This event is organized by the Black Power Coalition in collaboration with the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice, Department of African American Studies, Center for Campus History, Center for Law, Society & Justice, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Humanities Education for Antiracism Literacy, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, School of Education & SOE Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Office.
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The Black Power Coalition will be hosting a Black History Month Teach-In centered on radical imagination. The event will feature a keynote address delivered by Dr. Charles H.F. Davis II titled, “In Pursuit of Abolition and a Higher Education for the Black Public Good.” We will also host an intergenerational panel on Black student activism and organizing with Charles Holley, Hazel Symonette, Geneva Brown, members of the 1969 Black Student Strike, current Black student leaders, UW-Madison alumni, and current professors. After hearing from these profound speakers, the BPC in collaboration with UW faculty will host a workshop where students, faculty, and community members can collectively freedom dream and radically reimagine Black folk’s relationship to UW-Madison.
Join us in this transformative event as we explore the power of radical imagination to shape the future of our community. Your presence and perspective will contribute to the richness of the dialogue and help us collectively reimagine UW-Madison as a space for all.
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III is a third-generation educator, organizer, and artist committed to the lives, love, and liberation of everyday Black people. He is currently a faculty member in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education and director of the Campus Abolition Research Lab at the University of Michigan where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, advises graduate students, and supervises graduate research. Read more…