ivory black, remembering bronzeville

2/18/08

president's day, red cross is closed for business (on the business end anywho). i went to big step with fallicy, and also attended a chat and chew session (lunch and discussion) at marquette university titled "my black history: remembering bronzeville."

the event was only an hour long, so there are still so many things to ask. the session was facilitated by miss ivory abena black, author of bronzeville, a milwaukee lifestyle. it was a great session, touching on a lot of the issues we've already covered in friday trainings, as well as linking them together for a more comprehensive picture of how any form of oppression leads to more oppression.

not only does it relate to our trainings directly, but to the ASSET tsp project over at walnut way. miss black is the only african american anthropologist in wisconsin who focuses specifically on the bronzeville area, which overlaps into the walnut way neighborhood. in fact, some of her research was done in conjuction with an oral narratives project out of walnut way.

i will be meeting tomorrow with miss black as well as patricia diggs to see if we can't collaborate on some things, including the cumination of research for the center for neighborhood history. it's great that we have such incredible assets within the community to turn to. without them, i doubt we'd be able to make this thing happen.