Community. Connection. Understanding. Progress.

These words serve as the building blocks for a group of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s faculty and staff members seeking to infuse the sentiments into the fabric of the university. Born from what once was an email list in 2017, the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Black Faculty and Staff Caucus emerged. The group of more than 30 members represent a wide swath of disciplines in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s academic landscape 카지노 게임 컬렉션� from neuroscience to geography to business.

This list of names and contact information, also known as an email listserv, supplied its members with helpful information about navigating both the Kingston and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s communities, academic resources, and providing a support system in a homogenous environment. Growth of the email list would seem straightforward, but for those included in the group, the addition of names served as an opportunity to witness an element of progress in motion. When Beverley Mullings joined the Department of Geography in 2006, she was one of four Black faculty members in the Faculty of Arts and Science. In 2012, the death of Stephen Gyimah brought that number to three.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was surprised, dismayed, horrified that in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences there were only four black professors,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Mullings, who was a professor at Syracuse 카지노게임사이트 in New York before coming to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s.

Through programs like the Principal카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Implementation Committee on Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (PICRDI) and the 카지노게임사이트 Council on Anti-Racism and Equity (UCARE), a more concerted effort has been made, and remains ongoing, ­by the university to hire more Black faculty and staff. The by-product of that expanding representation on campus was the organic growth of the listserv that Black faculty and staff built largely by word of mouth.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I would say 2017 is the year and it's a watershed year because there were finally enough people for us to actually do something together,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Dr. Mullings says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Not necessarily formal, but we could all go somewhere in Kingston to meet and have dinner. It's an amazing thing when you've got numbers who know each other, who meet throughout the year, that you can become something more formal, collaborative, powerful.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Ultimately, those dinners led to substantive conversations, which accelerated the formation of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Black Faculty and Staff Caucus.

Prior to the 2017 formation of QBFSC, a foundational degree of dialogue came on March 12, 2015 inside the 카지노게임사이트 Club at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. The dinner, co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Human Rights and Equity Office, the Division of Student Affairs, and the Office of Advancement was entitled Shaping the Future of Black Scholarship. The event, attended by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s students, faculty, staff, and local community members, drew forth vibrant conversation on nurturing Black intellectual leadership, including a recommendation to increase representation of Black staff and faculty. One of the fundamental goals behind that recommendation was for Black students to see themselves represented throughout the institution. Stephanie Simpson, Associate Vice-Principal (Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion) hosted the event. Flashforward several years later and Simpson recalls a moment during a recent QBFSC meeting that highlighted the purpose of the caucus.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�What I recall from that meeting was just how elated people were to be in a virtual group with so many people who looked like them, who shared interests with them,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Simpson says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�There was just a real sense of joy in the room around simply not being alone. To be in a space where we could safely speak to and touch on all of those aspects of ourselves that don't find expression necessarily in other places in the university, I think, has been really important for people.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Kristin Moriah, Assistant Professor of African American Literary Studies in the Department of English Language and Literature, played an integral role in raising the visibility of the group by creating its website. QBFSC helped Dr. Moriah, who came to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in 2018, gain a sense of support among other Black faculty members. Entrenched in many of those organic moments have been interdisciplinary discussions that have sparked new ideas.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s been great,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Moriah, who is also a Penn State Center for Black Digital Research Satellite Partner. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I met Yolande Bouka, who카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in Political Studies, through our meetings and that카지노 게임 컬렉션�s somebody who I now think of warmly as a colleague and who has become a partner with me in other projects. Yolande has become an advisor board member for the Black Studies Summer Seminar that I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m coordinating with a colleague at the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto. The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Black Faculty and Staff Caucus has provided us with a forum to meet each other and learn about our respective research.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The group카지노 게임 컬렉션�s power in numbers came to pass during the summer of 2020. After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and as traction gained for the Black Lives Matter movement, QBFSC asserted itself into the public discourse. The caucus denounced the mistreatment of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) community, while also supporting efforts to educate people about the history of anti-Black racism and violence in Canada and the United States. This is paired with their efforts to help Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s better understand Black communities outside North America 카지노 게임 컬렉션� from the continent of Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and elsewhere 카지노 게임 컬렉션� which overlaps with the diverse Black communities who are part of the caucus.

Katherine McKittrick, Professor and Black Studies Program Director, came to Queens in 2004 and in that time has witnessed and welcomed increasing numbers in the Black community at the university. She카지노 게임 컬렉션�s enjoyed the power of drawing connections with QBFSC members across varying disciplines and backgrounds. When plans for the Minor in Black Studies program in the Faculty of Arts and Science was in its infancy, Dr. McKittrick consulted with the group. The caucus has nurtured instances where members can celebrate their interconnected dynamics, from applauding the book written by member Celina Caesar-Chavannes (Senior Advisor, EDI Initiatives and Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences) to participating in seminars involving member Oyedeji Ayonrinde (Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry).

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I love that social aspect of it,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. McKittrick. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Sharing ideas, sharing how to navigate Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, sharing how to navigate Kingston. Just the joy of laughing with you right now about hair products. I don't have to over-explain it to you. It's a really beautiful way to make community.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

There is an optimistic outlook on the role the group can play in the months, years, and generations ahead. From offering a space of familiarity and support to being a group that is consulted during important, transformational moments at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I see the caucus being a space for a voice that is consulted as a collective voice of a community and being able to weigh in in moments,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Dr. Mullings says.

For membership inquiries, please contact Kristin Moriah: kristin.moriah@muwangwooden.com.