. \nParable of the Sower\, set in 2024 and published in 1993\, presciently grapples with many of the same issues we face today—global warming\, corporate influence over government\, a destabilized economy\, water scarcity\, food scarcity\, the privatization of social services\, homelessness\, public safety\, a return of long-forgotten diseases\, and the profit-making machine that runs the medical industry. \nWritten by singer\, composer\, and producer Toshi Reagon in collaboration with her mother\, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon (song leader\, composer\, scholar\, social activist\, and founder of Sweet Honey In the Rock)\, Parable of the Sower is a mesmerizing theatrical work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights into gender\, race\, and the future of human civilization. \nFollow this link to purchase tickets: https://krannertcenter.com/events/octavia-e-butlers-parable-sower
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/octavia-e-butlers-parable-of-the-sower-krannert-center-for-the-performing-arts/
LOCATION:Krannert Center for the Performing Arts\, 500 S. Goodwin Ave.\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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SUMMARY:Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower (Krannert Center for the Performing Arts)
DESCRIPTION:Based on the novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler\, this genre-defying work of political theatre featuring a powerhouse ensemble of 20 singers\, actors\, and musicians harnesses 200 years of Black music to give musical life to Butler’s acclaimed science fiction novels. \nParable of the Sower\, set in 2024 and published in 1993\, presciently grapples with many of the same issues we face today—global warming\, corporate influence over government\, a destabilized economy\, water scarcity\, food scarcity\, the privatization of social services\, homelessness\, public safety\, a return of long-forgotten diseases\, and the profit-making machine that runs the medical industry. \nWritten by singer\, composer\, and producer Toshi Reagon in collaboration with her mother\, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon (song leader\, composer\, scholar\, social activist\, and founder of Sweet Honey In the Rock)\, Parable of the Sower is a mesmerizing theatrical work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights into gender\, race\, and the future of human civilization. \nFollow this link to purchase tickets: https://krannertcenter.com/events/octavia-e-butlers-parable-sower
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/octavia-e-butlers-parable-of-the-sower-krannert-center-for-the-performing-arts-2/
LOCATION:Krannert Center for the Performing Arts\, 500 S. Goodwin Ave.\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230608T170000
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SUMMARY:My Soul Doesn't Cast a Shadow
DESCRIPTION:Art gallery at Urbana-Champaign’s Independent Media Center showcasing works by Marilynn Dean Cleveland. Some of the 1\,778 pieces that Ms. Cleveland created are included in the gallery\, which show how the nation transcended in terms of race. The artist’s paintings tell the story of how Black people migrating after slavery made a living and searched for better opportunities\, but were welcomed with new challenges like segregation. \nIMC webpage: https://www.ucimc.org/cleveland \nOpen Hours\nCome by for a tour\, visit the art gallery\, read a zine in the zine library\, use a public computer station\, print (up to 10 pages free!) or just hang out! Or schedule an appointment by contacting us at 217-666-7628 or booking@ucimc.org. \nFriday  –  2:00pm-5:00pm\nSaturday  –  2:00pm-5:00pm\nSunday  –  2:00pm-5:00pm\nMonday – Thursday –  Closed
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/my-soul-doesnt-cast-a-shadow/
LOCATION:Independent Media Center\, 202 S. Broadway\, Suite 100\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Jesmyn Ward
DESCRIPTION:Join the Urbana Free Library for an online evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses how her literary vision & personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwo-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward will discuss how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice. \nWard\, hailed as “the new Toni Morrison” by the American Booksellers Association\, is the author of fiction\, nonfiction\, and memoir\, including the critically acclaimed novels Sing\, Unburied\, Sing and Salvage the Bones\, and the memoir Men We Reaped. In 2017\, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. A professor of creative writing at Tulane University and contributing editor to Vanity Fair\, Ward’s many honors include the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction\, a MacArthur Genius Grant\, and a Strauss Living Award. \nThis event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). \nILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations\, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nThe Library is committed to making programs accessible for all. If you need an accommodation to attend a program\, please let the Library know at least two weeks in advance. To request an accommodation\, contact the Programming and Outreach Manager via email at programming@urbanafree.org or via phone at 217-367-4057.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/an-evening-with-jesmyn-ward/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks's Birthday
