OAAA E-Weekly Newsletter Office of African American Affairs February 18, 2019 Special Announcement History Makers: Black History 2019 The Office of African-American Affairs Black History Month Calendar is now available. Keep up-to-date on Black History Month event dates, times, and locations in the OAAA E-Weekly Newsletter. Have an item for the next newsletter? Submit it here! Mark Your Calendar Friday, March 1 - Application for Readmission for Summer and/or Fall Opens (Use the Form in SIS) Saturday, March 9 - Sunday, March 17 - Spring Recess Tuesday, April 30 - Courses end Wednesday, May 1 - Reading Day Thursday, May 2 - Friday, May 10 - Examinations Sunday, May 5; Wednesday, May 8 - Reading Days Friday, May 17 - Sunday, May 19 – Final Exercises Weekend OAAA Announcements & Services “Raising-the-Bar 4.0” Study Sessions with OAAA Peer Advisors - Spring 2019 Every Sunday through Thursday – 4:00-8:00 pm –LPJ Cultural Center Calculus Tutoring Every Tuesday & Thursday – 4:00 pm-6:30 pm – W.E.B DuBois Center Conference Room. #2 Dawson’s Row. OAAA Biology & Chemistry Tutoring Every Thursday – 2:00-4:00 pm - W.E.B. DuBois Center Conference Room (Chemistry) Every Thursday – 4:00-6:00 pm - LPJ Black Cultural Center (Biology) Spanish Peer Tutoring Every Monday – 7:00 pm-8:00 pm – LPJ Black Cultural Center For questions, contact Raising-the-Bar Coordinator: Martha Demissew ([email protected] RTB 4.0 – It’s Not Just for First Years’ Anymore! Black Fridays Every Friday – 1:30 pm - LPJ Black Cultural Center #3 Dawson’s Row Come & join us for food & fellowship! Black College Women (BCW) Book Club Meetings Every Second & Fourth Sunday -6:30 pm – Maury 113 Black President’s Council (BPC) Meetings Every Second & Fourth Monday - 6:30 pm – Newcomb Hall Board Rm 376 Black College Women (BCW) - In the Company of my Sister Every Wednesday (Starting February 22) - 12:00 pm - W.E.B Dubois Center Conference Room. Contact: Dean Mason ([email protected]) for more Information Black Male Initiative (BMI) Meetings Every Second & Fourth Wednesday (Starting February 20) – 6:30 pm – Newcomb Hall – Commonwealth Room Quote of the Week “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear.” – Rosa Parks Faculty Spotlight Sabrina Pendergrass is an assistant professor of sociology and a faculty affiliate of the Carter G. Woodson Institute. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University, and she obtained her A.B. in Sociology with a Certificate in African American Studies from Princeton University. Her research and teaching interests include race, inequality, internal migration, cultural sociology, and the U.S. South. She has published on these topics in Poetics, the Du Bois Review, Race and Social Problems, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Pendergrass is working on a book manuscript about the African American reverse migration to the South. This work has also received awards from the Association of Black Sociologists and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. At UVA, she has taught SOC 2442: Systems of Inequality. You can nominate someone (not yourself) to be in the Spotlight. Send your nominations to Dean Patrice Grimes ([email protected]) every Thursday by 12 noon. Quote's Corner Rosa Parks, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. She was a civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and its success launched nationwide efforts to end racial segregation of public facilities. In December 1943, Rosa also joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP and became chapter secretary. On Thursday, December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old Rosa Parks was commuting home from a long day of work at the Montgomery Fair department store by bus. Due to segregation laws; the front of a Montgomery bus was reserved for white citizens, and the seats behind them for black citizens. However, it was only by custom that bus drivers had the authority to ask a black person to give up a seat for a white rider.As a leader of the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks received many accolades during her lifetime, including the NAACP's highest award. Upcoming Events Upcoming Events at UVA (All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.) CIDC Open Meeting Monday, February 18 - 6:30PM - Clark 102 Join CIDC, a community for those at the University of Virginia living with a wide variety of chronic illnesses and disabilities, for their open meeting. We're here for friendship, support, and to help others with similar illnesses and disabilities, both inside and outside the university. Come hungry - Roots Catering! Accessibility Ally Training Wednesday, February 20 – 5:00 pm - Newcomb Gallery Accessibility Allies are individuals (students, faculty, and staff) who take an intentional role in promoting disability awareness and inclusion on Grounds. Learnt the history of disability civil rights, the resources available on Grounds, and disability inclusive and respectful communication. Autism in the African American