Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Roots, Routes, and Performative Mobilities: The Next 50 Years of Knowledge Production for Africa and its Diasporas (February 4, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81352 81352-20887827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 4, 2021 4:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This lecture explores the movements of people and ideas over centuries between and among various geographies of Africa and its diasporas and the impact of such mobilities on shaping politics and identities for people of African descent. Centering the analysis on the country of Liberia and its connections to the United States over several centuries, the lecture presents the concept of “performative mobilities” to frame the larger consequences of movement. Moreover, the lecture argues for the central role that a focus on mobilities will play in the next 50 years of knowledge production in African and African Diaspora Studies more generally.

February 4, 2021 at 4 p.m.
Featuring
Yolanda Covington-Ward,
Department Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Africana Studies
Secondary Appointment, Department of Anthropology, President, Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA)
Executive Board Member, Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), University of Pittsburgh
Yolanda Covington-Ward received her Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Zoom Register:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UQH7psqiQb-CP67h9En2wQ

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:10:02 -0500 2021-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
DAAS @ 50 Website Launch (February 18, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81844 81844-20982930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 18, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Registration link:
https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvdeGuqDgrHd3Ic-Yc09dkJEqG9pHHy3op


Get ready to embark at the launch of our new DAAS @50 website!

Please join the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies as we continue the commemoration of our 50th anniversary with this very special event. The DAAS @ 50 Planning Committee composed of faculty, students and staff will offer a "tour" of our new website on the 50+ history of African American, African and Diaspora Studies at Michigan.

We will also discuss ways for you to contribute through sharing photos, memories and more!

Register at the link above and prepare for takeoff!

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Presentation Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:30:59 -0500 2021-02-18T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-18T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Presentation
Say Her Name...Too! (February 22, 2021 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82381 82381-21088317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 22, 2021 5:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Say Her Name…Too

This will be a discussion moderated by Dr. Antonio C. Cuyler and Professor Lawrence M. Jackson about the spaces that lie between Dance and Social Activism. This event will feature a screen dance viewing of Dance artist Lawrence M. Jackson’s work, “Say Her Name…Too." A short screen dance, this work will combine cinematic elements with choreography and explores the lives of 5 Black women who died at the hands of law enforcement. The goal of this work is to bring awareness to the often-invisible names and stories of Black women and girls who have been victimized by racist police violence. Black women have been killed by the police at alarming rates, though we rarely hear their names. Knowing their names is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for lifting up their stories which in turn provides a much clearer view of the wide-ranging circumstances that make Black women’s bodies disproportionately subject to police violence. To lift up their stories, and illuminate police violence against Black women, we need to know who they are, how they lived, and why they suffered at the hands of police…this film aims to do just that…

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:46:01 -0500 2021-02-22T17:15:00-05:00 2021-02-22T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Say Her Name…Too
Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN (March 1, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82365 82365-21070618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

MESA is proud to present Black History Month's Closing Speaker - JANAYA KHAN. Join us for a thrilling event where Janaya Khan will discuss “The Future within the Black Lives Matter Movement and The Intersections of being a Black, Queer, and Gender-Nonconforming Activist" This event is sponsored by The Spectrum Center and Central Student Government, and will be co-moderated by students Adrian King (they/them), PhD candidate in American Culture, and Jolyna Chiangong, who will be joined by Vice President Of Student Life Dr. Martino Harmon.

With a timely message about the transformational power of protest, Janaya Khan is a leading activist who engages their community in a profound discussion about social justice and equality. Known as ‘Future’ within the Black Lives Matter movement, Janaya is a black, queer, gender-nonconforming activist (pronouns: they, them, theirs), staunch Afrofuturist and social-justice educator who presents an enlightening point of view on police brutality and systemic racism.

“Throughout the political tumult of 2020, one of the most prominent voices to become a source of healing and hope was Janaya Future Khan, whose rapidly-growing audience across social media now numbers in the hundreds of thousands. But while the activist’s weekly Sunday Sermons on Instagram provided a necessary forum for those looking to reflect and regroup during the pandemic and the instances of police brutality that sparked a renewal of energy behind the Black Lives Matter movement, Khan’s activism extends much further back—all the way to their childhood, spent between Toronto and Florida, and their subsequent years as a competitive boxer.

Galvanized by the 2014 killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Jermaine Carby in Toronto at the hands of police officers, Khan has had a longstanding involvement in Black Lives Matter—even launching its first international chapter in Canada—and became a necessary and informed voice for those seeking direction last summer. And like many around the world, Khan found themselves dismayed and angered by the scenes that unfolded on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol building, where riots led by Trump supporters sieged the building to disrupt the final counting of the Electoral College ballots in favor of Joe Biden’s Presidential win, resulting in five deaths.” BY LIAM HESS January 10, 2021

MESA and the Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:45:08 -0500 2021-03-01T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T19:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual JANAYA KHAN
EIHS Lecture: Labor, Love, & Loss: Black Women's Networks of Care in the Transition from Slavery to Freedom (March 18, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79651 79651-20438369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

This talk explores themes from a new book project that considers Black women’s reproductive care work in the face of miscarriage, infant and child loss, elder care, and sickness. Although this is a book about loss, it is also a book about survival. Professor Simmons argues that during the transition from slavery to freedom, Black mothers mobilized intergenerational and intersubjective connections with other women in their community to manage sickness, take care of themselves and one another, and mourn loss.

LaKisha Simmons is associate professor in History and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on gendered experiences of racial violence and Black women and girls’ strategies for survival in the face of racism. She is the author of Crescent City Girls: The Lives of Young Black Women in Segregated New Orleans and currently at work on a collection called The Global History of Black Girlhood co-edited with Corinne Field.

Free and open to the public. This is a remote event and will take place online via Zoom.

This event is part of the Thursday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:22:38 -0500 2021-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion LaKisha Simmons
Frieda Ekotto and Lewis Gordon in Conversation: Frantz Fanon in the Times of BLM (March 18, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82893 82893-21211376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Frieda Ekotto is a Francophone African woman novelist and literary critic. She is Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Comparative Literature, and Francophone Studies of AfroAmerican and African Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. She is best known for her novels, which focus on gender and sexuality in Sub-Saharan Africa, and her work on the writer Jean Genet, particularly her political analysis of his prison writing, and his impact as a race theorist in the Francophone world. Her research and teaching focus on literature, film, race, and law in the Francophone world, spanning France, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Maghreb.

Lewis Ricardo Gordon is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on Africana and black existentialism, postcolonial phenomenology, race and racism, and on the works and thought of W. E. B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon. His most recent book is titled: What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction To His Life And Thought.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:12:55 -0500 2021-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-18T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
Monuments of Resilience: A Virtual Tour of Sites of Enslavement (March 25, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82619 82619-21145771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

In this live Zoom event for the U-M community, Joseph McGill, founder and director of the Slave Dwelling Project, conducts a virtual tour of the slave cabins and burial ground at Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina. Following the tour, McGill will lead a group conversation about American slavery and its legacy today.

Learn more about Joseph and the Slave Dwelling Project at http://slavedwellingproject.org

Open to U-M students, staff, faculty, and those with U-M login credentials

Co-sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Departments of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Anthropology

