Thursday, November 09, 2006

Key Dates to Remember

Kwanzaa Celebration - December 7th from 6-9 (Braun Room)
Harambee Heritage Dinner - February 27 from 7-9 (Braun Room)
Harambee Black History Month Service - February 28 from 12-1( Andover Chapel)
Harambee Rites of Passage Ceremony for Graduating Seniors - May 3 from 5-7 ( Braun Room)

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

November with Harambee.



This Month...... Minutes from the last meeting: Dicsussion was centered around various issue of race at HDS specifically in regards to the administrative blunders behind the Cone lecture, the lack of discussion about race in classes, and the feeling that the Div school is disconnected from the rest of the university. Afiya volunteered to draft a letter to the dean to express that concern, and will be the focus of the next meeting, along with planning for Kwanzaa and other events.
Kwanzaa sub-committee: Afiya, Lauren, and Randy,
Black Heritage: Terri, Enoch, and Jeremy

In the Know.... Harambee will meet once a month on Thursday from 1pm-2pm. Our last meeting will be on December 7 in the Rock. Open to all.
Need to find a Harambee member? Contact information has been updated and is currently posted on the blog. If your information is not correct or someone is missing email awhisby@hds.harvard.edu.

Keep Harambee Updated on you!. If you have any announcements about yourself-academic, personal, professional-Harambee wants to know! :) Email you updates to awhisby@hds.harvard.edu

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Minutes from the October Meeting

Last Month..... AAD (Formerly the BAN Black Alumni Network) Dinner Fall 2006: was a great success! Thanks to everyone for coming and for their hard work.
Harambee Freedom Trail Tour of Boston: is yet to be rescheduled.


This Month...... Minutes from the last meeting: The annual Kwanzaa celebration will be held on either December 7th or December 14th at 6pm. Jeremy will be the MC, and Afiya will do the decorations.
On February 21st, Harambee will be in charge of Noon Service- theme: Black History Month. Afiya and Lauren will create the plan of the service, Afiya will do decorations, Shaundra will help plan and be the administrator, Jeremy will MC, and Reverend Enoch will also help plan and possibly preach.
There will also be a Black Heritage Dinner In February. Shaundra and Terri will be main administrators, Dr. Best will be history presentation, and there will be AAD (BAN) collaboration.
In the time between now and the next meeting please meet and make plans for the alloted events. If you would like to volunteer and are not signed up please email tcisse@hds.harvard.edu


In the Know.... Harambee will meet once a month on Thursday from noon-1pm. Our second meeting will be on November 2 in the Rock. Open to all.

Need to find a Harambee member? Contact information was handed out at the last meeting. Since then it has been updated and is currently posted on the blog. If your information is not correct or someone is missing email awhisby@hds.harvard.edu.

Spotlight on Sheila Glenn. On Nov 19 Sheila Glenn is preaching in Brooklyn with the church of Johnny Ray Youngbloood (a minister studied in Intro to Ministry Studies in the book _Upon This Rock_).  IMS is gathering a list of students that are interested in driving down and attending her service.  Contact mwillard@fas.harvard.edu

Keep Harambee Updated on you!. If you have any announcements about yourself-academic, personal, professional-Harambee wants to know! :) Email you updates to awhisby@hds.harvard.edu

please excuse typos...busy week. :)

Harambee Contact information 2006

Jason Allen jallen@hds.harvard.edu

Lunhide Amazan lamazan@hds.harvard.edu

Terri Cisse tcisse@hds.harvard.edu

Shaundra Cunningham scunningham@hds.harvard.edu

Femi Fadeyi olufemi_fadeyi2003@yahoo.com

Enoch Gbadegeson egbadegeson@hds.harvard.edu

Shelia Glenn sgelnn@hds.harvard.edu

Buddy Hampton mhampton@hds.harvard.edu

Lynda Jordan ljordan@hds.harvard.edu

Patricia Lesesne plesesne@hds.harvard.edu

Randall Martin rmartin@hds.harvard.edu

Jeremy Mckay jmckay@hds.harvard.edu

Darrick Northington snorthington@hds.harvard.edu

Irene Nyavor inyavor@hds.harvard.edu

Jacob Olupona jolupona@hds.harvard.edu

Brian Rainey brainey@hds.harvard.edu

Maryam Sharrieff msharrieff@hds.harvard.edu

Lauren Summers lsummers@hds.harvard.edu

Afiya Webb awhisby@hds.harvard.edu

Jonathan Wilkins jwilkins@hds.harvard.edu



Advisor: Cheryl Giles Cheryl_Giles@harvard.edu

Friday, September 15, 2006

It has started!!!!!


Tonight.....
Orientation Dinner Program Overview:
Prayer- Dean Jordan
Welcome- Cheryl Giles
Introduction of Faculty Staff
Introduction of Harambee Dinner
Ice Breakers with Students
Information Updates: Tshirts, BAN Other Announcements

This Month......
Harambee Freedom Trail Tour of Boston: See Boston and have fun before classes get too heavy! Open to students, administrators, professors, and staff. Save the date: September 23 2006, 2pm. Meet at Harvard T Station. Harambee will provide tokens for transportation.
Black Boston Student Network (BBSN) “Holladay! 4” Come meet other black college students from all over Boston. Tomorrow, Saturday September 16, 2006 12pm- 5:30pm. Venue MIT-Johnson Athletic Center. learn more at http://harvard.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2207717196

In the Know....
Harambee will meet once a month on Thursday from noon-1pm. Our first meeting will be on October 5th in the Rock. Open to all.
BAN (Black Alumni Network) Dinner Fall 2006: October 6, 2006 at 4pm. Film Screening to follow. Harvard Law School, Pound Hall Room 335. RSVP required by Monday September 18th to alums@hds.harvard.edu All are invited! :)

Special Thanks to Dean Belva Jordan and Dr. Cheryl Giles for opening their homes to us tonight. Thank You!

