Sunday Dinner on Thursday at Patricia's April 12th 2007

Homecookin'
Good Company!
If you missed the food, enjoy the pictures....
Many thanks to Patricia for cooking. :)

Film Screening & Panel Discussion of Color of the Cross

Film Screening & Panel Discussion of
Color of the Cross

Monday, APRIL 23rd, 4:00 – 7:00pm
Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street
Sherrill Hall 3A

A FILM BY JEAN CLAUDE LAMARRE

Was Jesus a Black Man?

Panelists:

Dr. Charles Finch III
Director of International Health at the Morehouse School of Medicine

Edward J. Blum, PhD
Department of History at San Diego State University

Dr. Allen Callahan
Professor of New Testament at the Seminário Teológico Batista do Nordeste in Bahia, Brazil, Chaplain Brown University

*Event is sponsored by The Cambridge Center for the Study of Religion and Public Policy, the Episcopal Divinity School’s Communities of Color the Harvard Divinity School’s Harambee Organization, and The Boston Theological Institute

Pictures from the Harambee Heritage Dinner Tuesday April 10, 2007

The pictures that you have been waiting for....
Photos of Harambee students, HDS students, prospective student, faculty, staff, alumni and friends.
Harambee Heritage Dinner
Harvard Faculty Club
Tuesday April 10, 2007 6:15pm

May Harambee News

Last Month..... Minutes from the last meeting: the Heritage Dinner was a huge success. Harambee would like to thank everyone for all of their hard work and preparation.



This Month......
At this meeting there was a discussion about having a “Sunday dinner” style meal over to Patricia’s. The event was to be held on Friday April 13th, but was moved to Thursday April 12th at 5:30 pm.

The rites of passage ceremony will be on May 3rd 2007. The group has secured money for the stoles. All students of African descent are invited to participate and wear stoles regardless of their involvement (or lack thereof) with Harambee. Jeremy McKay will send the list of all black students to Sheila Glenn asap. There will be food and entertainment (via donations). This will be the last time to pick up your Harambee shirt for the semester. Sheila is in charge of this committee
Mark Your Calendars
Harambee Elections: April 24-26th (more details to follow through email).
Rites of passage ceremony for graduates on Thursday May 3, 2007.



In the Know.... Harambee will meet once a month on the first Tuesday from noon-1pm. Meetings and events are open to all. The next meeting is Tuesday May 1 in Rock. This will be the last general body meeting for the semester. There will be an election gathering sometime between April 24-26. Rites of passage on May 3rd.

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 your updates to awhisby@hds.harvard.edu
Email us:
HDS_Harambee@yahoogroups.com

April Harambee News

Last Month..... Minutes from the last meeting: Last meeting was a Harambee check-in session. Students discussed how their HDS experiences are shaping their careers ands to improve that experience.
There are many other events coming this semester. Please make plans to volunteer and to attend these events. To volunteer email: tcisse@hds.harvard.edu
Email us:
HDS_Harambee@yahoogroups.com



This Month......
Elections are coming up...which position will you run for?
Mark Your Calendars
Last Sister2Sister lunch April 17th.
Harambee Heritage Dinner at the Faculty Club on April 10th at 6:15pm.
Harambee Elections: April 24-26th
Rites of passage ceremony for graduates on Thursday May 3, 2007.


In the Know.... Harambee will meet once a month on the first Tuesday from noon-1pm. Meetings and events are open to all. The next meeting is Tuesday May 1.

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 your updates to awhisby@hds.harvard.edu

March Harambee News

Last Month..... Minutes from the December meeting: On February 28th, Harambee hosted Noon Service. The theme centered on Black History Month. Harambee also hosted the community tea on the day before, Tuesday February 27, 2007.
Email us:
HDS_Harambee@yahoogroups.com



This Month...... Minutes from the last meeting: Last meeting was a Harambee check-in session. Students discussed how their HDS experiences are shaping their careers ands to improve that experience.
There are many other events coming this semester. Please make plans to volunteer and to attend these events. To volunteer email: tcisse@hds.harvard.edu
Mark Your Calendars
Sister2Sister lunches at noon on March 20, and April 17th.
“Get-Together” Friday March 16th at Shelia Glenn’s apt RSVP to sglenn@hds.harvard.edu
Harambee Heritage Dinner at the Faculty Club on April 10th at 6:15pm.
Harambee Elections: April 24-26th
Rites of passage ceremony for graduates on Thursday May 3, 2007.


