Events

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Source Booksellers, Detroit

A conversation between Naa Oyo A. Kwate and Jessica Kenyatta Walker, Assistant Professor of Afro-American and African Studies and American Culture,The University of Michigan.

Place: Virtual on Zoom (Register here)

Date: Sunday, April 30, 2023, 6:00 - 7:00 pm Central Time

SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKS, CHICAGO

A conversation between Naa Oyo A. Kwate and Stacey Sutton, associate professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois Chicago, and the Director of Applied Research and Strategic Partnerships at UIC’s Social Justice Initiative.

Place: Seminary Co-op Books, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago IL (Register here)

Date: Thursday, April 27, 6:00 - 7:00 pm Central Time

the Chicago Public Library

A conversation between Naa Oyo A. Kwate and Psyche A. Williams-Forson, professor and chair of the University of Maryland’s Department of American Studies and author of Eating While Black. Together they will discuss the inequalities rooted in America’s popular national food traditions, and Kwate’s research and discoveries surrounding the history and evolution of fast food from the early 1900s to present day.

Place: Virtual on Zoom

Date: April 11, 2023, 6:00 - 7:00 pm Central Time

Book Talk at cuny

On February 24, Dr. Kwate, spoke at the City University of New York’s Urban Food Policy Forum (Book Talk series). The event was recorded on YouTube.

CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute (Learn more)
55 WEST 125TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10027

Feb 24, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST