Past Event Category: K-12
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Mar 1Stories from The Gambia with Assemblyman Baldeh and Sister City Chair KujabiJoin us for a book club with Samba Baldeh, Wisconsin State Assembly Member, and Jerreh Kujabi, Madison- Kanifing Sister City Committee Chair, who will share contemporary stories about life in The Gambia. Our speaker, Samba Baldeh, was recently sworn in as the Assemblyman of the 48th Assembly District of Wisconsin after serving three terms on …
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Feb 24Teaching About the Middle East and North Africa – Rethinking Approaches (2/24/21)Join us for a book club with Dr. Maria Hantzopoulos, Associate Professor and Chair of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, Vassar College. Professor Hantzopoulos was the primary investigator for and recipient of the British Council/Social Science Research Council “Our Shared Past” Grant (along with four other co-investigators), which culminated in the curriculum “Rethinking …
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Jan 28Understanding Windrush and the Black Caribbean Diaspora in the U.K. (1/28/2021)Join us for our online January Film Club event with academic, poet, playwright, and publisher Professor Joan Anim-Addo from Goldsmiths, University of London. Professor Anim-Addo will present about The Windrush scandal and Black Caribbean diaspora in the U.K. The Founder and Director of Goldsmiths’ Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies, Professor Anim-Addo is the first Black female …