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June 6, 2024 – The Freedom Festival is a celebration and an exploration of the relationship between freedom and independence. It lasts from Juneteenth (June 19, marking the end of slavery in the U.S.) through Independence Day (July 4, marking the independence of the U.S. from the British Empire).  It consists of live, virtual and hybrid events from all over the U.S. and beyond.  This year, AADS, in partnership with Lloyd International Honors College’s Let’s Learn! The World as Classroom, is contributing three online classes/conversations to the Freedom Festival. Everyone is invited to attend!

Saturday, June 8, 2024 A Professional Development Workshop for Educators “The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean:   The Ninth century to the present” featuring Omar H. Ali (Dean of Lloyd International Honors College and Professor of Comparative African Diaspora History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Jazmin Graves Eyssallenne (Assistant … Continued

April 19, 2024 – This summer, six undergraduate and two graduate students will travel to Tanzania on a three-week study abroad adventure offered by the UNC Greensboro African American & African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program and the Lloyd International Honors College, in collaboration with the Ethiopian, East African & Indian Ocean Research Network.

April 5, 2024 – The grant will fund eight internships, which will be offered to undergraduate students with AADS majors. The internships fall into three categories: community engagement, multimedia documentation, and AADS alumni engagement.

August 20, 2023 – AADS minor Maya Darby and fellow film-maker and UNCG alumn Duncan Lauer recently received a laurel for their documentary “Naming Space: The AADS Story” at the African Film Festival in Atlanta. They also created an AADS campaign video promoting the Black Studies program.