DESCRIPTION:Gwendolyn Brooks’s Birthday\n\nEvent Type\nReception/Open House\nSponsor\nThe Rare Book & Manuscript Library\nLocation\n346 Main University Library\, 1408 W. Gregory Dr.\nDate\nJun 7\, 2023   3:00 – 5:00 pm\nContact\nCarrie Lingscheit\n\n\nE-Mail\ncarriel@illinois.edu\n\n\n\nCome and celebrate the birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)\, former Illinois Poet Laureate and the first African American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize. Take a look at some of our favorite gems from Miss Brooks’s literary archives\, and enjoy a slice of her birthday cake! This event is free and open to all.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/gwendolyn-brookss-birthday/
LOCATION:The Rare Book & Manuscript Library\, 346 Main University Library\, 1408 W. Gregory Drive\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230611T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230611T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230601T203101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T203101Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration at Anchor Church
DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth Service/Celebration with Anchor Church \nJoin Anchor Church for its 2nd annual Juneteenth Celebration on Sunday\, June 11th at 5:00pm. They will have a special Juneteenth service with Rev. Lawrence Kirby and special music followed by food\, bounce houses\, water balloon games\, and more! \nFood will be provided by Anchor Church\, but we are also asking people to make and bring their favorite dish(es) to have it as more of a potluck style dinner. Questions? Please visit: https://www.anchorchurchil.com/
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-at-anchor-church/
LOCATION:Anchor Church\, 2901 Watterson Ct.\, Champaign\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230616T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230616T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230612T142808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230612T142808Z
UID:1527-1686916800-1686920400@ccafricanamericanheritage.org
SUMMARY:Juneteenth Flag Raising & Reverence Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Please join the City of Urbana at 12 p.m. on June 16\, 2023\, for the Juneteenth Flag Raising & Reverence Ceremony. The ceremony will be held directly in front of the City building located at 200 South Vine Street in Urbana.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/juneteenth-flag-raising-reverence-ceremony/
LOCATION:City of Urbana\, 200 S. Vine St.\, Urbana\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230616T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230616T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230609T143757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230609T143846Z
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SUMMARY:MTD Juneteenth Block Party
DESCRIPTION:The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) will host a Juneteenth Block Party on Friday\, June 16\, from 5pm to 7pm outside at Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign. To celebrate\, MTD and our community partners have created a space to connect with one another and support the observance of Juneteenth through local art\, poetry\, and history. This event is free to the public and will occupy a portion of the parking lot in front of Illinois Terminal at University Ave. and Market St. with our Juneteenth Bus\, Mama Duke’s Food Truck\, and musical entertainment by DJ BJ Clark.\n\n\nMTD’s Juneteenth Bus will be on display at the event for guests to get on board to learn about the history and importance of Juneteenth\, an annual celebration commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The bus is a mobile exhibit with nearly 40 unique interior displays ranging from historical facts and photographs\, to quotes from famous figures\, as well as book excerpts and recommendations for continued learning. Several MTD employees submitted quotes about Juneteenth\, freedom\, and the Black experience\, which are also displayed.\n\n\nTo honor Juneteenth\, we are also proud to announce a new art installation on the second floor of Illinois Terminal in the Amtrak Waiting Area. Second and third graders from Champaign Unit 4’s Booker T Washington Elementary School created Juneteenth-inspired artwork\, with help from their amazing Art Teacher\, Emily Pawlicki\, to share with the public through the summer.\n\n\nMTD also commissioned poems from the current Urbana Poet Laureate\, Ja Nelle Davenport-Pleasure and Youth Poet Laureate\, Danyla Nash. In addition to a live poetry reading from Danyla Nash at the event\, both poems are prominently displayed in a light box behind the driver on the Juneteenth Bus and are installed along the bus platform of Illinois Terminal.\n\n\nThe Juneteenth Bus Mobile Exhibit is a powerful and accessible educational resource that will be in service on randomly assigned routes through the end of July 2023. MTD will also make the bus exhibit available at community events throughout the summer\, including Juneteenth Celebrations from the Champaign Park District (Saturday\, June 17) and Urbana Park District (Sunday\, June 18) and the 25th Annual MLK Jettie Rhodes Neighborhood Day (Saturday\, June 24).
