BSFO’s celebration of Black History Month continues this week with more engaging events. All employees are welcome and encouraged to participate. Please join us!

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.

Next week: 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.

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