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Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
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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
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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!
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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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.
June 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Happy Mother’s Day!

"There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."

-Jill Churchill
Happy Mother’s Day "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
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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
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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!
February 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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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
February 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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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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February 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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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
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January 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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When they clear your Harlem street for the Christmas parade, it becomes your own NYC movie set daydream!
November 20, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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In 1925, a literary, musical, artistic, cultural & unapologetically BLACK movement solidified in Harlem

— Celebrate 100 years of the Harlem Renaissance, Feb 13-14, 2025 as @blackccny.bsky.social bestows the Annual Langston Hughes Festival Medal upon @roxanegay.bsky.social

#AddToBlackSky #BlackSky
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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As folks transition over and set up in this new space — I thought I’d share the text I sent my first-time voter daughter the morning following the Presidential election:
Dear Daughter, I wish that we both were waking up to a different America. I wish that we both were waking up to a new day and a new country that views our humanity as inherent and worthy of honoring and protecting. I wish that we both were celebrating the expansion of opportunities for the marginalized instead of mourning the narrowing of rights for the most vulnerable. I was so proud of your commitment to vote in your first election and of your excitement at the idea of electing a Black-South Asian woman as President. I wish that Madame Vice President Kamala Harris was waking up with the knowledge that her excellence, her experience, her leadership, her vision, and her wisdom were recognized by the American people. I wish that she was waking up to our congratulations and our gratitude. She deserves all of it and more. Last night when you texted that you were scared. I understood. We have been here before, and I am angry. I’m angry that you are now joining me in having to vote against the same structures and systems that we sought to dismantle in 2016 and 2020. We should not have been here again. I want to be able to share words of hope for you. I want to be able to share words of comfort for you. I want to be able to share words of uplift for you. I don’t have them right now. But, I do have faith. I do have hope. I do have love. I do have the unwavering belief that joy comes in the morning — just maybe not this morning. But, today, we rest so that we can recommit to the ongoing struggle for social justice. You are loved. Mom
November 16, 2024 at 8:13 PM