In The Media

On March 12, 2021, Dr. Irma McClaurin delivered the keynote address via Zoom to the Midwest Regional African American Studies Biennial Conference.  The two-day program, held via Zoom because of COVID-19 restrictions, had the theme of “Anti-Racism: Centering the Voices of Black Women.”  Ball State African American Studies Program, Teachers College, and the Office of

Rachel DeGuzman, Host of  21st Century Art & Justice Radio Show, WAYO 104 FM, interviews Dr. Irma McClaurin about President Trump’s September 2020 Executive Order 13950 that bans Anti-racism training for federal employees and contractors.  Read the related article here.                    

Originally aired: May 20, 2017 Listen to the Promo   (Introduction by Janus Adams) President of Shaw University Chief Diversity Officer at TEACH FOR AMERICA Senior Faculty, Federal Executive Institute Program Officer, The Ford Foundation For three decades, Dr. IRMA McCLAURIN, PhD, has helped transform the lives of adults and children through her work as a scholar and

On April 23, 2020, the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC)  launched a virtual announcement of  their upcoming exhibit. “The Changemakers: Rochester Women Who Changed the World.” This project has been in the making since 2019 and is unique because of its involvement of community members on various committees to develop content, provide feedback on

Irma McClaurin Wins Wenner Gren Grant for Development of Black Feminist Archive in Special Collections and University Archives, April 2020 April 1, 2020 Irma McClaurin, who earned her Ph.D. and MFA from UMass Amherst, was recently awarded a $15,000 Historical Archives Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. The funds are for the continuing development of the Irma McClaurin

On February 13, 2019, Black Feminist Speaker, Dr. Irma McClaurin, spoke to an audience of 1200 guests at the the 199th Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon. Sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony House & Museum, the luncheon attracts supporters of women’s rights, women’s equality, feminists, and friends in Rochester, NY annual. This was the

February 13, 2019 was the designated date for the 199th Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration at the Convention Center in Rochester, NY. Hosted by the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, the event attracted a capacity audience of 1200 people. Below is an excerpt from Tracie Issac’s article published in the Minority Reporter.

Last year, on Aug 21, 2018, Rochester Radio Host, Rachel DeGuzman, Rochester Radio Host of “Up Close and Cultural” spoke with Dr. Irma McClaurin about the upcoming “Seneca Falls Revisited: Women’s Equality Conference” scheduled to begin in Rochester, NY on August 23, 2018 in Rochester and end on the historic women’s equality day, August 26,

Evan Dawson, host of Connections, produced by Megan Mark, caught up with Dr. Irma McClaurin, Black Feminist speaker who is the scheduled keynote for the 199th Birthday Celebration of Susan B. Anthony scheduled for February 13, 2019 in Rochester, NY. Joining them was Deborah Hughes, Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony House and Museum.

On September 12, 2018, noted Black Feminist Speaker, Dr. Irma McClaurin shared her perspective on Black feminist theory and social movements in a course taught by Dr. Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, a recent Fulbright Fellow to Taiwan and Director of Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) Women’s Studies Program.  The next day, September 13, 2018, she lectured

This unique collective, movement, and community uses social media (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) to raise awareness about the intellectual, artistic and political erasures of Black women world wide.  With a new website and blog, they have launched the Cite Black Women podcast, a bi-weekly program with a simple message: Cite Black Women. “We have been producing

Dr. Irma McClaurin speaks with Carmen Rios of Ms. Magazine about being a leader, free-lance writer and blogger

The editorial cartoon, “A Field Guide to Liberals: Helping You Identify How They Identify,” shows images of an masculine face with pigtails and a bow under the caption “woman,” an image of Rachel Dolezal with an NAACP button–she was the white woman who presents herself as Black–and a caption that reads “African American,” Elizabeth Warren

MEDIA ADVISORY Rochester, NY – Celebrating Susan B. Anthony’s birthday is a tradition that began in her lifetime and continues to this day. This 199th birthday party and fundraiser for the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will take place February 13, 2019 at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main

During the first few days of her arrival Black Feminist Speaker, Dr. Irma McClaurin, spoke with Asianetnews.com  about being a Fulbright Specialist at Sree Kerala Varma College (SKVC), the Host Institution, and  her impressions of Kerala and the reasons for her visit. The invitation to teach at SKVC as a Fulbright Specialist was extended to Dr. McClaurin

