February 4, 2010: Our Town – OWU

OWU Celebrates Black History Month
What is your legacy?

Diane Nash, a leader of the civil rights movement and a February 4 speaker during Ohio Wesleyan’s celebration of Black History Month.

Photo courtesy of Diane Nash

“We encourage all Ohio Wesleyan alumni to come back to campus and discover their legacies and offer their ideas, but also to continue to be engaged with our office,” says Stevenson, encouraging alumni who are members of the Black Alumni Network to stay in touch through Facebook.

A collaborative effort between  the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, OWU’s history department, SUBA, Sagan Fellows Fund, and the Joseph and Edith Vogel Lecture Fund, the month-long celebration also features tonight’s speaker, Diane Nash, a leader of the Civil Rights movement. Nash will talk about “The Civil Rights Movement: A Fifty-Year Perspective,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center Benes Rooms. Click here to read more about this event.

Among other events planned during February are the following:

• “Eyes on the Prize,” an award-winning series documenting the heroes/heroines in the quest for equality at 7 p.m. February 1 in the Willa B. Player Center
• “Is There Equal Access to Education?” STRIDE hosted its monthly Brown Bag Speakers Series luncheon at noon February 2 in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center
• “The Civil Rights Movement: A Fifty-Year Perspective,” by Diane Nash, 7:30 p.m. February 4 in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.
• “The Role that Politics and Culture have in Our Daily Lives,” Michaela Angela Davis, writer and critic, 7 p.m. February 9 at Central State University
• Chapel Service, Gospel Lyres performance, noon February 10 in the Peale Chapel
• Lecture by Angela Davis, social/civil rights activist at 7 p.m. February 11 at The Ohio State University
• Film series celebrating achievements and roles of African and African Americans in history, 7 p.m. February 15 at the Willa B. Player Center
• “Briars in the Cotton Patch: A True Story of Race, Religion, and Terror,” a documentary followed by discussion about the role that race and religion had on the Civil Rights era, 7 p.m. February 18 in the Willa B. Player Center
• Multicultural Prospective Student Weekend, February 21-22, including student luncheon, networking with alumni, panel discussions, and campus tours
• Film series celebrating achievements and roles of African and African Americans in history, 7 p.m. February 24 in the Willa B. Player Center
• OMSA Poetry Slam, hosted by poet Tsion, 7 p.m. February 25 in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center Bishop Café
• Family Potluck Dinner, 6:30 p.m. February 28, House of Black Culture, with OWU’s Black Alumni Network, SUBA, and OMSA. Alumni are encouraged to attend.

As a special culinary treat, dining services is featuring entrees from traditional African and African American recipes in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center on Wednesdays at noon, and at 6 p.m. in Smith Dining Hall.

For further information, contact OWU’s Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at 740-368-3151.

– Pam Besel