Tag: Black History Month

Thurs 2/27: Check out Ventura College’s events! Black History Month celebration TODAY, Diversity Festival, art and poetry contests in March.

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Black History Month Celebration Panel & Luncheon
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020

Panel 10 am – 11am Bookstore Quad Open to All
Luncheon 11am – 1 pm Student Center Study Lounge (RSVP in person at the Student Activities Office)

Poetry Slam Workshop

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Fri – 2/1: It’s Black History Month. It’s not at all what they taught us in school.

(Photo: Workers prepare to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from Robert E. Lee Park in Dallas, Texas, on September 14, 2017.)

In 2014, Aisha Harris posted this great article. “Let’s Fix Black History Month“. Here’s the outline of her proposal.

  • Tip #1: Go beyond the basics…Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, etc.
  • Tip #2: Don’t just “celebrate” Black History Month. Confront past and present injustices.
  • Tip #3: If you must commercialize Black History Month, at least be thoughtful about it.
  • Tip #4: As an adult, make an effort to learn something new about the black community or experience.
  • Tip #5: Repeat 1-4 all year long.

Action – Watch this amazing video (Tip #2 and #4)

Today, we’re re-posting this video with Jeffery Robinson, the ACLU’s top racial justice expert. He discusses the history of Confederate symbols across the country and outlines what we can do to learn from our past and combat systemic racism. He is an AMAZING SPEAKER and the video is filled with historical film clips.

 

 

 

February is Black History Month

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Help Transcribe Abolitionist documents!
Help remember the past by helping the Boston Public Library transcribe 12,000 abolitionist manuscripts from the mid-1800s. Many hands make light work. Get started here.
Read!

Go see a play: “The Colored Museum”

The Colored Museum is presented Feb. 7-11 at Cal Lutheran University’s Black Box Studio Theatre, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. For schedule, tickets and more information, call 493-3452 or visit www.callutheran.edu/college-arts-sciences/theatre-arts.

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