Over one hundred people gathered at Kent State Friday for the university’s third annual celebration of Juneteenth.
Kent State’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion coordinated the event,...
This year, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, Oscar Ritchie Hall proudly welcomed students, staff and alumni to their yearly Pan-African celebratory festival.
“The Pan-African festival is one event that we use to really connect with our community and our alumni in this department,” said Shemariah Arki, an activist and assistant professor in the Department of Africana Studies.
Dance teams across campus gathered in the Kiva Friday to celebrate cultural diversity at the fourth annual Oya Shake Sumthin’ event.Hosted by the Barefeet Dance Tribe, a traditional and modern African...
Kent State’s Black United Students hosted its 40th annual Ebony Achievement Awards Friday night.This year's event entitled “Remembering the past, honoring the present and encouraging the future,”...
Hana Barkowitz
Diversity Reporter
• February 24, 2016
Concerns surrounding Black History Month and the need to recognize it are now more crucial than ever, Kent students say.Emanuel Jackson, Director of Student Relations for Black United Students and sophomore...
Black History Month has been a large part of African-American culture since the 1920's. In 1926, it was first initiated as Negro History Week.To Kent State's Black United Students, however, the celebration...
As Kent State's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. came to end, the university's Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a final event to honor the civil rights activist and his legacy.The...
The United Nations Emergency Session scholarship fundraiser will be hosted on Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m in room 133 of Bowman Hall.All proceeds from the fundraiser go towards a scholarship for Kent...
“This movement really needs to be angrier,” Janine Tiffe playfully said as she instructed nine students of various nationalities in a traditional African warrior dance inside a locked studio on the...
