Black Alumni Panel Discussion featuring the film
"Decades in Black."
Student/Alumni Networking Reception to follow.
Saturday, February 1: 3 p.m. Rachel Mellon Walton, Posner Hall
Co-sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations

Tartan Express Sleeping Bag Weekend:
Prospective Ethnic Minority Students
Saturday, February 1 - Monday, February 3
Contact dmwallac@andrew.cmu.edu

Night of Music featuring the Afro-American Music Institute Boys Gospel Choir, Re-SunSum African Drum and Dance Ensemble, and the Kenny Blake Jazz Trio.
Tuesday, February 4: 7 p.m. Kresge Theater, CFA

History of Jazz Workshop
David Pellow, Director of Jazz Studies, Carnegie Mellon
Thursday, February 6: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Connan Room, University Center

African Diasporic Film Festival:
Exploring the Global Black Experience
Brazil: The African Connection; Black Atlantic: On the Orixas Route
Thursday, February 6: 7 p.m. Connan Room, University Center

Lecture: John Rickford Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University
Friday February 7: 4:30 p.m. McConomy Auditorium, University Center

Poetry Slam
Friday, February 7: 8 p.m. The Underground, Morewood Gardens

Service Saturday: Community Service Project
Saturday, February 8: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Contact ra2v@andrew.cmu.edu for details or to participate.

Quilting Gallery Exhibit featuring Uncommon Threads
Monday, February 10 - Friday, February 21. Gallery, University Center Opening Reception: Monday, February 10: 3-5 p.m.

African Diasporic Film Festival:
Exploring the Global Black Experience
Haiti: First Black Island Nation. Human Rights in Haiti
and Profit and Nothing But
Monday, February 10: 7 p.m. Connan Room, University Center

Jack Reynolds, Author of "Ethiopian Woman."
Book discussion and signing. Books will be available for purchase.
Tuesday, February 11: 12 - 1 p.m. Connan Room, University Center
Sponsored by BFASA

Quilting Workshop by Uncommon Threads
Thursday, February 13: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Connan Room, University Center

Lecture: Rep. Jake Wheatley Jr., D-Allegheny
Thursday, February 13: 5 p.m. Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
Co-sponsored by the Heinz School Diversity Committee

Carnegie Mellon Jazz Ensembles
featuring The Four Thirty Band & The Six Thirty Band with Eric Defade
Friday, February 14: 8 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall
Tickets available at Carnegie Music Hall Box Office or the School of Music Concert Line 412.268.2383

The History of the Griot. Storytellers: Jackie Jonas and Temujin
Tuesday, February 18: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Connan Room, University Center Sponsored by BFASA

Speak Your Mind: Diversity Discussion and Dinner.
"Table Manners: Cross Cultural Dining"
Facilitator: Lisa Krieg, Director of Office of International Education
Tuesday, February 18: 5:30 - 7 p.m. McKenna/Peter, University Center. RSVP: ehalf@andrew.cmu.edu, 412.268.2075

A Conversation: African Americans Overseas
Thursday, February 20: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Connan Room, University Center

African Diasporic Film Festival:
Exploring the Global Black Experience
Cuba: Post-Colonial Realities. If You Only Understood
Thursday, February 20: 7 p.m. Connan Room, University Center

Imagined Lives: A Student Theatrical Production on
AIDS in South Africa
Friday, February 21: 8 p.m. Saturday, February 22, 2003: 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Rangos Ballroom, University Center

Mosaic: Annual Conference on Women's Issues
Sunday, February 23: 10:45 a.m. - 4 p.m. University Center
To register or for specific session information visit www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/mosaic/

Lecture: Dr. Dwight McBride, Chair of African American Studies & Assoc.Professor of African American Studies & English at Northwestern University
Monday, February 24: 4:30 p.m. Adamson Wing, Baker Hall

Keith Murphy: "The Dilemma of the 21st Century for American Africans: from a cultural, social, psychological, sexual, educational, and economic perspective."
Tuesday, February 25: 12 - 1 p.m. Connan Room, University Center
Sponsored by BFASA

Speak Your Mind: Diversity Discussion and Dinner.
"Urban Decay in America: What Can Be Done"
Facilitator: Prof. Joel Tarr, Dept. of Urban & Environmental History & Policy Tuesday, February 25: 5:30 - 7 p.m. West Wing TV Room.
RSVP: ehalf@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-2075

African Diasporic Film Festival:
Exploring the Global Black Experience
United States: Black Identity. Black Is...Black Ain't
Thursday, February 27: 7 p.m. Connan Room, University Center

Lecture: Bev Smith: "Restoring African American Pride"
Friday, February 28: 4:30 p.m. Rangos Ballroom, University Center
Co-sponsored by BGSO, GSA, Student Affairs

Taking a Closer Look: Historically Black Greek Organizations
Friday, February 28: 8:30 p.m. Rangos Ballroom, University Center
Sponsored by CMAP

CAUSE Speakers Series: "'Tired of Being Seconds':
Black Women Welfare Recipients and the Origins of Modern Urban Poverty in Philadelphia"
Lisa Levinstein, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History
Friday, February 28: 4 p.m. (refreshments at 3:30 p.m.)
Location TBA

(01/23/03)