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克伦威尔的一天 provides dedicated time and space for reflection and education about diversity, 种族主义和包容. 通过工作的 公平办公室 & 包容 (OEI), 与校园伙伴一起, the college seeks to take individual and community responsibility for our behavior with an awareness of how that behavior furthers and disrupts patterns of structural oppression.

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2023年克伦威尔纪念日

2023年克伦威尔日的主题是“在我们的种族正义之旅中寻找快乐”.“克伦威尔日间委员会, 由学生组成, 工作人员, 和老师, 选择这个主题是为了提醒我们,在我们努力取得进步的同时 走向种族公正,我们应该包括注意、创造和分享一路上的快乐. 快乐, 对我们来说, means not only appreciating goodness and beauty around us but also connecting with purpose and worth within ourselves and one another.

今年的主讲人, Brittney库珀, 是妇女学院的教授吗, 性别, 以及罗格斯大学的性研究和非洲研究, 作家和文化理论家. 2023年克伦威尔纪念日 involved activities and workshops with the 贝博体彩APP下载 艺术博物馆, 黑人学生联盟, 公平办公室 & 包容, Wurtele中心, 和更多的, 所有人聚集在一起,创造一个反思和学习的日子.

阅读这一天

面临的挑战. 创造变革.

通过个人和社区的参与,我们触及人心. 通过包容性教育和规划,我们滋养心灵. 通过制度变革和合作,我们重新调整系统. Since its beginning, 贝博体彩APP下载 has been at the forefront of envisioning a world where we all belong. 克伦威尔的一天 gives us an opportunity to reflect upon our accomplishments and look ahead to all that we can still do to evolve and transform. 每一个声音都很重要,每一步——无论是大是小——都会产生影响.

贝博体彩APP下载行动计划的种族公正

股本 & 融入行动:2020 - 2021年的范例选录

OEI发起了“创造正义” & 快乐,这是一个为学生提供的试点项目, faculty and 工作人员 an ongoing way to build community in the midst of challenging times.

领先的

The Wurtele Center and OEI trained the first cohort of students for the Leaders for 股本-Centered Design Program, 联合赞助的领导力项目.

分享

的OEI, 连同餐饮服务, worked to expand dining options by inviting chefs to help incorporate more ethnic cuisines into 贝博体彩APP下载 menus.

支持

College administrators and students collaborated to make material and financial assistance more readily available to any student in need.

克伦威尔的历史

玛丽·梅普尔斯·邓恩, 时任贝博体彩APP下载院长, initiated Otelia 克伦威尔的一天 in 1989 to provide an opportunity for further education and reflection about issues of diversity and racism. 在2019年的颁奖典礼上, 学院宣布将这一活动更名为克伦威尔日, following the wishes of the Cromwell family and to honor the legacies of both Otelia Cromwell 1900 and her niece, 阿德莱德·克伦威尔,1940年.

关于奥泰利亚·克伦威尔

出生于华盛顿特区.C., in 1874, Otelia Cromwell was the first of six children born to Lucy McGuinn and John Wesley Cromwell, 一个记者, educator and the first African American to practice law with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Otelia Cromwell’s life and work were characterized by a deep sense of justice and responsibility toward others.

奥泰利亚·克伦威尔的肖像

关于阿德莱德·克伦威尔

阿德莱德·克伦威尔,1940年 was the first African American professor appointed at 贝博体彩APP下载. 在大学教书之后, she served for more than 30 years on the sociology faculty at Boston University. There she co-founded the African studies program in 1953 and founded the Afro-American studies program in 1969, 国内第一个该领域的研究生项目. 

阿德莱德·克伦威尔的肖像

After graduating from the Miner Normal School, Otelia Cromwell taught in the Washington, D.C.他在美国公立学校待了几年. 1898年,她转到贝博体彩APP下载,1900年毕业. She returned to teaching for a number of years and then resumed her education, receiving a master of arts from Columbia University and a doctorate from Yale University in 1926; Cromwell was the first African American woman to receive a Yale doctorate. She soon became professor and chair of the department of English language and literature at Miner Teachers College in Washington, D.C.

克伦威尔在1944年退休前一直留在矿工师范学院. A distinguished scholar and teacher, she authored three books and numerous articles including 学校和大学黑人作家读物 与Eva合作的结果. 戴克斯和洛伦佐·道·特纳. 这是第一批同类收藏品之一. 1950年,她获得了贝博体彩APP下载的荣誉学位.

After her retirement from teaching, Cromwell accomplished her most significant scholarly work, 《卢克丽霞·莫特的一生》 贵格会的废奴主义者和女权活动家. It was published in 1958 by Harvard University Press and continues to be cited by contemporary scholars. 克伦威尔于1972年去世,享年98岁.

阿德莱德·克伦威尔也是非洲的领袖和活动家, convening the first conference of West African social workers in Ghana in 1960, serving on a commission to assess the state of higher education in what was then called the Belgian Congo. 美国非洲文化协会执行委员会成员, the American Negro Leadership Conference in Africa and the advisory council on Voluntary Foreign 援助, 等, she also maintained active membership in the Council on Foreign Relations and a number of professional organizations.