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/mtd-juneteenth-block-party/
LOCATION:Illinois Terminal\, 45 E. University Ave.\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230617T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230617T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230321T133159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230518T165025Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration at Douglass Park (Champaign)
DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth\, the oldest known celebration commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States\, is one event you don’t want to miss. Enjoy music and visit different vendors while learning about this important holiday. Children can make arts and crafts\, play on the bounce house and obstacle course\, or get soaked in the Splash Pad. \nQuestions: robert.white@champaignparks.org or 217-398-2572 \nThe Juneteenth celebration is scheduled for Saturday\, June 17\, 2023\, from 12-3pm\, at Douglass Park 804 N. Fifth St\, Champaign\, IL 61820. \nFor more information on attending or applying as a vendor\, please follow this link: https://champaignparks.com/event/juneteenth/.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-at-douglass-park/
LOCATION:Douglass Park\, 804 N. Fifth Street\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230617T220000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230617T220000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230614T144219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230614T144219Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration at Neil St. Blues
DESCRIPTION:It’s almost that time of the year again. Juneteenth is slowly approaching! \nJoin us for an electrifying Juneteenth celebration at Neil St Blues on Saturday\, June 17th! As the doors swing open at 10pm\, prepare to immerse yourself in a night filled with joy\, history\, and soulful tunes. This event commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and pays tribute to the rich cultural heritage of the community. \nWith sounds provided by Dj Slim\, enjoy classic soul and R&B to energetic hip-hop and Afrobeat rhythms\, DJ Slim will curate a diverse playlist that honors the spirit of Juneteenth. \nThis Juneteenth Weekend\, June 17th\nDoors open at 10pm\n$10 cover till 11pm\nSecurity and dress code enforced\nKitchen open\n21+ to enter \nOnly at Neil St Blues!\n301 N. Neil St\, #106\nChampaign\, IL\, 61820\n217-531-1150\nwww.neilstblues.com
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-at-neil-st-blues/
LOCATION:Neil St. Blues\, 301 N Neil St\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230618T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230618T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230518T164506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230518T165008Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration at Crystal Lake Park (Urbana)
DESCRIPTION:Join the Urbana Park District and The Urbana Free Library for a family-friendly Juneteenth celebration at the Lakehouse in Crystal Lake Park! The event will take place on Sunday\, June 18\, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy music\, food and refreshments\, fishing\, Urvana Mobile Recreation Unit games and activities\, community resources\, and more as we celebrate Black freedom\, culture\, contributions\, and achievements in Urbana and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe Library is committed to making programs accessible for all. If you need an accommodation to attend a program\, please let the Library know at least two weeks in advance. To request an accommodation\, contact the Programming and Outreach Manager via email at programming@urbanafree.org or via phone at 217-367-4057.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/juneteenth-celebration/
LOCATION:Crystal Lake\, 206 W. Park St.\, Urbana\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230619T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230619T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230518T164956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T203054Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration at Colbert Park (Savoy)
DESCRIPTION:Join in celebrating the freedom of African Americans at Colbert Park (203 E. Church St.\, Savoy). Free food\, shopping\, music\, poetry\, and more! The event will take place on June 19\, from 12:00–6:00 p.m. For more information\, visit this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3352338645004923/
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-at-colbert-park-savoy/
LOCATION:Colbert Park\, 203 E. Church St.\, Savoy\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230624T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230624T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230417T152340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T152340Z
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SUMMARY:25th Annual MLK Jettie Rhodes Neighborhood Day
