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Ensembles come together to perform evening of West African drum music April 19
Ensembles come together to perform evening of West African drum music April 19April 05, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The newly formed African Drumming Ensemble at Syracuse University, the Danforth Middle School African Dance and Drumming Ensemble and the New York-based Brandon…
SU’s Department of African American Studies receives major Ford grant for ‘Gender and Environmental Justice’ project
SU’s Department of African American Studies receives major Ford grant for ‘Gender and Environmental Justice’ projectApril 02, 2007Patricia Ann Smithpasmit03@syr.edu The Ford Foundation has awarded a $233,000 grant to Syracuse University’s Department of African American Studies (AAS) to support continued…
Subject of ‘Lost Boys’ documentary will speak at screening to raise funds for African health clinic
Subject of ‘Lost Boys’ documentary will speak at screening to raise funds for African health clinicApril 02, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu John Bul Dau, the “Lost Boy” from southern Sudan who is the subject of the award-winning documentary “God Grew Tired…
Africa Initiative symposium March 29 reflects on Ghana’s independence
Africa Initiative symposium March 29 reflects on Ghana’s independenceMarch 26, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The Syracuse University Africa Initiative in the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences will host the Spring 2007 Pan African Studies Symposium…
SU in Florence offers week of reflections on ‘Africa and Europe: Cultural Exchange and Integration in the 21st Century’
SU in Florence offers week of reflections on ‘Africa and Europe: Cultural Exchange and Integration in the 21st Century’March 20, 2007Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu Syracuse University in Florence (SUF) is once again dedicating the week of March 26 as the “Week of…
Syracuse University Africa Initiative marks bicentennial of slave trade abolition
Syracuse University Africa Initiative marks bicentennial of slave trade abolitionFebruary 28, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The General Assembly of the United Nations has designated March 26, 2007, as an international day to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic…
Distinguished African American political scholar Walters to deliver 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture
Distinguished African American political scholar Walters to deliver 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs LectureJanuary 29, 2007Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu Syracuse University will host African American leadership scholar Ronald Walters of the University of Maryland as he…
Syracuse University’s African American Male Congress to host Nov. 17 public appearance by Jesse Jackson
Syracuse University’s African American Male Congress to host Nov. 17 public appearance by Jesse JacksonNovember 17, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The African American Male Congress (AAMC) at Syracuse University will celebrate its fourth annual baccalaureate ceremony with a free, public lecture…
International authority on HIV/AIDS in Africa to deliver lecture at SU June 24
International authority on HIV/AIDS in Africa to deliver lecture at SU June 24June 14, 2006Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu On Saturday, June 24, the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University will present, “The…
SU study aims to help African Americans quit smoking
SU study aims to help African Americans quit smokingJune 07, 2006Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu A new Syracuse University study scheduled to begin later this month will focus on creating self-help interventions to enable African American smokers to kick the smoking habit….