Skip to main content

“Black History Matters”

BHM 2021 Update 2 2

 

This year our theme for Black History Month is “Black History Matters”. The John D. O’Bryant Institute and our black student organizations along with Cultural Life and Africana Studies will bring you some of your favorite events such as the “Opening Event – Black History Matters” the “Black Heritage Awards” and “Taste of the Diaspora. There will also be events that focus on financial freedom, black history trivia, reflections on the words of James Baldwin and many more. The full schedule of events for Black History Month will be available soon!  Download BHM Poster

“Black History Matters”
Africana Studies & JDOAAI
February 2nd – 4:30 -6PM

“SIS: Golden Hour”
Sisters in Solidarity (SIS)
February 7th – 12:00 PM
“Meet the Divine 9”
National Pan Hellenic
Council (NPHC)
February 4th – 7:00pm		 “James Baldwin: Words
of Reflection”
JDOAAI
February 12th – 12:00pm
“Africa Night”
Northeastern African Student
Organization (NASO)
February 12th – 6:00pm		 “Get to Know the
Institute Staff”
JDOAAI
February 17th – 12:00pm
“Real Talk: Black & LatinX
Entrepreneur Experience”
Graduate Students of Color
Collective (GSCC)
February 23rd – 6:00 PM		 “Black Heritage Awards”
JDOAAI
February 23rd – 11:45 AM
“Taste of the African
Diaspora”
JDOAAI
February 24th – 4:00 PM,
JDOAAI Tent		 “Spiritual Poetry & Black
Lives Matter: A Reading &
Conversation with
Contributors”
CSDS and JDOAAI
February 24th – 6PM

Additional Events Around Campus

“The History of Black Businesses”
Black Business Oriented Student Society
February 2nd – 6:30 PM

“Composite Bodies Series: Race, Gender & Technology”
Northeastern College of Social Sciences and Humanities
February 3rd – 5:00 PM
“A Conversation with
Angela Davis”
NU Students Advancing
Intersectional Dreams
February 15th – 8:00 PM		 “B.L.A.C.K. & L.A.T.I.N.X. Virtual Spring Professional Immersion Series”
February 19th – March 26th – 12:00 PM