2022 Black History Month Virtual Festival Souvenir Journal

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This year’s theme for Black History Month is Black Health and Wellness. ASALH has celebrated Negro History Week and Black History Month for ninety-five years and rarely has one of its themes for the annual celebrations been more appropriate and timely.

Our nation has suffered through two years of a worldwide pandemic called the coronavirus or COVID-19.

Almost one million Americans have died during the pandemic. Although the administration of President Joseph R. Biden has made a valiant effort to curtail and stem the spread of the coronavirus by distributing a vaccine, the incompetence and lies about the virus of the previous administration and its supporters have set the tone for many Americans to resist being vaccinated and stemming its deadly spread. African Americans have suffered disproportionately from COVID-19 more than any other group of Americans.

The theme of Black Health and Wellness also addresses the long history of how African Americans have dealt with their exclusion from the nation’s hospitals and clinics. African Americans have had to establish their own hospitals, clinics, medical and nursing schools in cities such as Charleston, Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. This theme also shows how some of the nation’s most important medical and scientific innovations were developed because African Americans in slavery and freedom were used literally as guinea pigs to help to develop the field of gynecology (e.g., the inhumane research of J. Marion Sims), to research cancer and polio (the cells of Henrietta Lacks) and the spread of syphilis (the Tuskegee study).

But all has not been all negative. African Americans have contributed many medical and scientific innovations to the nation’s health and wellness. For example, in 1721 during a smallpox outbreak in Boston, Onesimus, an enslaved African, taught his master the method of inoculation. In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a surgeon at Chicago’s Provident Hospital, performed the first successful open heart surgery. During World War Two, Dr. Charles Drew developed the method for preserving blood plasma that has saved millions of lives. Most recently, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett led the team of scientists that developed the vaccine to immunize Americans against COVID-19.

The theme of Black and Health Wellness not only addresses the history of healthcare in the African American community, it is also a historical examination of the financial and economic health and wellness of Africans Americans. Broadening and expanding the theme to address what some historians and health care professionals call the “social and economic determinants” of health and wellness allows us to show the interconnectedness of a number of historical, social and economic factors on Black Health and Wellness.

Please join ASALH in celebrating Black History Month by attending the second annual Festival and learning more about the history of Black Health and Wellness.

Sincerely, W. Marvin Dulaney President Association for the Study of African American Life and History

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ABOUT ASALH Established on September 9, 1915 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, we are the Founders of Black History Month and carry forth the work of our founder, the Father of Black History.

We continue his legacy of speaking a fundamental truth to the world–that Africans and peoples of African descent are makers of history and coworkers in what W. E. B. Du Bois called, “The Kingdom of Culture.” ASALH’s mission is to create and disseminate knowledge about Black History, to be, in short, the nexus between the Ivory Tower and the global public. We labor in the service of Blacks and all humanity.

ASALH is the world’s oldest learned society devoted to the research, education, culture, and history of people of African descent. Dr. Carter G. Woodson is the recognized “Father” of Black history. From its inception, ASALH has remained the paramount organization dedicated to promoting scholarship involving the life and history of African Americans.

OUR VISION

The vision of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History is to be the premier Black Heritage learned society with a strong network of national and international branches and partners whose diverse and inclusive membership will continue the Woodson legacy.

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.

STRUCTURE

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is head-quartered in Washington, D.C., 301 Rhode Island Ave, NW in Washington, DC. The Association operates as local, state, and international branches promoting greater knowledge of African American history through a program of education, research, and publishing.

ASALH FORMER PRESIDENTS 1936-1951, Mary McLeod Bethune

1991-1993, Robert Harris, Jr.

1952-1964, Charles Harris Wesley

1993-1995, Janette Hoston Harris

1965-1966, Lorenzo J. Greene

1995-1997, Bettye J. Gardner

1966-1967, J. Reuben Sheeler

1997-1999, Edward Beasley

1968-1970, J. Rupert Picott

1999-2001, Samuel DuBois Cook, Sr.