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:53:40 -0500 2021-03-25T16:30:00-04:00 2021-03-25T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Livestream / Virtual Event Flyer
Vincent Hutchings, the Hanes Walton Jr. Collegiate Professorship in Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies, Inaugural Lecture (March 31, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81873 81873-20982979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Even after the historic demonstrations against racially biased policing in the summer of 2020, most White Americans continue to oppose racially liberal policies such as affirmative action. Social scientists dating back at least as far as Gunnar Myrdal have argued that support for egalitarian policies would increase substantially if Whites only knew about the plight of African Americans. Similarly, Black support for policies of racial redistribution is also less than monolithic. For example, some surveys find only tepid support among Blacks for affirmative action or efforts to “defund the police.” Would this support increase if White and Black Americans were informed about the enormous racial wealth gap? We examine this question with two survey experiments fielded online by CloudResearch. Study 1 (N=1,908) was fielded at the height of the George Floyd demonstrations in June of 2020. Subjects were randomly assigned either to a control condition, where they were merely provided a definition of the racial wealth gap, or to one of two treatment conditions that provided a defintion of the racial wealth gap. They were also provided with textual and visual information on the current size of the Black/White racial wealth gap based on information from the 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances. In general, we find that the treatment conditions do increase information levels on the perceived size of the racial wealth gap, but they do not increase support for racially redistributive policy proposals. In a second experiment, scheduled for February of 2021, we seek to replicate the results of the 2020 experiment and add two additional treatment conditions highlighting the fact that the median household headed by a Black college graduate has less wealth than the median household headed by a White high school dropout. This Study 2 experiment represents an even stronger test of the hypthesis that public support for racially redistributive policies would increase if Americans only knew the truth. We discuss the implications of our findings for the prospects of racial reconciliation in our conclusion.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:30:05 -0400 2021-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Image
Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Open House (September 9, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86202 86202-21632205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 9, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

We're Virtually Here!
Please join us for a meet and greet to start the Fall 2021 semester!
Here's your official invitation- we hope to see you there!

Topic: DAAS Open House
Time: Sep 9, 2021 04:00 PM America/Detroit

Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/6194954500

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Reception / Open House Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:58:07 -0400 2021-09-09T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-09T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Reception / Open House
2021 Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage Gathering (October 2, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86160 86160-21631750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 2, 2021 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The Heritage Gathering is an annual conference for individuals, organizations and communities interested in our state's Underground Railroad heritage. Participants enjoy opportunities for learning, networking and collaborating through the conference's keynote speakers, workshops and presentations.

The annual day-long conference program will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 2 at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Like previous years, the day is aimed at networking, information sharing, and developing our next steps. Join us and become part of the conversation!

Schedule at a Glance

9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome
9:30 - 10:30 - Resources for the Study of the Underground Railroad at the Clements Library
10:30 - 11:30 - Crossing Borders: Piloting an International School Curriculum for the Underground Railroad by Clarissa Codrington, Darin Stockdill, and Shantelle Browning-Morgan
11:30 - 1:00 - Lunch / Networking / Clements Library Tour
1:15 - 2:00 - An Odawa Tale about Michigan's Underground Railroad by Roy E. Finkenbine
2:15 - 3:00 - Freedom is the Foundation: Five Black Detroit Institutions That Come From the Underground Railroad by Jamon Jordan
3:15 - 4:00 - Living in Plain Sight by Laurie Perkins
4:00 - 4:30 - Open Discussion: Traveling Exhibition ~ Along the River and Across the State
4:30 - Closing remarks

Registration for the day is $12, and includes a boxed lunch. Register now at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-michigan-underground-railroad-heritage-gathering-tickets-167771492049

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:35:03 -0400 2021-10-02T09:00:00-04:00 2021-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall William L. Clements Library Conference / Symposium Underground Railroad Monument in Battle Creek, MI
Africa Workshop (October 5, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87777 87777-21645940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

The #EndSARS movement rocked Nigeria and the world in October 2020. To many, it was unexpected, an aberration, and a possible spark for a new rise in youth activism in the troubled Nigerian state. Young people came out in their thousands across the country and the world to signal to the Nigerian government an end to their tolerance for state sponsored violence. However, this came to an abrupt end with the Lekki massacre on October 20th. How do we understand the youth uprisings of 2020? Were they an anomaly, a moment, or the start of a long term rebellion? The #EndSARS movement is significant in understanding the deep generational divide, historical consciousness and the loss of social movement history, class warfare and the ebb and flow of social movements in the deeply divided country. It speaks also, to the global impact of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the summer rebellions of 2020 in the wake of George Floyd and the re-emergence of Pan-Africanism and Black Internationalism in new and interesting ways

