1:00 PM

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Join Dr. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt, Alicia Noreiga-Mundoroy, Dr. Fikru Gebrekidan, and Olivia Rowinski for a panel discussion on common issues affecting the Black community.

This event will also welcome representation from the New Brunswick Black History Society who will be present to share a little about the work being done by the society.

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Dr. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt

Dr. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt has a doctorate in Philosophy with a focus on social justice from the University of Toronto. As a published poet and author, Mary constantly advocates for the re-insertion of healthy narratives about her ancestors, the early peoples of African Descent. Mary, a sixth-generation African Canadian, was one of 33 Black women featured in a Chatelaine Magazine article highlighting Black Canadian women who fight systemic racism. Mary has spent her life advocating for her Black Community and won a Human Rights case in 2015 against Shoppers Drug Mart where racial profiling was proven.

Alicia Noreiga-Mundroy

Alicia Noreiga-Mundroy is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at The University of New Brunswick (UNB), where she pursues studies that promote social justice and equity. Alicia is currently involved in critical participatory studies that amplify the voices of Black, queer, and rural communities, and among people experiencing the intersections of these characteristics. She has written several academic and non-academic publications on Black experiences, served as the Project Lead for the Black Lives Matter in New Brunswick Education Project, and is currently teaching a graduate course at UNB entitled Antiracist Research and Pedagogical Practices. 

Dr. Fikru Gebrekidan

Dr. Fikru Negash Gebrekidan received his PhD from Michigan State University in 2001 in the field of African History, with minor fields in African-American History and Comparative Black History. He is a professor in the Department of History at St. Thomas University and regularly teaches courses on Africa, world history, genocide, race and racism, slavery, historiography, and disability. He is the author of Bond without Blood: A History of Ethiopian and New World Black Relations, 1896-1991 (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2005). His latest publication entitled “Race, Gender, and Pageantry: The Ups and Downs of an African-American Woman in Imperial Ethiopia.” In Northeast African Studies, is forthcoming.

Olivia Rowinski

Olivia Rowinski is a third-year student at the University of New Brunswick pursuing a degree in History and Political Science. She is also a member of the UNB women’s soccer team. Born in Fredericton, Olivia has grown up in this community and developed a passion for advocating for education reform and inclusive learning based on her personal experiences within the school system. She has also been a research intern with Black Lives Matter Fredericton – New Brunswick Education Project.

Organized by the Black Students’ Association

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