1971-1973, Andrew Brimmer

2001-2003, Gloria Harper Dickinson

1974-1976, Edgar Toppin

2004-2006, Sheila Y. Flemming-Hunter

1977-1980, Charles Walker Thomas

2007-2009, John E. Fleming

1981-1982, Earl E. Thorpe

2010-2012, James B. Stewart

1983-1984, Samuel L. Banks

2013-2015, Daryl Michael Scott

1984-1985, Jeanette Cascone (acting)

2016-2021, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

1986-1988, William Harris

Current, W. Marvin Dulaney

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DR. IDA E. JONES VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEMBERSHIP

MS. AAISHA HAYKAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMS

MS. VALERIE HOLT TREASURER

MS. SYLVIA Y. CYRUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OFFICERS Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, President

Ms. Aaisha Haykal, Vice President for Programs

Ms. Valerie Holt, Treasurer

Mrs. Susan Simms Marsh, Esq., Ms. Sylvia Y. Cyrus, Dr. Ida E. Jones, Executive Director Vice President for Membership Secretary

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Mr. Jeffrey A. Banks

Dr. Jarvis R. Givens

Dr. Zebulon V. Miletsky

Ms. Denise Rolark Barnes

Dr. Anton D. House

Ms. Camesha Scruggs

Prof. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Dr. Randal M. Jelks

Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood

Dr. Sundiata Kieta Cha-Jua

Ms. Gladys W. Mack

Dr. Gladys Gary Vaughn

Ms. Zende Lamar Clark

Mr. Omar Eaton-Martinez

Dr. David Walton

Dr. Natanya P. Duncan

Mr. Moses Massenburg

Dr. Tara White

Mr. Charles Ezra Ferrell

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MARQUEE E VENT S

BLACK BODIES:

FROM EXPLOITATION TO EXCELLENCE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICAL DISCOVERY AND PUBLIC HEALTH This two-part program will feature panel discussions to explore the historic exploitation of Black bodies for the advancement of scientific and medical discovery. Both sessions will illuminate how these challenges and practices have been used to leverage change in medical practice, and to foster resilience and excellence in our community.

BLACK BODIES, PART I

BLACK BODIES, PART II

Exploitation in Medicine

Race Norming in the NFL

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022 12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. EST

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2022 5:00 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. EST

HENRIETTA LACKS

HELA CELLS

VERTUS HARDIMAN

BRAIN SCAN

FOOTBALL INJURY

EDMONIA LEWIS, 1844-1907, 2022 BLACK HERITAGE STAMP

The 45th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Edmonia Lewis, the first African American and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition. The stamp art is a casein-paint portrait based on a photograph of Lewis by Augustus Marshall made in Boston between 1864 and 1871.

As the first African American and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition, Edmonia Lewis challenged social barriers and assumptions about artists in mid-19th century America. As the public continues to discover the beautiful subtleties of Lewis’s work, scholars will further interpret her role in American art and the ways she explored, affirmed or deemphasized her complex cultural identity to meet or expand the artistic expectations of her day.

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MARQUEE EVENTS

BLACK BODIES, PART I

SESSION 1: MEDICAL ROUNDTABLE (LIVE) Exploitation in Medicine SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022 | 12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. EST The first session will examine the history of medicine, clinical practice, and policies that have impacted African American health and contributed to disparities. The discussion will include race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology, Henrietta Lacks HeLa cells, and the Lyles Station radiation experiments.

MS. LINDA VILLAROSA DR. DEIRDRE COOPER DR. ROLAND PATTILLO OWENS Vice President, MODERATOR Writer and Journalist, NY Times Magazine

Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

DR. WILBERT SMITH

Henrietta Lacks Foundation

Author and Film Producer

DR. CLYDE YANCY Member, Board of Directors, Henrietta Lacks Foundation

BLACK BODIES, PART II

SESSION 2: NFL ROUNDTABLE (LIVE) Race Norming in the NFL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2022 | 5:00 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. EST

The second session will focus on contemporary issues addressing health and well-being among Black athletes. It will feature a round table discussion among former NFL players and sports medicine professionals about issues of race norming, mental health and other relevant topics affecting the health and well-being of Black athletes.