DESCRIPTION:FREE Community Event! Food\, Raffle & Prizes\, Live Entertainment\, Local Talent\, Fun & Games\, Cook-Off Contest\, Family\, Friendly\, Diverse Atmosphere and More. Celebrating the legacy of the late Mrs. Jettie Rhodes and her commitment to serve her community. Help us pack King Park!! \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/965484594430125/?ref=newsfeed
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/25th-annual-mlk-jettie-rhodes-neighborhood-day/
LOCATION:King Park\, 915 W. Wascher Dr.\, Urbana\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230706T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230706T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230703T170219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T170219Z
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SUMMARY:Lives in Code: Stories of African American Resilience (The Illinois Black Codes\, 1819-1865)
DESCRIPTION:Join historian and educator\, Caroline Kisiel\, for a history of the Illinois Black Codes\, sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Road Scholar Speaker Bureau. This event will be held on Zoom. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the home of celebrated champions of freedom such as Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama\, it is often surprising for Illinoisans to learn about the long history of slavery\, racial segregation\, and exclusion in Illinois’s past. \nFederally obligated by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to pass its constitution as a free state in 1818\, residents in the region prior to Illinois statehood had practiced slavery and indentured servitude since the 1700s. This laid the groundwork for a series of harsh laws passed post-statehood called the Illinois Black Codes\, which regulated the lives of enslaved people\, indentured servants\, and free Blacks in Illinois from 1819-1865 – a period of 46 years. \nCaroline Kisiel is a public historian and educator who has been teaching for over 25 years. With a background in immigration law\, literature\, history\, storytelling\, and performance\, Kisiel writes and presents on early-Illinois history and is currently conducting research on the role of Albion\, Illinois in the struggle to keep Illinois slavery-free in the early years of statehood as well as research on stories of African American resilience under the Illinois Black Codes. \nKisiel showcases researched information and historical documents\, and facilitates audience engagement activities around questions of the value of history and activism through themes of early Illinois struggles to keep slavery at bay in the state\, the fight for African American rights\, and key early Illinois figures in this period who fought against racism and exclusion—and persevered despite the odds. \nThis event is being produced in partnership with Illinois Humanities. The Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau invites Illinois authors\, artists\, and educations to share their expertise and enthusiasm with people throughout the state\, enabling local nonprofit organizations to present free-admission cultural programs to their communities. \n\n\n\nThe Library is committed to making programs accessible for all. If you need an accommodation to attend a program\, please let the Library know at least two weeks in advance. To request an accommodation\, contact the Programming and Outreach Manager via email at programming@urbanafree.org or via phone at 217-367-4057.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/lives-in-code-stories-of-african-american-resilience-the-illinois-black-codes-1819-1865/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230720T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230720T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230714T212238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T212238Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding the State of Illinois' Black Business Survey
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with The City of Champaign\, The City of Urbana\, Campus-Community Compact To Accelerate Social Justice\, and Champaign Community Coalition – Walk As One \nIn February 2023\, the IL Office of Minority Economic Empowerment (OMEE) released results of its black business survey. This first-of-its-kind statewide Black Business Survey solicited information directly from black-owned businesses to provide empirical context to better understand the unique challenges facing lack-owned businesses across the state. \nMatt Simpson from the IL OMEE office will present the findings of the survey and share important insights to supporting both black business development and overall economic growth. Entrepreneurs who attend will be able to network with one another and take advantage of business resource organizations that will be in attendance.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/understanding-the-state-of-illinois-black-business-survey/