R. Nanre Nafziger

Nanre Nafziger holds a PhD in Education Theory and Policy and Comparative and international Education from the Pennsylvania State University. Nanre’s research agenda has three areas of focus 1) decolonizing history education in the African/Black diaspora, 2) critical studies of political education within Black student and social movements, and 3) youth engagement in education policy and practice through Youth Participatory Action research. As an engaged and committed Black scholar and activist, she brings interdisciplinary research and teaching expertise and experiences building social equity and justice in formal, informal, and community education contexts in Nigeria, the United States, and England. Nanre’s research contributes to debates on critical education policy studies, decolonial approaches to education, anti-racist pedagogy, critical race theory, critical youth studies, and Black social movements.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:13:20 -0400 2021-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2021-10-05T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Africa Workshop photo
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 21, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 21, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-21T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 25, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-25T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 26, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-26T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 27, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-27T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 28, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-28T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 29, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-29T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-01T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-02T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
The Fall 2021 Residential College Robertson Memorial Lecture (November 2, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87175 87175-21639243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

The University of Michigan Residential College Fall 2021 RC Robertson Memorial Lecture will be given by Naomi André, Professor in the RC Arts & Ideas in the Humanities Program, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies.

Talk Title:
Writing Opera, Singing Blackness

Description:
Elitist associations are strong in the genre of opera; they can even be painful and offensive. In this talk Naomi André will outline the complications around representations of Blackness in opera and then explore how the opera stage has become a space for Black narratives and social justice in operas from the 19th-century up through a golden age of Black operas that we are experiencing now.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021
4-5pm, with time for questions and answers until 5:30pm
Register to attend at https://myumi.ch/BoGj1

About Naomi

Naomi André is Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and the Residential College Arts and Ideas in the Humanities program at the University of Michigan. She received her BA in music from Barnard College and MA and PhD in musicology from Harvard University. Her research focuses on opera and issues surrounding gender, voice, and race. Her publications include topics on Italian opera, Schoenberg, women composers, and teaching opera in prisons. Her books, Voicing Gender: Castrati, Travesti, and the Second Woman in Early Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera (2006) and Blackness in Opera (2012, edited collection) focus on opera from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries and explore constructions of gender, race and identity. She published Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement with University of Illinois Press in 2018, a monograph on staging race and history in opera today in the United States and South Africa. She has served on the Graduate Alumni Council for Harvard University’s Graduate School of Art and Sciences, the Executive Committee for the Criminal Justice Program at the American Friends Service Committee (Ann Arbor, MI), and has served as an evaluator for the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program.

In 2019, Naomi was named the inaugural Scholar in Residence at the Seattle Opera and in 2020, she joined with scholars around the world to co-found the Black Opera Research Network to explore the relationship between opera and race. Naomi co-edited a 2021 collection of essays titled African Performance Arts and Political Acts that is due to be released shortly before this lecture by University of Michigan Press.

The U-M Residential College Robertson Memorial Lecture is made possible by a gift honoring Professor James H. and Jean B. Robertson, the first Dean of the Residential College and his wife.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:54:31 -0400 2021-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Lecture / Discussion The University of Michigan Residential College Fall 2021 RC Robertson Memorial Lecture will be given by Naomi André, Professor in the RC Arts & Ideas in the Humanities Program, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-03T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 4, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-04T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-05T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 8, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-08T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-09T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
DAAS Africa Workshop: "Alternative Histories of Global Sovereignty: Retheorizing African Coups d'Etat " (November 9, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88420 88420-21653867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In the mid 20th century, the coup d’etat became a seemingly common form of political action around the world. Theorists on both the left and the right argued about how to defend the state from as well as instigate various types of coups. While purportedly illegitimate, the coup was central to state craft and of international relations. It had a recognizable ritual order and aesthetic. With end of the Cold War and the growing hegemony of a global neoliberal capitalist order, the coup d’etat seemingly became a relic of an older political-economic order. But recently there has been a new wave of coups both failed and successful from Washington to Conakry. I ask why the coup has returned to prominence as a form of political discourse. Its return as a mode of legitimate action reveals the imperialist origins of the modern nation-state and the growing recent pressure on national borders and techniques of rule. I argue that while the coup d’etat is signified as an outdated nightmare and relic of state disfunction it is, in fact, the apotheosis of the nation-state. Its organization and violence mimic and invert the order and bureaucracy of state rule, legitimated violence that maintain it, and even its networks of communication.

