DMC Writing Retreat

Sunday September 14, 2025

The Digital Media and Community Initiative welcomed scholars from the DISCO Network and across UF for a week-long writing retreat focused on Black digital studies, abolitionist media, and community-centered scholarship. Held July 26–August 3, the retreat featured interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty from Colgate, Maryland, Georgia Tech, and UF’s African American Studies, Journalism, and Computer Science departments.

Fireside Chat w/ Bomani Jones

Monday September 1, 2025

Upcoming Event: Fireside Chat with Bomani Jones

Friday January 24, 2025

Join the African American Studies program on Race and Sport, which features Sports Analyst and Host Bomani Jones.

Run:DM.C hosts inaugural event, “Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter”

Sunday August 11, 2024

On August 29, 2024, the Digital Media and Community Initiative (Run: DM.C) hosted its inaugural event, Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter, to celebrate the Hulu documentary series Black Twitter. Panelists included Arizona State’s Sarah Florini, Washington University in St. Louis’ Raven Maragh-Lloyd, and Hulu documentary participant Georgia Institute of Technology’s André […]

2024 Student Award Celebration!

Tuesday April 9, 2024

Each April, the African American Studies Program hosts its annual end-of-year student award event. This event recognizes graduating seniors and students who have been active in the Sankofa African American Studies Student organization. This year, we presented our Mellon Scholars with awards recognizing their achievements in the program.

AFAM Mellon Scholars Present at National Black Studies Conference

Saturday April 6, 2024

The African American Studies Program is proud to introduce five of our majors who presented their research at the 47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference (NCBS) held on March 22-25, 2023. Presenters range from a first year student to a recent graduate.

UF students, faculty help transcribe 8,731 pages for Frederick Douglass Day

Thursday April 4, 2024

AI and Democracy on the African Continent

Monday April 1, 2024

Join us at 3 p.m. on April 4! This talk examines how artificial intelligence (AI) could empower or imperil democracy across Africa. It is the second event in the 2023-24 AI in Africa Speaker Series.

The Real Cost of Racial Justice: Black Women Fundraisers and the Radical Organizing Tradition

Tuesday March 5, 2024

Join us for the African American Studies Mellon Foundation Speaker Series featuring Dr. Tanisha C. Ford, professor of history at The Graduate Center, City University of New York on the history of Black Women’s philanthropy and organizing.

Dr. Rik Stevenson speaks at Sharon Baptist Church

Saturday February 17, 2024

Dr. Rick Stevenson, a university professor from Florida, discusses the Nubian experience and offers an Afrocentric perspective on Scripture.

Spring Walking Tour: Black Thursday & Beyond at UF, on Feb. 29

Thursday February 15, 2024

The Brown Center for Leadership & Service, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, and Beyond120 are partnering to host our Spring walking tour of UF historical sites centered around the April 1971 events of Black Thursday, the power of storytelling, and collective student organizing.

The Baddie, the Book, and the Bag

Wednesday February 14, 2024

On March 6, join us as the author and podcaster Sesali Bowen dives deeper into her career, including the themes of her acclaimed memoir and navigating the media industry.

Dr. Vanessa Wills: “Claudia Jones, Black Woman Workers, and the Cause(s) of Oppression”

Tuesday February 13, 2024

Please join us in Ustler Hall at 4:30pm on March 21. This talk is part of the Philosophy, Race, and Justice Speaker Series.

Traumatic Repercussions: Black Women Birthing and Obstetric Racism

Friday January 19, 2024

Dr. Ronald Foreman Lecture Series presents Dr. Dána-Ain Davis, Professor of Urban Studies at Queens College. Graduate faculty in Anthropology and Psychology at the City University of New York {CUNY}, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society.

Sharony Andrews Green, The Chase And Ruins: Zora Neale Hurston In Honduras

Thursday January 18, 2024

Join us on February 23 for a discussion of Green’s book. The book follows Hurston’s little-known anthropological expedition to excavate Mayan ruins in Honduras in the 1940s. Green will be joined by two discussants: Dr. Riché J. Daniel Barnes, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and History PhD Candidate Joe Angelillo.