Black History Month – 2023

Panelists are local Black male community and organizational leaders. The panel discussion will be moderated by Mr. Courtney Fisk, Academic Coordinator of Success Scholars Program. Discussion will focus on the panelists’ career journeys and how each overcame obstacles to become the leaders they are today. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask their own questions toward the conclusion of the event.

Location: Louison Board Room, Student Center, Brockton Campus
Watch the live stream online.

Massasoit Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions related to access for this event, please contact Courtney Fisk, Academic Coordinator of Success Scholars Program at cfisk1@massasoit.mass.edu or 508-588-9100 x 1026 in advance of your participation or visit.

Description: Panelists are local Black women community and organizational leaders. The panel discussion will be moderated by Dr. Rachel Jessica Daniel, Director of the Center for Employee Enrichment and Development. Discussion will focus on the panelists’ career journeys and how each overcame obstacles to become the leaders they are today. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask their own questions toward the conclusion of the event.

Location: Louison Board Room, Student Center, Brockton Campus

Watch the livestream online.

Massasoit Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions related to access for this event, please contact Dr. Rachel Jessica Daniel, Director of the Center for Employee, Enrichment, and Development, at rdaniel@massasoit.mass.edu or 508-588-9100, x 1813 in advance of your participation or visit.

In collaboration with the Massasoit Film Society, we plan to highlight the legacy of Black contributions to STEM. Please join us for a film screening of Hidden Figures. This movie is based on the untold true stories of the female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, brilliant African-American women working at NASA served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history, the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Click here to join us via Zoom.

Meeting ID: 936 4766 5048

Passcode: 438432

6:00-8:30- Introduction and Film Screening

8:30-9:00 p.m.- Discussion

Massasoit Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions related to access for this event, please contact Ed Krasnow, Director of the Digital Media Arts Center, at ekrasnow@massasoit.mass.edu or 508-588-9100, x 1981, in advance of your participation or visit.

Join us for a live poetry reading with Matthew Henry, poet, educator, and author of the Colored page (Sundress Publication, 2022), Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag, 2020), and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press, 2020). This event also includes a live music performance by the Rose Conservatory of Brockton.

Location: Student Lounge, Brockton Campus

Massasoit Community College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions related to access for this event, please contact Bonnie Sherman, Student Activity Officer, at bsherman6@massasoit.mass.edu or 508-588-9100, x 1964 in advance of your participation or visit.

Join us for a lecture presentation by Deborah Shariff on the history of African Americans of Native ancestry. This is a hybrid event.

Location: Student Lounge, Brockton Campus

Zoom link: Join via Zoom
Meeting ID: 962 6417 5238
Passcode: 550563