{"id":10978,"date":"2012-02-03T16:24:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T21:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=10978"},"modified":"2012-02-13T11:18:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T16:18:04","slug":"emu-celebrates-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/emu-celebrates-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU Celebrates Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>草莓社区&#8217;s (EMU) <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/studentlife\/multicultural\/\">office of multicultural services<\/a> and the Black Student Union are hosting several events to honor the history and heritage of African-Americans during \u201cBlack History Month.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Activities opened on Friday, Feb. 3, with a <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/chapel\/\">university chapel<\/a> presentation by Luke Hartman, vice president for enrollment. Hartman spoke on the theme, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2012\/02\/03\/honoring-the-past-luke-hartman\/\">honoring the past<\/a>&#8221; and why it is important to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Black History Month events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Movie Night! &#8220;<strong>Gifted Hands<\/strong>,&#8221; to be shown in Campus Center room 105 (Strite Hall) on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. Snacks will be served.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rejoice and Shout!&#8221;<\/strong> To be shown in Science Center Auditorium (Room 106) on Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 11, at 10 p.m. Admission is $1.50 with EMU student identification. Sponsored by the campus activities council.\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Voting registration on Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 11 a.m. &#8211; 1:30 p.m., and 3-6 p.m. in South Dining Hall.<\/li>\n<li>University chapel forum on &#8220;<strong>Inspiring the Future<\/strong>,&#8221; with <strong>Esther Nizer<\/strong>, president of the Harrisonburg chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, on Friday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m., in Lehman Auditorium.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>student and faculty panel <\/strong>discussion on race, diversity and self-segregation on EMU&#8217;s campus. The event will be held on Monday, Feb. 20, from 8-9 p.m., in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/studentlife\/common-grounds\/\">Common Grounds Coffeehouse<\/a>. Admission is free.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>annual Soul Food Caf\u00e9<\/strong> is back, 6-8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24. Come and enjoy a traditional African American dish while listening (and participating) in a surprise program. This annual event will be held in Martin Chapel of the Seminary building. General admission is $10 for faculty, staff and non-EMU students. EMU students get in free with student identification.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jam Session<\/strong>! On Saturday, Feb. 25, jam out with TBO (The Best Out!) in Martin Chapel at 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe Soul Food Caf\u00e9 is a favorite, usually the last event in our month-long celebration,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/ml679\">Marvin Lorenzana<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> director of multicultural services at EMU. \u201cCome join us for any of these activities for worship, music, food and meaningful conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Marvin Lorenzana at 540-432-4458 or email marvin.lorenzana@emu.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>草莓社区&#8217;s (EMU) office of multicultural services and the Black Student Union are hosting several events to honor the history and heritage of African-Americans during \u201cBlack History Month.&#8221; Activities <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/emu-celebrates-black-history-month\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU Celebrates Black History Month<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":11060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,5583,5185,5623],"tags":[6588,7226,9340],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-10978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-campus-community","category-campus-ministries","category-special-programs","tag-black-history-month","tag-luke-hartman","tag-marvin-lorenzana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EMU Celebrates Black History Month - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/emu-celebrates-black-history-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EMU Celebrates Black History Month - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"草莓社区&#8217;s (EMU) office of multicultural services and the Black Student Union are hosting several events to honor the history and heritage of African-Americans during \u201cBlack History Month.&#8221; 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