Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
@jervette.bsky.social
President of The College Language Association (CLA) @clascholars.bsky.social — Chair of The Black Studies Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) @blackccny.bsky.social — Views My Own — www.jervette.com
Happy Black History Month!
I was honored to talk with Chanteé Lans of ABC Channel 7-NYC as we celebrate 100 years of #BlackHistoryMonth✊🏾 with @asalh-bhm.bsky.social — looking forward to celebrating 90 years of @clascholars.bsky.social next year in 2027!
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I was honored to talk with Chanteé Lans of ABC Channel 7-NYC as we celebrate 100 years of #BlackHistoryMonth✊🏾 with @asalh-bhm.bsky.social — looking forward to celebrating 90 years of @clascholars.bsky.social next year in 2027!
abc7ny.com/post/black-h...
Remembering Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of Black History Month, 100 years later
Exactly 100 years ago this February, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian, author, journalist and educator, launched Negro History Week.
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February 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Happy Black History Month!
I was honored to talk with Chanteé Lans of ABC Channel 7-NYC as we celebrate 100 years of #BlackHistoryMonth✊🏾 with @asalh-bhm.bsky.social — looking forward to celebrating 90 years of @clascholars.bsky.social next year in 2027!
abc7ny.com/post/black-h...
I was honored to talk with Chanteé Lans of ABC Channel 7-NYC as we celebrate 100 years of #BlackHistoryMonth✊🏾 with @asalh-bhm.bsky.social — looking forward to celebrating 90 years of @clascholars.bsky.social next year in 2027!
abc7ny.com/post/black-h...
@clascholars.bsky.social is THE. PLACE. TO. BE. SEEN.
@clascholars.bsky.social is a great place to showcase your business, special project, etc!
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
@clascholars.bsky.social is THE. PLACE. TO. BE. SEEN.
The cold of NYC after the practically balmy Southern weather of Memphis just feels offensive 😒 — but I’m back or whatever….😬🤣
a man with a lanyard around his neck is looking at the camera and saying gurl .
ALT: a man with a lanyard around his neck is looking at the camera and saying gurl .
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January 6, 2026 at 2:22 AM
The cold of NYC after the practically balmy Southern weather of Memphis just feels offensive 😒 — but I’m back or whatever….😬🤣
My nearly 90-year-old Memphis-based Granny and I wrapped our New Year’s Day phone call with a chat about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Inauguration — she lit up like she’s from NYC:
“I like him! He keeps Trump in line, AND he’s also good looking like that California Governor.”
😳
M’AM! 🤣
“I like him! He keeps Trump in line, AND he’s also good looking like that California Governor.”
😳
M’AM! 🤣
January 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
My nearly 90-year-old Memphis-based Granny and I wrapped our New Year’s Day phone call with a chat about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Inauguration — she lit up like she’s from NYC:
“I like him! He keeps Trump in line, AND he’s also good looking like that California Governor.”
😳
M’AM! 🤣
“I like him! He keeps Trump in line, AND he’s also good looking like that California Governor.”
😳
M’AM! 🤣
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
Happy Holidays from The College Language Association, President @jervette.bsky.social & VP Janaka Lewis
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Happy Holidays from The College Language Association, President @jervette.bsky.social & VP Janaka Lewis
Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨
#CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It will be FUN Work — like #GoodTrouble — come join us!!
The Black Studies Department is BACK, & the Black Studies Ambassadors invite you to volunteer & help build OUR community with a KIKI!
BLACK STUDIES DEPARTMENT KIKI
🗓 Date: December 5th 2025
⏰ Time: 1 PM-5 PM
📍 Location: The Lookout
Shepard Room 278
BLACK STUDIES DEPARTMENT KIKI
🗓 Date: December 5th 2025
⏰ Time: 1 PM-5 PM
📍 Location: The Lookout
Shepard Room 278
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It will be FUN Work — like #GoodTrouble — come join us!!
As a 501(c)(3), a tax-deductible gift to CLA will further the mission & work that has supported the teaching, study, & uplift of Black students, scholars, & teachers of languages & literatures, especially at HBCUs, & throughout the academy for nearly 90 years! Join me in giving this #GIVINGTUESDAY!
It’s our first #givingtuesday! 📚✨
When you donate to the College Language Association, you’re investing in students, scholars, & the future of Black literary and language studies. Thank you for helping us continue the work.
