IRAAS Newsletter Winter 2016/2017 Volume 1 | Page 6

Columbia University! Institute for Research in African-American Studies! Presents 2017 Summer Teachers and Scholars Institute (STSI)! The 2017 Theme is Black Activist  New York ! July 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of Harlem’s historic “Silent Parade,” when over 10,000 Black New Yorkers marched in protest of anti-black lynching and other forms of violence. In commemoration of that event and the larger movement it represented, and in recognition of the historical trajectory from it to the current moment and movement for Black Lives, the theme for the 2017 Summer Teachers and Scholars Institute (STSI) will be ! “Black Activist New York.”   Sunday July 9 to Friday July 14 For more information, please visit www.colombiastsi.com Photo by @All-Night Images