I focus on a largely forgotten radical period in Ghanaian history beginning with a successful coup 1979 and ending with a failed coup in 1983. For a brief period, radical soldiers and intellectuals ruled, seeking to tear down society and rebuild it anew. But they were divided, seduced, and killed as their government embraced a free-market oriented security state. The sudden rise and fall of revolutionary Ghana—and its erasure from historical discourse—reveals both the possibility of alternative modes of political power in Africa and how these forms have been contained through both violence and representational practices. Indeed, if we think historically and geographically through a coup d’etat in 1979 Accra—rather than 1968 Paris for example—it reorients our understanding of sovereignty and revolution in the 20thcentury by showing how young revolutionaries sought an African-grounded independent sovereignty, a future now forgotten. Excavating Ghana’s lost revolution—and numerous other radical movements around Africa in that moment—changes how we calibrate historical change, geographic continuities and gaps, and the flow of power. The return of the coup d’etat as a technique of statecraft raises renewed questions about the relationship of the radical left and right and the viability of the nation-state as a sustainable political form.



Jesse Weaver Shipley is a writer, ethnographer, and artist whose work explores the links between aesthetics and politics. He focuses on how performance genres are shaped by political-economic regimes while at the same time providing tools for people to create new relationships to power. His first book Living the Hiplife: Celebrity and Entrepreneurship in Ghanaian Popular Music explores the rise of African hip-hop and its political-economic significance. His second book Trickster Theatre: Poetics of Freedom in Urban Africaexamines how modern pan-African theatre is crucial to the struggle for decolonization and independence. His films and multimedia art works experiment with forms of storytelling, portraiture, and theory to tie mundane details and spectacular events to broader principles of power, aesthetics, desire, and trauma.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:20:44 -0400 2021-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-09T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Africa Workshop
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 11, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-11T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-15T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 17, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-17T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 18, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 19, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-19T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-22T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-22T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 23, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-23T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-23T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-24T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-24T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 29, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-29T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 30, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-30T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-03T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 6, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-06T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 7, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-07T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Preserving James Baldwin's Legacy in the Digital Now: Final Project Symposium with AAS 498-in action course students (December 7, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89515 89515-21663465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of American Culture

The first iteration of DAAS 498-"in action" seminar, “Reconstructing James Baldwin’s Legacy in the Digital Now,” presents a final project symposium! On Tuesday, December 7th from 2:30pm-4pm students will feature original work with a commentary by Baldwin scholar, Associate Professor and Director of Africana Studies, Ernest Gibson III of Auburn University.

This event brings the creativity and complexity of Baldwin's thought into the 21-st century. The course and presentations are based on the new University of Michigan Library digital collection that documents the famous Black queer writer's beloved house in St. Paul-de-Vence, France, "Chez Baldwin." The "Chez Baldwin" digital collection is the brainchild of Professor Magdalena J. Zaborowska of the Department of Afro-American Studies and American Culture and was created in collaboration with University of Michigan students, colleagues, and staff.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:46:51 -0500 2021-12-07T14:30:00-05:00 2021-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of American Culture Conference / Symposium AAS 498
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 8, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-08T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-09T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
DAAS Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration of the African Diaspora (December 10, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89828 89828-21665911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Join us in-person and/or virtually as we bid farewell to the semester and year and prepare for the bounties of Kwanzaa and the new year!



