Black History
Month at MHC
Mount Holyoke
celebrates with a jammed-packed calendar of events that includes
film screenings, discussions, guest speakers,
a
hip-hop concert, a play, and more.
Black History Month Events
February 2006
Monday, February 6
“Can We Talk about This?”
Black History Month Film Series
A screening of Color Adjustment, followed by a discussion about
blacks on television
4:30–6:30 pm, Gamble Auditorium, Art Building
Tuesday, February
7
Keynote Event: “Hello
Hollywood!”
Actor Mark Daniel Cade speaks about being a black man in the
biz.
7:30–9:30 pm, Gamble Auditorium, Art Building
Wednesday,
February 8
Documentary Film: After Innocence
This film about exonerated inmates trying to rebuild their
lives won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
7:30–9:30 pm, Great Room, Blanchard Campus Center
Summer Research
Opportunities Luncheon
noon–1 pm, Betty Shabazz House
Thursday, February
9
“Can
We Talk about This?”
Black History Month Film Series
A screening of Crash. A follow-up discussion will be held Friday
(see below).
10–11:30 pm, Great Room, Blanchard Campus Center
Friday, February
10
“Can We Talk about This?”
Black History Month Film Series
A second screening of Crash
4–5:30 pm, Hooker Auditorium, Clapp Laboratory
Black History
Month Dialogue Series:
Film Discussion of Crash
6:30 pm, Stimson Room, Williston Library
Friday, February
10
Something Every Friday Presents The Foundation
Revolutionary hip-hop by the acclaimed Boston duo
9:30–10:30 pm, Great Room, Blanchard Campus Center
Friction
After Party hosted by MHACASA
10:30 pm–2 am, Great Room, Blanchard Campus Center
Monday,
February 13
Black History Month Dialogue Series:
Conversation about Queer/Black/Multiracial Identities and Politics
4:30 pm–6 pm, Lounge, Eliot House
Wednesday,
February 15
Black History Month Unity Gathering
For MHC faculty, staff, and students. Hosted by African American
and African Studies (AFRAM).
4:30–6 pm, Kendade Atrium
Tuesday, February
21
“Can We Talk about This?”
Black History Month Film Series
A screening of the HBO documentary Yesterday, followed by a discussion
about racism in emergency relief situations,
such as Hurricane Katrina and the AIDS epidemic in Africa
6–8 pm, Room 101, Dwight Hall
Wednesday,
February 22
Black History Month Dialogue Series: Multicultural/Multiethnic
Identities
4:30–6:30 pm, Betty Shabazz Cultural Center
Monday, February
27
Black History Month Dialogue Series: Five College Faculty Panel
Discussion Black People in the Media
4:30–6:30 pm, Betty Shabazz Cultural Center
Tuesday, February
28
Black History Month Closing Ceremony
Screenwriter/filmmaker Dennis Watlington
reads from his book Chasing
America.
Community ceremony with poetry,
song, multimedia, and blessings
7:30 pm, Great Room, Blanchard
Campus Center
Friday–Saturday,
March 3–4
The Colored Museum
A play by George C. Wolfe, directed
by Aida Mbowa ’07 and
Rochelle Calhoun ’83
8 pm , Rooke Theatre
Events are
free and open to all.
Sponsors: African
American and African Studies Committee,
Black History
Month Committee,
APAU, MHACASA, Mixing
It Up, White
Privilege Awareness Project,
Familia, True Colors, College
Democrats,
MHC Film Board, Five Colleges,
Office
of the Dean of Students,
Office of Student
Programs,
Dean
of Faculty,
Office of
Religious and
Spiritual Life, Odyssey
Books, Inclusiveness Initiative
Fund, B. Connie Allen,
Academic Deans Office,
and Sean Decatur, Associate Dean of Faculty
for the
Sciences and HHMI-Howard
Hughes Medical
Institute,
and
the Office of the President.
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