The AAFSA E-Board invites you to the AAFSA End-of-the Year Social on Friday, June 12!
Let us gather, connect, and celebrate the conclusion of the academic year. We will meet in the Courtyard on the UConn Hartford campus. Sponsored by the African American Cultural Center. Food will be provided.
Join members of AAFSA and Black Faculty and Staff for a Black History Month social mixer!
Meet us at 5:00 PM on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Black-Eyed Sally’s Southern Kitchen & Bar in Hartford (350 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT 06103).
The AAFSA E-Board would like to share the African American Cultural Center (AACC) Black History Month events calendar for 2025.
All are encouraged to visit the Association for the Study of African American Life and History link below as a resource for enhancing their research and understanding. This year’s National Theme is “African Americans and Labor.”
Link: https://asalh.org/black-history-themes/
The African American Cultural Center (AACC) presents the Black History Month Opening Ceremony and Dinner with Chanelle Howell.
Join the Stamford community at the Black History Month 2025 Vendor Fair! This free event is open to the public and will be held on Saturday, February 15, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, on the UConn Stamford Campus (1 University Place, Stamford, CT 06901).
Free parking is available at the UConn Stamford Parking Lot (1194 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901).
The H. Fred Simons African American Cultural Center (AACC) cordially invites members of the UConn community to their annual Kwanzaa celebration. The celebration will take place on Friday, December 6, in the Student Union Ballroom (Room 330/331), on the Storrs campus. Doors will open at 5:30PM.
This celebration also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Black Student Sit-In.
To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the AACC at aacc@uconn.edu or 860-486-3433.
The AAFSA E-Board would like to share the following CETL workshop with our community.
The Current Landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at UConn and in Higher Education
September 24, 1:00-2:00
Online
Presenters:
Jeffrey Hines, Chief Diversity Officer
Jonelle Reynolds, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Participants will be updated as to current DEIJ initiatives at UConn. Additional, participants will be updated as to current national pushes to dismantle DEIJ in higher education and discuss the implications of this push to dismantle DIEJ.
Join members of the Stamford community as they celebrate Juneteenth with a Freedom Day Celebration! The celebration will be held on Saturday, June 15, from 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM at Mill River Park (1010 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901). NBA All-Star John Starks will serve as the Grand Marshall with entertainment headlined by DJ Clue.
The AAFSA E-board invites you to play Beatz & Bingo! Join us for an afternoon of fun, music, and bingo at Soul Baila Restaurant on Saturday, May 11, from 11:30AM to 3:30PM. Ticket prices include brunch and one drink ($40), or brunch and unlimited mimosas ($60). Adult friends and adult family members of AAFSA are invited to join us as well. Come play Beatz & Bingo with AAFSA on May 11 at Soul Baila Restaurant (735 Wethersfield Ave, Hartford, CT 06114).
Please RSVP at s.uconn.edu/beatzbingo
Join AAFSA for a virtual Chair Yoga experience!
