Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Black Minds Matter: Economics — March 23 – 6-7:30pm, Curry 204

• The portion will highlight the many ways that the University is sustained by capitalism. We will talk about racial disparities in college debt, access to financial aid, gentrification, the lack of tenure professorship given to Black Academics, and campus workers being paid a livable wage.

Black Minds Matter: Student Activism — March 30 – 6-7:30pm, Curry 238

• We will highlight the role and lineage of student activism in higher education which has played a prominent role creating social and structural change in academia. We will talk about the integration of colleges as a form on direct action. We will discuss the legacy of sncc and the camaraderie found between high school students and college students in demanding equity among races education, as well as, the movement for Black Studies in the 1970s. We’ll also talk about more contemporary movement such as #MIZZOU and #FeesMustFall

Black Minds Matter: Origins — April 6 – 6-7:30pm, Curry 204

• We will center the inherent inaccessibility to The University experienced by non-white people. We will honor the people who built UNCG and the first black woman to attend as well as the first man once UNCG turned co-ed. This session will focus on thinking critically about the power of accessibility and how access to certain resources are structurally and socially controlled.  

Co-hosted by Women’s & Gender Studies and African American & African Diaspora Studies 
Facilitated by Femi Shittu and Lucia Sedda 

When: Mar 23 - Apr 06, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: Curry Building, various locations