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Monday 8am - 5pm Tuesday 8am - 5pm Wednesday 8am - 5pm Thursday 8am - 5pm Friday 8am - 5pm

Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center

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Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center

The Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center (BCC) preserves and celebrates black history, culture, and

04/14/2023

Thank you to Grinnell College Center for the Humanities for hosting Dr. Eddie Glaude this week. Dr. Glaude visited with our Sawubona House students for BLK Lit Week 2023.

03/11/2023

Brunch in the Main Hall Lounge w/ Breanne starting at 10 am TODAY!!

Let’s chill and connect about mental health.

02/17/2023

Thank you Dean Montgomery for joining us for Cooking w/ Conney.

Students made fried catfish, vegan cornbread, and seasoned mixed and collard greens.

02/06/2023

Join us THIS WEEK for BHM: Unapologetically Black Series at the Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center

https://fb.me/e/2HrTWEL2V

12/08/2022

Join us TOMORROW!!

Boujee Christmas at the BCC onFriday, December 9th at 7 pm. There will be cookie decorating, as well as baby photo match-up. Please send in your baby photos by DM to the BCC instagram account so you can be part of the match-up! Hope to see you there!

12/02/2022

Join us for Kuumba Workspace on TODAY. We'll host Trap Yoga and Meditation Space featuring aromatherapy, sound music, and more.

Jazzmine Brooks, Director of Intercultural Affairs, is a certified 200-HR Instructor in Hatha Yoga of the Himalayan Tradition and Soma Yoga.

Yoga will start at 5 pm in the BCC Living Room.

The BCC meditation space is on the second floor, Edith Renfrow Smith Black Women's Library. This space is open daily 8 am to Midnight.

11/03/2022

JOIN THE CONNEY M. KIMBO BLACK CULTURAL CENTER TOMORROW FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM for KUUMBA WORKSPACE.

The Conney M Kimbo Black Cultural Center hosts the Kuumba Workspace. Kuumba is a Swahili word meaning creativity and is the sixth principle of Kwanzaa. The Kuumba Workspace centers Black expression, engaging participants in creative, restorative community and self-work. We host walk-in crafts, open collaborative, and workshops with Black creatives.

This Friday, we’ll be offering supplies for collage-making. Enjoy photos, magazines, journals, and more to make art. You are also welcome to bring your own art and pieces to collage. We’ll be hosting in the BCC basement conference space.

Collage and paper art is a way to be creative and explore expression. The BCC offers snacks and a relaxing space for students, so bring your friends and imagination.

10/05/2022

Join the BCC this Friday for the Kuumba Workspace from 10am to 5pm.

Drop-in and chat while making beaded bracelets. Come enjoy tea and hot cocoa through the day.

The Conney M Kimbo Black Cultural Center hosts the Kuumba Workspace. Kuumba is a Swahili word meaning creativity and is the sixth principle of Kwanzaa. The Kuumba Workspace centers Black expression, engaging participants in creative, restorative community and self-work. We host walk-in crafts, open collaborative workspace and workshops with Black creatives.

09/22/2022

The Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center is excited to bring The COLLECTIVE to campus starting Thursday, September 29th.

The COLLECTIVE is a space to recollect and sustain practices in the power of cultural memory. Led by Breanne Ward, Founder/CEO of ForWard Consulting, LLC and licensed mental health counselor, students will engage in cultural memory practices and narrative-building skills and discuss cultural complexities.

Narrative-building skills can be found in Narrative Therapy which helps someone deconstruct problematic dominant stories, re-author these stories, and remember conversations through writing, rituals, celebration, and ceremonies.

This space is designed to center Black-identified students at Grinnell College.

We ask that you be in community with us this year for five sessions held monthly. This is a great opportunity for community building and making deeper, authentic connections that allow us to see each other.

Save the dates:
September 29
October 27
November 17
February 23
April 27

Time: Noon to 1pm CST

Join via WebEx at bit.ly/thecollectivebcc

*This space is not held as a support group and should not be seen as a placeholder for therapeutic services.

Please contact us at bcc@grinnell with any questions or accommodation requests.

09/08/2022

Thank you to everyone who came to the Open House this past week at the BCC! We are excited for all future gatherings and the events coming up!

Next up is The House BBQ this Friday, September 9th from 4 pm to 8 pm at the BCC! Not only will we have food from G.G.'s Chicken and Waffles, but there will also be music, games and more. Students, Faculty, and Staff are all welcome to this event! Make sure to share this news with your friends and peers, because you're invited to the cookout!

Picture - The House BBQ flyer (Friday, September 9th from 4 pm - 8 pm)

Address

1003 10th Avenue
Grinnell, IA
50112

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Website

https://www.grinnell.edu/about-grinnell/leadership-and-administration/offices-and-services/intercultural-affairs/conney-

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