Black History Month 2022: Gospel Explosion
Black History Month Concert brought in partnership with the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and other community partners.
Black History Month Concert brought in partnership with the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and other community partners.
by December Murphy When you’ve seen the things I’ve seen, When you’ve heard the things I’ve heard, When you’ve felt the things I’ve felt, You will feel as worthless as I do. You will fear loving someone as I do. You will yearn to be in a relationship and frightened by the thought of it;[…]
To President Sullivan and “White” UVa, I can reassure you that the year is, indeed, 2017. As time goes on the events of the past–World War II, the Civil Rights Movement to name an iconic few–grow farther from us and we find ourselves having to reach into our memories or a Google search to let[…]
by Myliyah Hanna (Image source: http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-board-tirade/files/2016/07/IS-His-Life-Worth-More-Than-Mine.jpg) We have been under the Trump presidency for almost two months now. Yet, before even a month ended the Trump presidency found itself in the face of scandal after scandal. He signed an executive order banning Muslims from seven Muslim-majority countries, as they have been deemed the areas creating so-called[…]
By Jacob Uskavitch For the 2016-2017 academic year, there are exactly 408 Black male undergraduates at the University of Virginia, being less than 3 percent of the total student population. Four hundred and eight — a number high enough making it hard to know everyone but low enough causing surprise when you meet a[…]
by Myliyah Hannah On a Tuesday of last semester, as I walked from class to work, I was paused by the collection of bodies outside of Old Cabell Hall. As students and adults sat on the steps, they listened to the words of one of my favorite instructors, Professor Maurice Wallace. I later learned[…]
by Myliyah Hanna As a third year at this university, it gets easier to notice trends throughout Grounds. You start to learn what days and times will incur the longest dumpling cart line. You’ll learn which bus to take to get Downtown and when they stop running on Friday nights. As a student of color[…]
The next week will be an important week for many of you who are preparing for the transition from UVA to the career world. This year we have worked to provide two unique opportunities for students to negotiate this process. On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 12 noon, Jasmine Jackson, Career Counselor from the UVA Career Center,[…]
By Brianna Hamblin News Editor The Black Student Alliance called on students to wear all black and hosted a “die-in” in front of Old Cabell Hall this past Friday. The peaceful protest was in light of the recent deaths of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott as well as the lives that had been taken[…]