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MCC Daily Tribune

Celebrating Black History Month with a "Soul Food" luncheon

Global Union International Students Association and the PRISM Multicultural Center presents a "Soul Food" luncheon

As we observe Black History Month throughout the month of February, it is interesting to take a look back at where this celebration began. Harvard scholar Dr. Carter G. Woodson, known as the "Father of Black History," began promoting what was then called Negro History Week in 1926 during the second week of February to celebrate the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln -- two men who had greatly impacted the black population in America. Over the ensuing decades, it has evolved into a four-week-long celebration of African American History, which is far too often ignored or under-represented in the telling of American history.

Please join us as we celebrate an array of different events on both campuses. Most of you know that we already had a "Soul Food" luncheon at the Downtown Campus, however the Brighton Campus will be honoring the month with a "Soul Food" luncheon on Thursday, February 13, 2020 in the PRISM Multicultural Center (Building 1 Room 108) from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (or until the food runs out). There is a price of $2.00 per person.

In case you are wondering what the menu for the luncheon is:

  • Southern Fried Chicken
  • Mac & Cheese
  • Greens
  • Corn Bread
  • Sweet Tea & Unsweet Tea

Also join the Campus Activities Board and the PRISM Multicultural Center on February 13, at 4:00 p.m. as we present the movie "Harriett". American biographical film about slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman. This Epic production was directed by Kasi Lemmons, who wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard and it stars Cynthia Erivo as Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn and Janelle Monae in supporting roles.

This event is admission free and open to the public

Check out the array of events for Black History Month in our attachment.

 

Attached Files:
Black History Month 2020.pdf

Shirley Batistta-Provost
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability
02/11/2020