{"id":168,"date":"2018-01-19T18:26:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T23:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/africana-studies\/?p=168"},"modified":"2018-02-01T17:23:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:23:25","slug":"celebrate-black-history-month-initial-schedule-for-black-history-month-african-studies-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/africana-studies\/2018\/01\/19\/celebrate-black-history-month-initial-schedule-for-black-history-month-african-studies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Black History Month: Initial Schedule for Black History Month African Studies Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Download the Schedule<\/p><\/div>\n

Feb. 1 – Noon<\/strong>
\nFlag Raising – Flagpole by Bridge
\nStudents, Faculty, Staff and Administrators<\/p>\n

Feb. 1 – 4:00 p.m. opening<\/strong>
\nBlack Photo Exhibit Opening
\nGallery \u2013 Fifth Floor of the Mac Mahon Student Center
\nExhibit runs until February 8.<\/em><\/p>\n

Feb. 7 – Noon<\/strong>
\n\u201cWe Shall See in ’83: African Americans and the Transformation of Chicago, 1983-1987,\u201d presented by Dr. Dwayne Williams, professor of history at Georgetown University
\nMcIntyre Conference Center A
\nSponsored by Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; contact mmarcillo@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Feb. 7 –\u00a06:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMcIntyre Conference Center
\nSponsored by Black Action Committee; contact: cledbetter15@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Feb. 8 –\u00a0Noon<\/strong>
\nPower, Perils and Possibilities: The Future of Organized Labor
\nMcIntyre Conference Center A
\nSponsored by Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; contact mmarcillo@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Feb. 15\u00a0– 11:00 a.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cBlack Absorbs All Colors: The African American Melting Pot in the United States,\u201d presented by Fatima Shaik, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Media Culture
\nRoy Irving Theatre
\nBring your classes – Confirm with dsurrey@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Feb. 15<\/strong>\u00a0– 7:00 pm<\/strong>
\nMovement (open Mic)
\nPope Lecture Hall
\nSponsored by the Black Action Committee; contact: cledbetter15@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Feb. 21 – 1:00 pm<\/strong>
\n\u201c#BeyondWoke: Meditations on Black History, Culture, and Consciousness,\u201d presented by John Johnson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the history department
\nMcIntyre Conference Center
\nFerguson. Baltimore. Flint. Charlottesville. In these and other cities there have been racial confrontations that have roused a generation of African Americans to call out racist acts and confront White Supremacy in its myriad forms. The sounding call is to Stay Woke. This talk and conversation will consider Woke as a paradigm of social awareness and its place in long arc of American political and cultural history.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bring your classes -Confirm with dsurrey@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Feb. 27 – 11:00 a.m.
\nnew date and time<\/strong>
\n\u201cExclusive Immigration Policies,\u201d presented by Amir Billups \u201908, history teacher for Newark public schools
\nStudent Center 5th Floor
\nBring your classes -Confirm with dsurrey@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Feb.28\u00a0– 7:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nAn Evening with Dick Gregory; David Surrey, Ph.D., professor of sociology and urban studies and director of faculty development, presents clips and a recollection of when he drove with Dick Gregory and three other students from Defiance, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio in the middle of the night.
\nDorm Location TBD
\nContact dsurrey@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Information Sessions for Africana Studies<\/strong>
\nInformation Sessions for African Studies Minors<\/p>\n

Here are the dates and locations for the Africana Studies information sessions:
\nThursday, February 1, – 11 am – 3 pm – First floor of Student Center
\nTuesday, February 13 – 11 am – 3 pm – Pete’s Place
\nFriday, February 23, 11 am – 3 pm – Second floor of Student Center
\nTuesday, February 27- 11 am – 3 pm – Pete’s Place<\/p>\n

Contact africanastudies@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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