BLACK
HERITAGE
CELEBRATION
MONTH
January-February 2016
Events are free and open to the public.
Standing on the shoulders
of giants, as we become
giants ourselves.
Saturday, Jan. 16
Sunday, Feb. 7
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Super Bowl Viewing Party
Armstrong Caucus for Equity and
Progress Brown Bag Series •
Dr. Maxine Bryant: Offender Reentry and
Mass Incarceration
FORSYTH PARK DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH •
8 A.M.-3 P.M.
Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs
MCC FOOD COURT • 4 P.M.
Sponsored by Armstrong’s Men Of Vision & Excellence
and Hermana a Hermana
Monday, Jan. 18
Monday, Feb. 8
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Observance Day Parade
Natural Hair in the Workplace
MCC FOOD COURT • 7:30 A.M.
Sponsored by the offices of Student Life and
Multicultural Affairs
Friday, Jan. 22
Campus Union Board presents the
Preacher Moss Comedy and Lecture Tour
STUDENT UNION OGEECHEE THEATRE • 7 P.M.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Sigma Iota Alpha presents a Lecture
by Dr. Amy Potter • Misrepresentations
of Haiti in American Media
STUDENT UNION OGEECHEE THEATRE • NOON
Armstrong NAACP Political Action
Town Hall Series • Know Your Rights:
Us with Them
UNIVERSITY HALL 156 • 6 P.M.
Sponsored by the Student African American Sisterhood
(SAAS) and Armstrong NAACP
Tuesday, Feb. 9
Armstrong NAACP Political Action Town
Hall Series: Malcolm X and the Civil Rights
Movement • Lecture by
Dr. Michael Benjamin
UNIVERSITY HALL 157 • NOON
Armstrong Caucus for Equity and Progress
Brown Bag Series • Col. George Bowen:
“Building a Future on the Shoulders of
Others”
ARMSTRONG LIBERTY CENTER, HINESVILLE •
12:15 P.M.
Afro-Latinos: History, Culture and
Diversity within the Latino Community •
Lecture with Dr. Jennifer Padilla Wyse
UNIVERSITY HALL 157 • 6-8 P.M.
Thursday, Feb. 4
MOVE and Hermana a Hermana present
The Gentleman’s Dinner: Image, Etiquette
& Empowerment
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOMS B&C •
6-8 P.M.
Saturday, Feb. 6
NAACP Annual ’90s Party
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOM • 8 P.M.
STUDENT UNION OGEECHEE THEATRE • 8 P.M.
Thursday, Feb. 18
Armstrong Caucus for Equity and Progress
presents Beyond the Undergraduate Degree
Student Roundtable Luncheon
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOM C • NOON
Movie Screening: “The New Black”
STUDENT UNION OGEECHEE THEATER • 6 P.M.
Sponsored by the Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
and Housing & Residence Life
Wednesday, Feb. 10
Mother Emanuel AME Church Visit
Armstrong Caucus for Equity and Progress
Brown Bag Series • Dr. Zke Zimmerman:
Slavery in the 21st Century in America
UNIVERSITY HALL 157 • 12:15 P.M.
Movie Screening: “Fruitvale Station”
HOLA Lunch & Learn • Afro-Latino
Lecture with Dr. Jennifer Padilla Wyse
Campus Union Board presents
Lady Caress Spoken Word
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOMS B&C •
6 P.M.
Sponsored by the Armstrong African American Studies
program and the Armstrong NAACP
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOM • 6-8 P.M.
Wednesday, Feb. 3
UNIVERSITY HALL 157 • 12:15 P.M.
STUDENT OGEECHEE THEATRE • 6 P.M.
Sponsored by Armstrong Men of Vision & Student
African American Sisterhood
Sunday, Feb. 21
CHARLESTON, S.C.
Sponsored by Recreation & Wellness and the Office of
Multicultural Affairs
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Armstrong NAACP Political Action Town
Hall Series • Deconstructing the New
Movements – Beyond the Hashtag:
#BlackLivesMatter #SavannahLivesMatter
STUDENT UNION OGEECHEE THEATRE • 6-8 P.M.
Friday, Feb. 12
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Collegiate 100 Winter Ball-Black Tie Affair
Scholarship Awards Dinner
Armstrong Caucus for Equity and
Progress Brown Bag Series •
Dr. Bob LeFavi: “The Skinny on Fat Loss:
New Approaches to Healthy Weight
Management from the Latest Research and
its Application to African Americans”
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOM • 7 P.M.
Saturday, Feb. 13
27th annual Savannah Black Heritage
Grand Festival
SAVANNAH CIVIC CENTER • 10 A.M.-9 P.M.
Sponsored by the City of Savannah.
Monday, Feb. 15
Black Women’s Empowerment Day
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOM • ALL DAY
Sponsored by the Student African American Sisterhood
UNIVERSITY HALL 157 • 12:15 P.M.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
Awards Dinner
STUDENT SAVANNAH UNION BALLROOM • 6-8 P.M.
Friday, Feb. 26
Anointed Voices Gospel Choir •
Know Your History Musical
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOM • 6 P.M.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Armstrong NAACP Political Action Town
Hall Series • Mending the Bending Home
STUDENT UNION SAVANNAH BALLROOMS B&C •
6 P.M.