Dear FCLC students,

On this first day of Black History Month I write with mixed emotions – jubilation for triumphs, solemnity and gratitude for past and present struggles and sacrifices, and searing grief in the wake of the beating death of Tyre Nichols. As President Tetlow posted on social media, “Like you, I have seen the video of the Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols, and like you, I am watching the protests in Memphis and elsewhere with anxious prayers – for change, for justice, for basic human dignity.” Please know that Fordham has a wide range of resources to help students through times like this; you can read more about them in a recent email from Vice President Gray at this link

Today’s newsletter focuses on events and opportunities at Fordham and beyond that honor Black History Month. Please read on to learn more!

 
  • Register for the Racial Solidarity Network
  • Serving the City internships - stay connected
  • Apply for new fellowships, prizes, and scholarships!
  • Events at Fordham
  • NEW exclusive Fordham discounts to Black History Month events at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
  • More events honoring Black History Month 
Yours sincerely,
Dean Auricchio

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Laura Auricchio, Ph.D.
Dean, Fordham College at Lincoln Center
Fordham University
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Register for the Racial Solidarity Network
The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Division for Student Affairs invite all members of the Fordham community to register for the Racial Solidarity Network. This interactive workshop brings students, faculty, and staff together to explore a variety of concepts connected to race, ethnicity, and allyship. Participating in this meaningful extensive workshop displays an important level of commitment to Fordham's action plan for addressing racism and educating for justice.

 
Rose Hill
Tuesday February 7th & 14th
12:30 - 3:15 pm, Check in at 12:15 pm

Lincoln Center
Wednesday February 8th & 15th
1:30 - 4:15 pm, Check in at 1:15 pm

Please register here by this Friday, February 3. Questions can be directed to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at TeamOMA@fordham.edu.  

Serving the City internships - stay connected! 
Our paid internship program (formerly known as Cultural Engagement), is now Serving the City! I’m so excited that we are connecting with more organizations throughout the city and surrounding areas to provide impactful internship opportunities exclusively for FCLC and FCRH students. With summer internship opportunities starting to come in, you’ll want to stay in the loop by:

  *And don’t forget that FCLC is now on LinkedIn! Follow our new account and receive news and updates on internship opportunities, career-oriented events and more. 

Apply for new fellowships, prizes, and scholarships!
We have some wonderful new opportunities that provide both incredible experiences and financial support. Read below and find links for more information and applications. 

 
Undergraduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies
The undergraduate fellowship in Jewish Studies will be offered for a fourth year. This fellowship is intended to encourage students to learn more about the field of Jewish Studies and to participate in the vibrant programs that the university hosts with visiting scholars. There are no prerequisites: students only need to bring with them curiosity to learn together. Learn more and apply by this Friday, February 3! 

 
Fordham University Creative Writing Prizes
The English department is currently accepting creative writing submissions! Prizes will be awarded; learn more and apply by February 15.

Paid undergraduate internships - summer 2023 at the Kino Border Initiative
The Fordham Initiative on Migrants, Migration, and Human Dignity, with generous funding from the Cummings Foundation, seeks applications from FCLC and FCRH undergraduates for four full-time, paid undergraduate internships at the Kino Border Initiative (KBI) during the summer of 2023. KBI’s mission is to offer direct humanitarian assistance and holistic accompaniment of migrants, to promote education and encounter between migrants and others that transforms people and communities towards solidarity with migrants, and to provide policy advocacy in Mexico and the United States. Learn more and apply by March 3.

The Voyager Scholarship
Also known as the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, the Voyager Scholarship is open to rising juniors and seniors. This scholarship gives financial aid to alleviate debt, meaningful travel experiences to expand horizons, and a supportive network of mentors and leaders. Learn more and apply by March 22.

Financial Services Intern
An opportunity shared by an FCRH alum, law firm Fried Frank is seeking summer interns who might continue interning into the 2023-24 school year. Learn more about this paid internship and apply!

Webinar with FCLC alums in the world of business 
In today’s complex business world, where “soft skills” like ethical decision making and communicating across differences are crucial for success, our career partners increasingly tell us they prefer to hire graduates with liberal arts backgrounds. Indeed, FCLC alums consistently build outstanding careers in fields like finance, management, and consulting. If you’re thinking about your own path from FCLC to the world of business, several of our illustrious alumni will be participating in a Zoom panel on Thursday, February 9th, from 12 noon to 1 PM hosted by Dean Tracyann Williams.
 
