This photo of my nieces reminds me of the Michelle Obama image that inspired the Scandal Olivia Pope one —All 3 beautifully capture the 2026 Women’s History Month theme: “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future” —Let’s create a better future for our girls —Happy #WomensHistoryMonth!

Register UNTIL March 17th for the 84th Annual @clascholars.bsky.social Convention, April 8-11, 2026 hosted by Jackson State University & featuring Banquet Speaker @kiese.bsky.social —Theme: Soul Food, Soul Work, Soul Legacies: Food, Family, and Faith as Foundation www.clascholars.org/i4a/pages/in...

Happy Black History Month! I was honored to talk with Chanteé Lans of ABC Channel 7-NYC as we celebrate 100 years of #BlackHistoryMonth✊🏾 with @asalh-bhm.bsky.social — looking forward to celebrating 90 years of @clascholars.bsky.social next year in 2027! abc7ny.com/post/black-h...

@clascholars.bsky.social is THE. PLACE. TO. BE. SEEN.

The cold of NYC after the practically balmy Southern weather of Memphis just feels offensive 😒 — but I’m back or whatever….😬🤣

My nearly 90-year-old Memphis-based Granny and I wrapped our New Year’s Day phone call with a chat about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Inauguration — she lit up like she’s from NYC: “I like him! He keeps Trump in line, AND he’s also good looking like that California Governor.” 😳 M’AM! 🤣

Happy Holidays from The College Language Association, President @jervette.bsky.social & VP Janaka Lewis

Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙 We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨ #CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars www.clascholars.org

Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙 We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨ #CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars www.clascholars.org

Check out my Instagram story! www.instagram.com/stories/jerv...

It will be FUN Work — like #GoodTrouble — come join us!!

As a 501(c)(3), a tax-deductible gift to CLA will further the mission & work that has supported the teaching, study, & uplift of Black students, scholars, & teachers of languages & literatures, especially at HBCUs, & throughout the academy for nearly 90 years! Join me in giving this #GIVINGTUESDAY!

I LOVE MEMPHIS -- You can too! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Join the @blackccny.bsky.social & the Zahn Innovation Center for a Side Hustle Workshop, Thursday, November 6th, from 4pm - 5pm, in The Lookout, Shepard 278 in the Black Studies Suite. Workshop Benefits include Q&A, networking opportunities, & snacks! You don't want to miss this -- RSVP TODAY!

Soul Food, Soul Work, Soul Legacies: Food, Family, & Faith as Foundation — Join @clascholars.bsky.social for the 84th Annual #CLAscholars Convention, April 8-11, 2026 Convention Registration, Call For Papers, & Hotel Information available at www.clascholars.org www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6ED7uUb/ #CLA26

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner — …..I doublechecked several news sources because I just couldn’t believe it to be true — he’s childhood and adulthood —nostalgia and the present — Theo and Gordon Gartrell — He will be missed — Rest in Peace

Lawd…..CLA is on TikTok — Jackson is gonna be sumthin….🤣 www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6YJwmjg/

THIS. IS. IT. My last one as CLA President — so Let’s Go!! You don’t want to miss “SOUL FOOD, SOUL WORK, SOUL LEGACIES: FOOD, FAMILY, AND FAITH AS FOUNDATION,” Kiese Laymon, or Jackson State University — April 8-11, 2026. See you in the ‘Sip! #CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars

First Class on this “[What To the Slave is the] Fourth of July” Delta flight to Memphis is ALL Black people……and Mark……but Mark’s rockin with us ✊🏾

Happy Mother’s Day! "There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one." -Jill Churchill

#IAmWriting about the Public Theater’s 2023 production of “Hamlet in the Park.” I attended the *2-hour and 45 minutes* performance with @jervette.bsky.social! The production was highly anticipated after the racial reckoning of 2020, but did it live up to the hype? Stay tuned to see! #Dissertation

If you’re anywhere near College Park on March 11, you should attend this event.

Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!

Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with Us! “Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe & Emily Raboteau” Wed March 19, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Skylight Room CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave NYC FREE and Open to ALL — Registration Required — Link in Bio

Respectability will NOT SAVE US.

On this last day of #BHM 2025, I stopped at the Schomburg for inspiration for the keynote address I deliver tonight for the CCNY Black Alumni Fundraiser & to say goodbye to the James Baldwin exhibit ending today that celebrated his 100th year — thank you, Jimmy! Tickets still available!

I was just in a Harlem bookstore & 2 ⚪️ women told me to attend their Women’s March —I politely & firmly said no, that they got it & that Black women have done our part & we support them —I added that they could focus on their ⚪️ women doing more —Huffily, one said, “we all need to do more” No.😑

THIS WEEK in the Black Studies Department at CCNY — join us for ALL THREE of these events co-sponsored by @blackccny.bsky.social — registration and more information are available on the BLST website — www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies — Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! #AddToAcademicSky

Join the CCNY Black Studies Department Feb 13 & 14 for the 2025 Langston Hughes Festival honoring @roxanegay.bsky.social, celebrating the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance & the reestablishment of @blackccny.bsky.social — Check out the Festival & Department Promo Video youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?...

We need @blackccny.bsky.social more than ever. This February 14th Fundraiser is a perfect time to support them.

The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...

STUDENTS! Looking for a course or two to complete your CCNY Spring 2025 schedule — the Black Studies Department has a few classes with open seats — CHECK OUT THESE CLASSES & REGISTER TODAY! Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies @cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social

“a CV, cover letter, dissertation abstract, teaching statement, DEI statement, research statement, two or three writing samples, a 20-page document proving your teaching effectiveness, and two or three original syllabi.“ #academicsky #humanities www.chronicle.com/article/were...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died

My siblings and I have several group chats — one is labeled “CAA: Costco Addicts Anonymous,” and it’s just for posting Costco items and information….looks like the chat is here to stay! #CAA

Looking forward to viewing & discussing The Five Demands Film, which helped establish @blackccny.bsky.social — join us at Session 428 during #MLA25 in #NOLA — also looking forward to connecting with my #CLAscholars — be sure to check out all the @clascholars.bsky.social Panels and Sessions!

We have some new additions to the #TrustBlackWomen Starter Pack - Welcome to @timnitgebru.bsky.social @phelixxx.bsky.social @karenhunter.bsky.social @sanitythief.bsky.social @uppitynegress.bsky.social @brittanyacts.bsky.social @jbakernyc.bsky.social Follow the whole list: go.bsky.app/4b49z4w

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live — Nikki Giovanni

Just saw a Beautiful SISTA wearing a black t-shirt with 92% in huge font across the front — she saw me eyeing her shirt — we made eye contact as we strolled by and just SMILED BIG at each other — off to find this shirt…..and REST www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/w...

When they clear your Harlem street for the Christmas parade, it becomes your own NYC movie set daydream!

Here are some dope scholars who study and elevate Black women 🙂 go.bsky.app/UdMxCfu

In 1925, a literary, musical, artistic, cultural & unapologetically BLACK movement solidified in Harlem — Celebrate 100 years of the Harlem Renaissance, Feb 13-14, 2025 as @blackccny.bsky.social bestows the Annual Langston Hughes Festival Medal upon @roxanegay.bsky.social #AddToBlackSky #BlackSky

A little something to make it easier to find some dope Black creatives to follow on here. ☺️ go.bsky.app/U3UQX2A

Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.com

I put together a starter pack for Black media and cultural studies scholars. Contact me to be added.

bsky.app/starter-pack... Black Feminist & Black Women Studies Scholars

As folks transition over and set up in this new space — I thought I’d share the text I sent my first-time voter daughter the morning following the Presidential election: