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This annual observance was first celebrated during a week in February in 1926. The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation’s bicentennial. Carter G. Woodson selected February to encompass the birthdays of two great Americans who played a prominent role in shaping Black history, namely Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, whose birthdays are the 12th and the 14th, respectively.
Contact Office of African American Affairs Phone: 575-562-2437, Email: enmu.africanamericanaffairs@enmu.edu
Name: BHM KICK-OFF TABLING
Date: February 3rd
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: CUB Lobby
Description: The office of African American Affairs will be tabling and giving away prizes and entertaining the student body, faculty and staff to commemorate the month. Pick up a calendar of events and play a trivia to receive a prize.
Name: THE SAGA OF AFRICANIZED BEES IN AMERICA
Date: February 4th
Time: 1pm
Location: Sandia
Description: NMSU Extension Entomologist Dr. Carol Sutherland will summarize the wild history and strange impacts of Africanized honey bees on the environment as they dispersed throughout much of the New World. Where do they occur? Are they friends or foes of agriculture? Should you be concerned?”
Name: FRENCHIE DAVIS “SEXOLOGIST”
Date: February 5th
Time: 7 pm
Location: Greyhound Lounge
Description. Frenchie Davis, who is an authority on human sexuality will address issues pertaining love, social services, education, and pop culture to entertain, educate and enhance the emotional and sexiological intelligence of the audience.
Name: OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN
Date: February 10th
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Pecos Room
Description: Dr. Isaac Brundage, Vice President Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, at Western New Mexico University will address obstacles African American men face growing up in America.
Name: Movie Night: Harriet (2019) PG-13
Sponsors: ASAB & African American Affairs Office
Date: Feb. 10th
Time: 8 pm
Location: Campus Union Ballroom
Description: Enjoy “Harriet”, as she formed her escape from slavery through the dangerous missions she led to liberate hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad, the story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman is told. There will be free popcorn, pickles, and drinks!
Name: NAVIGATING CULTURE SHOCK
Date: February 12th
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Sandia Room
Description: Each of us has a set of strategies we use to navigate the “shock” we experience as we navigate systems of oppression. Dr. Xeturah Woodley, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at New Mexico State University, will help to identify some of those systems and learn new strategies to assist in moving past “culture shock.”
Name: CONOR CLEMMONS COUNTRY MUSIC
Date: February 14th
Time: 8 pm
Location: Ballroom
Description: Enjoy Valentine’s Day with Conor Clemmons country musician, energetic, genuine, and captivating.
Name: AGALU DANCERS
Date: February 20th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Greyhound Lounge
Description: Agalu dancers from Yoruba Cultural Troupe of Nigeria is an ensemble of remarkable dancers and drummers from Oshogbo, Nigeria. With dazzling versatility and vitality, they keep alive traditional Yoruba stories, rituals and mythology through exciting masquerades. These include drumming, creation and transformation dances.
Name: BUFFALO SOLDIERS
Date: Feb 25th
Time: 1 pm
Location: Sandia
Description: Dr. Donald Elder, Professor of History at Eastern New Mexico University and Department Chair, Mr. Joe Terry, Civil War and Indian War Re-enactor, and Mr. Oscar Robinson, retired Eastern New Mexico University Personnel Director and “Buffalo Soldiers” Historian, will discuss about African – American in the U.S. Military from the Period 1860 to 1880.
Name: FROM THE STREETS TO THE STAGE
Date: Feb 26th
Time: 7 pm
Location: Ballroom
Description: Monti Washington who rose from sleeping in parks and drug addicted parents to become a writer, actor, model and motivational speaker, will inspire and empower the audience to overcome obstacles in life.
Name: BLACK EXCELLENCE CONTEST
Date: Feb 27th
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Greyhound Lounge
Description: Contestants (Male or Female) will be given the opportunity to showcase their creative abilities by representing Black Excellence in their culture, heritage, and ancestry. Each contestant will be judged based on originality and cultural knowledge. Contestants are free to express their talents using any avenue they choose, and will also be asked to answer a question pertaining to the competition. The winner will be crowned and sashed as “ENMU Black Excellence 2020-2021”, and will receive a scholarship. Application deadline to apply is February 10th at 4pm. No exceptions!! Applications can be picked at the office of African American Affairs.
