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The Arts: Healing and Resistance - Black History Month at McMaster 2024 Launch - FEBRUARY 1 Learn More
Click here to visit the main Black History Month at McMaster 2024 page for more events throughout February.
For more information, please email Jordan Lentinello at lentinjt@mcmaster.ca or Eve Nyambiya at nyambiye@mcmaster.ca
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Join us in celebrating the first day of Black History Month with music, mingling with colleagues, and vendors! This year, we will be having artists showcase their talents through a series of performances that commemorate resistance and healing.
Date: Thursday February 1st, 2024
Time: 11am to 4pm
Location: MUSC Atrium
Target audience: Everyone is invited to come!
Vendors
My African Treasures
Pink Papillon Co
Kerl Beauty Bar
OæsisWithin
XUBRIANCE
Icarus Apparel & Alterations
Artbytye
Bougie Burn
Pitch Magazine
Performers
Bobbyxyz
IsisOya
Digital Dina
Macaws
Shaykeh
MacAfricans
AwulaNa
Speakers
Dr. David H. Farrar – President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University
Dr. Barrington Walker – Vice-Provost, Equity and Inclusion
Audrey Dear Hesson – African Nova Scotian Art Pioneer
Campus and Community Partners
Black Student Success Centre
MacAfricans
McMaster Association of Caribbean And West Indian Students (MACaws)
African and Black Diaspora Studies
Black Students’ Association (BSA)
Black Bachelor of Health Sciences Association (Black BHSc Association)
Blackspace
Sisters in Sync
Black Engagement Committee of the Muslim Student Association (BEC MSA)
BLKOWNED HAMONT
Special Thank You
Alleyway Sounds -Tech set up and support