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Actress, author, Emmy-winning host and social media personality Tabitha Brown is the featured speaker at the next “Salon Series” event hosted by California State University, Northridge’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
“The Salon Series” is inspired by the Harlem Salon of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s, which celebrated African American creativity in literature, music, art and social thought. The gatherings provided intimate settings for conversations on the arts, the future and racial solidarity, all aimed at advancing the upliftment of the Black community nationwide. In this spirit, the goal of CSUN’s “Salon Series” is to support the creation of the Community Endowed Professorship in Africana Studies. The event will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Zev Yaroslavsky Rehearsal Room inside The Soraya Performing Arts Center, located at 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge.
“This is an experiential opportunity for students, and members of the public, to meet a person who is successful in multiple areas and comes from an experience much like their own,” said Yan Searcy, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. “She is forthright about the different struggles she faced and students can gain from that direct inspiration.”
Searcy said the purpose for the Community Endowed Professorship in Africana Studies is to have an academic with office hours to meet the needs of students, as well as to become a role model and resource for members of the community. Their responsibilities will include serving as a liaison between CSUN’s Department of Africana Studies and the community and to encourage young people to attend college.
“To be part of an innovative approach to higher education and connecting to communities is important because it is an opportunity to engage with somebody who has a similar background as many of our students and faculty,” Searcy said.
Searcy added the Salon Series provides an opportunity for students to connect with alumni and members of the community.
“I think the best of our college experience is getting exposed to different ideas and people that we can learn and benefit from,” he said.
This will be the third Salon Series hosted by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
“The reason why people are so interested and we never get tired of learning about them is because we want to see what people did to overcome the circumstances of their life that many of us experience in different ways,” Searcy said. “We learn how to utilize that with our own lives and it helps us continue the blueprint for our journeys.”
For more information and to purchase tickets to the event, visit the website.
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