Join us on Wednesday, February 3rd, when we will have Jathan Martin, curator of the exhibit “I’m Buildin’ Me a Home” that was featured at Yale’s Divinity School from September to December 2020. The exhibition uses photos, text, artifacts, and a variety of seminal books to tell the story of church traditions that have been an essential source of community, resilience, and dignity for African Americans.
Please register here for this talk and the Zoom login will be sent to you.
BIO: Jathan A. W-Martin is a 2017 graduate of Florida A&M University (FAMU) hailing from the seaport town of Apalachicola, Florida. While at FAMU, Jathan garnered a passion for educating Black and Brown youth. Upon graduation, Jathan became a 5th and 6th Reading teacher at Brownsville Collegiate, in Brooklyn, New York. Jathan believes education and spirituality are the most effective spaces for social change. The combination of these deeply held beliefs was the catalyst for Jathan’s matriculation to the Master of Divinity program at Yale University. Jathan’s studies lie at the intersection of African American Religious History and Public Humanities with interests covering the Great Migration, social movements in Black interfaith communities, and Black Pentecostalism.