Vershawn Ashanti Young (@youngvershawn) 's Twitter Profile
Vershawn Ashanti Young

@youngvershawn

Diversity consultant, university professor, professional actor, writer, PhD, Juris Doctorate (focus on alternative dispute, especially family mediation). Lives!

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AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@africanarchives) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally murdered him through mutilation for 'whistling' at a white woman. decades later, Carolyn Bryant admitted to lying that Emmett Till made a pass at her. THREAD

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today.

At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally murdered him through mutilation for 'whistling' at a white woman. 
decades later, Carolyn Bryant admitted to lying that Emmett Till made a pass at her.

THREAD
Frankie Condon (@frankie_condon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Friends! A co-author of this book was forced to resign, doxxed, and threatened for showing a 2SLGBTQ+ friendly YA book to her students. Now they’re coming for her own book. So…buy this book! read it and review it HONESTLY. Let’s teach it! Give it all the stars!!

Friends! A co-author of this book was forced to resign, doxxed, and threatened for showing a 2SLGBTQ+ friendly YA book to her students. Now they’re coming for her own book. So…buy this book! read it and review it HONESTLY. Let’s teach it! Give it all the stars!!
Christopher S Taylor (@drcstaylor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's been an intense 4 weeks since June 28th University of Waterloo and I want to send a big shout out to my EDI-RO team for handling this challenging time with care, grace, and compassion. For more information on the EDI-RO, who we are and what we do, please visit uwaterloo.ca/equity-diversi…

It's been an intense 4 weeks since June 28th <a href="/UWaterloo/">University of Waterloo</a> and I want to send a big shout out to my EDI-RO team for handling this challenging time with care, grace, and compassion.

For more information on the EDI-RO, who we are and what we do, please visit uwaterloo.ca/equity-diversi…
Andre E. Johnson (@aejohnsonphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am pleased to announce that I am the recipient of the National Communication Association 2023 Orlando L. Taylor Distinguished Scholarship Award in Africana Communication. Here's what the committee thought about my scholarship: "Dr. Andre E. Johnson exemplifies the essence and spirit of

UWaterloo English (@uw_english) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UWaterloo Black Faculty Collective, in collaboration with the Black Studies Program, is pleased to present Underlying Conditions, a show by Dr. Elaine Richardson. Nov. 3, 11:30am, Studio 180, Hagey Hall. tinyurl.com/yt57zfuu

UWaterloo English (@uw_english) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UWaterloo Black Faculty Collective, in collaboration with the Black Studies Program, is pleased to present Underlying Conditions, a show by Dr. Elaine Richardson. Nov. 3, 11:30am, Studio 180, Hagey Hall. tinyurl.com/yt57zfuu

CLA Scholar (@clascholar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Attention #CLAScholars--The Department of English at Morehouse College is hiring an Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2024. Visit the CLA website for the full listing. #AcademicJobs #HBCU

Attention #CLAScholars--The Department of English at <a href="/Morehouse/">Morehouse College</a> is hiring an Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2024. Visit the CLA website for the full listing.

#AcademicJobs
#HBCU
UWaterloo Arts (@uwaterlooarts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ā€œThe dilemma is the restriction and reduction of the possibilities of what it means to be Black. It’s not 1, 2, or 3 - it’s like 15 million." Hear more from Dr. Vershawn Ashanti Young on the film "American Fiction" and pop-culture stereotypes ofĀ Blackness: bit.ly/3uYCY4H

ā€œThe dilemma is the restriction and reduction of the possibilities of what it means to be Black. It’s not 1, 2, or 3 - it’s like 15 million."

Hear more from Dr. <a href="/YoungVershawn/">Vershawn Ashanti Young</a> on the film "American Fiction" and pop-culture stereotypes ofĀ Blackness: bit.ly/3uYCY4H
Andre E. Johnson (@aejohnsonphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I know that many of you do not like to share my content, but if you don't mind, this time, instead of liking it, repost. Thanks!! Call for Papers: The Art of Black Preaching and the Rhetoric of the Black Sermon blogs.memphis.edu/aapat/call-for…

Pedagogue (@pedagoguepod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Released a new episode! In this episode, Whitnee Coy talks about teaching at Oglala Lakota College, Lakota values, culturally sustaining pedagogy, community and kinship, multimodality, craft, and what she wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.

UWaterloo English (@uw_english) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to UWaterloo English PhD student Rency Luan, who has received a 2024 Scholars for the Dream Travel Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication!

pencanada (@pencanada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

šŸ“… Save the date: Tuesday February 6, 2024 for "On Blackness and Belonging" Join @debthompsonphd in conversation with Vershawn Ashanti Young, an American-born writer, actor, lawyer, and professor of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo.

šŸ“… Save the date: Tuesday February 6, 2024 for "On Blackness and Belonging"

Join @debthompsonphd in conversation with <a href="/YoungVershawn/">Vershawn Ashanti Young</a>, an American-born writer, actor, lawyer, and professor of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo.
pencanada (@pencanada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

@debthompsonphd Vershawn Ashanti Young Debra's memoir, The Long Road Home, provides an uncompromising account of how racism slips and mutates across the Canada-US border. An associate professor of political science at McGill and born and raised in Canada, Debra brings a perspective from having lived in both countries.

UWaterloo English (@uw_english) 's Twitter Profile Photo

JOB: Assistant Professor, General Education (communications with a preferred specialization in digital culture, literacy, and/or production, and alternative forms of writing such as blogs, digital productions, podcasts, etc.). Mount Royal U, Calgary, AB. tinyurl.com/5n6jz4vw

Aaron T. Francis (ä»˜å¤§ä»»ļ¼‰ (@mraaronfrancis_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For anyone interested in African politics, music & art and how these things interact (and intersect) with the African diaspora and the wider world, I'll be teaching Pan African Global Politics (Ā PSCI304/BLKST304) at UWaterloo this coming term!! Please tell a friend !!

For anyone interested in African politics, music &amp;  art and how these things interact (and intersect) with the African diaspora and the wider world, I'll be teaching Pan African Global Politics (Ā PSCI304/BLKST304) at UWaterloo this coming term!! Please tell a friend !!