June 29, 2018|ACTIVIST/ANTHROPOLOGIST Aug 23-26, 2018 Seneca Falls Revisited: Women’s Equality Weekend Conference and Retreat will be held  in Rochester, NY. Registration Information. I spoke with Dr. Irma McClaurin, a Black feminist activist and anthropologist, just days after her return from Taiwan where she met with the staff of Fulbright Taiwan to discuss the Irma McClaurin

The Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive is unique. It will be interdisciplinary Black Feminist archive that is global in scope, and specifically devoted to finding and preserving the contributions of Black women who Black feminists, womanists, ordinary women, activists, artists and scholars. Without a Black Feminist Archive to document our presence, we become invisible in history. The Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive is on a mission to change that.

Dr. McClaurin is one of four “UMass Women Philanthropists You Should Know” as the black feminist archive founder of the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She now travels the United States as a Keynote Speaker and leadership consultant and guru spreading the word about the Archive.

Success EASILY FOLLOWS IRMA McClaurin, black feminist activist,…now committed to transforming history with the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive, a collection she has spearheaded at her alma mater, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Clear your calendar! Join us in #SenecaFalls, NY from 7/19/18-7/22/18 as we celebrate the 170th Anniversary of the Historic 1848 Seneca Falls Convention w/ a special conference update. Register today http://ratravel.com or call Simone for those in #NYC to save your seat!

Dr. Irma McClaurin will participate in the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) Third Annual Conference Brandeis University, March 30-31, 2018 (https://www.aaihs.org/general-information/). She will present on “Building a ‘Home’ for Black Intellectual Thought in the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive” on the panel “Strategic Approaches to Creating, Teaching, and Preserving Black Intellectual Thought.” Other presenters

Dr. Irma McClaurin appeared in the Spring 2018  issue of UMass Amherst’s Development and Alumni Relations magazine Aspire in an article on “5 Women Philanthropists You Need to Know” for establishing the “Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive” at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in a unique collaboration with the W.E.B. Du Bois Library’s Department is

Dr. Irma McClaurin, an independent consultant, is featured in an article entitled “Curating History” in the women’s studies/LEGACY section in the spring 2018 issue of Ms. Magazine. Interviewed by Janell Hudson, McClaurin explains why she established the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive, a collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Department of Special Collections and

A weekly one hour program, airing on Channel 7, that’s dedicated to covering the issues and interests of the African-American community in the New York tri-state area.

The Friends of Oberlin was formed to preserve the legacy and grounds of the Oberlin Cemetery and to record a definitive registry of persons laid to rest at the site. Oberlin Cemetery was established in 1873 by the people of Oberlin Village, which was one of the first communities of freed African Americans after the

Sharon Nelson, Founder of Civically Re-Engages Women (CREE); Dr. McClaurin; former NY Senator Ruth-Hassell Thompson & Jewel T. Williams, president of the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus

Diversity and Inclusiveness are at the heart of Teach For America’s work. In May, a roundtable conversation led by Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Irma McClaurin took place as a way to talk honestly about TFA’s journey in becoming a more diverse and inclusive community.

Award-winning Writer: “Editor’s note: McFarlane Media and Insight News Salute Dr. Irma McClaurin, Insight’s Culture and Education Editor. McClaurin’s column entitled “A Black mother weeps for America: Stop killing our Black sons!” won highest honors for Insight News, 1st Place – Best in Nation for Column Writing – at last week’s Black Press of America

Original Air Date: January 30, 2013 Don Merrill talks with Irma McClaurin about the academy, the women of Belize and the right of black women and men to love whomever they want. “Host Don Merrill interviews Irma McClaurin, anthropologist, poet, writer and educator and member of the black intelligensia. But she grew up in the

Original Air Date: January 28, 2013 Portland’s KBOO’s Don Merrill interviewed Dr. Irma McClaurin in 2013 on the world of academia, literature, philanthropy and anthropology. “Irma McClaurin is a member of the black intelligensia in the world of academics, literature, philanthropy and anthropology.  She gave the keynote address at an event hosted by the Skanner Foundation

March 10, 2011 (Washington, DC) – Senator Kay Hagan (D) recognized the extraordinary CIAA achievements of Shaw University’s athletes by inviting President McClaurin to the White House. On March 9, 2010, Dr. McClaurin joined President Obama and fifty other guests to view the Bulls v. Charlotte game. Even though North Carolina lost, “it was an