African American History Month
February 2016
Date: 2 Feb 2016
Day:Tuesday
Time:10:00am-2:00pm
Presenter:African-American Studies
Title:African-American Studies Resource Center Open House
Brief Description:Grand Opening of the African-American Studies Resource Center
Describe Event:This is an open house to introduce the students and campus to the African-America Studies Resource Center. There will be promotional materials for CCSF African American History Month, door prizes, information about the center and light refreshments
Location:CCSF Ocean Campus, Batmale Hall, Room 325
Date: 3 Feb 2016
Day:Wednesday
Time:12:00pm-1:00 pm
Presenter:Keenan Webster
Title:Talking Wood: Music from Africa
Brief Description:Demonstration and Lecture
Describe Event:TALKING WOOD weaves root music from Africa and the African Diaspora with innovative artistry and feeling. Led by multi-instrumentalist Keenan Webster, Talking Wood is devoted to sharing the melodic and rhythmic richness of Black music and healing the spirit of the community. Talking Wood features the balafon (the ancient wooden xylophone of West Africa) and the kora (African Harp), and percussion, string and wind instruments
LocationCCSF Ocean Campus Rosenberg LLRC 3rdFloor,Multimedia Room R305
Date: 10 Feb 2016
Day:Wednesday
Time:4:00pm-6:00 pm
Presenter:CCSF’s alumni Julia Bergman and Will Maynez
Title:Artist Profile: Thelma Johnson Streat & the Diego Rivera Mural
Brief Description:Film, lecture and mural tour
Describe Event:This event will be a screening of History Detectives featuring CCSF and Thelma Johnson Streat, an African-American artist who, helped to paint the Diego Rivera Mural housed at CCSF. CCSF’s alumni Julia Bergman and Will Maynez will speak about the significance of the mural and the life and career of Thelma Johnson Streat. After the presentation there will be a tour of the mural
Location:CCSF Ocean Campus Rosenberg LLRC 3rd Floor, Multimedia Room R305
Date: 11 Feb 2016
Day:Thursday
Time:4:00pm-7:00pm
Presenter:Activist and scholar Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu
Title:Indigenous Healing: Healing from Historical and Individual Trauma
Brief Description:Demonstration and Lecture
Describe Event:Activist and scholar Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu will lead this event centered on acknowledging the indigenous Ohlone and drawing connections to theshared historical trauma experienced by both Africans in the Diaspora and the indigenous. Participants will be engaged in activities, song, and ceremony to help facilitate healing from individual and collective trauma
LocationCCSF Ocean Campus,Multi-Use Building, MUB 140
Date: 17 Feb 2016
Day:Wednesday
Time:5:30pm-8:00pm
Presenter:CCSF instructor Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin
Title:The Jim Crow West,Bayview Hunters Point 1966-2016: 50 Years of Structural and Systemic Inequality
Brief Description:Lecture and Discussion
Describe Event:CCSF instructor Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin will hold a lecture and discussion of her current research on both the 1966 Uprising and the Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) community. Examining how the systemic issues of poverty continue to erode the police and community relations in BVHP
Location:SFPLLinda-Brooks Burton Library, Bayview Branch, 5075 3rd Street
Date: 22 Feb 2016
Day:Monday
Time:12:00pm-1:00pm
Presenter:San Francisco State Creative Writing Instructor –Brandon Diaz
Title:African-Americans in Fiction Past & Present: A Discussion on Paul Beatty and Writing While Black
Brief Description:Lecture and Discussion
Describe Event:San Francisco State Creative Writing Instructor Brandon Diaz will lead both a lecture and discussionabout the works of Paul Beatty, particularly, The White Boy Shuffle, and Hokum, and anthology of African American humor. He will also talk about his own experience as a young, black writer
LocationCCSF Ocean Campus, Rosenberg LLRC 3rd Floor, Multimedia Room R305
Date: 24 Feb 2016
Day:Wednesday
Time:10:00am-11:00am
Presenter:Keenan Webster
Title:Talking Wood: Music from Africa
Brief Description:Demonstration and Lecture
Describe Event:TALKING WOOD weaves root music from Africa and the African Diaspora with innovative artistry and feeling. Led by multi-instrumentalist Keenan Webster, Talking Wood is devoted to sharing the melodic and rhythmic richness of Black music and healing the spirit of the community. Talking Wood features the balafon (the ancient wooden xylophone of West Africa) and the kora (African Harp), and percussion, string and wind instruments
Location:CCSF Downtown Center, Room 821
Date: 24 Feb 2016
Day:Wednesday
Time:12:30pm-1:30pm
Presenter:Keenan Webster
Title:Talking Wood: Music from Africa
Brief Description:Demonstration and Lecture
Describe Event:TALKING WOOD weaves root music from Africa and the African Diaspora with innovative artistry and feeling. Led by multi-instrumentalist Keenan Webster, Talking Wood is devoted to sharing the melodic and rhythmic richness of Black music and healing the spirit of the community. Talking Wood features the balafon (the ancient wooden xylophone of West Africa) and the kora (African Harp), and percussion, string and wind instruments
Location:CCSF John Adams Center, 4th Floor Auditorium
Date: 24 Feb 2016
Day:Wednesday
Time:7:00pm-8:00pm
Presenter:Keenan Webster
Title:Talking Wood: Music from Africa
Brief Description:Demonstration and Lecture
Describe Event:TALKING WOOD weaves root music from Africa and the African Diaspora with innovative artistry and feeling. Led by multi-instrumentalist Keenan Webster, Talking Wood is devoted to sharing the melodic and rhythmic richness of Black music and healing the spirit of the community. Talking Wood features the balafon (the ancient wooden xylophone of West Africa) and the kora (African Harp), and percussion, string and wind instruments
Location:CCSF Mission Center
Date: 25 Feb 2016
Day:Wednesday
Time:1:00pm-3:30pm
Presenter:CCSF instructor Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin
Title:BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
Brief Description:Film Screening and Discussion
Describe Event:This is a film screening and discussion of the work, life, and times of Poet Sonia Sanchez
Location:CCSF Ocean Campus, Rosenberg LLRC 3rd Floor, Multimedia Room R305
Black Graduation Sign-Up @ Batmale Room 325 starting Tuesday, February 2, 2016 call (415)239-3509
Sponsors: African American Studies Department, Concert & Lecture Series, Rosenberg Library & Learning Resources, CCSF Friends of the Library, Downtown Center Associated Students, Diego Rivera Mural Project, Downtown Center Library, English as a Second Language, John Adams CenterAssociated Students, John Adams Center Library, Mission Center Associated Students, Mission Center Library, and the Transitional Studies Department
Contact: Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin, (415) 239-3509 or Lori Brown (415)452-5585 for more information.