Journey to Sankofa-APU Study Away
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What is the Journey to Sankofa?
The Journey to Sankofa is a ten-day excursion at Azusa Pacific University led through the Ethnic Studies department to learn how past experiences of African Americans impacts their present day reality.
The trip includes stops in Little Rock, AR, New Orleans, LA, Jackson, MS, Memphis, TN, Birmingham, AL, Washington DC, and Baltimore, MD.
The group will also visit historical sites such as the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, and will serve at Trinity Christian Community in New Orleans. Learners will also examine Black History and the Civil Rights Movement through the lenses of music and other mediums.
This trip will commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Kimasi L. Browne, Ethnomusicologist and professor at Azusa Pacific University's School of Music. For many years, he had been in conversation with the Black Student Association (BSA) about taking them to Ghana, Ethiopia, or other places in the world that teaches them about their culture. He passed away in early 2017, while still in conversation about this trip. In one of his last conversations with a graduate student in the Black Student Association, he wept and said he prayed he would be alive to see students visit places that would teach them about Black History--which is American History. It was his prayer and heart's desire that students he mentored would continue the fight toward freedom and social justice. This trip will be the first step in seeing Dr. Kimasi L. Browne's dream materialize.
This trip includes a five-week affiliate course (Ethn 356 – The African American Experience) offered during Summer session II (June 19 –July 21) that will coincide with the Journey to Sankofa. Students will earn 3 credit units for the course and will study topics such as: slavery, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement, Brown vs. Board of Education, police brutality, and the New Jim Crow.
Verse of the year:
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Meet the Leaders:
Patricia Andujo, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the English department at Azusa Pacific University (APU) where she teaches a variety of courses such as Freshmen Writing Seminar, Introduction to Literature, Early American Literature, and African-American Literature. She also served as the director of the Ethnic Studies minor program at APU for four years. Her research and teaching interests are in African-American literature, nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature, and religious studies and literature. Her current scholarship consists of a detailed study of Toni Morrison’s novels and a textbook on the African American experience. She regularly presents her research at the Conference on Christianity and Literature and the National Association of African American Studies.
Danielle Harris
Danielle is a graduate student and works as a Graduate Assistant at APU.
She is a student, poet and growing professional whose passions include reading about her rich culture, writing poetry that sparks conversations, and gathering people to learn from each others' stories.
Norris Spagner III
Norris is a graduate student and works as a Graduate Assistant at APU.
He enjoys playing basketball, listening to music, learning, and spending time with family.
(This trip was inspired by Azusa Pacific University Alumna, Brittany Barron, 2009.)
We have raised enough money to support 13 people to go on this trip and are short by $5,400 to support the last two people in terms of covering students to go.
We thank you in advance for helping.
The Journey to Sankofa is a ten-day excursion at Azusa Pacific University led through the Ethnic Studies department to learn how past experiences of African Americans impacts their present day reality.
The trip includes stops in Little Rock, AR, New Orleans, LA, Jackson, MS, Memphis, TN, Birmingham, AL, Washington DC, and Baltimore, MD.
The group will also visit historical sites such as the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, and will serve at Trinity Christian Community in New Orleans. Learners will also examine Black History and the Civil Rights Movement through the lenses of music and other mediums.
This trip will commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Kimasi L. Browne, Ethnomusicologist and professor at Azusa Pacific University's School of Music. For many years, he had been in conversation with the Black Student Association (BSA) about taking them to Ghana, Ethiopia, or other places in the world that teaches them about their culture. He passed away in early 2017, while still in conversation about this trip. In one of his last conversations with a graduate student in the Black Student Association, he wept and said he prayed he would be alive to see students visit places that would teach them about Black History--which is American History. It was his prayer and heart's desire that students he mentored would continue the fight toward freedom and social justice. This trip will be the first step in seeing Dr. Kimasi L. Browne's dream materialize.
This trip includes a five-week affiliate course (Ethn 356 – The African American Experience) offered during Summer session II (June 19 –July 21) that will coincide with the Journey to Sankofa. Students will earn 3 credit units for the course and will study topics such as: slavery, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement, Brown vs. Board of Education, police brutality, and the New Jim Crow.
Verse of the year:
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Meet the Leaders:
Patricia Andujo, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the English department at Azusa Pacific University (APU) where she teaches a variety of courses such as Freshmen Writing Seminar, Introduction to Literature, Early American Literature, and African-American Literature. She also served as the director of the Ethnic Studies minor program at APU for four years. Her research and teaching interests are in African-American literature, nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature, and religious studies and literature. Her current scholarship consists of a detailed study of Toni Morrison’s novels and a textbook on the African American experience. She regularly presents her research at the Conference on Christianity and Literature and the National Association of African American Studies.
Danielle Harris
Danielle is a graduate student and works as a Graduate Assistant at APU.
She is a student, poet and growing professional whose passions include reading about her rich culture, writing poetry that sparks conversations, and gathering people to learn from each others' stories.
Norris Spagner III
Norris is a graduate student and works as a Graduate Assistant at APU.
He enjoys playing basketball, listening to music, learning, and spending time with family.
(This trip was inspired by Azusa Pacific University Alumna, Brittany Barron, 2009.)
We have raised enough money to support 13 people to go on this trip and are short by $5,400 to support the last two people in terms of covering students to go.
We thank you in advance for helping.
Organizer and beneficiary
Danielle Harris
Organizer
Glendora, CA
Norris Spagner
Beneficiary