Donate TODAY to #CLA! www.clascholars.org #CLAscholars #GivingTuesday2025
When you donate to the College Language Association, you’re investing in students, scholars, & the future of Black literary and language studies. Thank you for helping us continue the work.
Donate TODAY to #CLA! www.clascholars.org #CLAscholars #GivingTuesday2025
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As a 501(c)(3), a tax-deductible gift to CLA will further the mission & work that has supported the teaching, study, & uplift of Black students, scholars, & teachers of languages & literatures, especially at HBCUs, & throughout the academy for nearly 90 years! Join me in giving this #GIVINGTUESDAY!
I LOVE MEMPHIS -- You can too!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
36 Hours in Memphis: Things to Do and See (Gift Article)
Eat at beloved bare-bones rib joints, pay pilgrimage to Elvis’s rhinestone-studded jumpsuits and tap into the new and nostalgic sounds of the city.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I LOVE MEMPHIS -- You can too!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Join the @blackccny.bsky.social & the Zahn Innovation Center for a Side Hustle Workshop, Thursday, November 6th, from 4pm - 5pm, in The Lookout, Shepard 278 in the Black Studies Suite.
Workshop Benefits include Q&A, networking opportunities, & snacks!
You don't want to miss this -- RSVP TODAY!
Workshop Benefits include Q&A, networking opportunities, & snacks!
You don't want to miss this -- RSVP TODAY!
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Join the @blackccny.bsky.social & the Zahn Innovation Center for a Side Hustle Workshop, Thursday, November 6th, from 4pm - 5pm, in The Lookout, Shepard 278 in the Black Studies Suite.
Workshop Benefits include Q&A, networking opportunities, & snacks!
You don't want to miss this -- RSVP TODAY!
Workshop Benefits include Q&A, networking opportunities, & snacks!
You don't want to miss this -- RSVP TODAY!
Soul Food, Soul Work, Soul Legacies: Food, Family, & Faith as Foundation —
Join @clascholars.bsky.social for the 84th Annual #CLAscholars Convention, April 8-11, 2026
Convention Registration, Call For Papers, & Hotel Information available at www.clascholars.org
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#CLA26
Join @clascholars.bsky.social for the 84th Annual #CLAscholars Convention, April 8-11, 2026
Convention Registration, Call For Papers, & Hotel Information available at www.clascholars.org
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#CLA26
Welcome to THE 'Sip! Join @Kiese Laymon @jervette @janakalewis @constancebailey38 and ALL the #CLAscholars for the 84th Annual CLA Convention hosted by @Jackson State University April 8-11, 2026! YOU...
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September 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Soul Food, Soul Work, Soul Legacies: Food, Family, & Faith as Foundation —
Join @clascholars.bsky.social for the 84th Annual #CLAscholars Convention, April 8-11, 2026
Convention Registration, Call For Papers, & Hotel Information available at www.clascholars.org
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6ED7uUb/
#CLA26
Join @clascholars.bsky.social for the 84th Annual #CLAscholars Convention, April 8-11, 2026
Convention Registration, Call For Papers, & Hotel Information available at www.clascholars.org
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#CLA26
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Looking for a Black Studies Course to complete your #Fall2025 schedule?
Check out these courses on food and literature, queer Caribbean writing, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Poetry, Colonial Latin America, and Black Women’s Resistance at CCNY.
Check out these courses on food and literature, queer Caribbean writing, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Poetry, Colonial Latin America, and Black Women’s Resistance at CCNY.
August 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🔥🔥🔥
Malcolm-Jamal Warner —
…..I doublechecked several news sources because I just couldn’t believe it to be true — he’s childhood and adulthood —nostalgia and the present — Theo and Gordon Gartrell — He will be missed — Rest in Peace
…..I doublechecked several news sources because I just couldn’t believe it to be true — he’s childhood and adulthood —nostalgia and the present — Theo and Gordon Gartrell — He will be missed — Rest in Peace
July 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Malcolm-Jamal Warner —
…..I doublechecked several news sources because I just couldn’t believe it to be true — he’s childhood and adulthood —nostalgia and the present — Theo and Gordon Gartrell — He will be missed — Rest in Peace
…..I doublechecked several news sources because I just couldn’t believe it to be true — he’s childhood and adulthood —nostalgia and the present — Theo and Gordon Gartrell — He will be missed — Rest in Peace
THIS. IS. IT.
