Registration open, required for Nov. 3 event hosted by UMD, Prince George’s County Police

In Full Bloom is dedicated not only to nurturing the women we want to be, but also to celebrating the women and girls we already are. Join us for a day full of engaging, uplifting, and intergenerational workshop sessions created with Black women, girls, and femmes in mind. Bring your mother, your grandmother, your auntie, your niece, your goddaughter, your sister, your mentee, your neighbor, your cousins, and YOU! 

Jonathan W. White presents the story of how President Abraham Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House and why that transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States.

For Black History Month, a panel discusses how enslaved people achieved their freedom and what the journey by sea looked like for many African Americans. Featuring Timothy D. Walker, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, and Cassandra Newby-Alexander, and moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell.

Join us for the webinar, "Repatriates, Recaptives and African Abolitionists: The Untold Story of Liberia’s Founding in 1822" led by C. Patrick Burrowes, on February 9.

This orientation session will include a brief introduction to images in the collections that relate to the history of African American participation in the U.S. military from the Civil War through the Vietnam War, with a focus on photography. Instruction will cover library search tools, online resources, and how to prepare for a future visit to the reading room.

Check out “Asian American Workers Rising: APALA's Struggle to Transform the Labor Movement,” a new book that sheds light on AAPI history and captures the determination and commitment of a multiethnic, multigenerational group of AAPI labor activists. The fight before us is long, but we must keep strengthening the labor movement to advance workers' rights and labor solidarity.

The Latinx Connect virtual conference from the University of Pittsburgh aims to move us beyond “celebrating” Latinxs during Hispanic Heritage Month and instead calls for critical conversations about identity, advocacy, activism, empowerment, and justice for the Latinx community, which faces numerous disparities in U.S. society, particularly at the intersections of Latinx identity (e.g. Afro-Latinxs, Indigenous Latinx, queer and Trans* Latinxs, undocumented Latinxs).

Nearly two years of the pandemic have taken a toll on our nation’s students – especially those in the Black community and who are living with disabilities. But, as they say, in every crisis comes opportunity.Join Easterseals in a national initiative to improve special education services for Black students, especially those with disabilities. Easterseals is developing culturally responsive online tools and training for Black families and Special Education professionals that will help them successfully navigate the system and advocate for their students with disabilities.