BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3035-a5dbcb416ae86ef871904bc863bd84d6@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260528T130332Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T130000 SUMMARY:Healing Community: Black Women on The Arts and Liberation Pedagogy DESCRIPTION:\nIn her timeless Black feminist novel The Salt Eaters (1980 )\, author\, educator\, and organizer Toni Cade Bambara wrote\, “Are you sure\, sweetheart\, that you want to be well?” For Bambara and other ac tivist-writers\, the ideas of wellness and freedom are taken up as dynam ic issues for both are interrelated—individual health and the health of one’s community. Over forty years later\, the question of wellness remai ns a significant yet inconspicuous conversation among Black women. Drawn together by their extensive and impactful experiences as creatives and educators\, this panel offers a public discussion about the wellness and humanity of Black women engaging in Black arts and liberation pedagogy. \n\nPanelists\n\nShauna Morgan\, Associate Professor of Creative Writing \, English\, and Africana Literature and Director of Equity and Inclusio n Initiatives in Teaching and Learning\, University of Kentucky\n\nAutho r of the chapbook Fear of Dogs &\; Other Animals\, Professor Morgan’s poetry is rooted in the ecosystems of Black life\, and her scholarship examines the continuum of decoloniality and possibility in global Black art and culture. Her critical work has been published in Journal of Post colonial Writing\, South Atlantic Review\, Ariel: A Review of Internatio nal English Literature\, and other venues. Her poetry has appeared in A Gathering Together\, Interviewing the Caribbean\, and a Literary Field G uide to Southern Appalachia\, among other periodicals and anthologies. S he currently serves as editor of the CLA Journal\, the official publicat ion of the College Language Association.\n\n \;\n\nDaMaris B. Hill\, Professor of Creative Writing\, English\, and African American Studies\ , University of Kentucky\n\nDaMaris B. Hill is a poet and creative schol ar. She is the author of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood\, A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing\, The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland\, Vi-zə-bəl   Teks-ch ərs (Visible Textures)\, and other books. Her digital work includes “Shu t Up In My Bones\,” a twenty-first century poem.\n\n \;\n\nGrace Ham pton\, Professor Emerita of Art\, Art Education\, Integrative Arts\, and African Studies\, Penn State\n\nProfessor Hampton has served as directo r of the School of Visual Arts\, vice provost\, executive assistant to t he Provost for the Development of the Arts\, head of African and African American Studies\, and University-wide Senior Faculty Mentor. She has r eceived two Senior Fulbright Awards for the development of a research co llaborative between Penn State\, Kwame Nkrumah University in Ghana and I lorin University in Nigeria\, and a lecture series has been named in her honor by the National Art Education Association. Hampton continues to s upervise independent study courses and currently serves as a fellow in t he Intergenerational Leadership Institute\, where she develops intergene rational arts and cultural programs.\n\nModerator\n\nCarmin Wong\, Gradu ate Student\, Department of English and the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies\, Penn State\n\nAfter registering\, you will receiv e a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cals-unprecedented _02-16-24/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In her timeless Black feminist novel The Salt Eaters (1980), author, educator, and organizer Toni Cade Bambara wrote, “Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well?” For Bambara and other activist-writers, the ideas of wellness and freedom are taken up as dynamic issues for both are inte rrelated—individual health and the health of one’s community. Over forty years later, the question of wellness remains a significant yet inconsp icuous conversation among Black women. Drawn together by their extensive and impactful experiences as creatives and educators, this panel offers a public discussion about the wellness and humanity of Black women enga ging in Black arts and liberation pedagogy.

Panelists

Shauna Morgan, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, Engli sh, and Africana Literature and Director of Equity and Inclusion Initiat ives in Teaching and Learning, University of Kentucky

Author of th e chapbook Fear of Dogs & Other Animals, Professor Morgan’s poetry is rooted in the ecosystems of Black life, and her scholarship e xamines the continuum of decoloniality and possibility in global Black a rt and culture. Her critical work has been published in Journal of P ostcolonial Writing, South Atlantic Review, Ariel: A R eview of International English Literature, and other venues. Her po etry has appeared in A Gathering Together, Interviewing the Caribbean, and a Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, among other periodicals and anthologies. She currently serves as ed itor of the CLA Journal, the official publication of the Colleg e Language Association.

 

DaMaris B. Hill, Professor of Creative Writing, English, and African American Studies, University of Kentucky

DaMaris B. Hill is a poet and creative scholar. She is th e author of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood, A B ound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing, The Fluid Boundaries of Suffra ge and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland, Vi-z ə-bəl   Teks-chərs (Visible Textures), and other books. Her digital work includes “Shut Up In My Bones,” a twenty-first century poem.

 

Grace Hampton, Professor Emerita of Art, Art Education, In tegrative Arts, and African Studies, Penn State

Professor Hampton has served as director of the School of Visual Arts, vice provost, execu tive assistant to the Provost for the Development of the Arts, head of A frican and African American Studies, and University-wide Senior Faculty Mentor. She has received two Senior Fulbright Awards for the development of a research collaborative between Penn State, Kwame Nkrumah Universit y in Ghana and Ilorin University in Nigeria, and a lecture series has be en named in her honor by the National Art Education Association. Hampton continues to supervise independent study courses and currently serves a s a fellow in the Intergenerational Leadership Institute, where she deve lops intergenerational arts and cultural programs.

Moderator

Carmin Wong, Graduate Student, Department of English and the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State

After registeri ng, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about j oining the webinar.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/eve nt/cals-unprecedented_02-16-24/

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