
Black Voices: Silent No More at Mr. Jefferson's University
Wed, Jul 22
|silentnomore.bfs@gmail
UVA Black Faculty and Staff - Employee Resource Group (BFS-ERG) invites you to participate in an exciting writing project.


Time & Location
Jul 22, 2020, 12:00 PM
silentnomore.bfs@gmail
About the event
In May 2020, about six weeks following the University of Virginia’s mandate for all non-essential employees to not return to Grounds, the need to express pent-up anxiety or frustrations in the form of inward and outward reflections was shared during a BFS-ERG executive team meeting. Leftover unresolved feelings from the Summer of Hate (2017) were discussed, and the idea of an anthology of our written expressions began to take shape. COVID-19 is providing an opportunity for us to do this as many were working from home (and continue to work from home). We are continuing to keep abreast of local, national, and world events with limited distractions. In the midst of the pandemic, on June 1, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old citizen of the United States of America, begged for his life for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Police officers, who were sworn to protect and serve, ignored the pleas.…