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WELCOME TO HAFRAM, GC 

President of HAFRAM, Grauduate Council,


 

It is with great honor that I welcome you to the online home of HAFRAM, G.C.  We are an organization developed by students for students designed to provide resources and a voice "scholars in the making" within the Graduate Department of History and Geography. This year we plan on partaking in new groundbreaking programing and initatives, including our inagural Conferance on African Diaspora Studies (COADS)---where we will provide  a platform for Graduate students within Graduate Department of History and various Historically Black Colleges within the DMV area, Socio-Cultural  Programs and Initatives, Professional Development Workshops, and lastly the development of the Debra Newman-Ham Scholarly Enrichment Grant. This is just the beginning and I am confident that with your support we can salvage our various disiplines, that future generations may continue to cary on the legacy of our past. 

 

 

Sincerely,

Charles L. Chavis, Jr., M.T.S. 

​2014-2015 Hafram, G. C. 

Our History

In the summer of 2013, Morgan graduate students from the History PhD and History, African-American, and Museum Studies Masters of Arts (MA) programs came together to create a departmental graduate student organization that responded to the short and long-term needs of student in these four graduate programs. 

The charter members were:

 

NAME/ PROGRAM

Johnny Bailey/ History PhD

Iris Barnes/ History PhD

Shanell Bryant/African-American Studies

Dr. Toya Corbett/History PhD (2014)

Dr. Kami Fletcher/ History PhD (2013)

Leah Gaines/ African-American Studies

Cheryl E. Mango-Ambrose/ History PhD

Ras Wayne Rose/ History PhD

 

Over that summer, the students worked tirelessly to develop an appropriate organizational name, constitution, projected short and long-term goals, and even a symbol or logo that was reflective of the purpose and direction of the organization.  The West African Adinkra symbol for Cooperation and Interdependence was chosen because in line with the African tradition, it fittingly asks “Help Me And Let Me Help You.”   The members decided to require that all HAFRAM GC members observe and promote the messages and meanings in the symbol, especially when extrapolating resources from individuals, communities, and other groups while engaged in scholarly research to ensure that their works have a circular focus that honors the African tradition of advancing the collective.

 

On Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in Morgan’s Student Center room 315 under the theme “Leaving A Legacy,” the organization was officially chartered and the inaugural group of officers were elected.  The 2013-2014 elected officers were:

 

  • President—Leah Gaines (African-American Studies MA)

  • Vice President—Lasean Robinson (History MA)

  • Secretary— Shanell Bryant (African-American Studies MA)

  • Treasurer—Wayne Rose (History PhD)

  • Director of Technology, Communications, and Public Relations—Mathew Mitchell (History PhD)

  • Director of Research and Initiatives—Iris Leigh Barnes (History PhD)

  • Historian—Johnny Khalil Bailey (History PhD)

  • Editors of the HAFRAM Voice (a departmental bi-yearly online newsletter that will highlight the accomplishments of HAFRAM faculty, alumni and graduate students) Abena Ebonee Davis (Museum Studies MA) and Cheryl Mango-Ambrose (History PhD).

  • Dr. Kami Fletcher (History PhD 2013) also served as HAFRAM’s first Alumni Liaison and Dr. Robert Morrow was asked to serve as the organization’s first Faculty Advisor.  Damita Green (African-American Studies MA) was also appointed the first special assistant to the Alumni Liaison.

 

At the inaugural meeting, members made an overwhelmingly unanimous decision to name HAFRAM's Scholarly Enrichment Grants the "DR. DEBRA NEWMAN-HAM Scholarly Enrichment Grants" because of Dr. Newman

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