Africana Studies
Programs & Events

Africana Studies
Programs & Events
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Community Course
Lecture Series

The Africana Studies Community Course lecture series is an outreach component of our program. Sessions are conducted at various locations throughout Spokane with a goal to help educate and interact with the larger Cheney/Spokane community.

Each free session is open to the community, creating a vibrant atmosphere of interconnectivity and critical thinking.

Due to COVID-19, our Community Connection series has moved online with the Spokane Public Library.

In case you missed the August 2020 event, here is a link to Beyond Afrocentric Essentialism to a Reconstruction of Black Identity with Senior Lecturer and Faculty Commons Director Angela Schwendiman

Civil Rights Tour

Be a Part of the Next 1,000 Mile Civil Rights Tour

Students attended a once-a-week class, AAST 496 to get familiarized with the history of America’s post-World War II Civil Rights period.

As a culmination to the course requirements, the entire class goes on a Deep South Civil Rights Tour during Spring Break to the major Civil Rights landmarks. By journeying over 1,000 miles in seven days through five states and 22 stops, students experienced eyewitness testimonies of the fight for racial equality. The course throughout involved daily journaling and led up to several class presentations.

Details

When: TBD

Cost: To be determined. Students will have to pay a non-refundable deposit of $150 required as a down payment. Airfare, hotels, all ground transportation, meals, and museum fees will be included in one bundled price.

Who: 20 students will be selected after a panel review based on submission of application and essay.

Getting Ready

Course: AAST 496 – 1,000 Mile Civil Rights Tour, conducted by faculty members Angela Schwendiman, Nkera Osombi, and Scott Finnie

Five credits, meeting once a week during the quarter, culminating in a seven-day experiential learning tour of the Deep South’s Civil Rights landmarks and museums in the following cities: Atlanta, GA; Montgomery, AL; New Orleans, LA; Jackson, MS; Memphis, TN; and Birmingham, AL.

Past Events

Africana Studies

Africana Studies Program
204 Monroe Hall
Cheney, WA 99004
P: 509.359.2847
E: africanastudies@ewu.edu

ewu.edu/africana

EWU Land Acknowledgement

Eastern Washington University resides within the traditional homelands of the Spokane People and other tribes who are connected through their shared history of this region.

This land holds their cultural DNA and it is their Ancestors who are here and bring forth the knowledge of this place—the knowledge that comes from the land.

Learn more at our Office of Native American Affairs.