1991_02 The Daily Collegian February 1991

              African People's History Month
Uhuru Na Umoja * February 1, 1991
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African  People's  History  Month
Sundey
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Autherine Lucy 1st
Black to Enroll at Univ.
of Alabama 1956
African American
Film Festival
TBA
Rosa Parks Bom 1913
Nelson Mandela
Released After 27
years in Prison 1990
African American
Film Festival
TBA
NAACP Founded
1909
Opening Ceremony
11am Free Speech
Area -PitStage
Speakers/Skit
7:00-9:00pm
ssu
9th Annual African
American Student
Recruitment Conference
Satellite Union 8am-5pm
Admission; FREE
African American
Rim Festival
TBA
African American
Film Festival
TBA
African American
Film Festival
TBA
Fashion Show
Cultural Night
SSU 7-9:30PM
"An Afternoon
of Gospel"
SSU 3pm-6:30pr
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Essays Due
for Contest
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Organizational Day
USU Balcony 9am-lpm
SCLC Organized
1957
Frederick Douglass
Born 1817
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Play: "Separate
But Equal" by
Alexander Claiborn
95U 8:00pm
African Student Union
Forum
"Its All in the Name"
TBA
Student Symposium:
"Racism on American
Campuses: a Strategy
for Resolution"
UC-200 llam-2pm
Malcolm X Killed
in NYC 1965 « 1
Essay Contest
Winners Announced
Skit by
Phillip Walker
Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity Presents:
Rap Artist, KRS-ONE
RDH 6Pm
Children's Day
SSU 9am-2pm
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Presents:
3rd Annual African
Women's Forum
USU 312-314
9am-12 noon
"African American
Manifest Destiny'
Edison I ligh School
8:00am-5:00pm
Black Music Awards
SSU 5pm-9pm
Today begins the celebration of Afri¬
can People's History Month 1991.
There will be various events during
the month ranging from lectures and
speakers to theatrical performances.
The following is a brief description of
planned events:
Feb. 1st - Opening day cere¬
mony begins at 11:00 am in the Free
Speecharca with guest speaker- Dr.
Robert Mikell and Dr. Malik Simba
from theEthnic Studies department.
The program features talks on the
origins ofthe month long celebration
and a special tribute to Dr. Martin Lu¬
ther King, Jr. There will be musical
entertainment in the Pit at noon.
There will be an evening cere¬
mony in the Satellite Stud :nt Union
starting at 7:00 pm. Scheduled events
are a performance of a history
skit by members of the Fresno High
School Black Student Union, student
speakers and the singing of the Black
National Anthem. Admission is
free.
Feb. 2nd   - African American
Student Recruitment Conference, Sat¬
ellite Student Union, from 8:00 am to
5:00pm. The conferenceisdesigned to
encourage African American high
school students to attend college and
provide them with information and
networking to make their transition
less difficult. Sponsored by the CSUF
Outreach Services, representative
Frankie Moore is the facilitator. Key¬
note speaker is Dr. Shirley Weber,
chair of the African Studies depart¬
ment at San Diego State University.
Feb- 4th through Feb 8th - The
African Student Union is sponsoring
the African American Film Festival.
Films by or starring African Ameri¬
cans will be featured. Film titles and
times will be announced on Monday.
Feb. 9th - Family Night and
Fashion Show. The annual fashion
show featuring fashions from the
continent and the states. There will be
entertainers and speakers also for the
enjoyment of the whole family.
Admission is free.
Feb. 13th - Organizations Day -
CSUF African American organizations
will assemble on the balcony of the
Student Union to provide
information about their clubs. From
9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Feb. 15th - Children's Day - from
9:00 am to 2:00 pm children from
local schools will be on campus to
participate in a day of skits, songs
and other performing arts.
Nlghtime activities feature re¬
cording artist Chris Parker (KRS-ONE)
giving a lecture in the Resident's Din¬
ing Hall at 730 pm. Admission is
free for the lecture. There will be a
dance following the lecture and
there will be a $2.00 cover charge. The
event is sponsored by the Phi
Beta Sigma fraternity at CSUF.
Feb. 16th - The Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority is sponsoring a
Women'sForum from 9:00 am to 2:00
pm in the University Student Union
rooms 312-314. The focus is on issues
pertaining to women in today's soci¬
ety. Feb 20th - There will be a live
satellite broadcast of "The Rise in
Campus Racism" in the Alice Peters
Business building from 9:30 am to
noon
At 8:00 pm there will be a theat¬
rical performance of the play "Sepa¬
rate But Together". The play, writ¬
ten by Alexander Claiborne, depicts
what happens to 4 coeds who are
unwillingly thrust together in a close
environment. Admission is free.
Feb. 21st - A student sympo¬
sium on the racial climate on Ameri¬
can campuses will be held in the
Upstairs Cafeteria from 11:00 am to
2:00   pm.
Feb. 22nd -The AAMC will hold
a convention, "Just For The Record" in
the Satellite Student Union from 5:30
pm to 10:30 pm for those
interested in the music industry. There
will be a fee charged at the
door.
Feb. 23rd - The "First Annual
Symposium Dialogue on the
African-American Experience" wilt be
held from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The location will be announced.
The "Second Annual Black
Music Awards" - "We're On The
Move" - will beheld in the Satellite
Student Union at 7:30 pm. There will
be admissioncharged at the door.
Feb. 24th - Gospel Fest will fea¬
ture an afternoon of gospel music
featuring voices of local church mem¬
bers from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm in
the Satellite Student Union. Admis¬
sion is free.
Feb 27th - The African Student
Union willsponsoraforumcalled "If s
All In The Name" aimed at answering
the question of using Black,
African-American, African People, etc.
From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm the
admission is free.
Feb. 28th - The Uhuru Na Umoja
newspaper will announce the winners
in the month long essay contest in
the edition due out this day.
There will be a speaker, Phillip
Walker, sopnsored by the University
Lecture Series. Time and place to be
announced.
From 9:00 am to 3:00 pm the
Busweiser Mobile Health Unit will
make astop here at CSUF.
Keynote speaker for the month
JUAN WILLIAMS
Juan Williams, political reporter
for the Washington Post, commenta¬
tor for the Mac Neil-Leher Report and
author of the highly acclaimed history
of the Civil Rights Movement, "Eyes
On The Prize", will be the featured
keynote speaker for African People's
History Month 1991. Speaking in the
Satellite Student Union on Monday,
February 25,1991, at 8 pm, Mr.
Williams will bring the past and
present of that most important social
phenomenon to this campus.
Articulate, committed to keep¬
ing alive the dreams of the Movement
that forever changed the face of Amer¬
ica, Mr. Williams is winning raves from
audiences all over.
Using video clips from the se¬
ries, Juan Williams brings to life the
black struggle for equal participation
in all levels of American society. It will
be a powerful and moving presenta¬
tion, one which audiencesare not likely
to forget.
Admission is free and open to
all who want to come and see what
paths African-Americans have trav¬
eled and which paths need to be
taken in the future.