Black & Abroad: Global Leadership Conference

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)'s Global Education Office (GEO) is hosting a mini-conference on Friday, February 7, 2025 from 9:00am until 3:00pm on the Monroe Park Campus centered on global leadership through the lens of Black identity for our longstanding annual Black & Abroad event in celebration of Black History Month.

We are hoping to curate an event that provides meaningful conversation, insight, and action items for our students and our community. All students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome! 

Schedule: 
  9:00 am: Keynote Speech by Shay Lumpkin
  9:45 am: Building Your Global Tribe: Jackie Otieno
10:30 am: Navigating Discomfort as a Black Student Abroad: Nonso Akunwafor and Brittney Cates
11:00 am: Can Study Abroad Reinforce Black Identity?: Dr. John Fife
12:00 pm: Global Alumni Panel and Lunch *The first 50 people who register on RamsConnect will recieve a lunch ticket for free Lunch from Africanne on Main*
 1:00 pm: Student Organization Tabling and Lunch
 2:00 pm: Familiar Struggles: Analyzing the Lingering Side Effects of Colonialism on Blacks in America, East and South Africa: Cydny Neville

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Co-hosted with: VCU Global Student Engagement

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