The community is being invited to celebrate Black History Month this February with Missouri S&T in Rolla

The community is being invited to celebrate Black History Month this February with Missouri S&T in Rolla. Campus events will take place throughout the month, focusing on the theme of “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity.” The Kickoff to Black History Month events will take place 11-noon Monday, February 1st, in the Havener Center atrium.
Monday, February 1st, from 2 to 4 pm, at the Diversity House, located at 605 W. 11th Street on the S&T campus students will be able to join the National Society of Black Engineers and Student Diversity Initiatives for a Black History Month kickoff grab-and-go dinner box lunch while learning more about the cultural programs hosted throughout the month of February. Registration is required prior to pick-up. There will be multiple meetings on Zoom for Book Club sign up. Students can join Student Diversity Initiatives as the group reads Mikki Kendall’s “Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot.” To join, email Ashley Gordon at [email protected]. Books are provided by SDI and all meetings will be held via Zoom.
On Wednesday, February 3rd, from 6 to 8 o’clock, a virtual event, “I Am Not My Hair,” will consist of a group of panelists discussing the challenges and prejudices people of color experience related to a lack of general understanding and sensitivity about textured hair. For more information or links to events, visit sdi.mst.edu/upcoming-events or email [email protected].