Black History Month events fill the UO, community calendars

Black History Month Events on campus and in the community

Black Cultural Center Events —
Soul 2 Soul: Black History Month kickoff and networking event
Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Black Cultural Center

Film: "Rise"
Movie screening and director Q&A
Monday, Feb. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Jaqua Auditorium

Black History Month keynote speaker Jemele Hill
Monday, Feb. 27, 5-7:30 p.m.
Ford Alumni Center

Campuswide events —
Black Design Collection: Winter 2023 Selection
All winter term
Design Library, Room 200, Lawrence Hall
Sponsor: Design Library

Wednesday, Feb. 1
Film: "The March"
5:30 p.m., Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Introduction by Professor Emeritus David Frank and cinema studies student Joie Littleton

Friday, Feb. 3
Women’s Black History Month basketball game
7 p.m., Matthew Knight Arena
Sponsor: UO Athletics

Tuesday, Feb. 7
O’Fallon Lecture: Keith Knight
“The Intersection of Art and Social Justice”
5:30 p.m., Redwood Auditorium, Erb Memorial Union
Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center

Wednesday, Feb. 8
Artist Talk: Lonnie Graham
5:30 p.m., Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Thursday, Feb. 9
Film: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
7:15 p.m., Redwood Auditorium, Erb Memorial Union
Sponsor: Ducks After Dark

Men’s Black History Month basketball game
8 p.m., Matthew Knight Arena
Sponsor: UO Athletics

Friday, Feb. 10
For the Record: Black and Queer Mixer
6 p.m., Erb Memorial Union
Sponsor: Black Cultural Center and LGBTQ2IA+ Support Services

Third Annual Black Law Students Association Gala
7 p.m., Shadow Hills Country Club (tickets required)
Sponsor: Black Law Student Association

Saturday, Feb. 11
Black Excellence Games
Time to be announced, UO recreation field
Sponsor: Black Women of Achievement

Wednesday, Feb. 15
Becoming Your Own Boss
6 p.m., Room 117, Global Scholars Hall
Sponsor: UO Financial Wellness Center

Thursday, Feb. 16
Board Game Night
5:30 p.m., Room 145, Straub Hall
Sponsor: UO Postdoc Association

Friday, Feb. 17
Film: “Talking Black in America”
5:30 p.m., Room 145, Straub Hall
Sponsor: Black Studies Program and Department of Linguistics

Saturday, Feb. 18
Black Excellence Gala
Time to be announced, Redwood Auditorium, Erb Memorial Union
Sponsor: Black Student Union

Tuesday, Feb. 21
Speaker: Angela Byars-Winston
“Improving and Strengthening Mentorship in STEM Fields”
Time to be announced, Room 121, Willamette Hall. Also on Zoom.
Sponsor: Department of Biology

Thursday, Feb. 23
Film: “Signing Black in America”
5:30 p.m., Room 145, Straub Hall
Sponsor: Black Studies Program and Department of Linguistics

Friday, Feb. 24
Artel Great Lecture
“Strangers in the Village: The Cultural Politics and Poetics of Black-American Cinema”
2 p.m., Redwood Auditorium, Erb Memorial Union
Sponsor: Clark Honors College

Friday, Feb. 24
A Liberated Archives Experience
“Black Memory, Social Justice, Art and the Archive”
10 a.m.-6 p.m., DREAM Lab, Knight Library. Also on Zoom.
Sponsor: UO Libraries

Tuesday, Feb. 28
Speaker: Disability rights activist Imani Barbarin
Dinner 5:30 p.m., presentation 6 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union ballroom
Sponsor: The BE Series

Community and alumni events —
Speaker: Jarvis Givens
“Fugitive Pedagogy: Black Teachers and the Longer Roots of Anti-racist Education”
Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m.
Lane Community College, Room 102, Building 19

Strides for Social Justice
Saturday, Feb. 18, at 9 a.m.
Guided tour begins at Hayward Field tower
Sponsor: PeaceHealth, Eugene Marathon

Sneaker Ball
Saturday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m.
Lane Events Center atrium
Sponsor: Lane African American and Black Student Success Network

Building Black Wealth
Saturday, Feb. 25, 9-11 a.m.
Keller Williams Portland Premier Realty
Sponsor: UO Black Alumni Network