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Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead will present UMBC’s 42nd annual W. E. B. Du Bois lecture on the intersection of COVID-19, systemic racism, and anti-racist action.

Whitehead, Ph.D. ‘09, language, literacy, and culture, is an associate professor of communication and African American studies at Loyola University Maryland. She is also the award-winning radio host of “Today With Dr. Kaye” on WEAA. Her talk, “Black COVID Stories, Black Lives Matter, and Protest: A Conversation about the Ongoing Struggle for Justice and Change,” will examine the long-term societal impacts of today’s conversations about anti-Blackness, anti-racism, policing, and justice in the context of Du Bois’s research.

“I want to talk about how we can have these difficult conversations not just around race but around antiracism, White supremacy, and police brutality,” shares Whitehead. “We will take Du Bois’s work to explore people’s experiences in this country. It’s about who gets to say who they are as an American, what that looks like, and what it means in the broader picture.”

Being Black in America

Du Bois’s scholarship on double consciousness addressed what it meant to be Black in America at the beginning of the 20th century. He used this concept to describe how Black Americans had to continually be conscious of themselves both through their own eyes and through the lens of a racist, oppressive White society. 

Whitehead notes that Du Bois was arguing for the right of Black men to vote; the end of separate but equal public spaces; the right of Black people to live, speak, and be anywhere; and equal enforcement of the law. She says these rights were seen as extremely radical for the early 1900s and, unfortunately, are still radical today.

“What Black America is demanding today is the same as what Du Bois was demanding more than a century ago,” shares Whitehead. “On the eve of 2021 we are still fighting against White supremacy, voter suppression, and police brutality, and fighting for access to the table.” 

In the wake of ongoing violence against Black people, Whitehead notes that Black America is asking America to be more responsive and more responsible in its treatment of Black and Brown people. She shares, “We will use his lens to have a 21st century conversation on how we move forward as a nation.”

Where to find Dr. Kaye’s work

Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead. Photo courtesy of Whitehead.

In addition to her other work, Whitehead is also a columnist for The Afro newspaper and the founding executive director of the Emilie Frances Davis Center for Education, Research, and Culture. She is the author of four award-winning books. These include Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis; Race Brave; Letters to My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial America; and Sparking the Genius: The Carter G. Woodson Lecture. She is also a documentary filmmaker and a former Baltimore City middle school teacher, recipient of the 2006-07 Maryland History Teacher of the Year Award.

Register to attend the 42nd annual W. E. B. Du Bois lecture, to be held virtually on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. This Humanities Forum event is presented by UMBC’s Africana studies department. It is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship and the Dresher Center for the Humanities.

Banner image: Whitehead presents at GRIT-X during UMBC’s 50th anniversary celebration. Photo by Jim Burger for UMBC.

Join us next Wednesday, October 28th at 1pm EST to learn more about the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus Healthcare recognition program which celebrates leadership in wellness and community engagement through trees among health institutions. At the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park, it’s part of our mission to nurture the trees in our park and in our surrounding community. In this webinar, the Arbor Day Foundation will offer a framework for campuses and communities to get involved and become leaders within their urban forestry "ecosystem."

RSVP to erobertson@naturesacred.org for more information!

To learn more about the Arbor Day Foundation click here

Jack Suess. Photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

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UMBC’s Jack Suess to receive 2020 EDUCAUSE Leadership Award

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UMBC Vice President for Information Technology Jack Suess will soon receive one of the highest national recognitions offered to professionals in his field: the EDUCAUSE Leadership Award. 

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association that focuses on information technology (IT) in higher education and includes more than 2,300 member colleges, universities, and groups. Suess ‘81, mathematics, M.S. ‘94, information systems, will receive the award during the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, which will be held virtually this month. 

“This is a tremendous honor for me. Given that my entire career has been at UMBC, it also is testament to the innovative and collaborative culture of the UMBC community,” Suess says. “In particular, I want to highlight the technology leadership of my Division of Information Technology colleagues. Through all of their efforts, UMBC is looked at as a model for the use of technology in higher education.”

Read more information on this UMBC News article by Megan Hanks.

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Open to all Faculty and Staff!

Maryland Supplemental Retirement Plans (MSRP) is offering a week-long event packed with over 15 webinars, provided by guest speakers such as Nationwide, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard, American Funds, MetLife and various Maryland State agencies on a variety of topics relating to planning for a successful financial future including: 

·         Women & Wealth

·         Dealing With Debt

·         Providing Retirement Income

·         Talking to your spouse about finances

·         Social Security

·         College Savings Plans

·         And more!

Daily drawings will be held and a grand-prize will be raffled at the end of the event.  

Register for as many webinars as you wish!  Please complete the registration form(s) below:

October 21^st

October 22^nd

October 23^rd

Spaces are limited, so please register only if you plan on attending.