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Statement gathered at the Maine Correctional Center, Windham, Maine, April 17, 2015
Date: 2015-04-17
Creator: Travis McDonald, Clarence Meeks, Travis Murphy
Access: Open access
Statement by Anonymous collected by Rachel George on December 15, 2014
Date: 2014-12-15
Creator: Anonymous
Access: Open access
"Portfolio" by Clare Murphy (Class of 2020) Access to this record is restricted to members of the Bowdoin community. Log in here to view.
Date: 2020-01-01
Creator: Clare Murphy
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AF/AM/50 Oral History Project
- In the fall of 2019, students (Nate DeMoranville ‘20, Aisha Rickford ‘20, Marina Henke ‘19) conducted the AF/AM/50 Oral History Project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Africana Studies Program at the College. Over the course of the weekend, they interviewed more than 30 alumni, past professors, and staff. Interviewees varied across many spectrums: black and white, old and young. Some had not been back to Bowdoin for more than a decade. Others still lived in Brunswick. While in no way entirely encompassing the experience of black students at Bowdoin or the history of the Africana Studies Program, this project aimed to provide a window into the lives of a select few. These selections are not representative. No path through Bowdoin was identical. Hopes for the future of the College ranged widely. Themes and topics certainly emerged: of isolation, of prejudice, of pushback, but also of friendship and resilience.
Statement by Barbara Kates collected by Rachel George on October 15, 2014
Date: 2014-10-15
Creator: Barbara Kates
Access: Open access
"COVID-19 Pandemic May 2020 Portfolio" by Gemma Jyothika Kelton (Class of 2022)
Date: 2020-01-01
Creator: Gemma Jyothika Kelton
Access: Open access
- I was a student of this class (GSWS 2261: Gender, Film, and Consumer Culture) that examined the impact of COVID-19 on not only our smaller Bowdoin community, but also the larger global society as a whole. Author is class of 2022.
"How Are You?" by Kristin D. Forner (Class of 1997)
Date: 2020-01-01
Creator: Kristin D. Forner, MD
Access: Open access
- My name is Kristin Forner and I am the Palliative Care Program Director and Bioethics Co-Chair at one of the MedStar Hospitals hardest hit by COVID-19 in the Washington, DC area. Our patient population is predominantly Black and Hispanic. I am also a foster mother. This essay is about my experience as a frontline medical provider wrestling with racial disparity and the weight of so much grief. The author is an alumna from the class of 1997.
Interview with George Khaldun (Class of 1973) by Marcus Williams
Date: 2019-11-09
Creator: George Khaldun
Access: Open access
- George Khaldun ’73 came to Bowdoin from New York at the suggestion of a mentor, the director of a library where Kahldun had worked part-time in high school. He shares that he was at first apprehensive of moving to Maine but decided to apply since it would provide a change of pace from the inner city. He discusses his political affiliation as a Black Panther and the comradery he felt in finding others at Bowdoin who shared his revolutionary beliefs. Kahldun found these men in the Afro-American Society, where he could connect with black people from across the country. He says this community helped hone his political beliefs but also adjust to the rigors of Bowdoin academics. Kahldun admits to struggling during his first year, after finding support in the Society, he was able to succeed in school.
Interview with Mark Richter (Class of 2014) by Marina Henke
Date: 2019-11-10
Creator: Mark Richter
Access: Open access
- Mark Richter ('14) shares his experience as an Africana Studies student who grew up in Brunswick, Maine. He tells of his path to the Africana Studies department, as largely influenced by his classes with Professor Brian Purnell, including his course on the popular television show, 'The Wire.’ Richter describes how his academic work at Bowdoin provided him with a certain language to explore and discuss topics that he had not had the verbage for before. He recounts certain classes in the department which allowed for conversations surrounding race and identity that may not have happened normally on campus. Finally, Richter offers insight into how his major at Bowdoin has prepared him for work at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and given him tools as a white male to understand privilege and inequity.
Interview with Laura Daly (Class of 2009), Hannah Hughes (Class of 2009), and Emme Duncan (Class of 2009) by Meagan Doyle Access to this record is restricted to members of the Bowdoin community. Log in here to view.
Date: 2019-06-01
Creator: Laura Daly, Hannah Hughes, Emme Duncan
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