FCLC Alumni in the World of Business Panel
Thursday, February 9 | 12 p.m. ET
Zoom Webinar Link

Events at Fordham

Be sure to check out Fordham News’s events page for events celebrating Black History Month!

Policing Black Families and Black Bodies:  Conversation with Dorothy Roberts
February 1 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Fordham Law School; Costantino Room, Second Floor (Lincoln Center)
In discussing her new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build A Safer World, Professor Dorothy Roberts will relate her work on family policing to police surveillance, carceral logics, and abortion bans. Signed books will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

St. Ignatius Loyola Chair Lecture
February 2 | 4 p.m. | McShane Center 311 (Rose Hill)
This March the New York Philharmonic will perform Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie at Lincoln Center. To explain Messiaen’s vision, this lecture will first lay out three “complicated loves” he had experienced by the time he composed the Turangalîla in the late 1940s.

Social Innovation Collaboratory Open House
February 2 | 5pm | Hughes Hall 207 (Rose Hill) 
The Social Innovation Collaboratory is hosting their Spring Open House! Learn about new exciting plans and activities; student leaders will be available to answer questions. RSVP for the event here

Campus Ministry Retreats
Feb 3-5; Feb 10-12
Campus Ministry offers retreat opportunities as a way of building community, taking time and space for reflection, and even just getting a break from the city. Upcoming retreats include the Women’s Retreat and the First Year Students’ Retreat

Separation Anxieties: Jews, Judaism, and the Creation of Christianity — Conflict Theory (Part 3)
February 9 | 6 p.m. | McMahon 109 (Lincoln Center) and online via Zoom
From the late 20th century to the present, the process by which Christianity became an entity separate from Judaism is most often described by the metaphor “the parting of the ways.” This metaphor is built around the notion of conflict between ancient Jews and the Jesus community, but, like the “’mother-daughter” metaphor, it reflects the sensibilities of scholars at least as much as it does the ancient evidence. What does this mean for how we might talk about Christian origins in the future?

The Courtroom Screening
February 23 | 5:30 p.m. | McNally Theater, First Floor; 140 W 62nd St (Lincoln Center)
The Center on Asian Americans and the Law is holding a screening event open to all students on the LC campus. We will watch The Courtroom, an official selection of Tribeca Film Festival 2022. The film is based on a true deportation proceeding of the Filipino immigrant Elizabeth Keathley. There will be a panel discussion with the judge of the case and a lead actor of the movie after the screening.

NEW exclusive Fordham discounts to Black History Month events at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Thanks to the wonderful work of Fordham’s Office of Government Relations and Urban Affairs, I’m thrilled to announce discounts to Black History Month events at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts available exclusively to members of the Fordham Community! Use the code CELEBRATE10 to get tickets anywhere in the theater for just $10. This offer is available online, in-person at the David Geffen Hall Welcome Center or Alice Tully Hall Box Office, and over the phone at 212.721.6500. Tickets are available on a first-come, first served basis.  See more information as well as a schedule of upcoming events

More events honoring Black History Month 

Kaelin Ellis with support from RCA | Lincoln Center: David Rubenstein Atrium Events
February 3 | 7 p.m. | 61 W 62nd St.
Raised on a diet of homegrown gospel, Madlib, and J Dilla, Kaelin Ellis deftly straddles the labels of funk, dubstep, hip hop, and space age jazz for a sound as fresh and exciting as the young producer himself. Only 25, but already a Multi-Platinum musician with ten years of experience, the genre-defying composer's tracks have already drawn attention from the scene's biggest names, leading to high-profile collaborations with Kaytranada, Lupe Fiasco, Virgil Abloh, and K-Pop superstars EXO. All events at the David Rubenstein Atrium are free and open to the public.

The Center for Fiction | 15 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
I’m excited that one of our Serving the City partners, The Center for Fiction, has an amazing lineup of speaking engagements this month. Tickets are available for purchase online.

