Black Utopia: Afro/Latino(a) Freedom Movements

77-79 Bishop Street,Waterbury CT 06704

30 October, 2021

Description

The Ungroup Society's 8 week continuing series of Afro/Latino(a) classes with Fulbright Scholar Daisha Brabham Discovering a Black Utopia. Students will be asked to ponder the central question: What has the meaning of Black Utopia meant throughout history? Throughout their study of the central questions, students will study different freedom movements from the post-colonial period to the Black Lives Matter movement. The 8 week unit will be interdisciplinary involving an analysis of primary and secondary sources as well as key literary pieces. The course will focus on different parts of the diaspora with the aim that students will be able to place the African American/Latinx Experience within a larger global context. I also plan to incorporate materials from different archives including the Black Cultural Archives in London. The Ungroup Society is a 7-year-old grassroots community organization dedicated to enhancing and empowering the community in which we live. Mission: The Ungroup Society seeks to proactively engage issues that most concern and affect the people of Waterbury CT community. We look to identify and undertake efforts to effect positive change in the most direct and straightforward way possible. Our mission comes directly from the people of the community we seek to serve. ANYONE can suggest a cause and as a group we will look at how we can work together to effect positive change for the good of all.