AF/AM/50

Bowdoin's AF/AM/50 Celebration drew more than 500 members of our community to campus to learn, reflect, honor, and reunite around this special milestone.

Stay Engaged

Join the newly-created Alumni/Student of Color LinkedIn group and learn more about B.I.N.D. (Bowdoin’s Initiative for Network Diversity).

If you have reflections you’d like to share or ideas for keeping the energy and conversations alive, please email afam50@bowdoin.edu. 

Media

• The talks and panel discussions can be found on the AF/AM/50 YouTube Playlist. If you missed a session or were unable to make it back to campus, we encourage you to check these out! 
  
  
• The AF/AM/50 Photo Album includes a wonderful collection of images from the official photographer, Lone Spruce.
  
  
• The Library Exhibit Talk: Tension/Tenacity: Africana Studies at 50 has been digitized and can be found here.
• Listen to a selection of interviews from the AF/AM/50 Oral History Project through Special Collections Digital Commons.

Weekend Highlights and Speaker Bios

Entertainment Highlights
Exhibition Highlights
Speaker Highlights
Speaker Bio: Geoffrey Canada
Speaker Bio: Ken Chenault
Speaker Bios: A Seat at the Table Panel
Speaker Bios: Black Arts Panel
Speaker Bios: David C. Driskell and Julie McGee
Speaker Bios: Nell Irvin Painter and Tess Chakkalakal
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Special Thanks