Forty Years of Black Feminist Fire
Celebrating the teaching legacy of Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., the Women's Research & Resource Center at Spelman College, and the Toni Cade Bambara Scholars/Writers/Activists Collective
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April 15, 2022
A Celebration
Join us as we come together to celebrate three milestones of Black feminist fire past, present, and future.
50
Beverly Guy-Sheftall’s 50th Year Teaching Anniversary at Spelman College
Faculty Profile
40
Women’s Research & Resource Center 40th Anniversary (1981-2021)
Our Herstory
21
Toni Cade Bambara Scholars / Writers / Activists Collective 21 year anniversary
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Celebration Highlights
April 15, 2022 | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
10:00 AM
10:50 AM
11:00 AM
11:40 AM
12:45 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
3:40 PM
Welcome and Purpose
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D.
Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
M. Bahati Kuumba, Ph.D.
Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
Raquille Love C’2022
Spelman College Student
Miss Mary Beyond Mack
Dance Film by Aquilah Ohemeng C'21
Dept. of Dance Performance & Choreography Featuring original poetry by Treasure Tannock C'20
Dept. of Theatre & Performance
Special Recognitions in Memory of bell hooks, Toni Cade Bambara, and Prof. Valerie Boyd
Holly Smith, M.A.
College Archivist, Spelman College
"Lorde of the Archives"
Panel #1:
40 years of Black Feminism
Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ph.D. C'70
Georgia Tech University (Retired)
Sherie Randolph, Ph.D. C'94
Georgia Tech University
Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Ph.D.
Emory University
Poetic Movement
Sequoia Maner, Ph.D.
Spelman College
Musical Movement
Somalia Ramin C'2018
Artist & Musician
Panel #2:
Big Mama’s Roundtable Revisited
Sarah (Thompson) Nahar, M.Div C’2006
Syracuse University
Moya Bailey, Ph.D. C’2005
Northeastern University
Banah Ghadbian, Ph.D. C’2015
University of California San Diego
Word Movement
Members of Alpha Pi Chapter
Triota Honor Society (Iota Iota Iota)
Still Alive: The Spirit of Toni Cade Bambara Lives On [Film]
Taryn Lee Crenshaw, M.A. C'2009
Documentarian & Educator
Call to Scholar-Activism
M. Bahati Kuumba, Ph.D.
Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
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Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D. and/or the Women's Research & Resource Center has impacted your life, your college experience,
and/or your work.
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