Community: Dinner and a Movie Thursday, February 21 - 6:00 pm - Holloway Hall (Bavaro 116) The School of Education’s Diversity Action Committee and SEEDS4Change groups invite you learn about intersections between race and autism through the lived experience of families in our community. Pizza! Click here to RSVP. Pop Up Library Wednesday, February 20 – 10:00 am & 2:00 pm - Bavaro Hall Atrium Drop by for a pop-up library featuring children's books and research materials portraying a diverse range of experiences with disabilities. It's a great resource if you volunteer with children, ave children of your own, or if you simply want to broaden your exposure to the topic. Grab a snack, chat with new Curry librarian Ashley Hosbach, and check out books on-the-spot! Ralph Savarese Talk Friday, February 22 – 3:00 pm - Bryan Hall 229 Since the 1940s researchers have been repeating claims about autistic people's limited ability to understand figurative language, to partake in imaginative play, and to generate the complex theory of mind necessary to appreciate literary fiction. In his new book See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No-Good English Professor (Duke University Press 2018), Ralph James Savarese challenges this view. Discussing fictional works over a period of years with people from across the autism spectrum (including Temple Grandin), he provides evidence of “disability gain. The talk will present an ethnographical portrait of one autistic reader. Fellowships Series – Office of Citizen Scholarship Development Every Monday – 4:00 pm - Rotunda Multipurpose Room 121 Attend introductory workshops every month, which are great for first and second year students, and are the best first touchpoint with the Office of Citizen Scholarship Development. There are a number of sessions dedicated to fellowships that have deadlines in the fall. It is important that students consider opportunities early so that they can take prepare and take advantage of summer advising programs. Third and fourth years, graduate and professional students, and area alumni can attend sessions on the UK Awards, Asia Awards, and the Fulbright US Student Award this spring. For more information BHM 2019: “Everyday People: Images of Blackness, 1700s-2000s” Exhibition Now through Saturday, April 20 - Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 1st Floor Gallery A Black History Month 2019 exhibition, “Everyday People: Images of Blackness, 1700s-2000s,” features select anonymous and familiar African-American images at the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library’s first floor gallery. The exhibit has four themes: “Faces,” “Family & Community,” “Recreation & Travel” and “Working Lives.” Emblematic individuals of change and transition in this cultural curation include athletes, children, couples, families, slaves, soldiers, students, and wage earners. Free and open to the public. In the Community Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP Jazz Jamboree Saturday, February 23 – 7:00 pm-10:30 pm- The Center 491 Hillsdale Drive (22903) Celebrating the Music of African American Jazz Greats Music Provided By Michael Elswick and CO. featuring vocalist Nadine Michel. Admission: $20. Cash Bar. Opportunites with Deadlines Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute – June 3-July 19, 2019Application Deadline: Friday, February 19 The 2019 Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute offers housing, meals, and a stipend for ten rising undergraduate fourth years to live in New York City and engage in seminars and research. See: https://www.nypl.org/help/about- nypl/fellowships-institutes/schomburg-mellon-humanities-summer-institute National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) Application deadline: February 22, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2019 to Saturday, June 1, 2019 The NCORE conference series focuses on creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change to improve racial and ethnic relations on college campuses. Since 2017, UVA began sending a student cohort – apply now to be a part of that group. As a requirement of NCORE attendance, each student develops and implements an on-grounds program, activity or initiative tailored to the particular needs of UVA. Summer Internships at UVA Museums Applications Deadline: Friday, March 1 The Mellon Museum Internship Program offers PAID internships at The Fralin Museum of Art and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. Applications open to current UVA undergraduates from all fields of study. Museum-specific eligibility details on program website. Internships are 30 hrs/week and include a living stipend of $3500. Contact Amanda Wagstaff Summer Internship: African American History at Montpelier Applications Deadline: Friday, March 1 Announcement: The Montpelier Research Department offers 1-2 internships for UVA undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds. Internship(s) includes a $3500 living stipend from the Mellon Museum Internship Program.