Last week, the Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO) kicked off Black History Month with a special keynote address by Yvette Gullatt, Ph.D., vice provost and chief outreach officer/interim vice president of Student Affairs. (View the event video.)

Celebrations will continue throughout February with an array of events to suit every interest. Mark your calendar and join us!

Tuesday: BSFO presents Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin 

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020
12-1:30 p.m.
Oakland Lobby 1 + Zoom

Bayard Rustin, a master strategist and the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, was instrumental in molding Martin Luther King Jr. into an international symbol of peace and nonviolence. But, he was also silenced and imprisoned due to being an openly gay man in a homophobic era. This documentary film has a run time of 90 minutes. Watch the trailer. For questions, contact the event chairs, Melissa Warlick & Jason Schupp. Download a flyer.

BSFO Community Partnership: All Tied Up

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020
12-1 p.m.
Oakland Lobby 1 + Zoom

Armand Carr, founder of All Tied Up, will share how his nonprofit organization empowers local young men of color, ages 13 to 21. Through the basic skills of tying a tie, All Tied Up teaches young men about leadership, self-respect and empathy. During the month of February, BSFO is also hosting a tie-drive campaign in support of All Tied Up. A donation bin is located in the Franklin building lobby. For questions, contact Arthur Barker.

BSFO Ancestry Presentation

Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
12-1:15 p.m.
Oakland Lobby 1 + Zoom

BSFO members Dena Bullard and Annette Holmes will share their family stories. Holmes shares her family’s connection to “The Weeping Time” — the largest slave auction (436 women, men and children) held in 1859 at a racetrack in Savannah, Georgia. Bullard tells the story of her Japanese grandmother’s experience living in a US-sanctioned internment camp in Arkansas during WWII, as well as her family’s African-American and Japanese heritage. For questions, please contact Ghanya Thomas. Download a flyer.

BSFO Executive Leadership Panel

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020
12-1:15 p.m.
Oakland Lobby 1 + Zoom

Join the Black Staff and Faculty Organization for a candid conversation with four African-American executive leaders as they offer advice and share their experiences being the “only black person” or the “first black ____”; the art of code-switching; racial fatigue; avoiding being labeled as the “angry Black woman”; the realities of working in a post-Obama, post-racial era and more. Panelists include:

• Kendra Fox-Davis, Systemwide Title IX Deputy Director, Systemwide Title IX Office, UCOP
• Don Hunt, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, UC Davis
• Sandra Williams-Hamp, Executive Director for Strategic Partnerships & Community Engagement, UCOP
• Eugene Whitlock, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources & Chief Human Resources Officer, UC Berkeley

For questions, please contact Charleen Mininfield.

Blog photo by Stanley Wolfson/Wikimedia Commons

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