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
I LOVE MEMPHIS -- You can too!
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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!
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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 Father’s Day! To my Dad — thank you for your love!
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.”
- Fanny Fern
Blessings on those navigating the loss of their dads today — we hold you close and send comfort.
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.”
- Fanny Fern
Blessings on those navigating the loss of their dads today — we hold you close and send comfort.
June 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Happy Father’s Day! To my Dad — thank you for your love!
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.”
- Fanny Fern
Blessings on those navigating the loss of their dads today — we hold you close and send comfort.
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.”
- Fanny Fern
Blessings on those navigating the loss of their dads today — we hold you close and send comfort.
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
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#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!
I was just in a Harlem bookstore & 2 ⚪️ women told me to attend their Women’s March
—I politely & firmly said no, that they got it & that Black women have done our part & we support them
—I added that they could focus on their ⚪️ women doing more
—Huffily, one said, “we all need to do more”
No.😑
—I politely & firmly said no, that they got it & that Black women have done our part & we support them
—I added that they could focus on their ⚪️ women doing more
—Huffily, one said, “we all need to do more”
No.😑
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I was just in a Harlem bookstore & 2 ⚪️ women told me to attend their Women’s March
—I politely & firmly said no, that they got it & that Black women have done our part & we support them
—I added that they could focus on their ⚪️ women doing more
—Huffily, one said, “we all need to do more”
No.😑
—I politely & firmly said no, that they got it & that Black women have done our part & we support them
—I added that they could focus on their ⚪️ women doing more
—Huffily, one said, “we all need to do more”
No.😑
THIS WEEK in the Black Studies Department at CCNY — join us for ALL THREE of these events co-sponsored by @blackccny.bsky.social — registration and more information are available on the BLST website — www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies —
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!
#AddToAcademicSky
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!
#AddToAcademicSky
February 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
THIS WEEK in the Black Studies Department at CCNY — join us for ALL THREE of these events co-sponsored by @blackccny.bsky.social — registration and more information are available on the BLST website — www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies —
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!
#AddToAcademicSky
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!
#AddToAcademicSky
Join the CCNY Black Studies Department Feb 13 & 14 for the 2025 Langston Hughes Festival honoring @roxanegay.bsky.social, celebrating the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance & the reestablishment of @blackccny.bsky.social
— Check out the Festival & Department Promo Video
youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?...
— Check out the Festival & Department Promo Video
youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?...
2025 Langston Hughes Festival & CCNY Black Studies Department Promo
YouTube video by Black Studies Department CCNY
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February 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Join the CCNY Black Studies Department Feb 13 & 14 for the 2025 Langston Hughes Festival honoring @roxanegay.bsky.social, celebrating the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance & the reestablishment of @blackccny.bsky.social
— Check out the Festival & Department Promo Video
youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?...
— Check out the Festival & Department Promo Video
youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?...
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
We need @blackccny.bsky.social more than ever. This February 14th Fundraiser is a perfect time to support them.
The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public
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www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
February 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We need @blackccny.bsky.social more than ever. This February 14th Fundraiser is a perfect time to support them.
The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public
www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
February 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public
www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
STUDENTS! Looking for a course or two to complete your CCNY Spring 2025 schedule — the Black Studies Department has a few classes with open seats — CHECK OUT THESE CLASSES & REGISTER TODAY!
Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies
@cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies
@cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
STUDENTS! Looking for a course or two to complete your CCNY Spring 2025 schedule — the Black Studies Department has a few classes with open seats — CHECK OUT THESE CLASSES & REGISTER TODAY!
Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies
@cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies
@cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
“a CV, cover letter, dissertation abstract, teaching statement, DEI statement, research statement, two or three writing samples, a 20-page document proving your teaching effectiveness, and two or three original syllabi.“ #academicsky #humanities
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
Opinion | We’re Demanding Way Too Much Paperwork From Job Candidates
We’re demanding way too much paperwork from job candidates.
www.chronicle.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“a CV, cover letter, dissertation abstract, teaching statement, DEI statement, research statement, two or three writing samples, a 20-page document proving your teaching effectiveness, and two or three original syllabi.“ #academicsky #humanities
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at home in Georgia.
www.ajc.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died
My siblings and I have several group chats — one is labeled “CAA: Costco Addicts Anonymous,” and it’s just for posting Costco items and information….looks like the chat is here to stay! #CAA
Costco responded to shareholders requesting that it withdraw from DEI policies. The response was direct and to the point: Costco says, "Our board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect & inclusion is appropriate & necessary."
❤️COSTCO♥️
❤️COSTCO♥️
December 29, 2024 at 1:45 AM
My siblings and I have several group chats — one is labeled “CAA: Costco Addicts Anonymous,” and it’s just for posting Costco items and information….looks like the chat is here to stay! #CAA