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...important role. “I don’t want a Black History Month either, because I completely agree that Black history is American history,” wrote Kaya N. Williams ’07, the action committee chair of the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW), in an e-mail. “If we could replace those 28 days with 365 days of recognition of the importance of Black History in America, I’d be all for it,” Williams wrote. “But getting rid of Black History Month would...
...Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) celebrated 30 years of its supportive sisterhood this weekend with workshops, speeches, and performances that emphasized the themes of unity and empowerment.“My grandmother always said, ‘Every time you hear the word forefathers, say ‘five mothers,’” Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans said at a faculty reception on Friday that kicked off the celebration. His statement, eliciting laughter from the women present, encapsulated the weekend’s central idea of connectedness between past and current ABHW members.In...
...would think wouldn't exist at Harvard in 2005. The sort of stereotypical thinking that leads to such irrational responses to contact with black people is the same motivation behind the creation of organizational nicknames, like Angry Black Harvard Women (in place of Association for Black Harvard Women, or ABHW), and—to a lesser extent—alleged self-segregating tendencies. Granted, people come from a variety of backgrounds and may have limited experience with those unlike them, and therefore may thus far have been depending on unreliable sources like the media to frame their impression of black...
...campus do not know and associate exclusively with each other. People here, and everywhere, need to divest themselves of these stereotypes they're holding onto about young black people. Everyone can start by first turning down the radio, shutting off the TV, and coming out to a BMF meeting, ABHW meeting, or wherever youll feel most comfortable. There won't be a set of black men aggressively approaching and robbing you at a BMF meeting, and you won't walk into an ABHW meeting to find hysterical black women screaming at one another and eager to bite your head...
Nicole M. Laws ’06 of ABHW said, “It’s a great way for the various women’s organizations on campus to get together and learn what they’re all about. And if it’s popular we hope to do it again.” About forty women and a handful of men crowded into the JCR to watch demonstrations from members of the Caribbean Club Dance Troupe (CCDT), Expressions Dance Company, and Candela, the dance group associated with Fuerza Latina...