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Black History Month Theme: "Lifting As We Climb"
Black History Month Time Line Toyon Meadow, Month of FebruaryTake a stroll down Toyon Meadow and view the Black History Month timeline. The theme this year is “Lifting As We Climb,” paying homage to the women who went, worked, and fought before us.
Blackout Thursdays 12:15 pm, Thursdays, February 7, 14, 21, 28, Suzanne Adams Plaza
Come join the Black Women's Collective in a celebration of unity during Black History Month. Events include an open mic, a music celebration, sexual education day, and a talent show. Come support your fellow Mills sisters and wear the designated color that will soon be announced each Thursday!
12:15 pm, Thursday, February 7th Music celebration – the opening event for Black History Month and Blackout Thursdays. There will be music playing in Adams Plaza.
12:15 pm, Thursday, February 14th Sexual Ed day – A representative from Planned Parenthood will come to distribute information on how to have a safe Valentines Day!
12:15 pm, Thursday, February 21st Open Mic – A lunchtime event open for everyone to come and perform spoken word.
12:15 pm, Thursday, February 28th Talent show – The Mills community will sign up and perform their talent piece during lunch!
Hair Show 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 21, 2008, Student UnionWe will be showcasing how Black women's hair has evolved throughout the decades from the 1920's to now!
Film Festival - "Bling: A Planet Rock" Director: Raquel Cepeda 7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Student Union
You might have spent thousands on the diamond you're blingin'... but do you know how much it really costs? In this riveting, unforgettable film, hip-hop celebrities Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan, Paul Wall, and Tego Calderon travel to war-torn Sierra Leone, West Africa, and come face to face with the victims of the blood diamond industry so deeply entwined in hip-hop. The filmmakers explore the cultural significance of diamond jewelry in hip-hop and trace its evolution from early '80s old-school ghetto culture to the bling-encrusted billion-dollar industry it is today. Featuring Ishmael Beah, best-selling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and interviews with Kanye West, Big Daddy Kane, Jadakiss and Mr. T, Bling is without question one of the most powerful films you will ever see!
Followed by a discussion led by host, African Student Alliance. Supported by RAP-Resent Group.
Dinner Honoring Black History Month 5:00-7:00 pm, Thursday, February 28, 2008, Founders HallCome and enjoy the company of the Mills community to honor Black History Month.
Book Launch by author Ajuan Mance, "Inventing Black Women, African American Women Poets and Self-Representation 1877-2000" 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 28, 2008, Student Union
Come and join us as we launch Professor Ajuan Mance's new book, "Inventing Black Women, African American Women Poets and Self-Representation 1877-2000"! In this book Ajuan Mance establishes that the history of African American women's poetry revolves around the struggle of the Black female poet against two marginalizing forces: the widespread association of womanhood with the figure of the middle-class, white female; and the similar association of Blackness with the figure of the African American male. In so doing, she looks closely at the major trends in Black women's poetry during each of four critical moments in African American literary history: the post- Reconstruction era from 1877 to 1910; the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s; the Black Arts Movement from 1965 to 1975; and the late twentieth century from 1975 to 2000.
The first historical and thematic survey of African American women's poetry, this book examines the key developments that have shaped the growing body of poems by and about Black women over the nearly 125 years since the end of slavery and Reconstruction, as it offers incisive readings of individual works by important poets such as Alice B. Neal, Maggie Pogue Johnson, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Sonia Sanchez, Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, and many others.
The Art of Living Black—Open Studios Art Fair 11:00-5:00, Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2, 2008, Student UnionPart of "The Art Of Living Black", Bay Area Black Artists Exhibition and Art Tour 2008, sponsored by the Richmond Art Center
Featuring our very own Mills Professor Ajuan Mance’s acrylic paintings and art work by Jeanette Madden, Lorraine Bonner, Atiba Thomas, Duane Conliffe, and several other Bay Area black artists.
Self Guided Art Tour Weekend - Individual Studio Spaces in the cities of Berkeley, Emeryville, Martinez, Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Mateo and Vallejo.
For information on all venues, The Art of Living Black 2008 Art Tour Directories are available at The Richmond Art Center, 510.620.2772
Alvin Ailey Dance Performance! 8:00 pm, Friday, March 7, 2008, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
The legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) makes its annual visit to Cal Performances and Zellerbach Hall March 5th through 9th to present six different dynamic programs of repertory, including two Bay Area premieres. Known the world over for its supreme skill, energy and diverse choreographic expression, the AAADT is "a company that clearly believes that dance is a gift to be shared with the audience." (The New York Times)
Tickets are available only to Mills College students at $16.00 per ticket. The limited tickets can be purchased on a first come first served basis at Jean Wong's office, Mills Hall 340. Please call 510.430.2080 for availability. The Ethnic Studies Department is pleased to underwrite a portion of the cost of the tickets.
Sponsors Events are co-sponsored by Black Women's Collective, Ethnic Studies Department, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Women's Studies Program, Office of Student Diversity Programs, Office of Student Activities, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life, Associated Students of Mills College, Housing Management and Dining Services, Women's Leadership Institute, Institute of Civic Leadership, Public Policy Program, School of Education and the English Department
Ethnic Studies Department, Jean Wong