| OCTOBER |
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Tuesday,
October 18th |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Potluck Social
Institute of Black Culture, 7:30pm |
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Saturday,
October 22nd |
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Grad
Prep Workshop 9:00am – 2:00pm (Reitz Union)
- Keynote
Speaker: Ouida McNeal, Santa Fe Community College
- Mentorship
Sessions: Law School, Humanities, Business, Engineering
& Other
- BGSO
Members are needed for set up, the mentoring sessions,
and clean up
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Saturday,
October 22nd |
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FAMU
Homecoming
Tallahassee (leave after grad prep) |
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Wednesday,
October 26th |
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Forum:
Unions of Blackness w/ BSU & CaribSA (Details TBA) |
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Community
Service Activity |
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- Holiday
Food Drive
- Hurricane
Katrina Food Drive ...more
info
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| NOVEMBER |
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(Community
Service Month) |
| Tuesday,
November 1st |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Institute of Black Culture, 7:30pm |
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| Tuesday,
November 8th |
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Cultural
Arts Coalition, Girl Power Program
Community Service: Motivational
Activities
Wilhemina Johnson Resource Center, 4:30pm - 6pm |
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| Tuesday,
November 15th |
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Cultural
Arts Coalition, Girl Power Program
Community Service: Motivational
Activities
Wilhemina Johnson Resource Center, 4:30pm - 6pm |
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| Tuesday,
November 15th |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Institute of Black Culture, 7:30pm |
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| Thursday,
November 24th |
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Thanksgiving
Potluck Social (Details TBA) |
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| Tuesday,
November 29th |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Institute of Black Culture, 7:30pm |
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Community
Service Activity |
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- Tutoring
for Middle and High School Students
- Holiday
Food Drive
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| DECEMBER |
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Christmas
Wine and Cheese Social (Details TBA) |
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| SPRING
2006 |
| JANUARY |
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| Tuesday,
January 10th |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Institute of Black Culture, 7 pm |
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| Sunday,
January 15 |
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MLK
Celebration ~ 7pm, Grand Ballroom, Reitz Union
- Speaker:
Angela Davis
- Theme:
"Get Up, Get Out, Do Something!” ~ Building
Alliances to Promote Change
- High
School Student Essay Contest and College Student Essay
Contest
- Graduate
Student Awards
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| Tuesday,
January 24th |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Institute of Black Culture, 7 pm |
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| Saturday,
January 28th |
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Black
Leadership Conference, 8:30am -3pm, Reitz Union |
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| Sunday,
January 29th |
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- Zora
Neale Hurston Festival in Orlando [Car pool –
Meet at IBC, 10am]
- Social
after Festival - Celebrating January Birthdays
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Community
Service Activity |
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Supply
Drive for Alachua County Housing Cold Weather Shelter |
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| FEBRUARY |
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Black
History Month: "Appreciating Black Education" |
| Saturday,
February 4th |
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- BHM
Kid’s Day (Community Service),
11am –3pm, TB McPherson Park
- Soweto
Gospel Choir at 7:30pm, Phillips Center for Performing
Arts
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| Tuesday,
February 7th |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Institute of Black Culture, 7:30pm
[Professional Development Workshop – Investing
Graduate Dollars Part II] |
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| Wednesday,
February 8th |
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ABFS
Talent Show at 6pm, Orange and Brew, Reitz Union |
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| Friday,
February 10th |
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“African
American Women, Higher Education and Intellectual History”
By Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, 6pm, Institute of Black Culture |
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| Tuesday,
February 21st |
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General
Body Meeting at 7pm, Institute of Black Culture
[Review BGSO Constitution] |
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| Friday,
February 24th |
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Celebrating
100 Years of Black Higher Education at 6pm, HPNP
Room G101 |
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Community
Service Activity |
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Volunteer
with Local Center - Details TBA
& Continue Supply Drive for
Alachua County Housing |
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| MARCH |
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| Tuesday,
March 7th |
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BGSO
General Body Meeting
Institute of Black Culture, 7:30pm |
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| March
20th to 26th |
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BGSO
Week: "Embracing the African Diaspora"
- Mon-Wed
(March 20-22nd) ~ African Film Festival,
Reitz Union Cinema [Schedule TBA]
~ Opening Reception on Monday March 20th, 5pm –
7pm, Reitz Union Cinema
- Thursday,
March 23rd ~ Forum at 7pm, HPNP Room
G301
Topic: "Africa, America, and Me"
Moderator: Professor Faye Harrison
- Friday,
March 24th ~ "Blacker the Berry . . .":
an evening of poetry & jazz, 8pm until, Place TBA
- Saturday,
March 25th ~ BGSO’s Annual Writer’s
Workshop, 10am – 2pm, IBC
~ Old School Jam, 10pm until, Place TBA
- Sunday,
March 26th ~ Church Service at Passage
Family Church
Picnic at Lake Wauberg [Details TBA]
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| Tuesday,
March 28th |
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Alvin
Ailey
Phillips Center for Performing Arts, 7:30pm
(Buy your own tickets – Social after event TBD by
those attending) |
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Community Service Activity |
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Paths
Domestic Abuse Network – Books & Toys Drive |
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Conference |
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National
Black Graduate Student Association, March 15th - 19th
OR York Black Student Alliance
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| APRIL |
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Tuesday, April 4th |
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General
Body Meeting at 7pm, Institute of Black Culture
NOMINATIONS for 2006-07 BGSO E-Board |
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| Tuesday,
April 18th |
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General
Body Meeting at 7pm, Institute of Black Culture
ELECTIONS for 2006-07 BGSO E-Board |
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Community Service Activity |
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Volunteer
– Dinner for Gainesville Area AIDS Project |
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End
of Semester Social: "Celebrating Our Accomplishments"
– Details TBA |
