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February 7, 2003
Monique
Greenwood to Keynote Black History Month at MHC
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Monique
Greenwood |
Monique
Greenwood, former editor-in-chief of Essence magazine
and author of Having What Matters: The Black Woman's
Guide to Creating the Life You Really Want, will deliver
the keynote address for MHC's Black History Month series
Wednesday, February 19, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium.
For three years, Greenwood served as editor-in-chief of Essence,
the nation's leading publication for African American and
Caribbean women. She left to devote more time to her family and
to develop fully her own growing businesses. Greenwood is cofounder
and national president of the Go On Girl! Book Club, the largest
African American book club in the country, as well as a restaurateur,
the owner of two bed-and-breakfast inns, a community activist,
wife, and mother. Greenwood is a graduate of Howard University
and an alumna of the Program for Developing Managers at Simmons
Graduate School of Business.
"Successful in her own right, Greenwood describes her job
and business pursuits as part of a ‘life mission,'
more geared toward personal satisfaction than competitive pressures,"
says Booklist, the review journal of the American Library
Association. "She subscribes to the belief that ‘success
is personal fulfillment and satisfaction' and encourages
readers to define success for themselves."
Greenwood's appearance is one of a number of events being held
at the College in celebration of Black History Month. Other events
include: Tuesday, February 11: John Grayson, associate professor
of religion, speaks on "Malcolm and Martin" at 7:30
pm in Kendade Hall, room 305. Thursday, February 13: Nick Chiles
and Denene Millner, authors of What Brothers Think, What Sistahs
Know: The Real Deal on Love and Relationships, speak at 7:30
pm in Betty Shabazz House. Friday, February 14: "Love, Poetry,
and Chocolate," an open mike night for guest poets, will
be held at 8 pm in Betty Shabazz House. Friday, February 21: MHC's
Association of Pan African Unity and Something Every Friday present
"Ebony Theater," an evening of music, dance, poetry,
and theatrical performances, at 7 pm in Chapin Auditorium, Mary
Woolley Hall. Saturday, February 22: A party will be held from
10 pm to 4 am in Betty Shabazz House; admission is $3 before midnight
and $4 after. Wednesday, February 26: Lois Brown, assistant professor
of English, leads a discussion titled "The Trials, Travels,
and Literary Triumphs of Three Nineteenth-Century African, Afro-Caribbean,
and African American Women" at
7 pm in Betty Shabazz House. Friday, February 28: A Black History
Month costume party will be held in Betty Shabazz House, beginning
at 7 pm.
All events are free, with the exception of the February 22 party.
Black History Month events are sponsored by the Association of
Pan African Unity; the Office of the President, the Dean of the
College, and the Dean of Students; and the Office of Student Programs.
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