Join us as we have a discussion surrounding the Black Feminism, and portrayal of Black Women in the media.
We will be discussing topics Black women in the workplace, assimilation and professionalism,
Beauty and Colorism, Black Women in the media (i.e. T Swift, Iggy, Miley, Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Lupita Nyong’o and Kerry Washington, etc.) as well as young Black female sisterhood!
Our amazing panelists will include:
Yeni Ropo-Tusin, a graduate student in the Physical Therapy Program and our amazing former President,
Candace King, a senior Journalism Major in the Park School of Communications,
Dr. Nia Makepeace, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Ithaca College. Dr. Nia actively explore topics related to race, gender, power, privilege, oppression, and the different human responses in social structures.
and
Dr. Noliwe Rooks, an associate professor in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies at Cornell University. An interdisciplinary scholar, she works on the racial implications of beauty, fashion and adornment; racial inequality in education; race, migration and urbanization and Black women's studies.
The discussion will be moderated by a special guest moderator, Dr. Peyi Soyinka-Airewele, a Professor of African and International Politics with interests in the fields of socio-political memory, the politics of disaster, critical development theory, human rights and the politics of African Cinema.Her current research engages the socio-political discourses of popular African cinema and their fluid interpretations of transforming identities and issues in global and local spaces.
This discussion will be in Emerson A at 7PM
This event will be in collaboration with IC Sister 2 Sister!
Please also join the event on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/events/569610059837714/
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Rita Bunatal at rbunata1@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20141103144248293