MR. RYAN HEATHCOCK

MR. TIM HIGHTOWER

Washington Football Team Executive Former Arizona Cardinal

MODERATOR Former Howard University Bison Football Player

MR. ROBERT MOORE

Former Professional Athletic/NFL Trainer Washington, DC

MR. SEAN VANHORSE

Former San Diego Charger, Detroit Lion and Minnesota Viking

MR. ROGER JACKSON Former Denver Bronco

MR.TAZIM WAJED

(FORMERLY TIM WATSON)

Former Green Bay Packer, Kansas City Chief, New York Giant, and Philadelphia Eagle

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SCHEDULE OF E VENT S

Black History Month Festival Opening TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2022 | 6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. EST The Association for the Study of African American Life and History hosts its second annual virtual Black History Month Festival. The opening session will describe the month-long celebration of the 2022 Black History theme, Black Health and Wellness, and will invite viewers to join with ASALH in acknowledging the legacy of Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, and other ways of knowing throughout the African Diaspora. The opening will highlight this year’s marquee event which features a critical analysis of the history of medicine and the enduring impact of medical practices and policies on Black health and wellbeing. The event will be held in two parts to survey significant events in medical practice and to illuminate contemporary issues related to mental health and physical wellbeing among former National Football League players.

THE ASALH MANHATTAN BRANCH LIVE PANEL DISCUSSION Race and Health Disparities in African American Urban Communities SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022 | 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. EST The Manhattan Branch will host a panel discussion on health care disparities in urban African American communities. The panel will explore ways in which race has shaped African American health throughout American history and how it paralleled, reinforced or contradicted the ways in which racialized conceptions of Blacks have shaped healthcare opportunities and/other discourses.

MS. ZENDE CLARK

DEIRDRE FOREMAN, PHD

HOST

MODERATOR

PANELIST

ASALH Manhattan Branch, ASALH Executive Council, Curriculum Specialist, Passaic County Community College, Education Consultant

President ASALH Manhattan Branch, Adjunct Professor Africana Studies and Social Science, Associate Director EOF, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Vice President ASALH Manhattan Branch, Director of Academic Affairs at Nyack College/Alliance Theological Seminary

MS. GLORIA JENE’ BROWNEMARSHALL, ESQ.

WILLIS MARSH, PHARMD

FREDERICK NEWSOME, MD, MSC

Pharmacist, MetroPlus Health Plan New York

ASALH Manhattan Branch, Harlem Hospital Center

PANELIST

ASALH Manhattan Branch, Constitutional Law Professor, John Jay University

PANELIST

MS. CONSTANCE DIGGS

PANELIST

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PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK PRIZE WINNER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022 | 6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. EST

The ASALH Book Prize awards an annual prize to recognize an outstanding book in the field of African American history and culture.

SCHEDULE OF E VENT S

Black History Month:

African American Health & Inequities

AUTHOR TALK

Harriet Washington

With

Dr. Samuel Roberts as moderator

THE 2022 ASALH BOOK PRIZE PRESENTATION

FOR THE BEST NEW BOOK IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022 | 6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. EST The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) awards an annual prize to recognize an outstanding book in the field of African American history and culture.

The winner of the ASALH Book Prize will be announced on February 17, during ASALH’s 2022 Black History Month Virtual Festival. Additionally, the winning author(s) will be featured in a virtual book roundtable hosted by ASALH-TV in April 2022.

Selection Committee: co-chairs Gerald Horne (Professor, University of Houston) and Ula Taylor (Professor, UC Berkeley), and jurors Elizabeth Todd-Breland (Assoc. Professor, University of IllinoisChicago), Christopher Tinson (Assoc. Professor, St. Louis University), and Kellie Carter-Jackson (Assoc.

Professor, Wellesley College).

