Past Events




I, A Black Woman, Resist: A Film Screening & Dialogue

Sharrelle Barber
Mar 12, 2019 at

Join us for a screening of I, A Black Woman, Resist, a "living" documentary film project honoring the life and legacy of Afro-Brazilian activist and politician, Marielle Franco. This…



Graduate Colloquium

Mar 6, 2019 at

Citizenship, Belonging & Knowledge Production

 

MK Abadoo
Choreographer, Teacher, Organizer

James Cantres
Assistant Professor of Africana…



PRSS Event: “Peanut Panacea: The Medical Ideas of George Washington Carver”

Natalie Shibley
Feb 28, 2019 at

Natalie Shibley will discuss the health politics of George Washington Carver, including ideas about nutrition, cough medicine, and peanut oil massage.



Reading and Conversation with Professor Saidiya Hartman

Feb 22, 2019 at

In conjunction with 'Colored People Time: Mundane Futures', ICA curator Meg Onli will be in conversation with Professor Saidiya Hartman on the occasion of the release of her new volume, 'Wayward Lives,…



Shattering Refuge

Feb 18, 2019 at

A Film by Sonari Chidi

Introduction by Camille Z. CharlesDirector, Center for Africana Studies

Distinguished Panel & Audience Q+A with

| Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al HusseinFormer UN High…



Feminista Jones in conversation w/ Tanji Gilliam

Feb 13, 2019 at

Please join us for a reading and discussion with FEMINISTA JONES—author of Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets—in conversation with TANJI GILLIAM!



MLK: An Interfaith Commemoration and Conversation in Social Justice

Reverend Dr. William Barber II
Jan 23, 2019 at

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PRSS Event: “Race, Medicine, and Justice”

Dorothy Roberts
Jan 23, 2019 at

Dorothy Roberts will deliver the keynote address for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.



PRSS Event: Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Symposium

Jan 23, 2019 at

PRSS is co-sponsoring this event, hosted by the Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity. The symposium will feature a keynote address from Dr. Jonathan Woodson, former Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs…



Strong Island

Dec 13, 2018 at

Directed by Yance Ford, the Oscar-nominated documentary Strong Island (2018) examines the 1992 murder of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free. This special screening will…