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African Americans in Times Of SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE BLACK HISTORY AFRICAN AMERICANS MONTH IN TIMES OF WAR FEBRUARY 2018 THURSDAY Black History Month Kickoff TUESDAY Annual Lunch with Black Graduate Students SIU Morris Library Guyon Auditorium and First Floor Rotunda SIU Student Center Old Main Room Feb. 1 5 pm Feb. 20 Noon to 2 pm Guest Speaker: Dr. Wesley McNeese, SIU System Executive Director for Sponsored by Black Affairs Council Diversity Initiatives Musical performance by Voices of Inspiration and Spoken Word by Simba, the poet Hosted and sponsored by Black Resource Center and Black History Month Panel Discussion: African Americans in Times of War SIU Student Center Illinois Room Planning Committee 5 pm FRIDAY Facilitated by Paul Copeland, Coordinator, SIU Veterans Services Film: Marshall Sponsored by Black Resource Center Feb. 2 SIU Student Center Auditorium 7 pm and 9:30 pm FRIDAY Students & kids under 3: FREE Black History Variety Show Faculty, staff, kids 3-10: $2 Feb. 23 SIU Davies Gym General public: $3 7 pm Sponsored by Student Programming Council Hosted by Matt Wilson, Senior, TV and Digital Media Radio TUESDAY Film Series: Glory SATURDAY “Taste of Blackness” SIU University Museum Auditorium Faner Hall New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Feb. 6 6:30 pm Feb. 24 803 North Robert A. Stalls Avenue, Carbondale Presented by Dr. Leonard Gadzekpo, Interim Chair/Associate Professor, SIU Noon-2 pm Department of Africana Studies Cost $10 WEDNESDAY Annual Lunch with Black Graduate Students SUNDAY Gospel Music and Celebration SIU Student Center Old Main Room Concert: Featuring “The Spiritual Travelers” Feb. 7 Noon to 2 pm Feb. 25 Liberty Theater in Murphysboro 1333 Walnut St., Murphysboro Sponsored by Black Affairs Council 3 pm FRIDAY Guest Speaker Former Black Panther and Author Reggie Hosted by Gen. John A. Logan Museum Feb. 9 Brown: A View from the Inside “Afro-Slayage” SIU Morris Library Guyon Auditorium and First Floor Rotunda A fashion show that celebrates Black fashion from royalty to today! 6 pm SIU Student Center Ballroom D Sponsored by the SIU Department of Mass Communication and Media Arts 6 pm Sponsored by National Association for Black Journalists SATURDAY Oratorical: Honoring Dick Gregory SIU Student Center Old Main Room Tunnel of Oppression Feb. 10 6 pm Feb. 26- Lower Level Grinnell Hall Presented by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated Mar. 1 5 pm-8 pm Tours starting every 20 minutes SUNDAY Screening and Discussion Independent Lens: Tell Them We Are Sponsored by Black Togetherness Organization Feb. 11 Rising-The Story of Black Colleges and Universities WEDNESDAY Guest Speaker Dr. Adia Harvey-Wingfield: New Economy, New Carbondale Public Library 2:30 pm Feb. 28 Inequalities: Race and Health Care Work in a Neoliberal Era Presented by WSIU, ITVS and the Carbondale Public Library SIU Parkinson 108 11 am TUESDAY Guest Speaker Angelo R. Hightower: Driven Sponsored by Department of Sociology SIU Student Center Ohio Room Feb. 13 6 pm Black Girls Rock! Sponsored by Black Resource Center SIU Student Center Auditorium 5:30 pm THURSDAY Black Student, Staff and Faculty Meet-n-Greet Sponsored by Black Women’s Task Force SIU Student Center Mississippi Room Feb. 15 5 pm Art Exhibit: African Americans in Times of War Presented by Black Staff and Faculty Council ALL SIU Morris Library First Floor Rotunda Sponsored by Black Resource Center Artist-Lindsay Washington, Graduate Student, MONTH Department of Mass Communication and Media Arts FRIDAY American Masters: Maya Angelou WSIU-TV Feb. 16 8 pm MONDAY Film Series: Feb. 19 African and African American Soldiers in World War EVENTS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE SIU University Museum Auditorium Faner Hall 6:30 pm FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Dr. Lanel Love, [email protected] Presented by Dr. Leonard Gadzekpo, Interim Chair/Associate Professor, SIU Department of Africana Studies Individuals with disabilities are welcomed. Call 618-453-5738 to request accommodations. Poster design by Lindsay Washington, graduate student.
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