University of Rochester
Black History Month 2012
Black History month Book Display
Month of February
Rush Rhees Circulation Desk
The display features the works of Michael Eric Dyson and selected books by other authors on African American culture and history.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 |  | Friday, January 27, 2012 |  |
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:00
p.m. | African Video Series "Present Tense" a film by Dave McKenzie "The Ethnography of No Place" a film by Rachel Lears and Saya Woolfalk |
Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Black History Month Video Series-Wild Women Don't Have the Blues  Through historic performances and recordings,
captures the spirit of such pioneering blues women as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey,
Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter, Ida Cox, and others.
Sponsored by the College Diversity Roundtable and the Office of Minority Student Affairs Every Thursday in February 2012 |
Saturday, February 4, 2012 2:00 p.m. | Frederick Douglass Resource Center Cultural Tour |
Saturday, February 4th, 2012 2:00-5:00 p.m. |
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:30-7:00 p.m. |
The History of Black History Month & Should We Continue to Celebrate It? |
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:00pm |  Symposium on Study Abroad in Africa |
| Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:00-1:30 p.m. Gleason |
Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels to Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to discover the African influence on Latin America. Sponsored by the College Diversity Roundtable and the Office of Minority Student Affairs Every Thursday in February 2012 |
Friday, February 10, 2012 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | 1st ANNUAL Tana Grady-Weliky MD Memorial Lecture on Women and Diversity in Medicine Ebony in an Ivory Tower: Diversity and Disparities in American Medicine Presented by: Annelle Primm, MD, |
Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. | Black Student's Union |
Monday, February 13, 2012 5:30-7pm |
Discussion on Exploring the Issue of Child Sex-Trafficking Worldwide |
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 6:00
p.m. | 
Stephanie Li, Assistant Professor of English Co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Student Affairs, the College Diversity Roundtable, and Shadowing the History and Diverse Environments of Students (SHADES) |
Wednesday, February 15 2012 4:30
p.m. | Panel discussion on Haiti with past FDI Fellow, Millery Polyne, New York University, Discussion on his book “From Douglass to Duvalier: US African Americans, Haiti, and Pan Americanism, 1870-1964” Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:30 p.m. | Diversity Dinner Cost: $8 |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:30-7:00 p.m. |
Financial Empowerment-Tips for Reducing Debt, Budgeting, Saving, and Breaking the Chains of Living Paycheck to Paycheck |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:30-7pm |
Discussion on Exploring the Issue of Child Sex-Trafficking in the United States |
Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
After the death of their mother, who emigrated to England from St. Lucia to be with their father, two sisters and a brother of white English and Black Caribbean parentage attempt to fathom her psyche, her homesickness and depression after their father left the family, and their own ambiguous sense of identity and belonging. Sponsored by the College Diversity Roundtable and the Office of Minority Student Affairs Every Thursday in February 2012 |
Thursday, February 16, 2012 7am-7pm |
Prayer Room |
Friday, February 17, 2012 12:30- 1:45 p.m. | Lifting the Veils of Secrecy and Shame - Homophobia and African American Communities of Faith Documentary: All God's Children presents a political, social, and religious analysis of sexual orientation within the context of the traditional African American values of freedom, inclusion, and the Christian ethic. Through the voices of politicians, religious leaders, academics, family members, and activists, All God's Children vividly illustrates the human toll exacted upon society by the unspoken stigmatization and alienation of lesbians and gay men. Guest Respondent: Stanley Byrd, Ed. D., Manager, Human Resources-Multicultural Affairs and Inclusion University of Rochester |
Friday, February 17, 2012 Messinger Hall 1, Located at 26 Gibbs St at the Eastman Community Music School |
Benefit Concert for LOVE146 (www.love146.org) |
Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:00-8:30pm |
Speaker- Jonathan Walton from NYCUP (New York
City Urban Project) |
Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:00 PM to 5:00 p.m. | Black History Month Family Day Celebrate Black History Month with art activities, tours, storytelling, and music and dance performances. Admission is free. Sponsored by JP Morgan Chase Foundation and the Robert and Madeleine S. Heilbrunn Memorial Fund |
Sunday, February 19th, 2012 7pm-9pm | University of Rochester Christian Fellowship and BSU's Gospel Concert |
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12pm - 1:30 p.m. | Research Seminar with Takkara Brunson, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Frederick Douglass Institute Talk title: “Remnants of Slavery on the Eve of Independence: Afro-Cuban Women Define Freedom, 1886-1900”
Susan B. Anthony
Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies |
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:00pm | Humanist Scholar, Kwame Anthony Appiah from Princeton University presents “African Identities” Co- sponsored by the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering and the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies |
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:30-7:00 p.m. |
Wearing the Mask at Work & the Effects It Has on Your Life |
Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Sponsored by the College Diversity Roundtable and the Office of Minority Student Affairs Every Thursday in February 2012 |
Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:30-7:00 p.m. |
Issues Faced by Minorities in the Workplace & Does Diversity Mean Anything Anymore? |
Friday, February 24, 2012 12:30- 1:45 p.m. | Lifting the Veil of Mistreatment A Historical Look at African Americans with Mental Illness and the Crownsville Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland Documentary “The Negro Insane” Guest Facilitator– Karen Culley Writer, Poet and Producer of the documentary “The Negro Insane” |
| Saturday, February 25, 2012 |
For more information please visit City of Rochester celebration of Black History Month |
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:00 p.m. |
Panel
Discussion with Professor Steven R. Carter |
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:00-6:30 p.m.Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library |
"'Baby, You Could Be Jesus in Drag': Lorraine Hansberry and Black Domestic Workers on Being The Help." Michelle Gordon, Assistant Professor of English, University of Southern CaliforniaSponsored by: Susan B. Anthony
Institute, Frederick Douglass Institute |
Friday, March 2, 2012 12:30- 1:45 p.m. | Lifting the Veil of Denial How Perceived Discrimination, Racism, and Acculturation Impact Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Black Young Adults Guest Facilitator–Kathryn A. Castle, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry During young adulthood the suicide rate among Blacks rises dramatically and approaches that of the U.S. general population, requiring that prevention efforts include a focus on Black young adults. Although most research on suicidality among Blacks has focused on risk factors observed in the dominant culture, Dr. Castle and colleagues have examined associations between perceived discrimination, racism, and acculturation with lifetime suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempt (SA) among Black young adults. Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Volume 41, Issue 3, pages 342–351, June 2011 |
African American Network (AAN) Panel Discussions- Panel I
Black
History Month Video Series-Black in Latin America
Eastman School of Music Hosts:
Black
History Month Video Series- Dreaming Rivers
Black
History Month Video Series- Adam Clayton Powell
Fourth Annual Two Icons Lecture on Race and GenderSee Events from Previous Years