{"id":3377,"date":"2026-04-02T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:26:45","slug":"bhcla-newsletter-issue-005-spring-equinox-new-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/2026\/04\/02\/bhcla-newsletter-issue-005-spring-equinox-new-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"BHCLA Newsletter Issue 005: Spring Equinox &amp; New Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"paragraph_LFEpBK2jvj7\">As Spring continues to emerge and the earth blossoms around us, the time for celebration and remembrance has come once again! The <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/events\/donald-bentley-memorial-lecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6th Annual Donald Bentley Memorial Lecture<\/a> will happen next week on Thursday, April 9th. Join us for what is sure to be a deeply reflective and enlightening evening featuring a chorale performance, live cellist, exhibition, and reception celebrating the life and work of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the 19th century\u2019s most important Black woman writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"paragraph_Y8EpBKoivj7\">Last month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/events\/helena-hicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helena Hicks Speaker Series<\/a> featured <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/event\/professor-jude-phillip-helena-hicks-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"\">Dr. Jude Phillip<\/a> who shared a riveting overview of exciting and innovation engineering approaches to the biology of aging and disease. He shared a number of resources beneficial to our communities and we encourage you to reach out to him via email (jphillip@jhu.edu) for more information! We look forward to the final Helena Hicks Speaker Series of the 2025-2026 academic year with <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/event\/professor-okechukwu-helena-hicks-april-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"\">Dr. Amaka Okechukwu<\/a> offering us a lecture titled &#8220;Black Improvisation: The Social Infrastructure of Grassroots Black Education in Brooklyn, New York&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"paragraph_xSEpBKYjvj7\"><em>Please click the link below for more information on:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>6th Annual Donald Bentley Memorial Lecture<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Final Helena Hicks Speaker Series<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2026\/04\/1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Terry Thompson, The Poet. Digital oil and oil stick using a stylus on iPhone, 20\u2033 x 20\u2033, printed on archival paper. 1 of 1 executed in 2025.\n\nThe image is a recreation of a notable image of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.\n\nTerry Thompson has created a significant body of work using his iPhone to make digital paintings, which are subsequently published as archival pigment prints. These digital works often feature figurative portraits of women and famous figures that are rarely seen in his oil-on-canvas paintings.\" class=\"wp-image-3379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2026\/04\/1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2026\/04\/1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2026\/04\/1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2026\/04\/1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2026\/04\/1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sway.cloud.microsoft\/FHQPeQ46K3qZ9pRd?ref=email\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sway.cloud.microsoft\/FHQPeQ46K3qZ9pRd?ref=email\">BHCLA Newsletter Issue #005 April 2026<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">As Spring continues to emerge and the earth blossoms around us, the time for celebration and remembrance has come once again! The 6th Annual Donald Bentley Memorial Lecture will happen next\u2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sway.cloud.microsoft\/FHQPeQ46K3qZ9pRd?ref=email\">Go to this Sway<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Spring continues to emerge and the earth blossoms around us, the time for celebration and remembrance has come once again! 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