LOCATION:Champaign Public Library – Main Library\, 200 W. Green St.\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230811T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230811T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230417T151903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T151903Z
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SUMMARY:CU Days
DESCRIPTION:As Champaign-Urbana Days draw near\, the Champaign Park District would like to invite you to participate in this 30+ year-old tradition. This event draws nearly 2\,000 patrons each year and offers great exposure to the community. \nCelebrate the Chambana community with us! Enjoy live music\, tasty food\, children’s activities\, senior activities\, and more! \n\nFriday\, August 11\, 2023 – 5-8p\nSaturday\, August 12\, 2023 – 11a-8p\n\nQuestions: katherine.hicks@champaignparks.org or 217-398-2573 \nhttps://champaignparks.com/cu-days/
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/cu-days/
LOCATION:Douglass Park\, 804 N. Fifth Street\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230812T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230812T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230417T152003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T152003Z
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SUMMARY:CU Days
DESCRIPTION:As Champaign-Urbana Days draw near\, the Champaign Park District would like to invite you to participate in this 30+ year-old tradition. This event draws nearly 2\,000 patrons each year and offers great exposure to the community. \nCelebrate the Chambana community with us! Enjoy live music\, tasty food\, children’s activities\, senior activities\, and more! \n\nFriday\, August 11\, 2023 – 5-8p\nSaturday\, August 12\, 2023 – 11a-8p\n\nQuestions: katherine.hicks@champaignparks.org or 217-398-2573 \nhttps://champaignparks.com/cu-days/
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/cu-days-2/
LOCATION:Douglass Park\, 804 N. Fifth Street\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230906T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230906T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230901T155353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T155353Z
UID:1588-1694026800-1694030400@ccafricanamericanheritage.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Visit with Colson Whitehead
DESCRIPTION:As the author of The Underground Railroad\, The Nickel Boys\, Harlem Shuffle\, The Noble Hustle\, Zone One\, Sag Harbor\, The Intuitionist\, John Henry Days\, Apex Hides the Hurt\, and a collection of essays\, Whitehead is only the fourth writer to win two Pulitzers in the Fiction category (for Underground Railroad in 2017 and The Nickel Boys in 2020). \nHis highly anticipated latest novel\, Crook Manifesto\, is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege\, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family. \nHis reviews\, essays\, and fiction have appeared in the New York Times\, The New Yorker\, New York Magazine\, Harper’s and Granta. Whitehead has received a MacArthur Fellowship and Guggenheim Fellowship and the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction\, among others. In 2023\, President Biden awarded Whitehead a National Endowment for the Humanities Medal. He has taught extensively\, including at Columbia University\, Princeton University\, and Brooklyn College\, and has been a Writer-in-Residence at Vassar College\, the University of Richmond\, and University of Wyoming. He lives in New York City. \nFor more information\, including how to register\, visit: https://champaign.org/event/virtual-visit-with-colson-whitehead-9043557 \nThis event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/virtual-visit-with-colson-whitehead/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230915T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230915T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230417T152855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T152855Z
UID:1460-1694781000-1694790000@ccafricanamericanheritage.org
SUMMARY:Interrogating Discourses Around Resilience for Black Women: Holding Space for Strong Stories and Radical Healing
DESCRIPTION:Event Type: Professional Development \nSponsor: School of Social Work \nLocation: 1010 W. Nevada St.\, Room 2015\, Urbana \nDate: Sep 15\, 2023   12:30 – 3:00 pm \nCost: $25 for CEU’s\, $10 for no CEU’s \nRegistration: Register Now \nSeptember 15\, 2023\n12:30-3:00pm\nIn-Person at the School of Social Work\, room 2015\n2.5 CEUs for LCSW/LSW and LCPC/LPC\n*This event fulfills the cultural competence requirement for licensure*\n\nThis event will interrogate discourses around the psychosocial construct of resilience and explore its potentially negative impact on Black women’s mental health and wellbeing through research\, the art of storytelling\, and other interactive activities.\n\nLearning Objectives:\n1. Gain a deeper understanding of the psychosocial construct of resilience and the history and harms of strength among Black women in the U.S (United States).\n2. Learn about the prevalence of stress and mental illness among Black women in the U.S.\n3. Gain a deeper understanding of unique barriers to treatment and mental health help seeking among Black women with complex trauma and implementation of critical healing frameworks to reach Black women with mental illnesses.\n\nPresenter: Dora Watkins\, PhD Candidate at the School of Social Work
