Professor Ekene Ijeoma’s two-part Black Mobility and Safety course includes a seminar co-presented with ACT around living while Black in the US. The first semester's topics will include birthing, breathing, sleeping, eating, and walking while Black; the second semester will include learning, voting, driving, working, and loving while Black. Register for the Spring Zoom meetings here.
Spring 2021: From Learning to Loving while Black
- February 23 @ 1-2:30 pm | Black Progress: John Akomfrah (The March) and Garrett Bradley (America)
- March 2 @ 1-2:30 pm | Learning while Black: Anthony Abraham Jack (The Privileged Poor) and Stefan Lallinger (Bridges Collaborative)
- March 9 (Holiday)
- March 16 @ 1-2:30 pm | Voting while Black: Darryl Pinckney (Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy) and Nsé Ufot (New Georgia Project)
- March 23 (Holiday)
- March 30 @ 1-2:30 pm | Driving while Black: Frank Baumgartner (Suspect Citizens: What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tell Us About Policing and Race) and Gretchen Sorin (Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights)
- April 6 @ 1-2:30 pm | Working while Black: Tanya Wallace-Gobern (National Black Worker Center Project) and Thomas Shapiro (Brandeis University)
- April 13 @ 1-2:30 pm | Loving while Black: Dianne M. Stewart (Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage) and Joyce McMillan (JMacForFamilies)
Fall 2020 : From Birthing to Walking while Black
- September 8 @ 2-3 pm | Black Progress: Hank Willis Thomas and Hugh Hayden in conversation
- September 15 @ 2-3 pm | Birthing while Black I: Professor Arline T. Geronimus (U-M)
- September 22 @ 2-3 pm | Birthing while Black II: Professor Cooper Owens (UNL)
- September 29 @ 2-3 pm| Breathing while Black I: Marcus Franklin (Environmental Advocate)
- October 6 @ 2-3 pm | Breathing while Black II: Linda Villarosa (NYT)
- October 13 @ 2-3 pm | Sleeping while Black I: Tricia Hersey (The Nap Ministry)
- October 20 @ 2-3 pm | Sleeping while Black II: Dr. Danielle L. Beatty Moody (UMBC)
- October 27 @ 2-3 pm | Eating while Black I: Dr. Ashanté M. Reese (UTA)
- November 3 @ 2-3 pm | Eating while Black II: Omar Tate (Honeysuckle)
- November 10 @ 2-3 pm | Walking while Black I: Topher Sanders (ProPublica)
- November 17 @ 2-3 pm | Walking while Black II: Professor Elijah Anderson (Yale University)