S1:E4: Black. Southern. Queer. (with Dr. Sylvea Hollis)

My Best SHIFT

Chantée is joined by Dr. Sylvea Hollis to discuss how sense of both self and community has served her!
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Assistant Professor Sylvea Hollis earned a Ph.D. in US History, with a concentration in African American History from the University of Iowa. As a graduate student she developed and taught her own courses in African American History and created civically engaged programming with the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. Her dissertation, “Race, Capitalism, and Social Welfare after the Civil War, 1864-1911: The CKOP and the COC,” is a cultural history. It examines the African American fraternal association, the Colored Knights of Pythias and their women’s auxiliary, the Court of Calanthe.

Before coming to Montgomery College in the fall of 2020, Dr. Hollis was an NPS-Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and taught courses in gender and sexuality in the American Studies Department at The George Washington University. She earned a MA in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program (SUNY-Oneonta) and has extensive experience in the museum field, working with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, National Museum of American History, and American Alliance of Museum.
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We are grateful to Dr. Hollis for joining us. Check out Dr. Hollis' blog that explores the intersections of archives, civic engagement, and teaching.

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INSPIRED ACTIONS/THOUGHTS FOR THIS EPISODE:
What are you doing to maximized what previous generations have fought for?
How are you modeling awareness and acceptance?
How have you learned to have faith in yourself?
What are you giving and receiving from your community?
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