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STATEWIDE NEWS IN THE ARTS

National Commemorative Observances
February is Black History Month

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To learn more about CONNECTICUT
PUBLIC ACT NO. 19-12
An Act Concerning the Inclusion of Black and Latino Studies in the Public School Curriculum visit
SERC State Education Resource Center

Who was Carter G. Woodson?
Visit here to learn more!

Who was Venture Smith ?
Learn, read and listen to his story here!

Where can you find more information
about Black History?
Smithsonian Institution
National Archives
Ntional Park Service
ASALH

LOCAL & ONLINE EVENTS

"Please join us virtually to honor the civil rights legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at this year’s MLK Commemoration, featuring keynote speaker Ruby Sales. Ruby Nell Sales looks at her work as a calling rather than a career. She answered the call to social justice as a teenager at Tuskegee Institute where she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and worked on voter registration in Lowndes County, Alabama. Sales received a B.A. degree from Manhattanville College and attended graduate school at Princeton University. Sales received a Masters of Divinity degree from the Episcopal Divinity School where she was an Absalom Jones Scholar. While there, she developed a reputation as a preacher and has preached at churches and cathedrals around the nation. After divinity school, she founded and still directs a national nonprofit organization, the SpiritHouse Project."

Friday, February 12, 12:15 pm
Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/92560608568
This event is free and open to the public.

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Black History Month - Black Radical Imaginations

"Ujumaa, Wesleyan’s Black Student Union would like to invite you to a virtual but eventful Black History Month. The theme for this year’s Black History Month is Black Radical Imaginations. Critical engagement with the present and positive imaginations for the future. With the events we have planned we not only want to honor the traditions of the past, but illuminate the ways Black people (artists, comedians, activists, etc.) find moments of liberation in their daily lives.
All events listed on the calendar are open to the public (except for the SOC Healing Spaces). "
See their Linktree for event and registration information: https://linktr.ee/ujamaawesu

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