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Tag: Black History Month

Black History Month: Diversity Council Meet and Greet

January 28, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

The Diversity Council invites the FIT community to a virtual meet and greet to ask questions, make suggestions, and find […]

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Black History Month: Racism and Structural Change

January 28, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

Structural racism—the normalized and legitimized range of policies, practices, and attitudes that routinely produce cumulative chronic adverse outcomes for people […]

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Black History Month Opening Program and Keynote Address: Piper Anderson

January 28, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

Piper Anderson, founder and president of Create Forward, will be the keynote speaker for the opening of Black History Month. […]

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Online Exhibition: Back to the Present — Opens

January 21, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

Powered by the Black Student Union (BSU) at FIT, the Back to the Present virtual exhibition conveys comparisons between activism, […]

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Exhibition: Black in Time: A Black Renaissance — Closes

November 7, 2019 Laura Hatmaker

January 31–March 8, 2020 In recognition of Black History Month, FIT’s Black Student Union will curate an interactive exhibition that […]

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‘Fresh Dressed’ Documentary Screening

January 24, 2020 Laura Hatmaker

The documentary Fresh Dressed chronicles the history of hip-hop/urban fashion and its rise from Southern cotton plantations to the gangs of the […]

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UCE of FIT Remembers Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

February 14, 2020 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity

On Tuesday, February 11, the United College Employees (UCE) of FIT hosted a commemorative event on the history of transatlantic […]

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Film and Media Screening Series: ‘The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till,’ with Keith Beauchamp

January 24, 2020 Laura Hatmaker

The Film and Media Screening Series will present The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005) with director Keith Beauchamp; he will […]

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A Commemoration of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

January 7, 2020 Laura Hatmaker

The UCE of FIT holds a Black History Month event remembering the transatlantic slave trade. A keynote will be given […]

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Black History Month Opening Program and Keynote Address

January 24, 2020 Laura Hatmaker

Professor Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz of Teachers College, Columbia University will be the keynote speaker for the opening of Black History Month. […]

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Wed 08

Exhibition: FIT Fabulous: A Modern Investigation of Hip Hop — Opens

February 8
Wed 08

Exhibition: Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop — Opens

February 8
Sun 12

Exhibition: Out of Body or Out of Place? — Closes

February 12
Mon 13

Diversity Collective Meet and Greet

February 13 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Tue 14

MakerMinds Event: My Stabby Valentine

February 14 at 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ON FITTIGERS.COM

Devin Rotunno and Andrea Distefano

Two Students Named SUNY Scholar-Athlete Award Winners

Congratulations to Andrea Distefano for being named the Fall SUNY Scholar Athlete Women’s Cross Country Award winner and to Devin Rotunno for being named the Fall SUNY Scholar Athlete Women’s Tennis Award winner during SUNY’s inaugural year of naming SUNY-wide Scholar Athletes. Full story at FIT’s sports website, FITTigers.com

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

two women standing in front of graffiti; photo by Jamel ShabazzFresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style Opens Feb. 8

The exhibition will feature over 100 garments and accessories as well as images by New York photographer Jamel Shabazz. More details

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