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UCSD Offers Diverse Programs
to Celebrate Black History Month On Campus Feb. 1-28
Pat Jacoby | January 29, 2007
More than 25 programs will mark Black History Month
on campus during the month of February under the overarching
theme From
Slavery to Freedom: UCSD Celebrates the Journey and
Stories of African Americans.
The annual campuswide tradition will start at noon
Feb.1 in the Price Center Plaza with a “Kick-off
Celebration” sponsored by the Black Student
Union and Associated Students. “The event is
planned as a celebration acknowledging the history
of African American struggles and successes,”noted
co-chairs and sisters Shemia and Sheme’re Jones.
The program will include students portraying unsung
black history heroes, a talk by UC San Diego professor
Pat Washington and musical numbers.
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A community reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28
in the Faculty Club will culminate the month’s
events, with nearly 100 students, staff, faculty and
community friends expected to attend. Ashanti Houston-Hands,
chair of UJIMA, said the program will include a slideshow
recapping Black History Month activities, entertainment
and brief presentations by participants.
Among highlights during the month is the fifth annual
Black History Month Scholarship Brunch Feb. 24 in
the Faculty Club featuring a talk by James Avery,
a classically trained actor and scholar who received
his bachelor's degree in drama and literature from
UCSD. The brunch also will honor Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs Joseph Watson for his 40 years of
service to UCSD, and include performances by local
choirs, a soul food menu and silent auction. Proceeds
will benefit undergraduate scholarships at UCSD. Renee
Barnett-Terry is heading arrangements.
Watson also will be honored during the annual Black
Student Reunion to be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in
Eucalyptus Point by the Black Alumni Chapter and the
UCSD Alumni Association. Culminating a busy Feb. 24,
the nationally-famed Urban Bush Women, a Brooklyn-based
dance group, will appear at 8 p.m. in Mandeville Auditorium
under auspices of ArtPower!
More than 200 students from throughout Southern California are expected to attend the annual Black Student Union high school conference Feb. 10 for a day of interactive discussions, college prep workshops and character development.
Available throughout the month is a display Blazing a Trail: Profiles of Black Science Faculty at UCSD in the Science and Engineering Library. Also running through the month is a Friday series of films presented by the UCSD Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center about the experience of LGBT African Americans.
Among other activities scheduled during the month are:
- An evening with Paul Robeson at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6 during which local actor Mark Christopher Lawrence will define Robeson’s career as a college athlete, concert artist, actor and political activist.
- The Ugandan Orphans Choir, a touring group of
ten 8- to 10-year-old Ugandans who will perform
during an 11:30 a.m. luncheon Feb. 7 in the Plaza
Café, Revelle College. Additionally, members
of the San Diego Civic Dance Company will present
a tap jazz performance.
- The 2006 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Diversity Awards program at 2 p.m. Feb. 14 recognizing employees, faculty, staff, students, departments or organizational units that have made an outstanding contribution at UCSD in the past year.
- A discussion on “The Supreme Court: Friend or Foe of Black Americans?” sponsored by Student Legal Services at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 15. Moderated by Elyce Morris, attorney, the panel will feature local and visiting professors discussing the merits of the Supreme Court and jurisprudence relating to African Americans.
- A discussion on “African Americans in Research”
on how research by African Americans in all academic
disciplines, both science and non-science fields,
has furthered black culture and a way of life. The
event at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 15 is sponsored by UCSD
Academic Enrichment Programs.
- Performances by the UCSD Jazz Ensemble and a local poetry slam artist at 4 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Global Café at Warren College.
- A presentation on “The Importance of Water” by Retired Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields at 2 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Price Center Ballroom sponsored by the Black Staff Association and Scripps’ Birch Aquarium. Terece Moret and James Burns are co-chairs.
- A discussion on challenging racism, “Building the Left in the Age of the Right,” by Eric Mann, director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, member of the Bus Riders Union Planning Committee and environmental organizer, at 3 p.m. Feb. 22 in Robinson Auditorium.
- “The Black Cowboy: Real to Reel,”
a tribute to the silent cowboy films and early cowboy
talkie musical featuring an all black cast at 4
p.m. Feb. 25 sponsored by Arts Libraries and African
& African-American Studies Research Project
in the Seuss Room, Geisel Library.
- “Let It Flow: A Soulful Night at Sixth,” an evening of music, soul food, spoken word, hip hop dance, art displays and art making sponsored by Sixth College at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in Sixth College Lodge.
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