Northwest celebrates Black History Month, featuring multiple activities
Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, has planned several activities in celebration of Black History Month.
Northwest's Office of Diversity and Inclusion is sponsoring guest performances, a trivia night and several film screenings, including an African-American horror film.
"It’s about getting an opportunity to learn about a culture that’s not like your own,” Latonya Harrison, a coordinator of diversity and inclusion at Northwest, said. “It’s an opportunity to experience a different culture in a way students can relate and learn things that they might not have known or understood.”
Northwest's Black History Month activities are free and open to the public, events begin from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, with a Black History Month Edition First Friday event located in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the Student Engagement Center of the J.W. Jones Student Union.
Continuing the Black History Month celebrations is a performance by the Kotchegna Dance Company scheduled at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the Charles Johnson Theater in the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building.
Black History Month trivia is scheduled at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Student Union Ballroom.
Beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the Student Union Living Room, students can watch "Friday" the 1995 comedy and drama movie with actors Ice Cube, Chris Tucker and Nia Long.
The final activity is screenings of "CandyMan" (1992) at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, in Colden Hall Room 3500. The 2021 contemporary version of the film will be shown at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Colden Hall Room 3500.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion has additional events scheduled in February, including:
- The monthly "Doughnuts with D&I" from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 3
- H.O.T. Topics from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13
- Bobby’s Barbershop will open from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Feb. 9, and from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19
For more information about Northwest's Black History Month activities, call 660-562-1105 or email diversity@nwmissouri.edu.
