Black Heritage Month 2020: Black and Unified!
The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the Kimmel Center for Student Involvement and various academic departments, will offer programming that acknowledge and honor the contributions made by African Americans in the United States and abroad.
Please click here to download the 2020 Black Heritage Month calendar of events!
Event Descriptions
February 3, 2020
| 11 a.m. | Opening Ceremony |
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MUC Goshen Lounge |
February 4, 2020
| 4:30 p.m. | Bridging the Gap: A Conversation between African and African Americans Students |
| MUC Maple/Dogwood Room Sponsored by: Black Studies Program |
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| 7 p.m. | Roll Bounce |
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MUC Meridian Ballroom |
February 5, 2020
| 5 p.m. | Real Talk with BSU |
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MUC Mississippi/Illinois Room |
February 6, 2020
| 9 a.m. | State of the Black Union |
| MUC Various Locations Sponsored by: SIUE Black Faculty and Staff Association |
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| 7:30 p.m. | Dancing with Dunham |
| Dunham Hall Sponsored by Campus Activities Board and Department of Theater and Dance |
February 7, 2020
| Noon | Inclusive Conversations: Free Speech on College Campuses |
| Center for Student Student Diversity and Inclusion Sponsored by: Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion |
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| 5 p.m. | Black Business Expo |
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MUC Goshen Lounge |
February 10, 2020
| Noon | A Reading of Slave Narratives |
| Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion Sponsored by: Black Theatre Workshop and the Department of Theatre and Dance |
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| 6 p.m. | Black Mental Health Awareness |
| MUC Conference Center Sponsored by: Campus Activities Board and National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
February 11, 2020
| Noon | Sitting at the Feet of an Elder: Reginald Petty and Edna Patterson Petty |
| Lovejoy Library Friends Corner Sponsored by: Black Studies Program |
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| 6 p.m. | Black and Abroad |
| MUC Mississippi/Illinois Room Sponsored by: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. *Black Student Leadership Seminar Series |
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| 7:30 p.m. | Arts and Issues Presents – J. Drew Lanham |
| MUC Meridian Ballroom Sponsored by: College of Arts and Sciences - Arts and Issues Series |
February 12, 2020
| 5 p.m. | Emerging Adults: Identity Development and Code Switching in College |
| MUC Missouri Room Sponsored by: SIUE Collegiate 100 *Black Student Leadership Seminar Series |
February 13, 2020
| 11 a.m. | Adjusting My Crown! Black Hair Event |
| Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion Sponsored by: Black Heritage Month Committee |
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| 12:30 p.m. | African American Book History Exhibit: Frederick Douglass |
| Lovejoy Library Friends Corner Sponsored by: Howard Rambsy, PhD |
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| 2 p.m. | “I own my own masters”: An exhibit on slavery references in rap music |
| Lovejoy Library, Redmond Learning Center Sponsored by: Howard Rambsy, PhD |
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| 5 p.m. | The Health Talk |
| MUC Missouri Room Sponsored by: African Student Association *Black Student Leadership Seminar Series |
February 17, 2020
| Noon | Ain’t I Black too: Counternarratives of Black Atheists in College |
| Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion Sponsored by: J.T. Snipes, PhD |
February 18, 2020
| 11:30 a.m. | Black History 365 - A History Workshop |
| Lovejoy Library Friends Corner Sponsored by: Black Heritage Month Committee |
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| 6 p.m. | Poetry Night |
| MUC Conference Center Sponsored by: Campus Activities Board |
February 19, 2020
| Noon | “Black and Blue": A Panel on Relational Police in the African American Community |
| MUC Missouri Room Sponsored by: SIUE Political Science Department’s Black Heritage Month Socio-Political Lecture Series |
February 20, 2020
| Noon | Eugene B. Redmond Presents: The African Continuum |
| Lovejoy Library Friends Corner Sponsored by: Black Studies Program |
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| 6:13 p.m. | Black Bill Gates in the Making |
| MUC International Room Sponsored by: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. *Black Student Leadership Seminar Series |
February 21, 2020
| Noon | Inclusive Conversation - Being Black in the Classroom |
| Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion Sponsored by: Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion |
February 23, 2020
| All Day | Black Heritage Month Unity Conference |
| Various Locations- Morris University Center Sponsored by: Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion and the National Pan-Hellenic Council |
February 24, 2020
| 10 a.m. | Mobile Black History Museum |
| MUC Goshen Lounge Sponsored by: Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion |
February 25, 2020
| Noon | A Space for Us: Graduate School Preparation |
| MUC Mississippi/Illinois Room Sponsored by: Black Graduate Student Association *Black Student Leadership Seminar Series |
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| 6. p.m. | Game Night |
| MUC Goshen Lounge Sponsored by: Campus Activities Board and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. |
February 26, 2020
| 4:30 p.m. | Networking for the Culture |
| MUC Hickory/Hackberry Room Sponsored by: Black Heritage Month Committee |
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| 5 p.m. | How W.E.E. Made It |
| MUC Mississippi/Illinois Room Sponsored by: National Association of Colored Women’s Club *Black Student Leadership Seminar Series |
February 27, 2020
| 11 a.m. | Where Are All of the Black Medical Professionals? |
| MUC Oak/Redbud Room Sponsored by: National Black Association for Speech-Language, and Hearing *Black Student Leadership Seminar Series |
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| 12:30 p.m. | Black Diversity Struggles @ SIUE – an exhibit |
| Lovejoy Library, Redmond Learning Center Sponsored by: Howard Rambsy, PhD |
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| 4:30 p.m. | A Seat at the Table: Being a Black Faculty or Staff Member at a PWI |
| MUC International Room Sponsored by: Black Studies Program |
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| 7 p.m. | When Chicago Meets St. Louis |
| MUC Meridian Ballroom Sponsored by: Campus Activities Board and SIUE Gospel Choir |
February 28, 2020
| 11 a.m. | Closing Ceremony |
| MUC Goshen Lounge Sponsored by: Black Heritage Month Committee |
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| 6 p.m. | Africa Night |
| MUC Meridian Ballroom Sponsored by: African Student Association |
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| 7 p.m. | 18th Annual Parti Gras |
| Student Fitness Center - Student Activities Gym Sponsored by: Campus Recreation |
Xtigone - A production directed by Kathryn Bentley
| February 19, 2020 | February 20, 2020 | February 21, 2020 | February 22, 2020 | February 23, 2020 |
| Dunham Hall 7:30 p.m. |
Dunham Hall 7:30 p.m. |
Dunham Hall 7:30 p.m. |
Dunham Hall 7:30 p.m. |
Dunham Hall 2 p.m. |
