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CultureTalk | Nikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown

Champaign , USA
Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium in person; livestream at go.illinois.edu/culturetalk
info-HRI@illinois.edu

Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium in person; livestream at go.illinois.edu/culturetalk

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Event Type: Other

Speaker Information: Nikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown

Brown’s research documents and analyzes Black girls’ lived experiences and the practical ways they make Black girlhood with those who love them. Her previous work has explored how Black girl’s conceptualize freedom, creativity, and relationships in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT). Brown founded SOLHOT in 2006 as a collective space to celebrate Black girlhood and to date it remains her most cherished and consistent practice of meeting Black girls face to face and heart to heart.  SOLHOT has received support from The Novo Foundation (2018-2021), campus grants, Champaign-Urbana institutions, and those who actively participate. A Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellow (2019-2020), Brown’s Black Girl Genius Week (BGGW) exhausts the rituals of SOLHOT to widen the cipher and experience the imaginative capabilities and artistry that only occurs when Black girls and women are together as homegirls. BGGW has taken place in central Illinois (2014, 2016, & 2019), Columbia, SC (2019 & 2020), and Chicago, IL (2019 & 2020). 

Contact: Humanities Research Institute
info-HRI@illinois.edu

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CultureTalk | Nikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown

Champaign , USA
Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium in person; livestream at go.illinois.edu/culturetalk
info-HRI@illinois.edu

Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium in person; livestream at go.illinois.edu/culturetalk

Add to:

Event Type: Other

Speaker Information: Nikky Finney and Ruth Nicole Brown

Brown’s research documents and analyzes Black girls’ lived experiences and the practical ways they make Black girlhood with those who love them. Her previous work has explored how Black girl’s conceptualize freedom, creativity, and relationships in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT). Brown founded SOLHOT in 2006 as a collective space to celebrate Black girlhood and to date it remains her most cherished and consistent practice of meeting Black girls face to face and heart to heart.  SOLHOT has received support from The Novo Foundation (2018-2021), campus grants, Champaign-Urbana institutions, and those who actively participate. A Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellow (2019-2020), Brown’s Black Girl Genius Week (BGGW) exhausts the rituals of SOLHOT to widen the cipher and experience the imaginative capabilities and artistry that only occurs when Black girls and women are together as homegirls. BGGW has taken place in central Illinois (2014, 2016, & 2019), Columbia, SC (2019 & 2020), and Chicago, IL (2019 & 2020). 

Contact: Humanities Research Institute
info-HRI@illinois.edu

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