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The Lee Roy B. Giles Encouragement Award

The late Lee Roy B. Giles had a tremendous heart for the young community. Though he was a talented and accomplished actor, he still devoted much of his life to finding ways to encourage young people in their endeavors toward a better future. The Lee Roy B. Giles Encouragement Award is presented to two students in African American Studies each year as a cash grant to help with educational expenses and reflects Mr. Giles commitment to and legacy of empowering the youth.

Find out more about this award and how you can contribute

APERO Lecture Series

APERO Lecture

The Institute for African American Studies is proud to sponsor the APERO Lecture Series. This series, held on Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1:15 at the Tate Center, room 481, brings together speakers from around the UGA campus and beyond to present their work and experiences relating to African American Studies. Please join in the discussion.

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Community Conversations

Our Community Conversations series at the East Athens Community Center kicked off with "Education in Black Communities" and continues in April with "Managing Money in Black Communities." For more information, please check the calendar and contact AFAM's main office.

News in African American Studies

Calendar

  • 1/30/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “The Disproportionate Impact of Climate Change on the African American Community” Dr. Marshall Shepherd
  • 2/6/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “The Letters of James Baldwin” Dr. Dr. Edward Pavlic
  • 2/13/13,Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “Saving the Hog Hammock Community on Sapelo Island:America's Last Surviving Geechee-Gullah Settlement” Michael Thurmond, Esq.
  • 2/20/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “Nollywood Entering the U.S. through Ethnic Doors: A Case Study of Cross-Cultural Exports” Dr. Leara Rhodes
  • 2/27/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “Cultural Responsiveness of African American Teachers Before and After Desegregation” Ms. Sherri Garret
  • 3/6/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “Conservation Issues in Sierra Leone: the Case of the Pygmy Hippopotamus” Ms. April Conway
  • 3/20/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 138 APERO Lecture Series “Black Women Have Always Known What to Do: Black Feminist Leadership and HIV/AIDS Community Work” Dr. Denise R. Davison
  • 3/28/13, Thursday, 7:00pm Cine, 234 West Hancock St., Athens, GA 7th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival “Medicine for Melancholy” Introduction by Barry Jenkins (Director)
  • 3/29/13, Friday, 5:00pm Miller Learning Center 101 7th annual African Diaspora Film Festival “Middle of Nowhere” Introduction by Dr. Lesley Feracho
  • 4/3/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “Entrepreneurship Leadership: A Brief Walk From Theory to Practice” Dr. Rich McCline
  • 4/17/13, Wednesday, 12:15-1:15 Tate Center 480 APERO Lecture Series “A Worthy Milestone: Celebrating 25 Years of African Studies at the University of Georgia” Dr. Akinloye Ojo
  • 5/17/13, Friday, 9:00am-6:00pm Georgia Museum of Art Wanderer Symposium “"Where I Come From..." The Wanderer Enslaved and Their Descendants” Various Speakers