{"id":17623,"date":"2017-01-31T14:53:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T19:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/news\/article.php?ArticleID=17623"},"modified":"2019-05-23T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T16:25:22","slug":"17623_black-heritage-month-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/2017\/01\/31\/17623_black-heritage-month-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Heritage Month 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We look forward to sharing the depth and richness of Black history and heritage with you during February. This year&#8217;s theme is: A Legacy of Triumph Enlightens Our Path Forward.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening Day &#8211; Wednesday, Feb. 1, 11:45 &#8211; 2pm<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Processional from College Hall to flagpole<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Libation<\/li>\n<li>Proclamation<\/li>\n<li>Flag raising<\/li>\n<li>Black National Anthem<\/li>\n<li>Welcome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opening Day Program in Student Center 411<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Overview of Theme<\/li>\n<li>Presentation: We Are Ancestors\u2019 Wildest Dreams<\/li>\n<li>Champions of Change Award presented to Professor Emeritus, Dr. Daniel Williams<\/li>\n<li>Reception<\/li>\n<li>Announcements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/97426\/events\/1715728\/occurrences\/3978266\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 6 and 8 &#8211; MyBlackIs<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Student Center Lobby, 11:30-4pm, (Ladies First)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb 13 &#8211; HerStory Hidden<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Student Center, Room 411 7-9pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/114630\/events\/1822015\/occurrences\/4273582\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Feb 14 &#8211; Black Entrepreneurs &#8211; Thinking of A Master Plan: Building A Business From Scratch<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>1pm \u2013 2:30pm, Business School Room 101<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/114630\/events\/1822139\/occurrences\/4273802\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Feb 15 \u2013 Poetic Abolition ~ Black Lives Matter Poetry Slam <\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>8:05 p.m., University Hall, 1070<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/114630\/events\/1822132\/occurrences\/4273794\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Feb. 16 \u2013 I, Too, Am Montclair ~ Racial Microaggressions Education <\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Feliciano SBUS, Room 140, noon \u2013 1:30 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/97426\/events\/1716836\/occurrences\/3980789\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 20 &amp; 22 &#8211; BlackWomenMovement<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Student Center Lobby, 11:30-2:30; 10:30-1pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/89812\/events\/1745141\/occurrences\/4199668\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 21 &#8211; Foods of the Diaspora<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Machuga Heights Multipurpose Room, 2-4pm (OSAU)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/calendar\/view-event.php?id=47163\"><strong>Feb 21 &#8211; Tribute to Lt. Col. Spann Watson, Tuskegee Airman<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Montclair Public Library, 7-9pm<\/li>\n<li>African American Studies will present the Champion Of Change Award posthumously to Lt. Col. Watson; There will be a shuttle bus between the University and the Montclair Public Library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/114630\/events\/1835371\/occurrences\/4303725\"><strong>Feb 22 &#8211; Black Lives Matter Panel<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>3-5pm (Univ Hall 1070)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/97426\/events\/1715868\/occurrences\/3978769\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 22 &#8211; Black Faculty and Student Mixer<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>5:30 -9pm (Ladies First)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb 24 &amp; 25 \u2013 Day of Absence; Michael Allen, Director<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Fox Theater, 7:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Post-Performance Panel Discussion on Feb 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/89787\/events\/1723619\/occurrences\/3997697\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 27 Black in Latin America film and discussion<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>UH 2004, 8:30-10pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb 28 &#8211; Closing ceremony (OSAU, NASO)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Student Center Ballrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We look forward to sharing the depth and richness of Black history and heritage with you during February. 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