This hybrid event is comprised of two parts:


Part I: In-Person: 1-3 p.m.:

4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room)

Karibu (Welcome) Chanelle Davis, DAAS; new Student Services Coordinator

Enjoy our Kwanzaa display, Holiday music, Kwanzaa Care Packages, and a DAAS Raffle!


Part II: Virtual: 3-4 p.m.:

Asante and Amani (Thank you and peace) to 2021 and to our beloved Professor Nyambura Mpesha



Join Zoom Meeting

https://umich.zoom.us/j/98815014383



Meeting ID: 988 1501 4383

Passcode: 732882

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Reception / Open House Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:33:57 -0500 2021-12-10T13:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Reception / Open House DAAS Kwanzaa Flyer
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 13, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 13, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-13T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 14, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-14T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-15T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-15T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-16T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-16T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 17, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 17, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-17T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-17T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-20T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-20T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 21, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-21T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-21T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-22T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-22T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 23, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 23, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-23T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-23T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility Exhibit Discussion (January 12, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90406 90406-21670711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Please join us for a very special discussion between the curators of the UJIMA exhibit currently
on display in GalleryDAAS (G648 Haven Hall) and through a virtual audio/visual tour: myumi.ch/7ZQn0

DAAS welcomes Solomon Lucy, Zoe Allen, Justin Williams and Kai Dotson of the Black Student Union
with Elizabeth James and Arielle Chen of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
as they discuss how the exhibit came to be created and the importance of this message at this time in history.

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili)
as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years.
By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents
a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change.

The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources
including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other
original materials.

UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the
University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring
about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions.

Article on the exhibit from The Michigan Daily's Michigan in Color section by Neil Nakkash:
https://www.michigandaily.com/michigan-in-color/ujima-collective-work-and-responsibility-at-the-university-of-michigan/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:42:08 -0500 2022-01-12T17:30:00-05:00 2022-01-12T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
The Tulsa Race Massacre: Causes, Cover-Up, and the Ongoing Fight for Justice (Scott Ellsworth, University of Michigan) (January 17, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90099 90099-21667838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of History

Format: This is a virtual event that will take place via Zoom webinar. Open to the general public. Please register here: https://myumi.ch/7edGm

Writer and historian Scott Ellsworth has been researching and writing about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre for more than forty-five years. As a graduate student at Duke, he published DEATH IN A PROMISED LAND (LSU Press), the first comprehensive history of the massacre, in 1982. During the 1990s, he initiated the search for the unmarked graves of massacre victims, and served, alongside Dr. John Hope Franklin, as the lead scholar for the Tulsa Race Riot Commission. His latest book on the massacre, THE GROUND BREAKING: An American City and Its Search for Justice (Dutton/Penguin Random House), was longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award and the Carnegie Medal.

Formerly a faculty member at Howard University, and a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Ellsworth has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. His 2015 book, THE SECRET GAME (Little, Brown), won a PEN Book Award, while THE WORLD BENEATH THEIR FEET won a 2020 National Outdoor Book Award and has been translated into Italian, Polish, Czech, and Slovak. Born and raised in Tulsa, he has taught in DAAS since 2007.

Presented by the Department of History, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), and Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. Additional support from the Kalt Fund for African American and African History and the Michigan Community Scholars Program.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:33:53 -0500 2022-01-17T16:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of History Livestream / Virtual The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice
The Clements Bookworm: "Vanguard" Author Conversation with Martha S. Jones (January 21, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90355 90355-21670449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 21, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women's movement did not win the vote for most black women. Securing their rights required a movement of their own. Historian Martha S. Jones’ 2020 book “Vanguard” shows how African American women defied both racism and sexism to fight for the ballot, and wielded political power to secure the equality and dignity of all persons. From the earliest days of the republic to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and beyond, black women—Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer, and more—were the vanguard of women's rights, calling on America to realize its best ideals.

Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR

*The Clements Bookworm is a webinar series in which panelists discuss history topics. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.*

This episode of the Bookworm is generously sponsored by Tom Wagner.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:03:17 -0500 2022-01-21T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-21T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual "Vanguard" Book Cover