FINALISTS: Tamika Y. Nunley, At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C., Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2021

V. P. Franklin, The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement, Boston: Beacon Press, 2021

Keith Wailoo, Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021

K. Stephen Prince, The Ballad of Robert Charles: Searching for the New Orleans Riot of 1900, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021

Erica R. Edwards, The Other Side of Terror: Black Women and the Culture of US Empire, New York: New York University Press, 2021

Jarvis R. Givens, Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021

Destin Jenkins, The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021

Elizabeth Hinton, America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960’s, New York: Liveright, 2021

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SCHEDULE OF E VENT S

A PRESIDENTIAL CONVERSATION: BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE EYE OF THE STORM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022 | 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. EST This year’s Festival includes a moderated conversation with ASALH President W. Marvin Dulaney and Presidents of Black professional health organizations and institutions. The conversation will cover a broad landscape of topics addressing Black Health and Wellness, from the historical significance of the establishment of Black medical schools, professional organizations and institutions, to the scientific contributions of Black medical professionals, to contemporary issues related to health disparities, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the health professions, medical ethics, and public trust in medical practice.

DR. MARVIN DULANEY

DR. VALERIE MAHOLMES

EMCEE Chief, Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH

MODERATOR President, ASALH

DR. MARTHA DAWSON

President, National Black Nurses Association

DR. CHERYL LEE-BUTLER

President-Elect, National Dental Association

DR. DAVID CARLISLE

President and CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine (CDU) and Science

DR. JOSEPH L. WRIGHT

Chief Health Equity Officer, University of Maryland Medical System

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SCHEDULE OF E VENT S

NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK TO FREEDOM & ASALH PRESENTS

What You Don’t Know about the Legacies of Slavery: Health and Wellness WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2022 | 6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. EST THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

DIANE MILLER MODERATOR

Program Manager NPS, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

BENJAMIN P. BOWSER, PH.D.

PANELIST Emeritus Professor California State University East Bay

GEORGE WOODS, M.D., L.F.A.P.A. PANELIST Adjunct Professor University of California Berkeley

REGINA MASON PANELIST

International Speaker, Author, Storyteller, Executive Film Producer

As part of UNESCO’s recognition of this decade as The International Decade of People of African Descent, a multinational team began to study the long-term effects of slavery on people of African descent. A series of international symposia were held to explore findings and the results published as The Psychological Legacy of Slavery: Essays on Trauma, Healing, and the Living Past (2021). This presentation will review social practices, beliefs, and psychological dispositions that are distinct continuities from slavery. People of African and European descent are both impacted. These legacies continued and transformed into the present. Benjamin Bowser, a sociologist, will explore the social and cultural legacies and George Woods, a Forensic Psychiatrist, will explore the psychological and psychiatric legacies. Regina Mason, a descendant of freedom seeker William Grimes, will discuss the impact of the surveillance and enforcement practices of slavery on her ancestor. The presentation will end with suggestions of what can be done to mitigate and heal the negative effects of these legacies on all Americans.

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PROUD TO SUPPORT THE

2022 ASALH BLACK HISTORY MONTH FESTIVAL

AUTHOR'S BOOK TALK EVENTS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022

