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Black History Month 2021 is a Time for Both Celebration and Urgency by Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion

Just a month into 2021, we have already witnessed a number of defining moments that demonstrate the duality of where we stand as a country. On one hand, the elections of Kamala Harris, the first woman, Black and Asian American person to become Vice President of the United States, and Raphael Warnock, the first Black Senator from Georgia, represent major milestones in American politics. However, for many, the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building, where many of the participants brought Confederate flags and other racist paraphernalia, represented the resistance to this progress and terrorism Black people have faced throughout American history. As Representative Cori Bush points out, even the election of VP Harris is bittersweet because it means there are no longer any Black women in the Senate...Read more

Black History Month 2021 Events and ActivitiesA

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Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center

YFEB 1 | 6PM

SOUL2SOUL: Black History Month Kickoff & Networking Event

FEB 16 | 6PM State of Advocacy through the Lens of UO Black Scholars State of Blackness Series FEB 25 | 6PM Black Love: The Essence of Black Women LRPBCC in collaboration with Black Women of Achievement

Feb 19 | 1 - 3PM The More You Know…HIV Testing @ LRPBCC with COVID-19 protocols and privacy Sonsored by Prevention Services Office and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education and Support Services Office

HIV Testing

Lectures and Workshops

Y FEB 2 | 5:30PM Black Greek 101 Informational discussion Sponsored by the UO’s Culturally Based Fraternal Organizations group. FEB 9 | 5:30PM  Kimberly Johnson How Far Would You Have To Go For Justice? Acting Beyond the Vote  African American Workshop & Lecture Series Registration Required Kimberly Johnson FEB 12 | 12-1:30PM Lia Epperson Are We Still Not Saved? Race, Democracy, and Educational Inequality Derrick Bell Lecture, School of Law African American Workshop & Lecture Series  Registration Required Lia Epperson

YFEB 18 | 4:15PM Ebo Barton Black Trans poet and writer. Performance and writing workshop Sponsored by the UO Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education and Support Services. FEB 19 | 4:30PM Nikole Hannah-Jones 1619 and the Legacy that Built a Nation SOJC Ruhl Lecture Nikole Hannah-Jones FEB 23 | 5:30 - 7:30PM David F. Walker BE Heard EMU BE Series David F. Walker

FEB 16 | 1PM The History and Future of Scientific Racism and Eugenics Panel Discussion with Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan and JJada Benn Torres, Vanderbilt University Sponsored by Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics and cosponsored by UO Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies.  Scientific Racism

Community Events

FEB 7 | 1PM National Black HIV Awareness Day NAACP/Eugene Springfield HIV Awareness Day

FEB 19 | 6PM 2021 Freedom Fund Dinner Virtual NAACP/Eugene Springfield Freedom Fund Dinner

Blacks in Government 11th Annual Black History Month Banquet COVID 19—-Stay Home— Stay Safe— No meeting in person but the vision will continue To donate cost of ticket or table: Oregon Blacks In Government P.O Box 72476 Springfield, Oregon 97475

Read in Around the O: UO plans events to honor and celebrate Black History Month

Watch the UO homepage for a multi-media story on Black History Month, including a discussion with UO students, faculty and staff. Coming soon.

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