Black History Month 2022

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium

Come join and celebrate Black History Month as we engage in conversations about Black Health and Wellness and activism in the 21st Century.

Dr. White Lecture – Student Activism in the 21st Century

Event Date: February 24, 2022

Location: Student Center Doheny A

Reception Time: 5:30pm-6:00pm

Event Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm

Featuring: Melina Abdullah, PH.D

Returning to UCI, Dr. Melina Abdullah, a Professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, is a womanist scholar-activist and a recognized expert on race, gender, class, and social movements. She is a co-founder of the Los Angeles Chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLMLA), the co-host and co-producer of the weekly radio program Beautiful Struggle on KPFK, the recipient of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Fannie Lou Hamer Award in 2016, and has guest starred on the popular tv show, Good Trouble.

For more information, please contact Fatima Nunez, Administrative Specialist (flnunez@uci.edu).

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