My last one as CLA President — so Let’s Go!!
You don’t want to miss “SOUL FOOD, SOUL WORK, SOUL LEGACIES: FOOD, FAMILY, AND FAITH AS FOUNDATION,” Kiese Laymon, or Jackson State University — April 8-11, 2026.
See you in the ‘Sip!
#CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars
My last one as CLA President — so Let’s Go!!
You don’t want to miss “SOUL FOOD, SOUL WORK, SOUL LEGACIES: FOOD, FAMILY, AND FAITH AS FOUNDATION,” Kiese Laymon, or Jackson State University — April 8-11, 2026.
See you in the ‘Sip!
#CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars
Jackson is calling, CLA Family!
Summer Registration for the 2026 CLA Convention is open until August 15th!
Register today for the 84th Annual Convention! #CLA26Jackson #CLA26
#CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
Summer Registration for the 2026 CLA Convention is open until August 15th!
Register today for the 84th Annual Convention! #CLA26Jackson #CLA26
#CLAscholars
www.clascholars.org
July 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
THIS. IS. IT.
My last one as CLA President — so Let’s Go!!
You don’t want to miss “SOUL FOOD, SOUL WORK, SOUL LEGACIES: FOOD, FAMILY, AND FAITH AS FOUNDATION,” Kiese Laymon, or Jackson State University — April 8-11, 2026.
See you in the ‘Sip!
#CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars
My last one as CLA President — so Let’s Go!!
You don’t want to miss “SOUL FOOD, SOUL WORK, SOUL LEGACIES: FOOD, FAMILY, AND FAITH AS FOUNDATION,” Kiese Laymon, or Jackson State University — April 8-11, 2026.
See you in the ‘Sip!
#CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars
First Class on this “[What To the Slave is the] Fourth of July” Delta flight to Memphis is ALL Black people……and Mark……but Mark’s rockin with us ✊🏾
July 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
First Class on this “[What To the Slave is the] Fourth of July” Delta flight to Memphis is ALL Black people……and Mark……but Mark’s rockin with us ✊🏾
Happy Mother’s Day!
"There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchill
"There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchill
May 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happy Mother’s Day!
"There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchill
"There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchill
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
#IAmWriting about the Public Theater’s 2023 production of “Hamlet in the Park.” I attended the *2-hour and 45 minutes* performance with @jervette.bsky.social! The production was highly anticipated after the racial reckoning of 2020, but did it live up to the hype? Stay tuned to see! #Dissertation
May 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
#IAmWriting about the Public Theater’s 2023 production of “Hamlet in the Park.” I attended the *2-hour and 45 minutes* performance with @jervette.bsky.social! The production was highly anticipated after the racial reckoning of 2020, but did it live up to the hype? Stay tuned to see! #Dissertation
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
If you’re anywhere near College Park on March 11, you should attend this event.
Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!
March 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you’re anywhere near College Park on March 11, you should attend this event.
Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!
March 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with Us!
“Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe & Emily Raboteau”
Wed March 19, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Skylight Room
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave
NYC
FREE and Open to ALL — Registration Required — Link in Bio
“Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe & Emily Raboteau”
Wed March 19, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Skylight Room
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave
NYC
FREE and Open to ALL — Registration Required — Link in Bio
March 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with Us!
“Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe & Emily Raboteau”
Wed March 19, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Skylight Room
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave
NYC
FREE and Open to ALL — Registration Required — Link in Bio
“Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe & Emily Raboteau”
Wed March 19, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Skylight Room
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave
NYC
FREE and Open to ALL — Registration Required — Link in Bio
Respectability will NOT SAVE US.
March 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Respectability will NOT SAVE US.
On this last day of #BHM 2025, I stopped at the Schomburg for inspiration for the keynote address I deliver tonight for the CCNY Black Alumni Fundraiser & to say goodbye to the James Baldwin exhibit ending today that celebrated his 100th year — thank you, Jimmy!
Tickets still available!
Tickets still available!
February 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On this last day of #BHM 2025, I stopped at the Schomburg for inspiration for the keynote address I deliver tonight for the CCNY Black Alumni Fundraiser & to say goodbye to the James Baldwin exhibit ending today that celebrated his 100th year — thank you, Jimmy!
Tickets still available!
Tickets still available!