Upcoming Events
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May 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
The Changing Role and Influence of Women of Color in Society
8am - 6pm
Friend Center, Convocation Room
Featured Speakers
Karen Jackson Weaver, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Diversity, Princeton University
February 2009
Thursday, February 26
The Role of Religion in Contemporary US Politics
7pm
McCormick 101
Moderator:
Dr. Karen Jackson-Weaver '94
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Diversity at Princeton University Graduate School
Panelists:
Rev. Dr. Leslie Callahan *02
Assistant Professor of Modern Church History and African American Studies at New York Theological Seminary
Dr. Obery Hendricks *95
Professor of Biblical Studies at New York Theological Seminary
Author of the Politics of Jesus
Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey
Bosnian Ambassador to the UN (1992-2000)
Rev. Simeon Spencer
Senior Pastor of Union Baptist Church in Trenton, NJ
Saturday, February 21
From the Middle Passage to the Oval Office: Defining the Black Experience
8am - 5pm
Friend Center, Convocation Room
Featured Speakers
Jeff Johnson - Host and Producer of BET’s “The Truth”
Phylicia Rashad - Award-Winning Actress
Special Mayoral plenary panel featuring:
David Dinkins, Former Mayor of New York City
Doug Palmer, Mayor of Trenton, NJ
Mildred T. Trotman, Mayor of Princeton, NJ
Moderated by:
Linda Coles-Kauffman, Executive Producer and Host of NJN’s Another View
Thursday, February 19
Black History Month Dinner and a Movie: In celebration of Black History Month, join your fellow graduate students for a soul food dinner at 6pm and a screening of the Great Debaters at 6:30, starring Denzel Washington. Email elishas@princeton.edu for more details. Co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity and the Black Graduate Caucus
November 2008
Monday, November 24th - A Reading and Book Signing by Professor Cornel West'80
4:30pm
Prospect House
Book release party to celebrate the release of Professor West's new book, Hope on a Tightrope
Friday, November 21st - GWCC & Sister Circle
11:30am - 1:30pm
Whig Hall - 2nd Floor Senate Chamber
Thursday, November 20th - Academic Success Series
Friday, November 14th - Preview Day
Wednesday, November 5th
Election ’08: The Aftermath (available via Webcast)
4:30pm
Friend Center Auditorium 101
A Roundtable discussion with Cornel West '80, Eddie Glaude '79, Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, Julian Zelizer, and Farah Jasmine Griffin.
Co-sponsored by the Graduate School, Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity
October 2008
Tuesday, October 21st - GWCC
Saturday, October 11th - Voz Latina: Symposium on Latinos in America
Friday, October 10th - Open House
September 2008
Tuesday, September 23rd - A Conversation with Cornel West and Phylicia Rashad
Friday, September 19th - Open House
Friday, September 12th - Sister Circle