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The Arts: Healing and Resistance – BHM 2024 Launch – FEBRUARY 1

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Click here to visit the main Black History Month at McMaster 2024 page for more events throughout February.

For more information, please email Jordan Lentinello at lentinjt@mcmaster.ca or Eve Nyambiya at nyambiye@mcmaster.ca

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Join us in celebrating the first day of Black History Month with music, mingling with colleagues, and vendors! This year, we will be having artists showcase their talents through a series of performances that commemorate resistance and healing. 

Date: Thursday February 1st, 2024 

Time: 11am to 4pm 

Location: MUSC Atrium

Target audience: Everyone is invited to come!

Vendors

My African Treasures

Pink Papillon Co

Kerl Beauty Bar

OæsisWithin

XUBRIANCE

Icarus Apparel & Alterations

Artbytye

Bougie Burn

Pitch Magazine

Performers

Bobbyxyz

IsisOya

Digital Dina

Macaws

Shaykeh

MacAfricans

AwulaNa

 

Speakers

Dr. David H. Farrar – President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University

Dr. Barrington Walker – Vice-Provost, Equity and Inclusion

Audrey Dear Hesson – African Nova Scotian Art Pioneer

Campus and Community Partners

Black Student Success Centre

MacAfricans

McMaster Association of Caribbean And West Indian Students (MACaws)

African and Black Diaspora Studies

Black Students’ Association (BSA)

Black Bachelor of Health Sciences Association (Black BHSc Association)

Blackspace

Sisters in Sync

Black Engagement Committee of the Muslim Student Association (BEC MSA)

BLKOWNED HAMONT

 

Special Thank You

Alleyway Sounds  -Tech set up and support