{"id":74058,"date":"2018-02-01T12:59:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=74058"},"modified":"2025-02-12T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T01:03:19","slug":"black-history-month-celebration-at-uh-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/01\/black-history-month-celebration-at-uh-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month celebration at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVw5RgZjBKs\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> will be hosting several events during the month of February as part of Black History Month. With the 2018 theme, &ldquo;Know the Past. Shape the Future,&rdquo; the scheduled events are designed to provide the campus community with cultural perspectives about the achievements of African Americans and the impact they have made on society.<\/p>\n<h2>Event schedule<\/h2>\n<p>The following events to be held throughout the month of February are free and open to the campus community and general public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Metaphysics of Abstract Painters and Performers<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday, February 1, 6 p.m., at the University Classroom Building, room 100<\/p>\n<p>Featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanettecarter.com\/\">Nanette Carter<\/a>, a woman of power who specializes in creating art and landscapes that capture the drama of human nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9NJj12tJzqc\">Moonlight<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, February 7, 6 p.m., at the University Classroom Building 100<\/p>\n<p>A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop: Building Cultural Inclusion<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday, February 13, 2 p.m., Campus Center 301<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucknell.edu\/about-bucknell\/provost\/contacts\/georgina-dodge\">Georgina Dodge<\/a>, Bucknell University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation: &ldquo;I ka w\u0101 ma mua, ka w\u0101 ma hope&rdquo; The Future Lies in the Past&#8212;Who We Were, Who We Are, Who We Want to Be<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday, February 23, 3 p.m., at the University Classroom Building 100<\/p>\n<p>Speaker: Val Kalei Kanuha, senior lecturer, Office of Field Education Assistant Dean for Field Education, School of Social Work, University of Washington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soul Food for Thought Caf\u00e9<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday, February 23, 11&#8211;1 p.m., Campus Center Dining Room<\/p>\n<p>Poets, spoken word artists and musicians are invited to perform featuring African American genre.<br \/>\nThose interested in participating contact <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo via <a href=\"mailto:palsuhh@hawaii.edu\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qVw5RgZjBKs\">4 Little Girls<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, February 28, 6 p.m., at the University Classroom Building 100<\/p>\n<p>The film uses dance as its primary expressive element to depict the tragic story and aftermath of the 16th Street Baptist church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Related activities will be held in the residence halls in collaboration with University Housing.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo history department will feature an exhibit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.uhh.hawaii.edu\/home\">Edwin H. Mookini Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, visit <em><a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2018\/01\/26\/black-history-month-at-uh-hilo-2\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2018\/01\/26\/black-history-month-at-uh-hilo-2\/\">From <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo is hosting films, workshops, guest artists and lectures to provide the campus community with cultural perspectives about the achievements of African Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-74058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74058"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210799,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74058\/revisions\/210799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}