 
De'Shawn Charles Winslow on Decent People with Garth Greenwell
February 8 | 7 p.m.
The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize-winning author De’Shawn Charles Winslow (In West Mills) returns to celebrate his newest, unforgettable novel, Decent People. A propulsive mystery with crucial social commentary, Decent People is set among the Black community in the fictional town of West Mills. Award-winning novelist Garth Greenwell joins Winslow for a conversation on this powerful novel about shame, race, homophobia, money, and the reckoning required to heal a fractured community.

Jamila Minnicks on Moonrise Over New Jessup with Robert Jones, Jr.
February 16 | 7 p.m.
The Center for Fiction welcomes Jamila Minnicks for a rich conversation on her acclaimed debut novel, Moonrise Over New Jessup, winner of the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Moonrise over New Jessup offers an insightful, fresh perspective of Black people flourishing in the American South, a celebration of Black joy, and a timely examination of the opposing viewpoints that attended desegregation in America. Award-winning author Robert Jones, Jr. (The Prophets) joins Minnicks to discuss her compelling and complex novel about love, family, community, and safety.

On America: Alvin Hall on Driving the Green Book with Jelani Cobb
February 28 | 7 p.m.
Award-winning broadcaster, political activist, and renowned financial educator Alvin Hall brings us into his tour-de-force journey through the history of segregation: Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance. In this moving, vital story of our past, Hall travels from New York to Detroit to New Orleans using the former Green Book— the guide that helped Black people travel safely on the nation’s highways and roadways—as a guide, and collects the memories of the last living witnesses who struggled under segregation and for whom the Green Book meant survival. Columbia University professor and New Yorker correspondent Jelani Cobb (The Essential Kerner Commission Report) joins Hall for a discussion on this essential and hopeful chronicle of Black resilience and resistance, through segregation and beyond.

Concert: Sean Mason
February 18 | 18 Mount Morris Park West
Join NYC Parks for a Black History Month celebration. Sean Mason is a jazz pianist and composer based in New York City, quickly emerging as one of the premier talents of his generation. Sean’s unique voice in jazz is steeped in southern culture, giving extended time for groove without needing to fill in the space, while also displaying a range of vocabulary far beyond his years. The event is free. 

Arsenal Gallery: Heritage: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future in Black Art
Through March 9 | Arsenal Gallery; 830 Fifth Avenue
Celebrate Black History Month at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park with “Heritage: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future in Black Art.” This exhibition features artwork by NYC Parks’ employees who are exploring their Black heritage in a variety of media. The exhibition also includes selections from a collection of vintage hip-hop flyers and vintage invitations produced by NYC Parks’ Ebony Society. This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious
Through May | Fotografiska; 281 Park Ave South
Legend has it that the culture of hip-hop kicked off in a Bronx basement party on August 11, 1973, giving hip-hop an official birthday. Fifty years later, Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious explores the people, places, and things that hip-hop has delivered unto us.  Together with Mass Appeal, Fotografiska has created the definitive destination to celebrate hip-hop’s global impact on visual expression – an immersive experience bringing together a community of artists that have documented this cultural phenomenon. Student discounted tickets are available for purchase online.

Black Heritage Month film screening
Throughout February | virtual 
The Rho Psi Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (the first Black Greek letter organization), is sponsoring a Black Heritage Month film screening throughout February.  Each Wednesday, two filmmakers will screen their short films and participate in a Q & A session. Films should be no more than 20 minutes in length, by Black filmmakers, and about issues related to the African diaspora.  Available dates are February 15 or 22, 7-9pm. All sessions will take place on Zoom.  Student participants will have the opportunity to liaise and network with established filmmakers and industry professionals.  To submit your work or for further information, contact Mike Lewis at mlewis21380@gmail.com. Check out @bronxalphas on Instagram and @thebronxalphas on Facebook for more information! 

Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room
Ongoing | Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1000 Fifth Avenue
Before Yesterday We Could Fly, is inspired by Virginia Hamilton's legendary retellings of the Flying African tale, which celebrates enslaved peoples’ imagination, creative uses of flight, and the significance of spirituality and mysticism to Black communities in the midst of great uncertainty. Activated through vision, sound, and storytelling, and furnished with a kaleidoscope of works from The Met's collection—from Bamileke beadwork and 19th-century American ceramics to contemporary art and design that celebrates rich and diverse traditions—the room foregrounds generations of African diasporic creativity. Student discounted tickets are available for purchase online.