The Black Book of Georgetown

01/21/2021

Exciting news from the Black Book team: we’ve just launched our website! Thanks to everyone who contributed to make this possible, check out the site on mobile and desktop to keep learning about Black Georgetown!

https://www.blackbookgeorgetown.com

10/03/2020

Thank you so much WTOP and Megan Cloherty for featuring our story on the news tonight! This is an important resource for Black Georgetown and we're glad that you agree.

https://wtop.com/dc/2020/10/black-book-of-georgetown-offers-black-students-guidance-on-and-off-campus/

10/01/2020

We love our CMEA director! Check out her work

“I prepare students from underrepresented populations to access and succeed in higher education with the ultimate goal of uplifting the University’s ethos of “Community in Diversity.” By serving as Director of the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, which supports underrepresented students historically denied access to higher education because of race or ethnicity, I assist the Center in providing academic support services, diversity education, multicultural programming, and college access to youth and families in DC. Engagement across dimensions of difference and a whole institution approach to social and racial justice are core to shaping true community in diversity.”

09/25/2020

Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Black Georgetown is here and stronger than ever!

When Josiah Laney (SFS ’21) first arrived at Georgetown University, he did not get a haircut during the fall semester because he did not know where to find a Black barbershop in Washington, D.C., or who to ask for that information.  “For me, freshman year, I never got a haircut during the fall ...

09/03/2020

“There are some who advised me against coming to Georgetown. I’m going to quote:

“you know they’re Jesuit, and they’ve never tenured a Black person there” said my chairperson Dr. Wendall Jeanpierre at Rutgers University.

But I was arrogant enough to push back and to retort: “Well, I guess I’ll just have to be the first.”

Did you know that the first Black tenured professor was a woman? Learn more about her legacy in the Black Book of Georgetown. Link in Bio!

09/01/2020

Today we remember one of a Georgetown’s greatest. We are so grateful for the impact that Coach Thompson has made on our Black student-athletes. Learn his story!

04/27/2020

It's finally here! The Black Book of Georgetown is produced with love, authored by the community, for the community. Use as you feel necessary. Please like and share this resource for a student at Georgetown who might need it.

Email [email protected] with any questions.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1coj9GQBEx29Lk5i96nr8xcDE0gkmQ3/view?usp=sharing

12/07/2019

Members of Black Georgetown,

We would like your help in writing the Black Book of Georgetown, a document intended to assist Black students in their transition to college and more specifically, Georgetown. This document seeks to do this by identifying different resources and communities for Black students to engage with both on and off campus. The Black Book will feature four sections which are listed below:

- History of Black Georgetown
- Off campus resources
- On campus clubs and organizations
- Tips and tricks to navigating Georgetown

This google form is intended to be a forum to contribute information to be included in this document. Please list anything that you believe should be included in this document. Thank you!

Create a new survey on your own or with others at the same time. Choose from a variety of survey types and analyze results in Google Forms. Free from Google.