An array of Black History Month events at Nassau

Nassau Community College celebrates Black History Month 2020 with a series of events illustrating the African American experience.

Every Tuesday and Thursday in February (except during Winter Break)

11:30 a.m.

College Union Building

Black American Film Festival

Showing a variety of movies that portray the black experience

 

Through March 9

Call 516.572.5073 for hours

Plaza Art Gallery

American Moments

An exhibit of photographs by John Shearer

 

Wednesday, February 5

11:00 a.m.

College Center Building (CCB) 252-253

Journalist, Commentator, Columnist Charles M. Blow

Blow, an Op Ed columnist at The New York Times, tackles hot-button issues like social justice, racial equality and the Black Lives Matter movement.  He is author of the award-winning Fire Shut Up in My Bones.  Blow will be the keynote speaker at the:

31st Annual African American Read-In

(Readers 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.)

 

Wednesday, February 12

9:30 a.m.

CCB 252-253

Black to the Future

A mini-conference about the “New Black Renaissance,” exploring blackness in the 21st Century

 

Monday, February 24

2:00 p.m.

CCB 252-253

The State of Black Men in Higher Education

Presented by Dr. John Osae-Kwapong, Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning

 

Wednesday, February 26

11:00 a.m.

CCB 252-253

The Impact of Mental Illness on Communities of Color

Veteran journalist Renee Chenault-Fattah is especially interested in health disparities that result from racial and economic inequality and how technology can provide possible solutions.

These Black History Month events are free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled.  Please note that priority seating will be given to students. For more information, call 516.572.7148.

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