2017 Black Heritage Month: Empowering a New Generation

Wednesday, February 1 Black Heritage Month Opening 5:30pm HSC, Duke Ellington Ballroom Kick off Black Heritage Month with Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, My Hood, My City. Mr. Cole will speak to our theme of empowering a new generation. Refreshments served. Sponsor: Center for Black Studies Friday, February 3 Pink Goes Red 7:08pm Campus Rec Building Sponsor: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Tuesday, February 7 BMI Blood Drive 10:30am to 2:30pm Chick Evans Field House Sponsor: Black Male Initiative Image Awards 5:30pm HSC, Duke Ellington Ballroom Sponsors: CBS and John Henrik Clarke Honor Society

Wednesday, February 8 Identity of a Black Male 5:00pm Stevenson Hall, Smart Classroom Sponsor: Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. BMI presents Dr. Alan Williams 7:00pm Stevenson Hall, Multipurpose Room Sponsor: Black Male Initiative Thursday, February 9 Back to our Roots 7:00pm HSC, Heritage Room Sponsor: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Friday, February 10 Frat Attack 7:00pm HSC, Carl Sandburg Auditorium Sponsor: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Monday, February 13 Injustices of a Black Man in Amerikkka 7:30pm Sponsor: NAACP

Tuesday, February 14 Spreading the Love, a day of reflection and memory. Forward Together Forward Wednesday, February 15 Tunnel of Oppression 5:00pm Stevenson Hall, Smart Classroom Sponsor: Liberated Minds Organization All Lives Matter: Does My Life Really Matter? 7:00pm HSC, Room 505 Sponsor: M.O.V.E. Thursday, February 16 Wake Up: Conscious Counseling 5:00pm Gabel Learning Center Sponsor: Black Counselors Assoc. A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage 7:30pm Contact the School of Theatre and Dance for tickets. Friday, February 17 Mr. Pink and Green Pageant 6:08pm Altgeld Hall Auditorium Sponsor: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage 7:30pm Contact the School of Theatre and Dance for tickets. Saturday, February 18 Dodgeball Tournament 11:00am Chick Evans Field House Sponsor: Black Male Initiative A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage 2:00pm & 7:30pm Contact the School of Theatre and Dance for tickets. Sunday, February 19, 2017 A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage 2:00pm Contact the School of Theatre and Dance for tickets.

Monday, February 20 Black Entrepreneurship featuring Valerie Daniels-Carter 6:30pm Barsema Hall Auditorium Sponsor: Black Faculty Staff Assoc. Tuesday, February 21 Mental Health & Media 5:00pm Gabel Learning Center Sponsor: Black Counselors Assoc. Modern Day Sambo Effect 7:00pm HSC, Heritage Room Sponsor: Phi Rho Eta Fraternity, Inc. Wednesday, February 22 I am Somebody: Open Mic Night 7:00pm HSC, Capital Room Sponsor: S.I.S.T.E.R.S. Thursday, February 23 Colorism and Women of Color 3:00pm HSC, Illinois Room Sponsor: GSRC Friday, February 24 Black Movie Night 7:30pm Center for Black Studies Sponsor: NAACP Sunday, February 26 Mr. and Miss Freshman BSU 4:00pm HSC, Duke Ellington Ballroom Sponsor: Black Student Union Monday, February 27 Know Your History 7:30pm Sponsor: NAACP Tuesday, February 28 Media Black Out 7:00pm HSC, Blackhawk Annex Sponsor: NABJ & CLR Soul Bowl Banquet 7:20pm New Hope Missionary Baptist Sponsor: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

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