Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

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Multicultural Affairs

Calender of Events

FEBRUARY

Black History Month

 African American Heritage Week *** February 7 – 13 (2nd Week)
                              Historian Carter Godwin Woodson (born: December 19, 1875) introduced "Negro
                              History Week” February 12, 1926. He chose the second week of February because
                              it marked the birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and
                              social condition of African Americans: former President Abraham Lincoln (born:
                              February 12, 1809) and abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (born:
                              February 20, 1895).  Woodson also founded the Association for the Study of Negro
                              Life and History, now the Association for the Study of African American Life and
                              History.
 
February 8              Poetry in Motion: Paul Laurence Dunbar &
CANCELLED           Langston Hughes In song
                              Dr. Sebronette Barnes, soprano
                              7:00 pm – Steadman Theatre
                              Admission: Free
 
February 12-13       PALOMA Social Justice Retreat
                              Altoona, PA (Details TBA)
 
 Chinese New Year 2010 – Year of the Tiger (February 13)
                             Chinese New Year (Chinese: 春節, , Chūnjíe; 曆新年, 农历新年,
                             Nónglì Xīnnián; or 過年, 过年, Guònián),  also known as the Lunar New Year
                             or the Spring Festival is most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.  
                             It consists of a period of celebTigerions, starting on New Year's Day, celebTigered
                             on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar.  The Chinese New Year
                             period ends with the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the month.
 
February TBA        Diversity Jeopardy Contest
                            All organizations invited to forms teams to participate.
                            Registration Fee: TDA
 
February 18           Movie: Malcolm X
                            Political Science Club
                            6:00 pm – Alumni Hall 307
 
February 21           Open Mic:   Black Poetry and Artistic Expressions
                            Sponsored by: Men for Progress, Black Students Union, Sisters
                            Supporting Sisters, and Multicultural Affairs
 
February TBA        Diversity Forum on Prejudice
                            Mansfield Activities Council
                            TBA
 
February 28           Sisters Supporting Sisters
                            Dinner and discussion
                            3:00 – 6:00 pm (off campus)
 
 
MARCH
Women’s History Month
 
March 2                Langston Hughes Project – Dr. Ronald C. McCurdy
                            Jazz Montage: A Multimedia Concert Performance of
                            Langston Hughes’s – Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz
 
March TBA            International Women of Color Tribute
 
March 5-7              Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania
                            Black Conference on Higher Education
                            Loews Hotel in Philadelphia
 
March 8-12           Spring Break
 
March 16               Tales from Ancient China
                            Storyteller, Linda Fang
                            7:00 p.m. – Alumni Hall, Room 307
                            Free and open to the public          
 
Diversity Week --  March
                            The purpose of this week is to provide shared learning opportunities
                            designed to increase awareness, acquire knowledge, and develop
                            competencies that will strengthen our campus community. Also to
                            broaden our understanding of diversity, and promote multicultural
                            sensitivity. By diversity we mean to be inclusive of cultural, ethnic,
                            and racial identity; national origin; language; gender; sexual and
                            affectional identity; age; disability; religion; socio-economic status;

                            and other group distinctions. (Usually held the first week of October)