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This page from the 2002 Ruby (Ursinus Yearbook) talks about how the students on campus responded to 9/11 and what they did to help those in need.

Since the AAAS program was without a budget until 2015, “Dragging the Black Church” was one of the first events hosted by the AAAS program to receive funding from the Arts and Lectures Committee. This allowed for AAAS to invite guest lecturer Rachel…

Dr. Eve Dunbar is an Associate Professor of English at Vassar College. She was the AAAS Guest lecturer on November 13, 2015 in Pfahler Auditorium. Dr. Dunbar’s talk, “Mice, Chickens, Gorillas… Oh, Maud!” had the audience rethink what it means to be…

The AAAS program hosted the African American & Africana Studies Guest Lecture series starting in 2016. Dr. Michelle Holder ‘03, Heather Johnson ’07, and Donheen Boone ‘14 returned to Ursinus November 3, 2016 to be part of “Dare to Struggle: Education…

AAAS and Latin American Studies programs invited Mark Palacio to speak Afro-Latinos communities in Nicaragua and Belize on April 19, 2016. While the term Afro-Latin was coined in the late 70’s, it has gained popularity over years and refers to Latina…

The AAAS program encouraged students across campus to attend a lecture by Dr. Ibram X Kendi. Dr. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American history at the University of Florida is of the most well-known speakers the program has invited to…

In 2017, The African American and Africana Studies guest Lecture Series was renamed the Rev. Charles Rice Speaker Series. Dr. Nicole Ivy’s lecture, “Circuits of Blood and Stone: On Enslaved Test Subjects and the History of Gynecology” was the first…

Lori Tharps was a guest Speaker for the Rev. Charles Rice Speaker Series. Her lecture “Writing Identity in Multiple Worlds” was hosted in The Bears Den on October 25, 2017. During the talk, journalist, novelist, and memoir writer, Lori Tharps spoke…

In collaboration with the History and Music department, the AAAS program helped create the Riding the Wave, Creating the Vibe Series. This three-event series is connected to MUS/HIST-203 The Expense of Musical Appropriation and the Dividends of…

“Race and the University: A Roundtable” explored how the concepts of race and racism have molded the American Higher Education system. Dr. Marcia Chatelain from Georgetown University, and Ms. Jasmin Howard from Michigan State University joined the…