Tag Archives: Cleveland

A “Wings Over Jordan Choir” Full-Circle Moment

Posted on May 19, 2025 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

by Regennia N. Williams, PhD On Saturday, May 17, 2025, I experienced a deeply moving full-circle moment, one that I will hold close to my heart forever. That day, surrounded by family, friends, and colleagues, I participated in the Wings … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Black Art, Black Family History and the Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams PhD Above: Bonnie Venable and Rodney Carpenter are the featured artists for a January 20, 2025, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative event in Cleveland. I am often pleasantly surprised to find that there are so … Continue reading →

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Reconnecting with Cleveland State University: Memories & Insights

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Above: Dr. Regennia N. Williams, founding editor of The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs and four-time alumna of Cleveland State University, is pictured outside the Regennia N. Williams Campus Activities Board Office at Cleveland State University. (Photograph Courtesy of Regennia … Continue reading →

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Community Curation and Digitization Activities Have the Potential to Make Every Month Black History Month

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Pictured above (left to right) are the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Washington Monument. (Photographs by Regennia N. Williams.) By Regennia N. Williams, PhD For … Continue reading →

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Welcoming a New Season!

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Dear Readers, Happy National Arts and Humanities Month! I trust that fall 2023 is off to an amazingly brisk and colorful start! I shared my last blog post just before the official start of spring, and I am grateful for … Continue reading →

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It’s a New Season for RASHAD!

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD Juneteenth 2022 signaled the start of a sun-drenched new season in an ongoing celebration of African American history and culture that included church histories, oral histories, a film festival, museum exhibits, and more. In a … Continue reading →

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St. Adalbert / Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church: Celebrating 100 Years of Service to African Americans and Cleveland’s Fairfax Community

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD On April 24, 2022, “Divine Mercy Sunday,” members of St. Adalbert / Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church officially launched the celebration of its 100th anniversary. A century earlier, in response to … Continue reading →

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Public Screening of Veteran’s Oral History at the UnBar Cafe

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director
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Working Locally and Thinking Globally: Fulbright, World Learning and 21st-Century Teaching

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD “[Y]uh got tuh go there tuh know there. Yo’ papa and yo’ mama and nobody else can’t tell yuh and show yuh. Two things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh … Continue reading →

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RASHAD’s Spring 2019 Newsletter is Now Available!

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

The Spring 2019 issue of our newsletter is now available.  The theme for this Jazz Appreciation Month issue is “My Story, My Song, and My Sources.”  We focus on oral history, local history, photographic history, and jazz history.  You can … Continue reading →

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