(Posted 1-14-00)
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"WHO R WE?" PROGRAMS CONTINUING AT UNCG
WITH BELL HOOKS, RUBIN "HURRICANE" CARTER
GREENSBORO--"Who R We?," a campus wide series of programs that will examine racial issues in American society, will continue during second semester at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The series will include a Feb. 1 program commenting on the 40th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. Another highlight will be events featuring the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, feminist author bell hooks and former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences Program Committee, the series' will also feature an African American Cultural Festival.
"As ‘Who R We' continues during the second semester, the campus will have a variety of activities exploring different dimensions of race and race relations in society," said Dr. Mary Kay Sandford, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "We hope that the community will join us, as it did last semester, for the thought-provoking programs. Our intention is to create a community-wide dialogue on these issues which can promote a greater understanding of past events and lead to innovative approaches to future challenges."
Last semester's activities included Greensboro's only production of "Greensboro: A Requiem," which examined the 1979 Klan-Nazi shooting, and "Looking Forward, Looking Black, a provocative art exhibition examining the many facets of black identity.
All events this semester will be free unless an admission charge is indicated. Other events may be added later in the semester. The schedule will run as follows:
Feb. 4, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., "Some Things Are More Important," performance of a presentation on the Greensboro Sit-Ins for area elementary and middle schools, Cone Ballroom, EUC, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Feb. 10, 8 p.m., performance of the play, "Chocolate on the Outside," Cone Ballroom, EUC, sponsored by the Office of Student Life.
Feb. 18-19, annual Black Student Visitation Program for high school students and their parents, EUC and campus locations, registration required, sponsored by the UNCG Office of Undergraduate Admissions (335-334-5243) and the Neo-Black Society.
Feb. 19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., African American Cultural Festival, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Cone Ballroom, EUC.
March 11, Shades of Color Conference, featuring Rubin "Hurricane" Carter as keynote speaker, EUC, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
March 27-29, Women's Studies conference on "Women's Lives, Women's Voices, Women's Solutions: Shaping a National Agenda for Women in Higher Education"; March 27, noon, registration, followed 1-3 p.m. by national teleconference; March 28-29, conference programs and addresses; registration required, EUC locations, sponsored by the Women's Studies Program (336- 334-5673).
March 30-31, 2000, Conference on African-American Cultural Experience, on the general topic, "Undoing Racism in the Classroom and the Community," with author bell hooks as keynote speaker, sponsored by the African American Studies Program.
April 12, 7 p.m., readings by members of the Carolina African-American Writers' Collective, sponsored by the UNCG Bookstore (contact Beth Sheffield, 334-4042).
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