她是几本书的作者,包括 Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories: The Cromwell Family and Slavery and Segregation, 1692–1972, An African Victorian Feminist: The Life and Times of Adelaide 贝博体彩APP下载 Casely Hayford, 1868–1960.

Cromwell earned a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in sociology from Radcliffe College. 1971年获得贝博体彩APP下载奖章,2015年获得荣誉学位, 她是奥泰利亚·克伦威尔的侄女, 1900届. 阿德莱德·克伦威尔于2019年去世,享年99岁.

贝博体彩APP下载之声:进步 & 可能性

琳达·贝博体彩APP下载·查尔斯74年
“We certainly wanted to make sure that the institution understood our needs as Black women on this campus ... I found 贝博体彩APP下载, in hindsight, really doing its best to try to accommodate the needs. 他们不知道该怎么办,但肯定愿意倾听 ...”—关于学生运动,在接受采访时 校友口述历史计划.

西尔维娅·刘易斯74年
“... 我认为贝博体彩APP下载学到的是他们应该如何接受改变, 或者接受改变, 这真的很好, will be something that would be very impactful and very positive for the future generations.”—On the formation of the African American Studies Program, in an interview for the 校友口述历史计划.

瑞恩·拉斯达尔,11岁
“... I think the campus was moving in the right direction of trying to grapple with this and understand, 为什么会发生这种情况?? 我们能做些什么来给予更多的支持? 做一个更好的人——让人们在我们的校园里感到安全?”—关于种族歧视事件发生后校园里的气氛,在接受采访时为 校友口述历史计划.

庆祝奥泰利亚·克伦威尔

For the 2021 克伦威尔的一天 convocation, the 贝博体彩APP下载 community created an inspiring digital quilt.

“The Life and Legacy of Otelia Cromwell” was created as part of the college’s 25th annual 克伦威尔的一天 celebration honoring 贝博体彩APP下载’s first African American graduate.

尼基·芬尼的《贝博体彩APP下载》

贝博体彩APP下载 commissioned poet Nikky Finney to compose a poem in honor of Otelia Cromwell. 她在2009年推出了“Maven”. Hear Camille Ollivierre ’20’s recitation at the 2019 ceremony (starting at 21:20).

读“专家”

奥泰利亚·克伦威尔(1874-1972

属:女儿

"When you are a thinking woman neither violence or sugar plums can muzzle the power of thought."

想象,孵化,理解,领会:
了解内部和外部. 你只是
当你的母亲去世时,一个女孩. 留下照料
其余的人,你,年纪最大的,
最像你父亲的那个
要千方百计,就要节俭成家
而勤奋,一边埋头苦干
在书架上. Sang-froid,但从不
沉默. 询问,想象,思索,思考
结束,想啊想,再想. 头晕
用自己的思想,“掌握一切”
是家族的徽章,没有面纱的伪装,
伪装、化装或炫耀. 有
一条正确的路,一条错误的路. 当你给予
你的手伸向世界,你的责任;
要有心,记在心里,改变
一颗心——做最后一个死去的人.

属:贝博体彩APP下载

“受过教育的群体是有思想的群体."

直觉,神圣,检查再检查,发明;
了解后路和前方.
你甚至不关心受欢迎的人
对邋遢的人更少. 你的手臂开花
带着所有的书,选择
明智地说,是谁训练你的?
大师,精通,出色. 思考和
想,又. 你离开了学院和大学
特别准备的. 你很复杂
而且机敏,像逗号一样冷静. 没有时间
珠宝或客厅的礼物. 有
一块金表,一枚图章戒指,一个铁匠
大学别针:白色字母在黄金上
在心脏之上. 勤奋,精通,自我
着了魔,你用语言来陈述
你对效率低下的容忍. 你永远不
放弃正确的事情. 年轻的阿德莱德
你的“靠得住”和九年级学生一样吗
俯下身来听你的指令,低声说:这个
一定是大学. 你头发变白了,很漂亮,但很早.

属:作家

“天才写作不是为了取悦别人."
               (也不是为了结婚而活着)

真理. 话从牙齿缝里钻了出来
梳子,然后,在睡觉前,拉过,
再一次。. 你拒绝将语言从
生活,阅读德语运动和挥杆高尔夫球
俱乐部只是为了保持活力. 你写
税收的合法性,我们的民主,
为黑人知识分子宣誓和编辑.
筛选,探索,筛选,探索:思考
再想想. 现在庄严地订婚
蒂利 & 托马斯,你不喜欢别人叫你
"Dr.并永远对“小姐”保持热情."
训练有素的手能完美地完成
针线活让你开心. 〇非常规、轻松
走吧,你的愿望永远不会减弱:被放置
通过步伐,熏陶,启迪,去工作
向外——从简单的接缝到字母组合.
我们祝贺你的辉煌的第一次,
those sprightly high-waisted truths; the soft-
自以为是的人说话,还在私奔.

所有斜体字都是奥泰利亚·克伦威尔的话.
©2009 Nikky Finney.