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2/2AACC & USG Presents: An Evening with Cornel West
AACC & USG Presents: An Evening with Cornel West
Thursday, February 2nd, 202307:00 PM - 08:00 PMStorrs CampusMcHugh Hall Rm 102
Join the African American Cultural Center as we celebrate the Opening of Black History Month with Cornel West, an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, actor, and public intellectual. Dr. West will participate in a 45-minute keynote speech, 15 Q & A (Event).Contact Information: carl.dean_jr@uconn.edu More
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2/4ASA Annual Fashion Show - SANKOFA - The Year of Return
ASA Annual Fashion Show - SANKOFA - The Year of Return
Saturday, February 4th, 202306:00 PM - 08:00 PMStorrs CampusJorgensen Theater
The African Student Association presents their Annual Fashion Show. Come ready to be amazed and have some fun.
RSVP Information available in ASA Instagram Bio (@ASAUCONN)Contact Information: @ASAUCONN on instagram More
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2/6Academic Achievement Center (AAC) FAFSA Pizza Party
Academic Achievement Center (AAC) FAFSA Pizza Party
Monday, February 6th, 202305:00 PM - 07:00 PMStorrs CampusAACC Community Room (SU 407)
Receive help and information on financial aid. Students will get assistance filling out their FAFSA form. Pizza will be served.
Sponsored by Academic Achievement Center!Contact Information: aac@uconn.edu aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/7Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Workshop w/ Movimiento Cultural
Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Workshop w/ Movimiento Cultural
Tuesday, February 7th, 202306:00 PM - 08:00 PMStorrs CampusStudent Union Ballroom
Join us and learn the fundamentals of Bomba music, dance, and storytelling.
Led by Movimieneto Cultural Afro-Continental (MCAC), INC., A cultural, arts, and community based organization whose mission is to educate people across Connecticut about Puerto Rico's rich African-based folklore, music, dance, and other art forms.
Refreshments: 'Frituras' - Fried Delicacies - will be served.Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu prlacc@uconn.edu More
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2/8How to Be a Straight A Student - Part I
How to Be a Straight A Student - Part I
Wednesday, February 8th, 202305:00 PM - 06:30 PMStorrs CampusAACC Community Room (SU 407)
Workshop Will help students develop better time management and study habit skills.Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/9AACC Soul Food Cinema
AACC Soul Food Cinema
Thursday, February 9th, 202306:00 PM - 08:30 PMStorrs CampusAACC Community Room (SU 407)
Join us for a screening of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in the AACC Community Room; Food provided by Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant.Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/13Journey to the Motherland: Winter in Ghana Returnee Panel
Journey to the Motherland: Winter in Ghana Returnee Panel
Monday, February 13th, 202304:00 PM - 05:00 PMStorrs CampusAACC Community Room (SU 407)Speak to students who experienced the 'Winter in Ghana' program over winter break!Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/15How to Be a Straight A Student - Part II
How to Be a Straight A Student - Part II
Wednesday, February 15th, 202306:00 PM - 07:30 PMStorrs CampusAACC Community Room (SU 407)
Part II with helping students with exam-prep and develop better study habits.Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/21Film Screening - Rosewood
Film Screening - Rosewood
Tuesday, February 21st, 202306:00 PM - 08:30 PMStorrs CampusBabbidge Library Class of '47
This blockbuster film is the cinematic retelling of the true-life destruction of an African American community in 1923. It captures Jim Crow-era violence and the Black radical tradition of resistance.
Following this event on Wednesday, February 22 will be a discussion with Lizzie Robinson Jenkins, Founder & President of the Real Rosewood Foundation, Inc. and Rosewood descendant.
More information and registration at https://lib.uconn.edu/about/news-events-2/black-history-month/black-history-month-events/Contact Information: Stephanie.Birch@uconn.edu More
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2/22Rosewood Film & History Discussion
Rosewood Film & History Discussion
Wednesday, February 22nd, 202306:00 PM - 07:30 PMStorrs Campusvirtual
Rosewood, Florida was the site of a horrific massacre 100 years ago, during the first week of January in 1923. This rural town of about 200 people was one of several Black communities in the US that suffered racial violence and destruction in the post World War I era.
Lizzie Robinson Jenkins, Founder & President of The Real Rosewood Foundation, and descendant of Rosewood, will lead a discussion about the work they are doing researching, documenting, and preserving the tragic history that has been buried for nearly 80 years.
A film screening on Rosewood will take place on Tuesday, February 21 from 6-8:30pm (the day prior to this discussion).
More information and registration at https://lib.uconn.edu/about/news-events-2/black-history-month/black-history-month-events/Contact Information: Stephanie.Birch@uconn.edu More
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2/23UConn Reads - LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS w/Professor Shawn Salvant, English Dept & Africana Studies
UConn Reads - LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS w/Professor Shawn Salvant, English Dept & Africana Studies
Thursday, February 23rd, 202305:00 PM - 06:30 PMStorrs CampusAACC Community Room (SU 407)
LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS w/Professor Shawn Salvant, English Dept & Africana Studies: The UConn Reads program invites you to participate in a campus and community-wide experience discovering this year’s book selection, Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki. We are proud to celebrate Transgender Awareness Week (TAW) at UConn with the announcement of a significant university-wide program to raise the visibility of transgender people and address their needs and build dignity for all. AACC is providing a space for students to meet to discuss the book.Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/26 "C.R.O.W.N. Act", (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair)
"C.R.O.W.N. Act", (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair)
Sunday, February 26th, 202311:00 AM - 06:00 PMStorrs CampusWerth Towers Forum
In honor of the "C.R.O.W.N act", we are creating a space to celebrate natural hair and provide free hair services for students. There will be food, games, and movies shown!Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/27BHM Closing - Overboard: Black Resistance and the Middle Passage w/Dr. Rik Stevenson, University of Florida African American Studies Program
BHM Closing - Overboard: Black Resistance and the Middle Passage w/Dr. Rik Stevenson, University of Florida African American Studies Program
Monday, February 27th, 202306:00 PM - 08:00 PMStorrs CampusStudent Union Theater & Ballroom
Black History Month Closing Ceremony- Overboard: Black Resistance and the Middle Passage w/Dr. Rik Stevenson, University of Florida African American Studies Program: Dr. Stevenson is a Professor of African American Studies from the University of Florida. His research explores Black resistance in the Middle Passage, connecting West African cosmologies and spiritual systems to revolutionary acts of resistance.Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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2/28Black Excellence in the Academy: A UConn Exhibit Diagram
Black Excellence in the Academy: A UConn Exhibit Diagram
Tuesday, February 28th, 202310:00 AM - 01:00 PMStorrs CampusStudent Union Room 104
"The African American Cultural Center (AACC) presents: Black Excellence in the Academy: A UConn Exhibit. Please join us in learning about some of the achievements of black scholars at the University of Connecticut. Coffee and refreshments will be available!"Contact Information: aacc@uconn.edu More
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