Celebrate Black History Month
February 2012

Please Join Us

Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to join in a calendar of cultural enrichment activities to  commemorate Black History Month at De Anza throughout February.

Black History Month Opener:
Poetry Under the Sun
Thursday, Feb. 2 • Noon-1 p.m. • Main Quad
Hosted by McTate Stroman

Black Student Union Event: First Thursday Open Mic Poetry Night
Thursday, Feb. 2 • 5-7 p.m. • Euphrat Museum of Art (Visual & Performing Arts Center)

African American Student Conference
For High School Students  • Hosted by the Office of Outreach and Relations with Schools
Wednesday, Feb. 8 • 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. • Hinson Campus Center, Conference Rooms A&B

Black History Month Film Series: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Tuesday, Feb. 14 • 10 a.m.-12.30 p.m. • Hinson Campus Center, Conference Rooms A&B
Hosted by McTate Stroman

Drum Circle: Poetry, Music and Dance
Performed by The Rhythmics Institute, Clarence “Chazz” Ross
Thursday, Feb. 16 • Noon-1 p.m • Main Quad

Black History Month Film Series: A Prince Among Slaves
Wednesday, Feb. 22 • 10 a.m.-12.30 p.m. • Hinson Campus Center, Conference Rooms A&B
Hosted by Orit Mohamed

Panel Discussion: African Americans at San Jose State in the 1960s--The Speed City Days and the De Anza Connection
Wednesday, Feb. 22 • 1:30 to 3 p.m. • Hinson Campus Center, Conference Room B

Black History Month Closing Event
Music and Entertainment by So Timeless • Wednesday, Feb. 29 • Noon-1 p.m. • Main Quad

Events co-sponosred by the De Anza Black Student Union and the African Ancestry Association and funded by DASB. For more information, contact Michele LeBleu-Burns at lebleuburnsmichele@deanza.edu or Rob Mieso at miesorob@deanza.edu.