Saturday, January 13th:
21st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Celebration & Banquet
6pm, Grand Ballroom, Reitz Union
Keynote Speaker Amiri Baraka

Tuesday, January 23rd:
BGSO General Body Meeting – Potluck Social
Institute of Black Culture @ 7pm

Thursday, January 25th:
Graduate Student Council Meeting
6:30pm, Little Hall Room 109

Saturday, Jan 27th:
5th Annual Dr. James E. Scott Black Student Leadership Conference
“Black in Action: Answering the Call to Leadership”
9am – 5pm, Reitz Union, 2nd Floor
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Erna Brodber, Jamaican activist, novelist, sociologist, and historian.

Black History Month

Tuesday, February 6th:
“AIDS in the Black Community: Fact or Fiction?”
HIV/AIDS Forum and Panel Discussion
Presented by BGSO & CaribSA
Rinker Hall 110, 6-8pm

Tuesday, February 6th:
Book Signing and Reading by Dr. Stephanie Evans
Women’s Studies Center, Ustler Hall, 7-10pm [light refreshments will be served]

Wednesday, February 7th:
Town Hall Meeting on HIV Awareness for National Black AIDS Awareness Day
Coordinate w/Wilhelmina Johnson Center [details TBA]

Saturday February 10th:
BHM Kid’s Day
Community outreach event in East Gainesville – educational activities for kids 11am-3pm [place TBA]

Tuesday, February 13th:
BGSO General Body Meeting
Business Meeting ~
7pm, IBC

Thursday, February 22nd:
Graduate Student Council Meeting
6:30pm, Little Hall Room 109

Tuesday, February 27th:
BGSO General Body Meeting
Social Meeting
7pm [place TBA]

[Check out the Black History Month Calendar for details on daily events during BHM 2007!]

Selected Performing Arts & O’Connell Events that BGSO members may be interested in seeing:

• Thursday, February 1st – Saturday, Feb 3rd:
  Dimpho Di Kopane: The Mysteries (South Africa-based Lyric Theater Company)
  Phillips Center for Performing Arts, 7:30pm each night
• Tuesday, February 6th:
  Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra
  Phillips Center for Performing Arts, 7:30pm
• Friday, February 16th:
  Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (inspired by the paintings of African-American artist Jacob Lawrence)
  Phillips Center for Performing Arts, 7:30pm
• Friday, February 23rd:
  Damian Marley
  O’Connell Center, 8pm, Door at 7pm (Tickets $10 UF Students)
  

MONDAY, MARCH 19th
2nd Annual African Film Festival
Reitz Union Cinema; 3pm-11pm

DON’T F*** WITH ME I HAVE 51 BROTHERS AND SISTERS (86min)
3:00-4:30pm In English & Zulu with English subtitles

TOI, WAGUIH (28min)
4:30-5:00pm In French & Arabic with English subtitles

A CHILD’S LOVE STORY / UN AMOUR D’ENFANT (96min)
5:30-7:06pm In French with English subtitles

OUSMANE (15min)
7:10-7:25pm In Wolof & French with English subtitles

WHOLE: A TRINITY OF BEING (16min)
8:00-8:16pm

MY LOST HOME / MA MAISON PERDUE (19min)
8:20-8:40pm In French & Arabic with English subtitles

THE NIGHT OF TRUTH / LA NUIT DE LA VÉRITÉ (100min)
8:45-10:45pm In Dioula, French, & More with English subtitles

TUESDAY, MARCH 20th
2nd Annual African Film Festival continues
Reitz Union Cinema; 3pm-11pm

A CHILD’S LOVE STORY / UN AMOUR D’ENFANT (96min)
3:00-4:36pm In French with English subtitles

OUSMANE (15min)
4:40-4:55pm In Wolof & French with English subtitles

THE NIGHT OF TRUTH / LA NUIT DE LA VÉRITÉ (100min)
5:00-6:40pm In Dioula, French, & More with English subtitles

MY LOST HOME / MA MAISON PERDUE (19min)
6:45-7:05pm In French & Arabic with English subtitles

DAUGHTER OF KELTOUM (106min)
7:10-8:56pm In Arabic with English subtitles

DON’T F*** WITH ME I HAVE 51 BROTHERS AND SISTERS (86min)
9:00-10:36pm In English & Zulu with English subtitles

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21st
Support a local Black-owned Business
Meet for lunch at Reggae Shack Restaurant, 619 West University Ave.; 12pm-2pm

Community Service Project: TBA

THURSDAY, MARCH 22nd
Museum Nights at the Harn, 34th & Hull Road
Private Guided Tour of the African Collection, Ethiopian Exhibit
at the Harn Museum 6pm-7pm
Coffeehouse Social (in the Museum) 7-8pm

FRIDAY, MARCH 23rd
1st Annual Black Cultural Interventions into Gender & Sexuality Studies Conference – Day One (presented by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere)
for complete schedule, visit http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/stalling/conference2007.html
Reitz Union Room 287, 8:30am- 6:30pm

An evening of Jazz and Poetry, open mic night
Featuring BLACK ON BLACK RHYME.
at Martini’s, Downtown; 8pm - until

SATURDAY, MARCH 24th
1st Annual Black Cultural Interventions into Gender & Sexuality Studies Conference – Day Two (presented by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere)
for complete schedule, visit http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/stalling/conference2007.html
Reitz Union Room 287, 9:00am- 6:30pm

BGSO’s Annual Writer’s Workshop
with Poet, Critic, & Professor Donna Weir-Soley
Reitz Union Room 288, 11:30am-2:00pm

OLD SCHOOL JAMZ: Don’t Disturb This Groove
at Martini’s, Downtown; 10pm – 2am

SUNDAY, MARCH 25th
Meet for Church Service
Abiding Faith Church, 6529 NW 39th Ave; 11am

Support a local Black-owned Business:
Meet for lunch at Juniors Restaurant, 1218 N Main St.; 1pm-3pm

End of Semester Party ~ details TBA