In the Know.... Harambee will meet once a month on the first Tuesday from noon-1pm. Meetings and events are open to all. The next meeting is Tuesday April 3.
Spotlight... on Terri Cisse! On March 4th at 11am our own Terri Cisse ministered at Cornell University. The title of her sermon was “Choose Life, The Lord has Need of You.” The service was sponsored by the Cornell United Religious Work and was at their Sage Chapel.
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 your updates to awhisby@hds.harvard.edu

Minutes from Feb 8th Harambee meeting

Hello All! HARAMBEE!!!

Here are the minutes from the last meeting. Flyers are posted on the Harambee Board. Unfortunately they will not be placed in mailboxes this semester.
Thanks,
Afiya -Harambee Secretary

The Heritage Dinner
-Harambee is responsible for proofing the text for the invitation and guest list, Jeremy volunteered to do this for the group
-AAD giving around 3,000
-Guest list needed to be to Leila in the Alumni office, like yesterday :(
-Faculty club group: food=Shelia, and Jonathan, flowers and other=Q, AudioVisual=Afiya
-program already in place for this event: Gomes keynote, some alums will speak, a current student will speak
-the main goal of this meeting is to set up a mentoring program between te alums and current students
-Shaundra will get the invitations from Leila and put them in boxes
-estimated number of people to attend event: 65
-Terri will get a list of key faculty to invite to teh event
-Programming Committee: Terry, Jeremy, Afiya
-Faculty Club Committee: Leila, Q, Sheila, Jonathan, Gomes (?)

Other Important Updates:
-Events to attend: Ministry Studies events (see HdS calendar)Thursday 2/22 Braun Roon 5:10-6:30; Carol Duncan Speaking Engagement, 2/21 6:30-8:30 Sperry Room
-Noon Service in Feb, Community Tea in Feb. Theme "Knowing your purpose"
-Sister2Sister date correction from Flyer: Feb 20, March 20, April 17.

December Harambee Newsletter

Let’s Pull Together!
In this issue...a special spotlight on Enoch Gbadegesin, Lauren Summers, and Jonathan Wilkins, minutes from the last meeting, information on updated contact information for Harambee members, updates, and much more.


Kwanzaa at HDS
Harambee would like to thank everyone for coming out last Thursday and celebrating our heritage at Kwanzaa. The highlights of the festival included a focus on the black power movement, clips of speeches from the movement, impromptu dancing, the distribution of Harambee Tshirts, introspective conversation, drumming, an African dance performance, candle-lighting, and a special selection from our own Reverend Enoch.

This Month......
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 hopefully 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 first meeting of the spring semester will be on the first Thursday in February at noon in Rock.
Need to find a Harambee member? Contact information was handed out at a previous 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.


Spotlights....
Spotlight on Enoch Gbadegesin. Congratulations to Enoch Gbadegesin! He successfully presented his paper at the AAR conference this semester. The topic was on religion in Nigeria. Please contact him for more information or to read his paper. egbadegesin@hds.harvard.edu

Spotlight on Lauren Summers. Lauren presented a paper on gender and religion at a Harvard Divinity School Community talk given by Dr. Wallace Best. Congrats to her and to Dr. Best. Because of miscommunication on behalf of Harambee, the black turn out was low. We would like to formally apologize for this, as we will strive to attend and publicize more events in the future. :)

Spotlight on Jonathan Wilkins. This month Jonathan was officially launched into ministry as he conducted his trial sermon at Union Baptist Church in Central Square in Cambridge. Congrats and good luck in your future endeavors!


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
Email us:
HDS_Harambee@yahoogroups.com
blog:
harvardharambee.blogspot.com

KWANZAA EXTRAVAGANZA 2006 Pictures

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)

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

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

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.

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.

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!!!!!)

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

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)

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!