UMD Black Faculty and Staff Association

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08/27/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g-sPK4qxXk

BFSA Meeting with University of Maryland's President

08/12/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNdNgztjIb8

Join us for this Town Hall which featured Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Organizer and Activist, La Mikia Castillo. This dynamic town hall address various as...

07/12/2020

Greetings! The next BFSA and Nyumburu Cultural Center Town Hall will be Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at 12 pm. This very important virtual town hall is entitled, "The Ongoing Struggle for Black Liberation and Self Determination Within a Structurally Racist Country". Our special guest speaker will be veteran activist, organizer and journalist, Eugene Puryear. His bio is listed below. There will also be an update from some of the BFSA sub-committees on campus social justice issues.
This town hall series is an excellent way to get much more involved with creating necessary change on campus, have your voice heard, and to learn much more about significant social justice issues!

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

You Must Register in advance for this meeting:
https://umd.zoom.us/…/…/tJ0lc-GupzMrHN17Py6eT5BFG-MXNZAC4CxF

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

05/25/2017

BFSA Family, good afternoon. I hope this email reaches you as well as can be expected, considering the recent tragic and heinous murder that happened on campus. The cold blooded murder of Richard Collins has filled many of us with a range of warranted emotions and concerns, such as sadness, anger, grief, concern for the family of Richard Collins and campus safety (to name a few).

We are also concerned with the overall (and ongoing) cultural climate on this campus that continues to be one that is limited in regard to authentic and progressive sustainable approaches toward cultivating holistic diversity. Many historically marginalized groups continue to subsist within an environment that is littered with bigotry and vestiges of outright hate.

Next Tuesday (May 30) at 12PM in the Nyumburu Cultural Center's Multipurpose room the BFSA will be hosting a special town hall meeting where community members (like yourself) can come to express their views, perspectives and tangible ideas/solutions towards moving forward as a community and truly building a campus environment that is riddled with progressive approaches towards an embrace of substantive diversity, safety for all and creating tangible policies aimed at enhancing the aforementioned. Hate needs to be isolated and never condoned anywhere on this campus. Hate should never jeopardize someone's physical safety as it did when Ricard Collins was murdered.

Please keep your thoughts and prayers with his family and please attend this meeting next Tuesday May 30th at 12PM, if your schedule permits.

10/26/2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvlXAptaquA&feature=youtu.be

At the October (2016) UMD Black Faculty & Staff Association's General Body Meeting scholar Dr. Joseph Richardson delivered an educational presentation on his...

05/25/2016

Hello, look for an email if there is a BFSA meeting in the month of June. We do not hold meetings during the months of July or August. We hope you are all doing well. Thank you for being a part of the BFSA family. Take care.
--Solomon

11/25/2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrG2cxrlCMs&feature=youtu.be

At the November 2015 University of Maryland's Black Faculty and Staff Association general body meeting Dr. Natasha Mitchell delivered an outstanding and in-d...

11/04/2015

Don't forget to buy your ticket(s) for the annual BFSA homecoming fish fry happening tomorrow, Nov. 5, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Nyumburu Cultural Center. For $10, you get two pieces of fried whiting and two sides, macaroni and cheese and green beans, bread and a bottle of water. Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund for students. Drop into Nyumburu and enjoy a good lunch for a good cause!

09/23/2015

Rory Muhammad, an alumnus of UMD and one of the organizers for the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Million Man March event on Oct. 10, 2015, speaks on the gathering's purpose and goals. Under the theme “Justice or Else!” organizers are calling for "economic retaliation" to demonstrate the collective fiscal power of unjustly treated populations. For more information, visit justiceorelse.com.

09/19/2015

The first BFSA General Body Meeting of the Fall semester will be Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015 at noon in the Nyumburu Cultural Center's Multipurpose Room.

Our featured guest will be Rory Muhammad, an alumnus of UMD and one of the organizers for the upcoming “Justice or Else” march/movement on Oct. 10, 2015 in Washington, D.C. This marks the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March.

Come hear this dynamic speaker and bring your friends and colleagues to this informative meeting. Lunch will be served!