Tuesday,
February 4
What:
"Sisters,
Can We Talk?" Discussion sponsored by Uhuru
SASA
Where:
Multicultural
Center, Conference Room 201
When:
8:15pm
Wednesday, February 5
What:
"Race
and Party Politics." Discussion facilitated
by Robert Terrell, Director of the Washington Street
Corridor Coalition. Sponsored by the URI African
and African-American Studies Programs
Where:
Memorial Union, Room 318
When:
3:00pm
Wednesday, February 12
What:
Class Visits by Dr. Paul Gilroy,
Chair of the Afro-American Studies Department and Professor of Sociology
at Yale University
Where: Throughout
Campus
When: All Day
What:
Art Exhibit titled "Black America." Black Memorabilia Display
and Lecture by ONNA and sponsored by Uhuru SASA
Where:
URI Memorial Union, Atrium I.
When:
12:00-1:00pm
Thursday,
February 13
What:
The Ninth Annual Lecture on Multiculturalism
by Dr. Paul Gilroy, Chair of the Afro-American Studies Department and
Professor of Sociology at Yale University.
Sponsored by the URI Multicultural Center
Where: URI Chafee
Auditorium
When: 7:30pm
Tuesday,
February 18
What:
“Creating A Welcoming Climate for Minorities in Engineering" Lecture
by Dr. Howard G. Adams, Founder
and President of H. G. Adams & Associates, Inc. Sponsored
by the College of Engineering Diversity Committee
Where: Cherry Auditorium,
Kirk Hall
When: 9:30 – 10:45am
What: “Surviving
Graduate School” Lecture by Dr. Howard
G. Adams, Founder and President of H. G. Adams & Associates,
Inc. Sponsored by the College
of Engineering Diversity Committee
Where: Cherry Auditorium,
Kirk Hall
When: 1:30 – 2:45pm
What: "Def Poetry
Slam." Speakeasy, Open Mike, Poetry, Prose, and Self Expression.
Sponsored by Uhuru SASA
Where: URI Multicultural
Center, Hardge Forum
When: 7:00pm
Wednesday,
February 19
What:
Panel Discussion, "Then
and Now: Reflections of Local Civil Rights Activists" and screening
of video documentary of November 2002 Civil Rights Tour of Alabama.
Sponsored by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the Group
For Education (SAGE).
Where:
Biological Sciences Auditorium (BISC)
When:
4:00-6:30pm
Thursday, February 20
What: Lecture by Dr. Bernard
Lafayette of URI. Sponsored by the URI Center for Nonviolence and Peace
Studies, and the Intercultural Center at Bryant College
Where:
Bryant College, Janikies Auditorium
When:
Reception from 6:00-7:30, Event from 8:00-9:00pm
Sunday,
February 23
What:
Concert:
"Afro-American Symphony" by William Grant Still and "African
Sanctus" by David Fanshawe will be performed by the URI
Symphony Orchestra,
Ann Danis, conductor, and the Concert Choir, Mark Conley, conductor.
Where:
URI's Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
When:
8:00pm
Tuesday,
February 25
What:
Quiz: Black History Month Quiz Bowl.
Sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Student Senate.
Where:
TBA
When:
TBA
Wednesday,
February 26
What:
Symposium: “Designing Social
Movements.” Sponsored by
the Student Action Committee of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace
Studies.
Where:
Edwards Auditorium
When:
5:00-7:30pm
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