Black History Month Events (2013)
NAACP and the Black History Month Committee Present the First Collegiate Inaugural Ball
- February 1, 2013; 6:00 PM
- Location: Lenfell Hall
- Sponsor(s): Association of Black Collegians, Black History Month Committee, Gospel Choir
- For more information, please contact Patricia Jones (trishamj@student.fdu.edu)
Freedom Riders
- February 4, 2013; 9:00 - 11:00 PM
- Location: Twombly Lounge - carpet side
- Sponsor(s): Association of Black Collegians, Iota Phi Theta
- For more information, please contact Onasis Espinal (onasis@student.fdu.edu)
Black History Month’s Mental Health Symposium: Multiculturalism and Mental Health
- February 5, 2013; 12:45 - 2:00 PM
- Location: Lenfell Hall (The Mansion)
- Moderator: Professor Anthony Tasso, Department of Psychology and Counseling
- Panelists: Ms. Vanessa Baldwin (Graduate Student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling), Ms. Madonna Nunez (Graduate Student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling), Professor Yolanda Hawkins-Rodgers (Department of Psychology and Counseling), Professor Ann Ordway (Department of Psychology & Counseling)
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee
- For more information, please contact Professor Tasso (atasso@fdu.edu)
Michael Rockland; a Day with Dr. King
- February 5, 2013; 3:30 - 5:00 PM
- Location: Orangerie
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee, Politics on the PublicMind
- For more information, please contact Professor Krista Jenkins (kjenkins@fdu.edu)
Senator Nia Gill
- February 6, 2013; 2:00 - 4:00 PM
- Location: Orangerie
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee
- For more information, please contact Professor David Jones (dmjones@fdu.edu)
Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver: "Emancipation Proclamation and how it sparked the civil rights movements"
- February 11, 2013; 2:00 PM
- Location: Lenfell Hall
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee
- For more information, please contact David Jones (dmjones@fdu.edu)
Hot Topics
- February 12, 2013; 7:00 PM
- Location: Lenfell Hall
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee
- For more information, please contact Professor Sarah Latson (slatson@fdu.edu)
Hip Hop Around the World featuring Negros Americanos
- February 13, 2013; 4:30 - 6:30 PM
- Location: Twombly Lounge
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee, Department of History, Phi Sigma Sigma
- For more information, please contact Brittany Coleman (coleman@student.fdu.edu)
Slam Poetry
- February 13, 2013; 9:00 - 11:00 PM
- Location: Twombly Lounge - carpet side
- Sponsor(s): Association of Black Collegians, Iota Phi Theta
- For more information, please contact Onasis Espinal (onasis@student.fdu.edu)
Ras Baraka, Poet and Politician: "At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: 2013 Education and Poverty and Politics"
- February 14, 2013; 5:00 - 7:00 PM
- Location: Lenfell Hall
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee
- For more information, please contact David Jones (dmjones@fdu.edu)
Jay Jennings, Author Carry the Rock: Race, Football and the Soul of an American City
- February 18, 2013; 5:00 - 7:00 PM
- Location: Hartman Lounge
- Sponsor(s): Becton Office of the Dean, Black History Month Committee
- For more information, please contact Professor Katie Singer (ksinger@fdu.edu)
Michael Lacy; "The Media, Race, and Hurricane Katrina"
- February 19, 2013; 3:30 - 5:00 PM
- Location: Orangerie
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee, Politics on the PublicMind
- For more information, please contact Professor Krista Jenkins (kjenkins@fdu.edu)
Auction Block
- February 20, 2013; 4:30 - 6:30 PM
- Location: Twombly Lounge
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee, Phi Sigma Sigma
- For more information, please contact Brittany Coleman (coleman@student.fdu.edu)
Student Open Mic with Reading by poet Kamilah Moon
- February 21, 2013; 2:00 - 3:30 PM
- Location: The Pub
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee
- For more information, please contact Professor Katie Singer (ksinger@fdu.edu)
Black Owt Party
- February 22, 2013; 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
- Location: Cafeteria
- Sponsor(s): Association of Black Collegians, Iota Phi Theta
- Fee: $3 all night
- For more information, please contact Onasis Espinal (onasis@student.fdu.edu)
Reginald Gaines Poetry Workshop and Reading
- February 27, 2013; 2:00 - 5:00 PM
- Location: Mansion, Room 13
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee, Creative Writing
- For more information, please contact Professor Katie Singer (ksinger@fdu.edu)
Two Terms...What's Your Opinion??
- February 27, 2013; 9:00 - 11:00 PM
- Location: Twombly Lounge - carpet side
- Sponsor(s): Association of Black Collegians, Iota Phi Theta, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- For more information, please contact Onasis Espinal (onasis@student.fdu.edu)
"Education and Empowerment: The Essential Writings of W.E.B. DuBois" Book Publication Party and Reading with Author Randall Westbrook
- February 28, 2013; 4:00 - 5:00 PM
- Location: Hartman Lounge, Mansion
- Sponsor(s): Black History Month Committee, Hansen Publishing Group
- For more information, please contact Professor Katie Singer (ksinger@fdu.edu)