Join Jo Malbert Narvaez on a timeline tour of Black history in Alaska, while incorporating the national context. We will explore how Black history is one filled with resilience, achievement, struggle, and triumph.

Jo Malbert Narvaez (he/they), currently serves as the Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator for the Nanook Diversity & Action Center at UAF. Through their role, Jo provides university students with personal growth and leadership opportunities in the areas of identity, intersectionality inclusion, equity, and social justice.

This event is part of the Shine A Light: Promoting Conversation on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion speaker series, a partnership between The Nanook Diversity & Action Center, UAF Northwest Campus, and the Department of Equity & Compliance. These sessions seek to encourage understanding, build empathy, and engage us all in thinking critically about our worldviews. Join us on the last Monday of every month for a new speaker and topic.