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January 29, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
The Arcadia community is celebrating Black History Month with several events held throughout February from departments and offices across campus for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members. Throughout the month, Pan African Studies will host Film Fridays. More details on this event, and on all Black History Month programming, will follow.
I Have a Dream Knight
Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 4 p.m.
Campus Life hosts its second workshop in collaboration with University Relations for the I Have a Dream Knight project, which partners community members who have similar interests in their presentation of Dr. King’s speech and enable those who want to work with a group to create something. Use this link to participate.
Arcadia Round Table Talk: Arcadia’s Legacy of Black Excellence
Wednesday, Feb. 17, from 6 to 7 p.m.
The Arcadia Alumni Association, in collaboration with the Black Alumni Association of Arcadia University, hosts its February Round Table Talk, “Arcadia's Legacy of Black Excellence.” Learn from Beaver College and Arcadia University alumni and community members who played a critical role in celebrating our diversity, creating connections, and building equity within our institution. Featured speakers include Dr. George Cross ’99M, member of the Black Alumni Association of Arcadia University; Dr. Doreen Loury, director of the Pan African Studies Program and assistant professor of Sociology; and Dr. Angela McNeil, program director of Gateway to Success/ACT 101; and more. Register for the event.
African American Read In: Revolution, Resistance and Righteous Essays and Works
Tuesday, Feb. 23, from noon to 2 p.m.
The African American Read In is an annual national event celebrating Africana literature and writing created by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in an effort to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. Students, staff, faculty, trustees, and administrators are invited to attend and participate in Arcadia’s 8th annual African American Read In event. This year’s theme: Speeches delivered by African Americans. Please select a speech and prepare to read a portion of a speech or essay written by an African American author. (Readings should be no longer than 5-7 minutes).
Please register for this event by completing this form.
This event is sponsored by Act 101/Gateway to Success Program, Office of Institutional Diversity and Pan African Studies. Contact Dr. Angela McNeil for more details.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever—Leadership Lessons T’Challa and Nakia
Thursday, Feb. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Join us for an engaging and multifaceted discussion of the power of effective leadership.
Viewings of the movie will be shown before the discussion. Dates to be announced.
Discussion led byThe Black Awareness Society and the Pan-African Studies Department
More details to follow.
Documentary: “Blacking Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity”
Friday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m.
The Office of Institutional Diversity will show the documentary "Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity," which looks at the popularity of hip-hop among America's white youth. The documentary asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race, or if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of stereotyping, mimicry, and cultural appropriation? Does it reflect a new face of racial understanding in white America, or does it reinforce an ugly history?
Arcadia’s Black History Month celebration also includes feature stories and news items that spotlight students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Check the weekly Arcadia newsletter and Arcadia’s social media channels for these pieces. Programming also continues into March, Women’s History Month, with events such as Philly Jawns: For Women Revisited on March 26, a 20+20 poetry anthology in tribute to Nina Simone. This event will be a collaboration with the Pan African Studies Department and The Black Alumni Association and a March 30 forum on Women Who Lead, with Paayal Nair.
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