Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this selection of books and DVDs! library.upenn.edu/news/aapi2024

.The Daily Pennsylvanian named Comm major Isabella Whittaker Women’s Athlete of the Year! Congratulations, Isabella! bit.ly/4b5Zxov

Meet the 2024 Summer Institute faculty! Today, we are happy to introduce you to Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, Associate Professor of Romance Languages.

Apply for the Summer Institute today! tinyurl.com/africanaupenn-… #summer

New from DBR on #FirstView #OpenAccess
Foreshadowing Du Bois: James McCune Smith and the Shaping of 19th Century Black Social Scientists
-Kelly Harris
doi.org/10.1017/S17420…
Cambridge University Press - Politics Africana Studies at Penn

TOMORROW! Conversations on Race: Disinformation & the Fight for Racial Equity @coalitiononrace communitycoalitiononrace.org/conversations_…

#race #equity #disinformation #community #conversation #education

Meet the 2024 Summer Institute faculty! Today, we are happy to introduce you to Ed Brockenbrough!
#meetthefaculty #classes #education #usa #summer institute #prefirstyear #summer #students #weeklong #free #upenn #africanastudies

A new mural project, in honor of the influential African American labor organizer Ben Fletcher, is being launched in Philadelphia next week on May 18, 2024! Mural Arts #art #history #benfletcher #blackhistory #labor #unions #philadelphia

Congratulations to Prof. Tyshawn Sorey of Penn Music on winning a Pulitzer Prize in Music! 👏👏x.com/PulitzerPrizes…

So honored to contribute to this inspiring book on the movement to abolish social work’s collaboration with carceral systems and to re-imagine safety & care—with the amazing Joyce McMillan! 🙏🏾🔥👊🏾

The CFAS Summer Institute is 1 of Penn’s premier Pre-First Year Student programs. This intensive 1-week course of study is taught by standing Penn faculty and exposes students to major intellectual and cultural themes and currents in African & African Diaspora studies.

Next Friday, 3-5, Penn History Africana Studies at Penn's Barbara D Savage (@bdsavage1) will join us History Department College of Arts+Law to discuss her major new book on Merze Tate. Not in Brum? You can join us online. In Brum? Everyone is welcome. birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

Black men and women have served valiantly in every American #military conflict. Their service helped define the personhood of Africans in America and their belief in the inalienable rights in the nation’s stated values.

Attendees at this year’s Race & Sports heard to the fascinating insights of William “Bill” Rhoden, author and former award-winning sports columnist for The New York Times. He was joined in conversation with Wharton’s own Kenneth Shropshire. Photos: AJI Media
#whartonceo #sports

Join the Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley Chapter for a FREE educational symposium focused on engagement, support and resources for caregivers within the Black / African American community in Philadelphia: action.alz.org/mtg/653162627

Alzheimer's Association #blackcaregivers

#OnThisDay in 1899, #jazz musician Duke Ellington was born in Washington, D.C. Ellington composed more than 1,000 songs during his lifetime & is credited as one of the most influential American composers. #Music #APeoplesGroove

On this day in 1886, the artist known as Ma Rainey was born Getrude Pridgett. Ma Rainey became one of the first blues musicians to record music with her Paramount Records deal and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1983.
#funfactfriday #marainey #blues #music #jazz

What a pleasure to speak on the ABA for Law Students ABA for Law Students podcast about my path to linking teaching, scholarship & activism—with a shout out to my amazing University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Reproductive Rights & Justice students!

Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/five-penn…