Why We Need Black Feminisms: Black Feminisms for Now and Beyond , 6/5

UPDATE 6/2 from BFF:
This week, we will be shifting our scheduled "Ask a Black Feminist" to a much needed panel discussion on the legacy, framework, and importance of Black feminisms for our movements forward. RSVP below to join us on Friday, June 5th at 5:30pm via Facebook Live. Closed Captioning and ASL Translation will be available.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3233847523326514

For this segment for Ask A Black Feminist, we are participating in the Movement for Black Lives In Defense of Black Life week of Action. We will be in dialogue with Black feminists activists to talk about this political moment, why we need Black feminisms during these times, and the future we are building towards. Join us for this important conversation.
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From Black Feminist Future:

Hey ya’ll!

What are you doing Friday June 5th at 5:30PM ET?

Well we’ve got something for you. Black Feminist Future is excited to be continuing our biweekly happy hour:

Ask a Black Feminist! Recipes, Remedies, & Delight for the Revolution.

RSVP HERE IN ADVANCE to register! You will receive a confirmation email w/ the link to the Zoom: https://bit.ly/AskABF

Check out the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/blackfeministfuture?

Join us every other Friday at 5:30PM ET to dish, chat, and laugh with some incredible black feminist faves. We will also share recipes and remedies that help keep the revolutionary fire burning. And of course there will be a juicy Q&A with questions from ya’ll.

To join us, visit Black Feminist Future on insta and facebook to sign up and to learn about our incredible guest. See you Friday, June 5th, 5:30pm ET for Ask A Black Feminist: Recipes and Remedies for the Revolution. Can’t wait to catch up!

Check out the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hgQbyf0hoWQvyRDRx6nIrfGjnSxrAV0O/view

Bio/CV:
Barbara Ransby is an historian, writer and longtime activist. She is a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she directs the campus-wide Social Justice Initiative. She previously served as Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and Interim Vice Provost for Planning and Programs (2011 -2012) at UIC.

Prof. Ransby is author of the highly acclaimed biography, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (University of North Carolina Press, 2003): https://uncpress.org/book/9780807856161/ella-baker-and-the-black-freedom-movement/

She also wrote ESLANDA: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson (Yale University Press. 2013): https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205855/eslanda

Her most recent work is Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century (University of California Press, 2018): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780520292710)

In 2016, Barbara was elected President of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) and served a two-year term ending in 2018. Also in 2018 Barbara was the recipient of the Angela Y. Davis Award from the American Studies Association, a prize which recognizes scholars who have applied or used their scholarship for public good.

Please submit any questions to: paris@blackfeministfuture.org