6:00 P.M. - 6:15 P.M. EST

MARY L. ROMNEYSCHAAB

6:30 P.M. - 6:45 P.M. EST

RACKELLE WILKINSON-ALSTON

7:00 P.M. - 7:15 P.M. EST

ROBIN BROOKS

7:30 P.M. - 7:45 P.M. EST

DR. EVE TAYLOR

8:00 P.M. - 8:15 P.M. EST

ANITA D. RUSSELL

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

6:00 P.M. - 6:15 P.M. EST

LAHNICE MCFALL HOLLISTER

6:30 P.M. - 6:45 P.M. EST

VAILES SHEPPERD

6:30 P.M. - 6:45 P.M. EST

TANYA LEAKE

7:30 P.M. - 7:45 P.M. EST

LATANYA MICHELL BROOKS

8:00 P.M. - 8:15 P.M. EST

YUNXIANG GAO

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2022

6:00 P.M. - 6:15 P.M. EST

NIK RIBIANSZKY

6:30 P.M. - 6:45 P.M. EST

KIMBERLY A. MORROW

7:00 P.M. - 7:15 P.M. EST

MABOULA SOUMAHORO

7:30 P.M. - 7:45 P.M. EST

LEIGH ANN GARDNER

8:00 P.M. - 8:15 P.M. EST

FREDERICK V. NEWSOME

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THE 105 VOICES OF HISTORY NATIONAL HBCU CHIOR THE 105 VOICES OF HISTORY HBCU NATIONAL CHOIR Choirs from Historically Black Colleges and Universities will showcase how choral singing enhances human health and well-being, promoting mental health, self-confidence, language retention, and quality of life.

Each Festival program will present music from the vast literature – Negro spirituals, gospel, jazz, classical. and contemporary. The Festival Opening on February 1, 2022, will feature the acclaimed performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” arranged by Roland Carter of Hampton University (VA).

HBCU FESTIVAL CONDUCTORS TEAM

ARLECIA JAN TAYLOR Prairie View A&M University (TX)

WALTER R. SWAN

Chair, Elizabeth City State University (NC)

JASON MAX FERDINAND GREGORY MCPHERSON Oakwood College (AL)

Wiley College (TX)

CHRISTY TAYLOR

HARLAN ZACKERY

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (MD)

Norfolk State University (VA)

ALEXIS RAINBOW Lane College (TN)

RENATA “TONI” ROY

Founder and Executive Director HBCU National Choir & Leadership

The 105 Voices of History is the nation’s first and only HBCU national choir. It was established to feature voices from across the original 105 institutions of the HBCU community in recognition of the 1964 Higher Education Act, as amended. The inaugural performance of the HBCU National Choir was held in 2008 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

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COMMITTEES & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

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Gladys Vaughn, Co-Chair

Louis C. Hicks

Sharita Jacobs Thompson, Co-

Kenya King

Chair

Omar Martinez

Cheryl Gresham

Janet Sims-Wood

Louis Hicks

Terry Spicer

Valerie Maholmes

David J. Trowbridge

Zebulon Miletsky

Mesha Williams

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Aaisha Haykal, Chair

Mesha Williams, Chair

Courtney Becks

Andrea “Aunnie” Young, Vice Chair

Tara White

Denise Rolark Barnes

Ida Jones

Aaisha Haykal

John Ashley

Louis Hicks

Zebulon Miletsky

Kenya King

Charles Ferrell

Zebulon Miletsky

Rose Chandler

Janet Sims-Wood

Lopez Matthews

Terry W. Spicer

Tony Holland

Rosahn “Rose” Whitehorn

Jameta Barlow

BOOK PRIZE COMMITTEE

Harlan Zackery, Norfolk State University (VA) ASALH STAFF Sylvia Cyrus, Executive Director Crystal R. Boswell, Operations Manager Louis Hicks Shafantae Desinord Ruth- Marie Erskine Jasmine Thomas VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE Lovie Tarver, Chair Lori Crawford Maria Perry Marion McCullough Jai Tarver Alana Colon Margaret McDowell Santosha Lee Devon Baker

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Ula Taylor, Chair

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

W. Marvin Dulaney, Chair

Gerald Horne, Chair

Karen Adamopoulos

Kellie Carter Jackson

Jeff Banks

Christoper Tinson

Charlene Farrington

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The theme for 2022 focuses on the importance of Black Health and Wellness. This theme acknowledges the various ways health and wellness can be described, including, but not limited, to medical health, mental health, nutrition, body positivity, financial wellness, creative arts, and physical activity. Additionally, it is important to note the intersection between financial wellness and medical and mental wellbeing.

In the Black community it is important to honor the legacy of not only Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, but also other ways of knowing (e.g. birthworkers, doulas, midwives, naturopaths, herbalists, etc.) throughout the African Diaspora. The 2022 theme considers activities, rituals and initiatives that Black communities have done to be well.

