Athlete. Scholar. Activist: Chapters in the Life of Dr. Pellom McDaniels pays tribute to our friend and colleague, Dr. Pellom McDaniels III
February 7, 2021 3:00pm
“Athlete. Scholar. Activist: Chapters in the Life of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III” will take place on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at 3 p.m. The event will begin with a screening of the film “Flash Here and There Like Falling Stars: The Life and Work of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III,” followed by a conversation with special guests Valerie Boyd, author and journalism professor at the University of Georgia; Fahamu Pecou, artist and scholar; and Joe Posnanski, sportswriter and author. The moderator will be Nsenga Burton, co-director of the Film and Media Management concentration at Emory University."
The Oxford Chaplain’s Lecture Series will host social advocate, author, and speaker, Taos Wynn 06Ox 009C on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 7:30 PM EST. As part of Oxford’s Black History Month events, he will talk about his advocacy work around human rights issues, including his work with the Perfect Love Foundation.
How ATL is Striving to Become an Economically Just & Inclusive Community
February 11, 2021 4:00pm
Emory University is hosting a conversation focused on how metro Atlanta is striving to become a more economically just and inclusive community. A panel of exceptional leaders in the region will share their insights on how their efforts are improving economic access and opportunities for historically underrepresented business enterprises.
Dr. Anthony Jack, sociologist and Assistant Professor of Education at Harvard University, is transforming the way we address diversity and inclusion in education. His new book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students, reframes the conversation surrounding poverty and higher education. In it, he explains the paths of two uniquely segregated groups. First, the “privileged poor”: students from low-income, diverse backgrounds who attended elite prep or boarding school before attending college. The second are what Jack calls the “doubly disadvantaged”—students who arrive from underprivileged backgrounds without prep or boarding school to soften their college transition. Although both groups come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, the privileged poor have more cultural capital to navigate and succeed—in the college environment and beyond.
The Office of Undergraduate Affairs is thrilled to host Dr. Anthony Jack, Assistant Professor of Education at Harvard and author for a virtual event on Thursday, February 11 at 5pm. Dr. Jack will speak to the Emory community about his book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students.
Race-Ethnicity and the Applicant-Employer Interface
February 15, 2021 12:00pm
This talk will discuss the role of race in recruitment, selection, and ultimate job choice. It will benefit students to understand how race-ethnicity has relevance for applicant screening and their own screening of employers.
How Small Businesses Drive Economic Opportunity in Metro ATL
February 17, 2021 4:00pm
Emory University is hosting a conversation focused on how small businesses are a catalyst for Driving Economic Opportunity in Metro Atlanta. A panel of established entrepreneurs in the region will share their insights on how they are ensuring underrepresented entrepreneurs gain access to mentors, capital, and other resources to sustain and thrive in Metro Atlanta.
Healing from our 'Two Traumas' the 17th Annual Hamilton E. Holmes Memorial Lecture
February 17, 2021 5:00pm
This talk will discuss the role of race in recruitment, selection, and ultimate job choice. It will benefit students to understand how race-ethnicity has relevance for applicant screening and their own screening of employers.
Emory Community Conversation presents The Black Box
February 18, 2021 12:00pm
Dr. Valerie Babb and Dr. Jessica Lynn Stewart will lead us in a conversation on the construction of race, the difficulties individuals experience with Black versus African American, intraracial dynamics, and the many intersections of the Black identity. Join us for this honest conversation.
"Race, Social Justice, and Contemporary African-American Art" - A talk with artist Kevin Beasley
February 18, 2021 4:15pm
The series focuses on the representation of black persons in contemporary African-American art, and on the various ways in which contemporary artists have engaged with the project of representing blackness. How do such representations attend to past and present articulations of race; how do they deal with such pressing issues as the imbrication of race and class; what diagnostic and/or therapeutic strategies do they apply to the vexed relation between race and social (in)justice?
Xenophobia in America: How We Got Here and What's at Stake
February 22, 2021 12:00pm
The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But as award-winning author and historian Erika Lee will discuss in our next colloquium, the US is also a nation of xenophobia. An irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants has been a defining feature of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. Benjamin Franklin ridiculed Germans for their “strange and foreign ways.” Americans’ anxiety over Irish Catholics turned xenophobia into a national political movement. Chinese immigrants were excluded, Japanese incarcerated, and Mexicans deported. Today, Americans fear Muslims, Latinos, and the so-called browning of America. Drawing from her new book, America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States, Lee forces us to confront this history and explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America.
Black Men in White Coats Film Screening and Discussion in Honor of Black History Month
February 21 - 24, 2021
February 21 - 23, 2021 About the Film: Less black men applied to medical school in 2014 than in 1978 and black men have the lowest life expectancy in the United States. With only 2% of American doctors being black men, this comes as no surprise. This documentary dissects the systemic barriers preventing black men from becoming medical doctors and the consequences on society at large.
How Emory Takes Action to Provide Access & Opportunity for Diverse Business
February 25, 2021 4:00pm
Emory University is hosting a conversation focused on how the University is taking action to provide more access and opportunity for diverse businesses in the metro Atlanta region. A panel of practitioners at Emory will share their insights on how they are ensuring local, diverse businesses gain access to contracts, mentors, and other resources as we develop partnerships with these businesses in Metro Atlanta.
