Student Activities, Involvement, and Leadership (SAIL)

Poster for Black History Month 2022

Black History Month Events

Wednesday, February 9, 4 p.m.

Book Reading & Discussion of The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.

A campus-wide reading group of The Prophets, by Robert Jones, Jr. '06, '08 M.F.A., New York Times bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award. The Prophets is a singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. The reading will meet via Zoom to discuss the book and the theme Black History and Memory.

Open to students, staff, and faculty.

To register: e-mail wolfeinstitute@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Hosted by The Wolfe Institute and the Black Faculty and Staff at BC. Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning; English Department; Sociology Department; Black and Latino Male Initiative; Black Student Union; Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Department; Africana Studies Department; History Department; Women's and Gender Studies Program; LGBTQ Resource Center; Student Activities, Involvement, and Leadership; and Asian American Faculty and Staff Association.

Tuesday, February 15, 6 p.m.

Fighting Voter Suppression

A conversation with April England-Albright, Legal and Policy Director of the Black Voters Matter Fund.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/FightingVoterSuppression.

Hosted by Office of Diversity and Equity Programs, We Stand Against Hate, The Women’s Center and the Department of Africana Studies.

Thursday, February 17, 6:30 p.m.

The Annual Black Entrepreneurial SpiriT (B.E.S.T.) of Black History Month

A student-based panel discussion highlighting current students who are entrepreneurs.

To register: www.tinyurl.com/bhmbest2022

Hosted by the Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership (S.A.I.L.) Center

Tuesday, February 22, 12:30 p.m.

Celebrating Black Movements Outside the U.S.

Join the Black Student Union student Club, the Caribbean Studies Dept. and the Africana Studies Dept. for a presentation and discussion on Black Movements that have taken place OUTSIDE of the United States.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/BSU-Movements

Tuesday, February 22, 6 p.m.

Honoring Our Ancestors: Flatbush African Burial Ground

Join members of the coalition, health, and wellness activists to discuss the broader community struggle to fight back against daily micro-aggressions and systemic traumas.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/HonorOurAncestors

Hosted by the Black Faculty and Staff at BC. Co-sponsored by the Graduate Center For Worker Education.

Thursday, February 24, 6 p.m.

Black History with the NAACP - A Conversation with NAACP Brooklyn Chapter

Join the S.A.I.L. Center in a conversation on Radical Social Justice with the NAACP Brooklyn Chapter and for a Tribute to the 10th Anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/blackhistoryNAACP

Hosted by the S.A.I.L. Center. Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Equity Programs and We Stand Against Hate.

Monday, February 28, 12:30 p.m.

Black Arts Explosion

A showcase to celebrate Black artists of the past and present through art, music, and/or dance.

Glenwood Lounge, 2nd Floor Student Center

Hosted by the Caribbean Students Union, Black Student Union, Women of Color, Phi Sigma Chi Multicultural Fraternity, Incorporated.