Drs. Harry and Michele Elam to give lecture at Avery Research Center on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 5pm
Harry J. Elam Jr., the Freeman-Thornton Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Stanford University and Michele Elam, Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor at Stanford University will discuss the impact Obama and race in the wake of his candidacy and subsequent election to president as the first African American to hold the office.
The event is free and open to the public.
Henrietta Snype Sweetgrass Basket
Sweetgrass Basket maker Henrietta Snype is holding a sweetgrass basket making children’s workshop on Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 1pm – 3pm. Please call the Avery Research Center at 843-953-7609 to reserve spots for your children. Deadline is Friday, February 17 at 3pm to RSVP.
WOKE UP BLACK Film Screening, February 9, 2012 at 6pm - Avery Research Center
Zelda Grant Children's Workshop Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 1pm - 3pm
Democracy Remixed Book Talk - Avery Research Center - February 8, 2012 at 5PM
The Avery Research Center, in conjunction with the College of Charleston’s African-American Studies Department, will host Dr. Cathy Cohen as she gives a talk on her book Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 5PM. The event is free and open to the public.
In Democracy Remixed, award-winning scholar Cathy J. Cohen offers an authoritative analysis of the state of black youth in America today.
Utilizing the results from the Black Youth Project, a groundbreaking national survey, Cohen focuses on what young black Americans actually experience and think—and underscores the political repercussions.
Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago. She is the author of The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics and co-editor of Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader.