Program Events
Photo (L to R): Karla Alba M.A. '23, Laura-Luiza Cabral Gouvea '24, Kaycee Jackson '23, and Reham Zeroual '24 presented on their experiences as Black students in the Africana Studies program and what they learned as Student-Interviewers for the SBOHP.
2024-2025
The 2025 Black History Month Lecture titled "Rethinking Incarceration: Abolition Activism In and Outside of Prison" featured a discussion with Hamza Berrios, a formerly incarcerated abolitionist activist currently working to restore prisoner voting rights in Massachusetts.
2023-2024
The 2024 Black History Month Lecture titled "Black, Queer, & Trans: Advocating for the Most Marginalized Youth" featured a discussion with Shaplaie Brooks, Executive Director for the Massachusetts Commission for LGBTQ Youth.
2022-2023
In April 2023, the Simmons Africana Studies program celebrated its 50+ years and presented on the Simmons Black Oral History Project at the Black Alumnae/i Symposium (BAS).
2021-2022
To celebrate the 2022 Black History Month, the program hosted two events:
- "What Can You Do With An Africana Studies Degree?" - A Panel with Africana Studies Alumnae/i: Helena Fils ‘07, Eugenia Knight ‘97, Kenyora Parham ‘10, and Louise Michelle Vital ‘00.
- A community film screening of I Am Not Your Negro (2016).
In the fall 2021, the program celebrated Halloween and Horror Noire by hosting a film series with two screenings of Us (2019) and Parasite (2019).
