SCI-Arc is pleased to announce its participation in Black Lives Matter Week of Action from February 1 – 5, 2021. Black Lives Matter Week of Action is a national, student-run event, held during the first week of February, dedicated to unapologetic conversations and presentations on Black culture, expression, and justice. SCI-Arc’s prestige is based on revolutionary conversations demonstrating a direct influence on the educational spectrum and the overall discourse of design.
As a private institution with global recognition, SCI-Arc’s student body represents over 50 countries—but with less than 3% being Black, there’s a deficiency of Black culture imbued in the development of architectural theory, practice, and design. Organized by SCI-Arc students Allyn Viault (B.Arch ’21) and Babatunde-Majadi Adejare (B.Arch ’23), SCI-Arc’s Black Lives Matter Week of Action embraces a unique opportunity to unite creative disciplines within cultural and societal issues, embodying the students’ mission to create a collective platform of speakers with diverse disciplinary interests ranging from art to activism. Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition of educators, parents, administrators, and scholars organizing for racial justice in education. The movement dedicated a week in February to the annual Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action to coincide with and augment Black History Month.
Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action is an act of unity to challenge the insidious legacy of institutionalized racism and oppression that has plagued the United States since its founding. The guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement are celebrated and discussed throughout the week: Restorative Justice, Empathy, Loving Engagement, Diversity, Globalism, Trans Affirming, Queer Affirming, Collective Value, Intergenerational, Black Families, Black Villages, Black Women, and Unapologetically Black. The Black Lives Matter Week of Action is supported and celebrated by thousands of schools, both K-12 and colleges/universities across the United States.The distinguished roster of speakers includes Charles L. Davis II, Pascale Sablan, Elegance Bratton, Ravyn Wngz, Kordae Jatafa Henry, Jeremy Kamal, Marlon West, Ben Caldwell, DeRay Mckesson, Pascale Sablan, Kahlila Williams, David “Mr. StarCity” White, Bryan Lee Jr., Ashten “Whoopi” Winger, Mira Henry, and Aminatou Fall.
SCHEDULE:
10am – 1pm PST, Monday, Feb. 01: Restorative Justice, Loving Engagement, and Black Women
10am – 1pm PST, Tuesday, Feb. 02: Diversity, Globalism, and Collective Value
10am – 1pm PST, Wednesday, Feb. 03: Trans-Affirming, Queer Affirming, and Empathy
10am – 1pm PST, Thursday, Feb. 04: Intergenerational, Black Families, and Black Villages
11am – 1pm PST, Friday, Feb 05 AM: Unapologetically Black
5pm PST, Fridays @ Five- Unapologetically Black
Moderator= Babatunde-Majadi Adejare
Secondary= Allyn Viault
