Josephine Pokua

In the past he says that many of the elite felt their main responsibility was to shield their children from segregation and create an environment full of elite role models that they could look up to as well as giving back to their community. One member says, ‘“As educated professional black women, out most important duty is to serve as role models, mentors, and volunteers in our communities”’(Graham 125). More recently many of the the adult groups feel as though because we live in such an integrated world there is no need to join an adult group that is going to help the cause. Many women feel as though they would rather write a check than give time back into their community. Graham says “For now these women are saying, “Let me wright a check for a thousand dollars instead of asking me to volunteer my time,”’(126, Graham).

Anthony Mize Jr., born and raised in Dayton, OH, is currently the Coordinator in African American Programs and Services at Northern Kentucky University. He is a graduate of Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in Communications and a graduate of Northeastern University with a Masters of Higher Education Administration. As a first generation college student and despite the numerus obstacles against him; Anthony was an academic scholar, hard working as he was employed with multiple jobs to pay his way through college and was affiliated in up to thirteen different organizations such as Golden Key International Honour Society, TSU Honors Program, ABC Crew, Founder of the M.A.C.H.O. Project, TSU SGA/SEC/SUBG, Generation of Educated

“The Black Studies Program: Strategy and Structure” was published Fall of 1972 in The Jounal of Negro Education. It’s contents are a relection on the years before when colleges and universitys were allowing African Americans to attend , but did not provide curriculum about or for African Americans.

It was difficult to find the PSU Women’s Resource Center social movements and policies in the PSU library. They weren’t on file there so I had to go their web page and found their values and advisory board polices, but I also round a summary of their history and how they were founded. I also discovered that the WRC has a group called Action Teams from when I went in to talk to their Volunteering Director. The purpose of these teams is to create change on campus in a non-violent ways. The teams are composed of students from PSU and each group has a different focus. The one I was hoping to work with is called Body Politics Action Team.

"Even though the faces...of the civil rights movement were men, the reality that we knew, even then, was that it was women. And now, of course, there are books and writings that tell us about the role of women...my mother was one of those women"(Henderson Daniel, 2010). Inspired by many black women around her as she grew up during the civil rights era, Jessica Henderson Daniel pushed her desire to make change for the very women she looked up to. Jessica Henderson Daniel was born to a military family in San Diego, Texas (MacKay, 2010). The education she received as an undergraduate at a historically black college university in North Carolina fostered her passion to make change amongst her own people. During the time of her undergraduate education, this was the height of organized and unorganized

In conclusion, Martha Biondi‘s research was skillfully written that included interviews from participants that told their stories about struggles and social movement. The interviews made a significant connection between the need for African American studies, teaching, and African American academic research. The interviewees affected Bondi’s research contribution, and showed that there is diaspora in African American culture as well as historical racism in predominantly white institutions. African Americans need to be able to engage and advance the knowledge of diversity through lived experiences, practices and culture. However, there is still much research needed to bring together African Americans to produce unity, positive change, and

Council of Black Students in Administration is a Fisher organization geared toward the professional development of African-Americans students. We execute this goal by hosting companies to present about topics that every young professional will need as they begin to enter the workplace, such as resume building and elevator pitches. As Director of Membership, it is my responsibility to bring African American students together and make them aware of not only professional opportunities, but also the academic opportunities that Fisher has to offer.

In this response paper I will be using James B. Stewart's essay to discuss the critical themes, concepts, and issues of African Studies. I will be explaining why black institutions should talk more about black studies and how they should be implemented more into all subjects. James starts off his essay with W.E.B DuBois, stating that the “university must become not simply a center of knowledge but a center of applied knowledge and guide of action”.That meant a university shouldn't just be based off of just listening to the teacher and learning things but it should be based off of learning things and applying it to life and doing something with that knowledge. James is agreeing with DuBois in his essay and letting us know why we need more black studies.

Recently I attended an event on my college campus for women’s history month. The event I attended was held by a black women name Suzan Johnson Cooke, a presidential advisor, pastor, theologian, author, activist, and academic who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. At the event she spoke about her upbringings and all of her achievements. She explained where she came from, how she was raised, and her struggles of becoming the women she is today.

After attending several events such as Founders Convocation and hearing Helen Smith Price, Jacque Reid, and Krystal Underwood speak, I was embraced by the presence of the knowledge of three powerful African American females and graduates from Clark Atlanta University. The legacy of “ Find a way or Make one” at Clark Atlanta University continues after leaving CAU and will go with you for the rest of your life, as shown by listening to the guest speakers talk about their accomplishments in life and how that were able to get to where they are today. Helen Smith Price, Jacque Reid, and Krystal Underwood have made me appreciate more of who I am as a person, my culture and the wonderful institution that I attend. The guest speakers for Founders

Currently in the University of Missouri there are hundreds of black students protesting over what they believe is right. The university of Missouri has shown some sketchy behavior towards their students of color, which is causing racial tensions on campus. This sparked students into action; they have been protesting incidents that they believe were not handled correctly. These students took it in their own hands to speak out on the social injustice they have noticed in their school. It shows how university students are working with each other to work for the same cause that can benefit the whole school. The students are leading with integrity because they are fighting for something they believe for. They are speaking up for what they want to

The Annual Black Caucus is a yearly event that takes place in the Nation’s capital of Washington, DC every September. At the conference, various leaders, policy makers, and educators respectfully come together to discuss issues that face many African American communities. Most importantly, meaningful discussions on solutions to resolve these issues are debated. The Annual Black Caucus provides a platform to inform, inspire, and motivate future African American youth progressing into the 21st century and beyond.

The event that occurred on Wednesday May 25, 2016 in the Luckman Fine Arts Complex entitled Abolition, Resistance and the Black Radical Tradition by Angela Davis can be summarized with a single word, powerful. This event was made possible by the Pan African Studies department developed in 1969. I was truly amazed to learn that despite the fact that the department has always been under attack, nearly 100% of students in the graduate program are successful in their studies and culminate; however, sadly at Cal State La less than 20% of black students graduate.

The aspect of African-American Studies is key to the lives of African-Americans and those involved with the welfare of the race. African-American Studies is the systematic and critical study of the multidimensional aspects of Black thought and practice in their current and historical unfolding (Karenga, 21). African-American Studies exposes students to the experiences of African-American people and others of African descent. It allows the promotion and sharing of the African-American culture. However, the concept of African-American Studies, like many other studies that focus on a specific group, gender, and/or creed, poses problems. Therefore, African-American Studies must overcome the obstacles in order to

The birth of first department for Africana Studies took place on the campus of San Francisco State College on February 1, 1968 during a “five-month strike by a campus-wide, multiracial coalition of thousands of students and faculty members.”7 Dr. Nathan Hare was called in by college president, S. I.Hayakawa, to write a proposal and become the first coordinator of the new Black studies program. Prior to Dr. Hare’s acceptance of Hayakawa’s offer, he had been a professor at Howard University. At Howard, he joined with “militant” student leaders to create a Black University Manifesto, which said, “…the Negro University…should be overhauled and