To foster good health and wellness Black people have embarked on self-determination, mutual aid and social support initiatives to build hospitals, medical and nursing schools (i.e. Meharry Medical College, Howard University College of Medicine, Provident Hospital and Training School, Morehouse School of Medicine, etc.) and community clinics. Clinics were established by individuals, grassroots organizations and mutual aid societies, such as the African Union Society, National Association of Colored Women and Black Panther Party, to provide spaces for Black people to counter the economic and health disparities and discrimination that are found at mainstream institutions. While Black communities were creating hospitals, community health clinics, and medical colleges, they were also creating Black owned insurance companies and burial societies, financial institutions, credit unions, and businesses in efforts to empower their communities to be financially stable and well; and to keep the money in the community. These institutions worked to develop Black business districts and to improve the socioeconomic status of the Black community.

At this point in the 21st century, our understanding of Black health and wellness is broader and more nuanced than ever.

Black health and wellness not only include one’s physical body, but also emotional and mental health. In the still overhanging shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black people should and do use data and other information-sharing modalities to document, decry, and agitate against the interconnected, intersecting inequalities intentionally baked into systems and structures in the U.S. for no other reason than to curtail, circumscribe, and destroy Black well-being in all

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forms and Black lives. It was also during the pandemic that a light was shone on the glaring disparities in the insurance and pharmaceutical industries as well as the impact the lack of a living wage had on the health and wellness of those in the Black community. It became clear that individuals, organizations, and businesses were financially unwell and unable to handle a financial crisis. Some of these issues arose from bad financial decisions (i.e. debt, bad investments, lack of savings, the housing crisis, etc.) and denote the need for financial literacy and planning for future financial wellness.

Mindful of Sister Audre Lorde’s words, we are doing more to move forward holistically for the betterment of ourselves, our bodies, our relationships, our communities, and our planet.

We are determined to create a conference that shines a light on the multiple facets of Black health and wellness through education and activism.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s Academic Program Committee seeks proposals that probe the traditional fields of economics, accounting, politics, medicine, psychology, intellectual, and cultural history; the established fields of urban, race, ethnic, labor, and women’s/gender history as well as southern and western history; along with the rapidly expanding fields of sexuality, LGBTQIA, and queer history; environmental and public history; African American intellectual history; literature; and the social sciences. We look forward to proposals that center Black/African Diasporic health from multiple ontologies and epistemologies, embrace decoloniality, and engage embodiment. We encourage submissions from historians, students, new professionals, first-time presenters, information professionals, activists, financial planners, accountants, clinicians, community healers, health researchers, and health practitioners.

Proposal Types Proposals should be detailed, comprehensive, and descriptive that outline the theme, scope, and aim of session. Details on each can be found on the ASALH website.

Papers: There will be limited slots for paper sessions at the ASALH annual meeting. Papers will ONLY be accepted by nonacademics, undergraduate, and graduate students on the 2022 Annual Black History Theme: Black Health and Wellness.

For those who do not fit into these categories the Academic Program Committee encourages you to use the Google spreadsheet, which is an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration. The spreadsheet is not monitored by ASALH or the Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process.

Panels, Workshops, Roundtables, Media, Woodson Pop-Ups, and Posters: Proposals that incorporate the annual theme are preferred, but submissions can be on a variety of temporal, geographical, thematic, and topical areas in Black history, life and culture. Proposals will be accepted by all affiliations and academic status. For individuals who are interested in collaborating on a panel, workshop, roundtable please use the Google spreadsheet, which is an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration. The spreadsheet is not monitored by ASALH or the Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process.

Submission All proposals should be submitted via the All Academic system.

The submission deadlines for proposals are as follows: Early Bird Submissions will be accepted via All Academic until March 18, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (EST). Conditional acceptance responses to Early Bird submissions will be sent out by April 18, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (EST). After this date, the committee will accept all submissions until the deadline of April 30, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (EST). Regular conditional acceptances submissions will be responded to by June 15, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (EST). You will not be considered official until all session participants have joined the Association and registered for the conference.

Academic Program Committee Leadership Arwin Smallwood, Chair Darius Young, Vice Chair

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