Saint Peter’s Celebrates Black History Month

Saint Peter’s will host a number of celebrations and remembrances throughout the month of February in honor of Black History Month. On February 2, the community is invited to attend, “Reasonable or Deadly Force: Ferguson Missouri to Staten Island and…” The event will be held in McIntyre Conference Center at11:00 a.m. and features Junius Williams, J.D., director of the Rutgers Abbott Leadership Institute. On February 4, the University will hold a flag raising for the month, which will take place at the flag pole by the bridge at noon. On February 9, students are invited on a first come, first served basis to watch the film Selmaat the AMC Menlo Dine-In Theatre. Buses and dinner will be provided. A discussion will be led by Amir Billups ’08, history teacher at Central High School in Newark. The event is free to attend unless you do not show-up. Students have the ability to cancel 24 hours in advance. Click here to register.

On February 11, the community is invited to attend, “The Collateral Consequences of Incarceration: Abolishing THE BOX through Student/Community Organizing.” The event will be held in the Roy Irving Theatre at 1:00 p.m. “What is Black Literature: African, American or More?” will be held on February 17 at 3:15 p.m. in Pope Lecture Hall and will be led by Professor Fatima Shaik. On February 18 an Afro-Caribbean Dance Performance will be held at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Professor Alex Trillo atatrillo@saintpeters.edu. On February 24, Rev. Marion Franklin will lead a discussion titled, “My Experiences Working with Langston Hughes.” The event will be held in Pope Lecture Hall at 12:30 p.m. For more information about any of these events, please contact Professor David Surrey at dsurrey@saintpeters.edu.