news and announcements
BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS CALENDAR:
Feb 1, 7, 21 & 28: 2nd Annual Black Studies Fine Art Exhibition
Panels: The Artists on Their Art | Cohen Library Archives 6 - 8 P.M.
Tues. Feb 7: Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” 6/316 12-2 P.M.
Thurs. Feb 9: “Brother to Brother”: A Motion Picture
The Rifkind Room NAC 3/316 12:15 - 2 P.M.
Tues. Feb 14: “Confronting the Carceral State II” A Symposium: Two Panel Discussions on the American Prison Industrial Complex | Great Hall in Shepard Hall 1 - 7 P.M.
Wed. Feb 15: African American Health Issues [TBA]
Thurs. Feb 16: “Black to Cuba”:
Q&A with Producer Robin Hayes 12 - 2 P.M.
Fri. Feb. 17: Terry Mulligan book reading and signing of "Sugar Hill”
Shepard Hall Rm 250 12-2 P.M.
Thurs. Feb 23: Africana Ambassadors’ Panel Discussion: Critical Issues in Africa and the Caribbean | NAC 5/101 11 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
Thurs. Feb 23: “Black August: A Hip-Hop Benefit Project”:
Talk Back with dream hampton [TBA]
Fri. Feb 24: “Dance: Through the African Diaspora” KowTeff African Dance Company &
Asase Yaa African-American Dance Theatre | Aaron Davis Hall Tickets: $20.00 7 P.M.
Fri. Feb 24: George Brandon and The Blue Unity Orchestra
Legacy Concert | Ballroom 7:30 P.M.
Sun. Feb 26: Dr. Gordon Thompson at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Lecture on J. W. Johnson 10 A.M. and Panel Discussion on Assimilation and
African American Writers 1 P.M.
Mon. Feb 27: Dancer, Actor, Entertainer Ben Vereen on Bert Williams
Headlines Black History Month | Aaron Davis Hall 5:30 – 7:30 P.M.
Wed. Feb 29: S.T.E.M. Disciplines and the Social Sciences in Dialogue
A Workshop: Career Skills for the 21st Century 5-7 P.M.
Wed. Feb 29: Juan de Dios Mosquera | Colombian Historian on
Afro Colombian Educational Civil Rights | NAC 5/101 6 - 8 P.M.
CO-SPONSORS: COHEN LIBRARY * DIVISION OF HUMANITIES & THE ARTS * THE BUNCHE AND GLOBUS LECTURE FUNDS * HISTORY DEPT. * MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION ARTS * THE PAPER * PRISONER JUSTICE CLUB * RAP-SI (BMI)* THE RANGEL CENTER * GEORGE BRANDON FAMILY MEMORIAL FUND * THE FALÚ FOUNDATION * BLACK STUDENT UNION * DIVISION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AT THE CENTER OF WORKER EDUCATION * THEATRE DEPARTMENT * THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
Black Studies Sponsoring Committee:
Profs. George Brandon, Myrah Brown-Green, Georgina Falú & Jo-Ann Hamilton.
Coordinators: Venus Green & Gordon Thompson
Submitted by Gordon Thompson, x8117: gthompson@ccny.cuny.edu