Black Solidarity Day
Celebrated every Monday before Election Day, Black Solidarity Day was founded by former Panamanian ambassador to the United Nations and Brooklyn College Professor, Carlos Russell. His call to “protest against the intensifying repression that threatens the very existence of Black people in America” is being echoed across the world today.
Black Solidarity Day 2024
Event Schedule
Cuba in Africa. A Film Screening and Discussion with Producer and Director Negash Abduraham in conversation with Prof. Lily Cerat, Director of CUNY Haitian Studies Association (HSI) Cuba in Africa
Location: Woody Tanger Auditorium, Library
Time: 11:00am – 12:15 pm
Learn about Cuba’s role in liberation movements in Africa, the relationship between current events in Cuba, Haiti, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and how Black Solidarity Day in the US relates to Blackness globally. After the film, there will be a discussion with Producer and Director Negash Abduraham in conversation with Prof. Lily Cerat, Director of CUNY Haitian Studies Association (HSI).
Keynote Lunch: Speaker Charles Barron
Location: Student Center, Jefferson Williams Room
Time: 12:50 pm – 2:05 pm
Join us for a special Black Solidarity Day lunch event. Our keynote speaker, the dynamic Charles Barron, former NYC Council Member and a longtime activist for social justice, will share powerful insights on the continued fight for Black liberation. Lunch will be served.
Club Culture: Forging Solidarity Open Mic Discussion
Location: Student Center, Jefferson Williams Room
Time: 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
An open mic discussion moderated by three distinguished alumni! This event offers a unique platform for student clubs to share their experiences, explore the role of culture on campus, and discuss ways to enhance their impact. Whether you’re in a club or just passionate about campus life, come and voice your ideas, hear from alumni, and spark meaningful dialogue on the future of student engagement.
Election Open Mic Discussion
Location: Student Center, Jefferson Williams Room
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Share your thoughts and concerns about upcoming 2024 Presidential election. Come and be apart of the conversation as we explore the impact of this election on our community and beyond
Black Solidarity Day 2023
Event Schedule
THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST
Where: Woody Tanger Auditorium
Time: 11am – 12:15pm
Film screening of the first feature-length documentary film on the birth, rise and legacy of the EAST, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
THE LEGACY OF THE EAST – FILM DISCUSSION WITH MALIKA IMAN
Where: 113 New Ingersoll
Time: 12:50pm – 2:05pm
A brown bag discussion with Malika Iman, one of the first graduates of the Uhuru Sasa high school division of the EAST, and daughter of the late great revolutionary activists, Yusef and Dara Iman who were pioneers in the Black Liberation and Black Arts Movements. Moderated by Professor Simanque Moody.
MUSIC OF THE SOUL: AFROFUTURISM AND OUR POLITICAL IMAGINATION
Where: Woody Tanger Auditorium
Time: 3:40 PM – 4:55 PM
Poet, singer and writer Monique N’gozi Nri in conversation with Harlem-born trumpeter, educator, and former member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Ahmed Abdullah as they discuss Bed Stuy and the EAST in the 1970s, the rise of loft jazz, the influence of Pan-Africanism and afro-futurism on creative music, and a reading from Abdullah’s memoir ‘A Strange Celestial Road.’
