The tenth triennial Black Alumnae Conference (BAC) will be held on campus from November 5 to 7. This year's theme is Sisters Stride into the Millennium: Learning from the Past, Building in the Present, Providing for our Future. The conference, which is sponsored by the Association of Pan-African Unity (APAU), the Mount Holyoke African and Caribbean Student Association (MHACASA), and the Alumnae Association, is open to all black Mount Holyoke alumnae, faculty, and students.
The BAC will include workshops, networking opportunities, a talent show, a semiformal dance, and a worship service and is designed to promote student-alumnae alliances. Alumnae representing a broad range of majors and careers will be in attendance. "We are hoping the students will gain insight into careers and graduate schools and by interacting with alumnae," say conference cochairs Staci Lofton '01 and Akilah Noel '00.
Three events on Saturday, November 6, are open to the public. A talent show will be held at 1:30 pm in Blanchard Campus Center; a semiformal dance will take place in Mary Woolley's Chapin Auditorium from 8 pm to12 am; and a party will be held at Betty Shabazz House from 11 pm to 4 am. Workshop topics cover a broad range, including "Continuing the Tradition of Legal and Political Activism" (led by Marie Oliver Jackson-Thompson '69); "Economic Prosperity: Investing in Ourselves and in Our Future" (led by Asaki D. Johnson '95); "Giving Voice to Our Silence: The Necessity of Poetry in the Lives of Women of Color" (Jacqueline Jones Lamon '78 and Lydia O. Okutoro '98); and "Networking within the MHC community (led by Ynez Boyd Wilkens '84). Workshops will be open to conference attendees only.
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