Daughter of the Struggle
featuring Ayanna Gregory
6pm, Center for the Arts (Gore Hall)
Free and open to the public; Tickets required.

 

Ayanna Gregory is a soul singer, educator, activist, and daughter of celebrated comedian and Human Rights Activist, Dick Gregory.  She will perform her one woman show, Daughter of the Struggle.

 

For more information, contact BAMS at 302-831-2897 or visit www.bams.udel.edu

Sponsored by Black American Studies, Center for Black Culture, College of Arts & Sciences, Division of Student Life, Office of the President, and Theatre Department

Thursday, February 16

Black History Month Dinner
Kent, Pencader, Rodney, & Russell Dining Halls
Dinner Only

Celebrate Black History Month by indulging in a soulful dinner at all residential dining halls on campus.  The menu will include:  Homemade Chicken and Flat Dumpling Stew, Savory BBQ Spare Ribs, Vegetarian Hoppin Johns, Hush Puppies, Collard Greens, Steamed Corn on the Cob, Shrimp Po Boy Sandwich, Mac and Cheese, Old Fashion Potato Salad, Sweet Potato Pie, and more.

Sponsored by Dining Services

Third Annual Black Leadership Summit:  The REACH Project
Engaged Black Leadership in 2012:  Activism, Organization and Empowerment
Howard S. Gittis Student Center, Temple University
Bus will depart the CBC at 8:00 am; Bus will return to the CBC at 5:30 pm

The Center for Black Culture will take a delegation of student leaders to the third Annual Black Leadership Summit. The summit will examine models of engaged leadership, and will also explore service-learning, student activism, mentoring, and family involvement. E-mail atiya@udel.edu by Feb. 17th to register for the Summit.

Sponsored by the Center for Black Culture

Louis L. Redding Lecture featuring Linda Ammons
4pm, Roselle Center for the Arts, Gore Recital Hall
Free and Open to the Public

Linda Ammons is the Associate Provost and Dean at the Widener University School of Law.  Ammons is the first woman and the first African American to lead Widener University School of Law, and one of only seven African American females in the nation serving as dean of a law school.  Her talk is entitled, “As the World Turns:  Not the Soap Opera”.

Ammons holds a B.A. from Oakwood College, a M.A. from Ohio State University, and a J.D., from Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Sponsored by the Office of Equity and Inclusion, the President’s Diversity Initiative, Center for Black Culture, Center for the Study of Diversity, Department of Black American Studies, Department of Women Studies, Legal Studies Program, Office of General Counsel

UD Student/Alumni Networking Social

6:00 – 9:00 pm, Center for Black Culture

Come and celebrate Black History Month at the Center for Black Culture and network with fellow alumni and current students. Light refreshments will be served.

Reservations required. Alumni should register at: 
http://www.udconnection.com/Events/2012/Feb/Black-History-Month-Celebration-hosted-by-UD-Black

Students should RSVP by contacting the Center for Black Culture at
cbc-mail@udel.edu

Sponsored by the Center for Black Culture and the Black Alumni Organization

Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness
6:30 pm, Mitchell Hall, Auditorium (Doors open at 6pm)
Free and open to the public

Randal Pinkett is the first African American winner of Donald Trump’s reality show, The Apprentice, and CEO of BCT Partners, a multi-million dollar consulting firm. His most recent book, Black Faces in White Places is about - the game - the competitive world in which we all live and work, and the inevitable issues of race in the workplace and in society. In his talk, Pinkett will examine shattering the old "glass ceiling," and the four dimensions of the contemporary black experience: identity, society, meritocracy, and opportunity.

Dr. Pinkett is a Rhodes scholar and holds five degrees: a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers; a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England; and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering , MBA, and PH.D. from MIT.

25th Annual Multi-Ethnic Career Development Conference
9:00am - 4:00pm, Clayton Hall Conference Center (North Campus)
Open to University of Delaware students only

This conference will provide undergraduates from diverse ethnicities and across all majors with an excellent opportunity to hear from dynamic speakers, meet alumni, network with employers, and find internships as well as summer jobs. For more information, please visit http://www.udel.edu/CSC/mecc.html.

Sponsored by the Career Services Center

Friday, March 16

August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble
7:30 pm; Mitchell Hall, Auditorium (Doors open at 7pm)
Free w/ Valid UD ID/ $5 UD Faculty/Staff 
$7 General Public
Tickets required and available at UD Box Offices on 2/13/12.

The August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble brings the multicultural dance community together while keeping the black dance tradition at the forefront of the region’s dance community. Located in Pittsburgh, PA, the August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble was founded in 2009 by Greer Reed-Jones who serves as the artistic director. As a former member of the internationally acclaimed Ailey II and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Reed-Jones has catapulted this group as one of the premier contemporary dance companies in the United States.   

Sponsored by the Cultural Programming Advisory Board

Annual Kente Stole Ceremony
7pm, Clayton Hall

The evening before commencement the Center for Black Culture provides graduating seniors and their families with a forum to celebrate the extraordinary milestone of college graduation.

Sponsored by the Center for Black Culture

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