Black History Month Videos. Black History Month at the UO
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
- Tuesday, February 2
Black Greek 101 | LRPBCC
5:30 – 7:30 pm | Sponsored by UO Culturally Based Fraternal Organizations
- sunday, february 7
National Black HIV Awareness Day
1 p.m. | Eugene Springfield NAACP
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Kimberly Johnson - How far do you have to go for Justice? Acting Beyond the Vote
African American Workshop and Lecture Series5:30 p.m. | African American Workshop and Lecture
- Wednesday, February 10
Black History Month Entrepreneurship Event
5:30 - 7:30 PM |UO Financial Wellness Center and UO Multicultural Center
- FEBRUARY 11 & 25
Black CommUNITY Talk - A Time to Talk as a Community
5-6 p.m.
- 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
- 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.
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16
State of Advocacy through the Lens of UO Black Scholars
6:00 p.m. | A State of Blackness Series event
- 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
- 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
- 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
- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19
NAACP Eugene/Springfield 2021 | Freedom Fund Dinner
6 p.m. | Eugene/Springfield NAACP
- 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
- 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
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23
BE Heard: with David F. Walker
5:30-7:30 p.m. | EMU BE Series
- 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...
Black History Month Events 2020
- Soul2Soul Networking Night
- Beyond Buzzword: Ruha Banjamin
- Return: Race, Democracy, and the Boundaires of Belonging in North America, Debra Thompson
- BlatinX: What is Afro-Latinidad and who gets to claim it?
- Blacks in Government
- Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
- Guy-Uriel Charles | DERRICK BELL LECTURE 2020, School of Law
- Lyllye B. Parker Womxn of Color Speaker Series
- The State of Blackness at UO
- Being Black and in a Labor Union
- The Civil Rights Movement & the Notion of Turn the Other Cheek
- Eugene - Springfield NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner
- Black History Month Games
- Black Law Students Association History Month Banquet
Black History Events 2019
- Soul Themed Karaoke Night
- Black Mental Health on College Campuses
- Erica Edwards, Black Feminist Studies Speaker Series
- Douglas Day 2019
- "The Cradle of Hope: African Americas, Haitian Sovereignty, and the Birth of Black Internationalism" with Leslie Alexander
- 2019 Freedom Fund Dinner
- Peacejam Northwest with Leymah Gbowee
- Black Excellence Gala
- "Affirmative Action Chronicles: From the Era of Colorblindness to White Nationalism" with Cheryl Harris
- "Why Aren't There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History" with Walidah Imarisha
- Black History Month Banquet
Black History Events 2018
- Claude Steele "The Science of Diverse Community.
- Talk and Reception with Sam Bailey of "Brown Girls"
- Pioneering a Living Legacy: Shaping Our Vision for Diversity and Inclusion in the Labor Movement
- Black History Month Banquet
- Derrick Bell Lecture: jonathan a. powell - "Looking Up From the Bottom of the Well"
- Andre Djiffack: "Teaching in Mongo Beti"
- Marshall (Thurgood Marshall Film)
- Freedom Fund Dinner: NAACP
- Black Excellence Gala: Black Student Union
- Bill Fletcher: "Race and Labor: Building a More Just Economy
- Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: "Scenes from One Wall a Web"
- "Don't Touch My Hair" Opening Reception and Exhibit
- Talking Black in America