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/interrogating-discourses-around-resilience-for-black-women-holding-space-for-strong-stories-and-radical-healing/
LOCATION:UIUC School of Social Work\, 1010 W. Nevada\, Urbana\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230923T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230923T163000
DTSTAMP:20260421T021751
CREATED:20230815T172120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230815T172120Z
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SUMMARY:Francesca T. Royster Discussion & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Join author Francesca T. Royster at the Urbana Free Library for a discussion and book signing on her memoir “Choosing Family: a Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance” as part of Pygmalion 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are times in your life when you make choices that change everything: choosing a new job\, finding a partner\, adopting or having a child. For author Francesca T. Royster\, one of those big changes was choosing to adopt a child with her partner later in life. Her nuanced memoir thoughtfully discusses how this decision affected her notions of family\, adoption\, queerness\, race\, and how these topics also intersected in her life. Her memoir will make you think deeply about your own major life events. \nFrancesca T. Royster is a Professor of English at DePaul University in Chicago\, and received her PhD from University of California\, Berkeley in English literature. She’s written scholarly work on Shakespeare\, Black lesbian country-music fans\, Prince\, and Fela Kuti on Broadway\, among other topics. She is the author of the books Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions (2022)\, Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance (2023)\, Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era (2013)\, and Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon (2003)\, as well as numerous scholarly and creative essays. \nReviews on Choosing Family: \n“Affecting . . . Insightful and reflective\, this is a moving tribute to the power of chosen family.” [Publisher’s Weekly] \n“Memorable and fluid\, professor Francesca T. Royster’s memoir Choosing Family blends her family’s history with her story of adopting an infant girl\, juxtaposing personal life with political life and allowing each to illuminate the other. . . . In the lyrical memoir\, the personal and political unite in a queer\, interracial couple’s celebration of choosing to adopt an infant.” [Foreword Reviews] \n“The book builds on an intergenerational lineage of powerful women whose strength Royster brings to her own mothering. . . . A potent love letter to community in all its forms.” [Kirkus Reviews] \nBooks will be available to purchase at the reading. \nThis event is generously funded by The Urbana Free Library Foundation. \n\n\n\nThe Library is committed to making programs accessible for all. If you need an accommodation to attend a program\, please let the Library know at least two weeks in advance. To request an accommodation\, contact the Programming and Outreach Manager via email at programming@urbanafree.org or via phone at 217-367-4057.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/francesca-t-royster-discussion-book-signing/
LOCATION:Urbana Free Library\, 201 W. Green Street\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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SUMMARY:Musical Crossroads: Interpreting the Material Culture of African American Music
DESCRIPTION:The ways we engage with music are constantly evolving. In recent decades\, countless museums\, historic sites\, libraries\, and archives have built music collections for research\, exhibitions\, and programming purposes. Within this movement to document\, preserve\, and interpret music’s existence\, is a growing interest in music’s material culture\, the tangible objects that are the evidence of its existence. This musical material culture encompassing everything from iconic musical instruments and costumes to the seemingly mundane office equipment or promotional toy\, facilitates research in African American music which is at the center of an eco-system that lives and thrives through a network of connections and encounters among people\, communities\, places\, organizations\, and institutions. \nMcClung Fleming’s 1974 model for artifact study has been a useful framework for analyzing material culture within the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Music and Performing Arts Collection. With four basic operations of identification\, evaluation\, cultural analysis\, and interpretation\, Fleming’s model extends basic museum identification procedures\, which carefully document the appearance and historical significance\, into the realm of humanistic discussion. Applying this model to musical artifacts deepens our understanding of music’s meaning in a social\, historical\, and cultural context. \nDwandalyn R. Reece’s latest book\, Musical Crossroads: Stories Behind the Objects of African American Music (March 2023)\, draws upon a diverse array of objects in the Museum’s music collection to expand our understanding of the culture and the historical impact of African American music-making in the United States and around the world.  