.             Black History Month at the UO

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Black History Month 2021 is a Time for Both Celebration and Urgency by Yvette Alex-Assensoh, VP 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

• Monday, february 1

  Soul2Soul: BHM Kickoff & Networking Event

  6:00 p.m.

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  Tuesday, February 2

  Black Greek 101 | LRPBCC

  5:30 – 7:30 pm | Sponsored by UO Culturally Based Fraternal Organizations

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  february 2, 9, 23 

  Super Soul Tuesdays

  2-4 p.m | Every Tuesday

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  sunday, february 7

  National Black HIV Awareness Day

  1 p.m. | Eugene Springfield NAACP

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  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

  Kimberly Johnson - How far do you have to go for Justice? Acting Beyond the Vote
  African American Workshop and Lecture Series 

  5:30 p.m. |  African American Workshop and Lecture

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  Wednesday, February 10

  Black History Month Entrepreneurship Event

  5:30 - 7:30 PM |UO Financial Wellness Center and UO Multicultural Center 

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  FEBRUARY 11 & 25

  Black CommUNITY Talk - A Time to Talk as a Community

  5-6 p.m.

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  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

  Lia Eperson - Are We Still Not Saved? Race, Democray and Educational Inequality 
  
  

  12:15 p.m. | Derrick Bell Lecture School of Law African American Workshop and Lecture Series

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  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

  The History and Future of Scientific Racism and Eugenics Panel Discussion

  1:00-3:00 p.m. | 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.

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  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

  State of Advocacy through the Lens of UO Black Scholars

  6:00 p.m. |  A State of Blackness Series event 

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  FEBRUARY 17

  Black Stories in White Spaces

  5:15 - 6:30 p.m. | LRP BCC x Black Strategies Group x Alliance of Black Student Orgs

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  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

  Putting the African in Black History Month" with African Historian Tony Browder

  6-7:30 p.m. | Lane Community College, Black Student Union

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  thursday, february 18

  Ebo Barton, Black Trans poet and writer | LRPBCC

  4:15 PM. | Performance and writing workshop |  Sponsored by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education and Support Services 

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  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19

  NAACP Eugene/Springfield 2021 | Freedom Fund Dinner

  6 p.m. | Eugene/Springfield NAACP

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  Friday, february 19 

  Nikole Hannah-Jones on "1619 and the Legacy That Built a Nation" 

  4:30 p.m. |  School of Journalism and Communication Ruhl Lecture

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  Friday, February 19

  The More You Know…HIV Testing

  12-3:00  p.m. | At LRPBCC with COVID-19 protocols and privacy.Sponsored by Prevention Services Office and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education and Support Services Office 

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  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

  BE Heard: with David F. Walker

  5:30-7:30 p.m. |  EMU BE Series

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  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25

  Black Love: The Essence of Black Women

   6 p.m. | Sponsored by LRPBCC and Black Women of Achievement

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2020

Highlighting Oregon’s Black Leadership Gains During Black History Month 2020
by Dr. Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Vice President for the Division of Equity and Inclusion

2020 is a pivotal year. Not only are we gearing up for the November General Election, but this year marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. As a result, there is a particularly bright spotlight on the issue of leadership. During the month of February, that spotlight specifically turns to Black leadership. Read more...