{"id":160,"date":"2023-08-07T17:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T17:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2024-10-07T18:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T18:40:24","slug":"black-alumnae-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/black-alumnae-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Alumnae Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/node\/1352733\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0020-1-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0020-1-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0020-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0020-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0020-1-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0020-1-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Photo of Black Alumnae Conference April 1977. Sandra Simpson \u201872, Twila Perry \u201870, Patricia Sobers Mitchell \u201870.<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A33697\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0021-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0021-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0021-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0021-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0021-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0021-1-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub><sup>Photo of Students Nicole (Niki) Marshall, Class of 2000, and Denise Groce, Frances Perkins Scholar, at the Black Alumnae Conference 1996.<\/sup><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Black Alumnae Conference was started in 1973 by the Afro-American Society with the goals of connecting current student students with alumnae, exchanging ideas about a liberal arts education in relation to the demands of the Black community, and giving a greater perspective of job and career opportunities. The conference allowed students to learn \u201cfirst-hand from alumnae what the Mount Holyoke experience meant to them and how it prepared them to meet the demands of today\u2019s society.\u201d It is now hosted by the APAU, the Alumnae Association, and MHACASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A19658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0022-1-447x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" style=\"width:224px;height:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0022-1-447x1024.jpg 447w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0022-1-131x300.jpg 131w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0022-1-768x1759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0022-1-671x1536.jpg 671w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0022-1-894x2048.jpg 894w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0022-1-scaled.jpg 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Program for the Black Alumnae Conference. March 9-11 1973. Afro-American Society Records. <\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Alumnae Conference was started in 1973 by the Afro-American Society with the goals of connecting current student students with alumnae, exchanging ideas about a liberal arts education in relation to the demands of the Black community, and giving a greater perspective of job and career opportunities. 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