This material culture of African American music opens the door to a broad network of encounters\, relationships\, community structures\, and activities that bring music to life. As source material\, objects pose and invite questions that have the potential to unearth hidden figures and additional narratives\, leading to new interpretive possibilities. They can challenge or affirm established paradigms\, uncover the voices and experiences of those who have been unheard or overlooked\, and have the potential to expand historical narratives in new directions. \n  \n \nDr. Dwandalyn R. Reece is Associate Director for the Humanities at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. She brings more than thirty-five years of knowledge and experience in public humanities work\, including twelve years as NMAAHC’s Curator of Music and Performing Arts. Under her leadership\, the Museum built a collection of over 4\,000 objects and curated the museum’s inaugural permanent exhibition\, Musical Crossroads\, for which she received the Secretary’s Research Prize in 2017. Other projects have include author and editor of the publication\, Musical Crossroads: Stories about the Objects of African American Music (March 2023)\, contributing producer of the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap (2021)\, co-curating the Smithsonian Year of Music in 2019 and the museum’s 2016 grand opening music festival\, Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration\, and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program\, Rhythm and Blues: Tell it Like it Is in 2011.  She is also chair of the Smithsonian Music Executive Committee\, a pan-institutional group that promotes access to the SI vast musical holdings. Dwan has appeared on numerous media outlets including NPR\, the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, CBS This Morning\, USA Today\, Vice News and Al Jazeera and has appeared on such podcasts as WTF with Marc Maron\, Sound Expertise\, and the Hikma Collective.    Her 2019 Ted X Mid-Atlantic talk on blackface minstrelsy was posted on Ted.com and has appeared in several documentaries including Rosenwald (2012) and the Unladylike episode on Gladys Bentley (2018). She just completed her second season on the award-winning SiriusXM podcast series\, All Music is Black Music.  Dwan serves as Board Member-at-Large for the Society for Ethnomusicology and the Society for American Music.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/musical-crossroads-interpreting-the-material-culture-of-african-american-music/
LOCATION:Music Building Auditorium\, 1114 W. Nevada St.\, Urbana\, IL
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SUMMARY:Jalimusa: An Epic Tale of Black Women’s Mothering
DESCRIPTION:Activist-artist-educator Dr. Amira Davis joins The Urbana Free Library for this special event on Black Motherhood. This program will be a combination performance and presentation based on Davis’ book\, Jalimusa: An Epic Tale of Black Women’s Mothering. She will perform songs related to Black women’s mothering and read excerpts from her book\, including stories of historical Black women that address issues such as representation\, educational and maternal activism\, aging\, reproductive rights\, and spirituality. Question and answer to follow. \nDr. Davis is the author of Jalimusa: An Epic Tale of Black Women’s Mothering. She is a mother\, grandmother\, and activist-artist-educator using African drums\, percussions\, and stories to entertain\, educate\, and motivate. She received her master’s in education in curriculum and instruction and a doctorate in educational policy studies with a concentration in African American studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau. \n\n\n\nThe Library is committed to making programs accessible for all. If you need an accommodation to attend a program\, please let the Library know at least two weeks in advance. To request an accommodation\, contact the Programming and Outreach Manager via email at programming@urbanafree.org or via phone at 217-367-4057.
URL:https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/event/jalimusa-an-epic-tale-of-black-womens-mothering/
LOCATION:Urbana Free Library\, 201 W. Green Street\, Urbana\, IL\, 61801
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