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Mission
The Black Research Coalition (BRC) is an organization committed to the
promotion, presentation, and preservation of culturally relevant scholarly
research produced on, for, and by people of African descent.
Purpose
In addition to traditional research responsibilities, the BRC will embrace
programs, such as the HOLDINGS Project (Holding Our Library Documents
Insures Nobility, Greatness, and Strength). “The goal of HOLDINGS is to
preserve, protect, and distribute the historical and intellectual properties
of Black people throughout the Black Diaspora. It’s important to preserve
the legacy of our ancestors and document our struggles and accomplishments.
We must be aware that keeping records intact is crucial for the accurate
telling of the African-American story” – Raymond Winbush, Ph.D.
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Overview
The BRC is comprised of researchers, scholars, and scientists from a variety
of backgrounds who share a common interest in the global issues associated
with the African Diaspora. Moreover, we are interested in the enculturation
practices as they relate to issues associated with the psycho-sociopolitical
climate of Diasporic subcultures. In other words, we are interested in the
effects of the Diasporic experience on cultural and academic practices used
to disseminate essential values, traditions, and information and in turn how
these effects play out in the development of scholarship and overall
self-efficacy.
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Theme
Intercultural Communication – The theme intercultural communication allows
us to identify and utilize effective means of communication between and
across generations, genders, communities, and cultures to tackle issues
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Rationale
One of the major challenges to the development of leadership and scholarship
by African Americans and minorities as we face the 21st century is that it
is hard to learn from the previous generations as well as the contemporary
cohort. One observation that is often noted by social scientists is that in
the America prior to formal desegregation, young people lived in close
proximity to leaders and scholars in the black communities, such as
educators, political leaders, churchmen, doctors, and businessmen.
Urbanization and the global economic culture have created a circumstance in
which potential leaders and emerging scholars have few routine, formal or
informal opportunities to learn from older leaders and contemporary
scholars. The Black Research Coalition attempts to remedy this circumstance
by providing places, programs, and opportunities for communities to learn
from themselves and from one another, while archiving relevant research and
materials that will be made accessible to scholars of generations yet to
come.
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Goals & Objectives
Program/ Events are organized to compliment the following objectives:
- To train competent researchers, writers, and evaluators
- To develop informed, active, and critical citizens
- To empower students to develop their own perspectives regarding people, issues, eras, and events
- To develop active participants in the socio-political, scientific, and moral issues of society
- To empower students to be aware of relevant resources, confront today’s problems, and make informed decisions
- To develop a comprehensive understanding of the dangers and necessity for locating and choosing allies within and across cultural lines
- Understand and appreciate the obligations, responsibilities, and pressures that accompany leadership
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Meeting Schedule
The BRC will meet bi-weekly on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month for peer
review, critical analysis, and conference updates
Outcome
BRC meetings are built around an expansive model, wherein, the primary
objective of each meeting is to plan for the next meeting.
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For more information contact:
BRC Chief of Research
Tarik A. Smith, M.A.
ProfessorTarik@aol.com
Faculty Advisor |
Race Relations Institute at Fisk
University
(615) 329-8581
tsmith@fisk.edu |
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