2017 Black Heritage Month: Empowering a New Generation Center for Black Studies Wednesday, February 1 Tuesday, February 14 Monday, February 20 Black Heritage Month Opening Spreading the Love, a day of Black Entrepreneurship featuring 5:30pm reflection and memory. Forward Valerie Daniels-Carter HSC, Duke Ellington Ballroom Together Forward 6:30pm Kick off Black Heritage Month with Barsema Hall Auditorium Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, Wednesday, February 15 Sponsor: Black Faculty Staff Assoc. My Hood, My City. Mr. Cole will Tunnel of Oppression speak to our theme of empowering a 5:00pm Tuesday, February 21 new generation. Refreshments Stevenson Hall, Smart Classroom Mental Health & Media served. Sponsor: Liberated Minds 5:00pm Sponsor: Center for Black Studies Organization Gabel Learning Center Sponsor: Black Counselors Assoc. Friday, February 3 All Lives Matter: Does My Life Really Pink Goes Red Matter? Modern Day Sambo Effect 7:08pm 7:00pm 7:00pm Campus Rec Building HSC, Room 505 HSC, Heritage Room Sponsor: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sponsor: M.O.V.E. Sponsor: Phi Rho Eta Fraternity, Sorority, Inc. Inc. Thursday, February 16 Tuesday, February 7 Wake Up: Conscious Counseling Wednesday, February 22 BMI Blood Drive 5:00pm I am Somebody: Open Mic Night 10:30am to 2:30pm Gabel Learning Center 7:00pm Chick Evans Field House Sponsor: Black Counselors Assoc. HSC, Capital Room Sponsor: Black Male Initiative Sponsor: S.I.S.T.E.R.S. A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage Image Awards 7:30pm Thursday, February 23 5:30pm Contact the School of Theatre and Colorism and Women of Color HSC, Duke Ellington Ballroom Dance for tickets. 3:00pm Sponsors: CBS and John Henrik HSC, Illinois Room Clarke Honor Society Friday, February 17 Sponsor: GSRC Mr. Pink and Green Pageant Wednesday, February 8 6:08pm Friday, February 24 Identity of a Black Male Altgeld Hall Auditorium Black Movie Night 5:00pm Sponsor: Alpha Kappa Alpha 7:30pm Stevenson Hall, Smart Classroom Sorority, Inc. Center for Black Studies Sponsor: Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Sponsor: NAACP Inc. A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage 7:30pm Sunday, February 26 BMI presents Dr. Alan Williams Contact the School of Theatre and Mr. and Miss Freshman BSU 7:00pm Dance for tickets. 4:00pm Stevenson Hall, Multipurpose Room HSC, Duke Ellington Ballroom Sponsor: Black Male Initiative Saturday, February 18 Sponsor: Black Student Union Dodgeball Tournament Thursday, February 9 11:00am Monday, February 27 Back to our Roots Chick Evans Field House Know Your History 7:00pm Sponsor: Black Male Initiative 7:30pm HSC, Heritage Room Sponsor: NAACP Sponsor: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage 2:00pm & 7:30pm Tuesday, February 28 Friday, February 10 Contact the School of Theatre and Media Black Out Frat Attack Dance for tickets. 7:00pm 7:00pm HSC, Blackhawk Annex HSC, Carl Sandburg Auditorium Sunday, February 19, 2017 Sponsor: NABJ & CLR Sponsor: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage Inc. 2:00pm Soul Bowl Banquet Contact the School of Theatre and 7:20pm Monday, February 13 Dance for tickets. New Hope Missionary Baptist Injustices of a Black Man in Sponsor: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Amerikkka 7:30pm Sponsor: NAACP For a full listing of Black Heritage Month events with details, visit: go.niu.edu/BlackHeritageMonth .