Thursday, April 25, 2024
Last Thursday, the Organization of Latino Unity (OLU) hosted a discussion about AfroLatinidad to shed light on Black identity and African roots in Latin America and for Latinx people, which is often dismissed within the Latinx community. The event was a part of Black Solidarity Week. The event opened by […]
Black Solidarity Week continued on Monday with the Silent March and Vigil, following Sunday’s clean-up at the Hopper Slave Cemetery. This week is hosted annually on Black Solidarity Day by the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance (EDIC). Escorted by Public Safety officers […]
The Black Student Union (BSU), Organization of Latino Unity (OLU), Students of Caribbean Ancestry, the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance and other organizations have come together to host an assortment of events in celebration of the college’s Black student body and ancestors for Black Solidarity Week. These events […]
As Black Solidarity Week came to a close, the Ebony Women for Social Change hosted Black Women Throughout History to celebrate and expand people’s knowledge about influential Black women of the past few centuries and honor Black women killed due to police brutality. Ty’Yanna Johnson, Maxi Best and Zyeira McMillian– […]
The Ramapo community came together for Black Solidarity Week to celebrate the college’s Black student body and ancestors. During the entire week of Nov. 7 – 11, the Black Student Union (BSU), the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance (EDIC) and other organizations scheduled a variety of events for […]
Photo courtesy of Natalie Tsur. The Black Student Union (BSU) and Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Compliance (EDIC) invited educator and psychologist Dr. Broderick Sawyer to host a free allyship workshop for white students in light of Black Solidarity Week. The event was held over WebEx on Nov. 2 before […]
Photo by China Summers This past week, colleges have been encouraging students to vote and celebrating those newly elected in Congress, but students of color at Ramapo College have been celebrating something different: Black Solidarity Week. Black Solidarity Week has been a weeklong commemoration of unity and support within a […]
Photo by Scott Yunker Members of the New Jersey Legislature spoke at a Black Student Union-hosted banquet commemorating Black Solidarity Day in the Alumni Lounges on Monday night. Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-37) and Jamel Holley (D-20) stressed the importance of black youth participation in community and national politics. BSU President […]
Photo by Hannah Reasoner The vigil and Black Lives Matter banquet on Friday night was one of the closing events for Black Solidarity Week, which held a series of events from Sunday, Nov. 6 through Saturday, Nov. 12. The week started with a church service and community cleanup on Sunday […]
