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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Vershawn Young (Communication Arts & English Language and Literature) shares the following details about a series from the Institute for Black Arts, Culture & Literature. Each is presented via Zoom as
20-minutes of talks, readings or performances followed by a 20-minute Q & A. <b>
Please share this opportunity with students:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Sept. 26 @ 11:45AM:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://cas.gsu.edu/profile/elizabeth-west/" title="https://cas.gsu.edu/profile/elizabeth-west/"><b><span lang="EN-US">Dr.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"> </span></b></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Elizabeth
West</span></b></span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">,</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> "</span></span><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">Myths
and Illusions: In Search of the Post Racial, the Transnational, and the Global." (Readings attached)</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsobodytext" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oct 3 @ 11:45AM </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://themuseum.ca/events/55-better-black-presence-in-berlin-a-virtual-walking-tour-of-black-history-in-kitchener/" title="https://themuseum.ca/events/55-better-black-presence-in-berlin-a-virtual-walking-tour-of-black-history-in-kitchener/"><b>Peggy
Pelet</b></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">; Kitchner/Waterloo Librarian & Historian, "Black Berlin (Kitchener)."</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oct. 17 @ 12:30PM :<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://roneshavers.com/" title="https://roneshavers.com/"><b>Dr. Rone Shavers,</b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><a href="https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/rone-shavers-silverfish" title="https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/rone-shavers-silverfish"><i>Silverfish</i></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(finalist
for the Firecracker Award in Fiction; book reading and discussion) <b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Oct. 24 @11:45AM:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/anthony-stewart" title="https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/anthony-stewart"><b><span lang="EN-US">Dr.
Anthony Stewart</span></b><span lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"> </span></span></a><a href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/visitor" title="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/visitor"><i><span lang="EN-US">Visitor:
My Life in Canada</span></i></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> (Book reading and discussion) </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Nov. 7</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">@11:45AM</span></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/debra-thompson" title="https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/debra-thompson"><span lang="EN-US">Dr.
Debra Thompson,</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Long-Road-Home/Debra-Thompson/9781982182465" title="https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Long-Road-Home/Debra-Thompson/9781982182465"><i><span lang="EN-US">The
Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging</span></i></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">(Book reading
and discussion) </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nov. 14<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="xcontentpasted5"><span style="background:white">@11:45AM</span></span>:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.sharonbridgforth.com/" title="https://www.sharonbridgforth.com/"><b>Sharon
Bridgforth</b></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/37003005" title="https://vimeo.com/37003005"><i>Love Conjure / Blues</i></a> (<a href="https://vimeo.com/37003005" title="https://vimeo.com/37003005">Visual Installation</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
discussion of performance art)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nov. 28<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="xcontentpasted6"><span style="background:white">@11:45AM</span></span>:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/daniel-black-2021123834936" title="https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/daniel-black-2021123834936"><b>Dr.
Daniel Black</b></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/dont-cry-for-me-daniel-black?variant=39338262364194" title="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/dont-cry-for-me-daniel-black?variant=39338262364194"><i>Don’t
Cry for Me</i></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></i></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(2022
Book of The Year Award nominee; reading and discussion)</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PLEASE <a href="mailto:vershawn.young@uwaterloo.ca">
CONTACT DR. VAY</a> FOR THE LINK TO JOIN THESE ZOOM PRESENTATIONS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE SENT ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE. NOTE: NO ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ELIZABETH WEST FOR 9/26. ARTICLES TO BE DISCUSSED ARE ATTACHED. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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