The College has a variety of events to observe Black History Month, which starts on Feb. 1. They are:
Monday, Feb. 2 - Film and Discussion event: “Dear White People”
Where: Beuth Great Room
Time: 5:15pm * Pizza, drinks and popcorn will be provided
Host: Black Student Union (BSU)
Thursday, Feb. 5 - Identity Dialogues: Contemporary Black Identity
Where: Unity Lounge Reamer 305
Time: Common Lunch
Host: Multicultural Affairs and ID planning team
Thursday Feb. 5 - Movie, Dinner and Discussion: “Selma”
Time: (TBD) *Transportation, tickets and dinner provided
Host: Multicultural Affairs and History Department. **For registration for this event, please contact Prof. Lawson at lawsonm@union.edu
Friday, Feb. 6 – “The Intersections of Leadership, Identity and Diversity” with Rob Kelly, Chief of Staff
Where: Unity Lounge
Time: Common Lunch * Lunch provided
Host: Multicultural Affairs
Wednesday, Feb. 11 - Pizza and Politics: “The State of Hip Hop” with Jermaine Wells
Where: Lippman 016
Time: Common Lunch
Host: Deidre Hill Butler, Sociology
Wednesday, Feb. 11 – “Black History from a Hip Hop Perspective”
Ill Funk Ensemble will be doing a set, Jermaine Wells will speak briefly on hip-hop history and U-Break will perform.
Time: 5-6:30pm
Host: Robert Hislope (political science), Jermaine Wells, Multicultural Affairs (Others TBD)
Thursday, Feb. 12 - Dancing in the Streets, The Motown Story with Donald “The Soul Man” Hyman
Where: Reamer Auditorium
Time: 4pm *Light Refreshments
Host: BSU
Monday, Feb. 16 - Civil Rights Talk by Prof. Melinda Lawson
Where: Sorum Great Room
Time: 5pm *Pizza and drinks will be served
Host: BSU
Thursday, Feb. 19 - Film and discussion “American Denial” with WMHT Community Cinema
Where: Reamer Auditorium
Time: 6:30 *Refreshments will be served
Host: Multicultural Affairs
Thursday, Feb. 26 - Black is Beautiful Coffee shop with BSU and the African and Latino Alliance of Students (ALAS) (Co-sponsored)
Where: Golub Great Room
Time: 7:30pm * Coffee, tea + Light refreshments
Hosts: BSU and ALAS
Thursday, March 5 - Featured speaker: Peter Haviland Eduah '10, National Policy Director for Million Hoodies
Where: Karp 105
Time: Common Hour (a possible evening program TBD)
Hosts: Departments of History, Africana Studies, Political Science, Sociology and American Studies; Multicultural Affairs; BSU and ALAS
Also, Dining Services will be offering food options to compliment the theme of the month, and Schaffer library will be installing a “flash exhibit” in the main library to coincide with BHM.