Black History Month Events
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
SIBS WEEKEND
BSCPB Variety Show & After Party
Time: 8:00 pm
Place: Baker University Center Ballroom
This event is sponsored by the Black Student Cultural Programming Board.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
SIBS WEEKEND
Faces Modeling Troupe Fashion Show
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Bromley Hall
Admission: $4 in advance and $5 at the door.
BSCPB Concert featuring Keyshia Cole, Bobby Valentino and David Banner
Time: 8:00 pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Location: Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Tickets are $15. This event is sponsored by the Black Student Cultural Programming Board.
NOTE: This performance may contain content that is offensive and inappropriate for younger audience members.
Delta Sigma Theta Social
Time: Immediately following concert
Location: Bromley Hall
Admission: $5
Sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Delta Sigma Theta Silent March & Candlelight Vigil
Theme – “Gone but Not Forgotten: Remembering Those Who Have Lost Their Lives from HIV/Aids”
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
National Black HIV/Aids Awareness and Information Day
Speaker: Lynn Kidd-Freeman “Dispelling the stereotypes of HIV/AIDS: How to deal with a loved one or friend who has contracted the virus”
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
“KNOW YOUR STATUS” HIV Testing
Free HIV/AIDS Testing (20 minute results)
Register for a FREE HIV/AIDS Test at KnowYourStatus@hotmail.com
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Lindley Hall
“Migration, Culture and Citizenship: Blacks and South Asians in 1920s America”
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Baker University Center, 1804 Lounge
Presentation by Professor Amritjit Singh, Langston Hughes Professor, Department of English.
Sponsored by African American Studies, and the English Language and Literature departments.
“Relationship Discussion”
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center
This program will focus on relationships and will incorporate HIV/AIDS and how to protect you and your partner.
Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc. and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Art Exhibit Reception: Donald Black
Time: 3-5:00 pm
Location: Multipurpose Room, Lindley Cultural Center
Sponsored by the Lindley Cultural Center
BSCC Etiquette Dinner
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Baker University Center
Sponsored by the Black Student Communication Caucus.
“African Muslim Slaves in the Americas”
Speaker: Slyviane Diouf
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Walter Hall, Room 235
Dr. Diouf is a researcher at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She will discuss the often-forgotten story of African Muslims enslaved in the Americas and their immense contributions to American culture and the formation of African American identity.
Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association, International Student Union, Office of Multicultural Programs and SAC.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
“Warm Beverages of the World”
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center
Sponsored by Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority, Inc..
African Health Summit
Speaker Salih Booker, “Africa’s Rights to Health: Why It Matters to the World”
Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Walter Hall, Room 235
Salih Booker, Executive Director of Africa Action, will address health issues in Africa and discuss ways that students can become involved in the health field.
Sponsored by African Studies, the Center of Excellence in Multicultural Medicine, OU College of Osteopathic Medicine.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
MCP/LCC Underground Railroad Museum Trip
Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 pm
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Cost: $10.
Bus leaves from the Lindley Cultural Center at 7:30 am.
Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs and Lindley Cultural Center
BIM Tribute to Great Performers
Time: 3:15 pm
Location: Mitchell Auditorium (Seigfried Hall)
Sponsored by Bodies In Motion
African Heroes Day, honoring Florence Ngobeni
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Baker University Center Ballroom
Sponsored by the African Student Union
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13
NSBE “Taste of Culture”
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center
Sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
Alpha Phi Alpha Tribute to Women
Time: 7:06 pm
Location: 194 Irvine Hall
Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Paul Lawrence Dunbar Roundtable Discussion
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center
2006 is the centenary of the death of Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Sponsored by the Department of African American Studies
“For Colored Girls”
AKA “Pearls of Literature” Book Discussion
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Friends of the Library Room/Alden Library
Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16
“Why White Kids Love Hip Hop”
Speaker: Bakari Kitwana
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Walter Hall Rotunda
Bakari Kitwana is a Hip-Hop activist and expert on black youth culture. He has lectured extensively on rap music and black youth culture, and his work has appeared in the Village Voice, The Source, and The Progressive.
Sponsored by the Black Student Cultural Programming Board and Hip Hop Congress
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Bob Marley Tribute, featuring “Nuhu”
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Baker University Center Ballroom
Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs and the Lindley Cultural Center in conjunction with the International Student Union, Black Student Cultural Programming Board, African American Studies, and Dean of Students Office.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Malcolm X Commemorative: Speaker Lee Evans
“How Malcolm X Influenced the Olympics Project for Human Rights at the 1968 Olympic Protest”
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Baker University Center Ballroom
Lee Evans, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, set a world record in the 400-meters at the 1968 games.
Sponsored by Lindley Cultural Center, Office of Multicultural Programs and the College of Education
OUT @ the Movies Presents “Brother to Brother”
Time: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Scripps 111
Critically-acclaimed drama that invokes the glory days of the Harlem Renaissance. As an elderly man, poet Bruce Nugent meets a young black gay artist struggling to find his voice and together they embark on a surreal narrative journey through his inspiring past. Sponsored by LGBT Programs Center
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Top Brass presents “Unsung Hero” featuring the poetry of Paul Lawrence Dunbar (1873-1906) set to music
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Department of African American Studies, and Lindley Cultural Center
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
“The Changing Role of African Americans in Communications”
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RTV Bldg, Studio A
Sponsored by the Black Student Communication Caucus
“Black History in Southeast Ohio”
Exhibit and Speaker
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Baker University Center, 1804 Lounge
Connie Perdreau will lecture and lead a discussion on the Black History of Ohio University and Athens Ohio.
Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
“Women, Gender & Sport in Africa”
The 3rd Sports in Africa Conference (February 24 – 25)
Time: 3:00 pm – keynote speech
Location: Grover Center
The conference will focus on women, gender and sports. Among the sub-themes that will be considered will be: female athletes in Muslim societies, women’s national teams, sport and gender and identity formation, and sports as a tool of female self-empowerment.
Sponsored by the College of Health & Human Services and Multicultural Programs
--BSCPB African American Knowledge Bowl
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Walter Hall
Sponsored by the Black Student Cultural Programming Board
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
“Women, Gender & Sport in Africa”
The 3rd Sports in Africa Conference
Time: varies
Location: Grover Center
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Dessert & Discussion
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center Multipurpose Room
Sponsored by Office of Multicultural Programs and the Lindley Cultural Center
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Dessert & Discussion
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Lindley Cultural Center Multipurpose Room
Sponsored by Office of Multicultural Programs and the Lindley Cultural Center
“Peppermint Party: Breast Cancer”
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Baker University Center 1804 Lounge
Sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
“The African American Presence after Black History Month”
Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Baker University Center, 1804 Lounge
Sponsored by the Department of African American Studies
