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The University of Colorado at Boulder will offer a variety of activities in February in honor of Black Awareness Month aimed at involving university and community members in diverse opportunities to expand their understanding of African American life and history.
"There is increased support in the CU community for Black Awareness Month, as evidenced by the additional number of departments and organizations represented on this year's calendar," said Jamal Ward, African American Student Services counselor in the Cultural Unity Center.Ìý
Ward is co-coordinator of Black Awareness Month activities. Highlights include:
* Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. Les Percussions de Guinee: Drummers and dancers share the African traditions of Guinea at Macky Auditorium. Tickets are required. For more information, call the College of Music box office at (303) 492-8008 or visit the Web site at .Ìý
* Feb. 4, 4 p.m. "Leadership in the 21st Century," public lecture by Michael Lomax, president, Dillard University at Old Main Chapel. Sponsored by the Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society.
* Feb. 7, 7 p.m. "A Journey through the African Slave Trade," African drumming and storytelling at the Eaton Humanities Building. Edmund Abaka, assistant professor of history, University of Miami, will explore the tragic slave trade in West Africa. Sponsored by the College of Music and the Cultural Unity Center.
* Wednesdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26 from noon to 2 p.m. Black Film Series featuring the "Eyes on the Prize" collection at the University Memorial Center, room 384. Sponsored by the Cultural Unity Center.
* Feb. 12, 7 p.m. Public presentation by Trisha Rose, associate professor of history and American Studies at New York University in the Hale Science Building, room 270. Rose specializes in 20th Century culture, politics, social thought, popular culture and gender issues. Sponsored by the Cultural Events Board and the Black Student Alliance.
* Feb. 21, 9 a.m. CU-Boulder 8th Annual Diversity Summit keynote address, "Share Status-A Global Imperative" by Julianne Malveaux at the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom. Malveaux is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-educated economist, lecturer and columnist whose primary area of research focuses on the labor market and public policy. Sponsored by the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, the Office of Diversity and Equity and the Cultural Events Board.
* Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. "Prison, Capital Punishment and the Effects on the African American Community" at the UMC, room 235. Najah Rasheed, activist and former prison inmate, and CU-Boulder sociology professor Michael Radelet will discuss the impact of prison and capital punishment. Sponsored by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and the Muslim Student Association.
* Feb. 28, 4:30 p.m. Chef Willie Bradley's Soul Food Dinner at Cheyenne Arapaho Hall for $11.50 per person. Sponsored by the Department of Housing.
Black Awareness Month calendars are available at the University Memorial Center information desk, the Black Student Alliance office in the UMC, room 362 and the Cultural Unity Center in Willard Administrative Center, room 118. The calendar, along with updates, is on the Internet atÌý .
For more information, contact coordinators Jamal Ward at (303) 492-2168 or Gabriella Chapman at (303) 735-3022.