Harambee Tshirts
are going to be ordered soon! Don’t leave before you sign up for a shirt. :) The cost will be no more than $15 each. If you cannot afford a shirt, but would still like one, email awhisby@hds.harvard.edu and arrangements will be made. The shirt this year will have a new theme, but will look similar to the one last year and have long sleeves.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Get Ready...Get Set...HARAMBEE!!!!!!!!!

Hello Harambee at HDS!

I hope everyone has a great summer! This semester is slated to being truly awesome as we "pull together" and represent blackness at HDS!
Here is a brief 'heads-up' about what is coming up, clear your schedules! :)


Harambee table at Orientation:
Come meet the new black students and share your Harambee experiences with the new folk!
Wear your Harambee Tshirt if you have one.
Friday September 15th at 9:30-11:30am
Andover Lawn

Harambee Orientation Dinner
Free food and fellowship at the house of Dr. Giles and Dean Belva's
Friday September 15th at 7pm
971 Aberdeen Avenue
Cambridge, MA

Freedom Trail Boston
Saturday September 23,
details to follow....

Harambee Tshirts 2006-2007
email your sizes to awhisby@hds.harvard.edu
pick up T-shirts at Freedom Trail trip
more information to follow

Until then...
Remember... HARAMBEE!!!!!!!!!!!
See you soon.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Great Luck This Academic Year

On behalf of the executive board, and all of Harambee, I want to wish everyone a warm welcome to the 2006-2007 Academic Year. Throughout the year, remember to check the blog for Harambee updates, schedules, and picture from events. :)

Great Luck!

Harambee!!!!! (Pull Together!!!!!)

Thursday, May 11, 2006

End of year celebration

Here is a link to a few shots from the Harambee end of year celebration held on May 4, 2006 at HDS in the Braun Room.
We will truly miss our graduates! Harambee!!!!!!

http://mit.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2007479&l=3641f&id=707081

Thursday, March 23, 2006

BAN/Harmabee Get-Together coming SOON....

Very soon. Sooner than I thought.
But it looks like it's gonna be great!!!!!
Here are the meeting notes from the last Harambee meeting with all the details.
enjoy :)

THE AGENGA
I.Review of Ban Symposium: APRIL 7, 2006 beginning at 9am
A.Panels
B.Harambee Participation, (come!)
Overview: Q is going to do a fiery speach similar to noon service, reading, etc. Shelia Glenn is going to do the benediction. Bernadette, Afiya and Jeremy are doing registration beginning at 9:15 am. Come with questions for discussion for the section about careers after HDS, led by Career services. Plan to attend the BAN lunch, good networking event. Get flyers from Terri. Harambee Participation is key, because this year we did not have to plan the event alone. :)

II.Discussion of Harambee Contribution to Hurricane Katrina Project
A.Student Reps going on trip
B.Report from Treasurer on gifts for HDS Alum
Overview: There will be a series of four trips. Harambee will be involved in other ones also, the planning, etc. Gift given to Paula as help for Katrina $200.

III. Discussion of Harambee Year End Celebration
A.Overview of Program Agenda
B. Selection of Date, Time, and PLace
Overview: Date either May 3 or May 9 (waiting for Paul to come back, but want graduates to still be around). Stoles for all black graduates, in Harambee or not. Possibly do before reading period. Eight known Harambee graduates for 2006.

Pull together ya'll.
(excuse typos, busy week)

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Picture from Harambee Community Tea and Wallace Best Lecture

Black History month ends with a bang! Enjoy these pictures from the Wallace Best Lecture and the Harambee Community Tea. February 28, 2005.

Wallace Best Lecture " The South in The City" and the guest panelists.




Building Community at Community Tea...




















Ending Black History Month with a Bang!

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Minutes from Meeting February 14, 2006 12:00pm Rock Hall



Please Note and Remember:
This black History Month, we have many things planned including the Noon Service on Feb 22, The Wallace Best Lecture on Feb 28 at 5:30pm right after The Black History Month community Tea at 4:30pm that same day. Wear Harambee Tshirts :).

Discussion:
The past discussion at Renita's house focusing on the Ethical Issues of Black Leadership, was really deep and got exciting and heated at some moments: Gotta love Black people. Make sure to check out the next one.

Planning for Community Tea:
Discussion about the black trivia portion of community tea. Decided on 5 questions, Jeremy will be the host. Wear Harambee Tshirts.

In the Future:
BAN symposium on April 7

Black History Month Noon Service



The event will be held on Wednesday, February 27, 2006 at (you guessed it) noon.
Harambee members are expected to arrive at 11:30am to help set up and be at the practice on Tuesday evening (email Enesha for details). The theme for the service, in line with the Div School celebration of women, is:

"Remembering Women in the Struggle"
The service is dedicated to the named and unnamed women that participated in the struggle for black rights.
In Remembrance of:
Septima Clark, Alberta Williams King, Bernice Scott, Daisy May Bates, Ella Baker, Billie Jean young, Mary McLeod Bethune, Constance Baker Motley, Margie Pitts-Haines, Bertha Mae Carter, Rosa Parks, Ethel Mae Mathews, Dorothy Bolton, Fannie Lou Hamer, Coretta Scott King, Shirley Chisholm, Betty Shabazz, Victoria Way DeLee, Clara Muhammad, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, Ida B. Wells, Anne Julia Cooper, Alice Dunbar Nelson, and many more....



The service will include drumming, remarks, slide presentations, prayers for the community, a segment to remember our ancestors, singing of the black national anthem, and you can't forget refreshments (the good ones)!!