New Jersey City University
Black History Month
2007
"War to Peace: Exploring African Peoples Conflicts and Resolutions"
New Jersey City University celebrates Black History Month. Black History Month began in 1926. It was started by Carter Godwin Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in February. 
This year's celebration theme is "War to Peace: Exploring African Peoples Conflict and Resolution."
On Tuesday, February 13th at 6:00 p.m. in the Gothic Lounge we will celebrate Black love with readings from love letters and memoirs of enslaved people and writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Dr. Mary Blanchard, Associate English faculty, among other individuals will read these "Forbidden Love Stories."
On Thursday, February 15th at 12:00 noon -1:30 p.m. in the Gothic Lounge the African Heritage Colloquium Series will feature Mr. Junius Williams, Director of the Abbott Leadership Institute at Rutgers University who will discuss "The Newark Riots: An Examination of the Riots 40 Years Later." Williams will provide an eyewitness (activist/scholar) account of the events in Newark during the time of the riots and critically reflect on the city's evolution over the last forty years. Mr. Williams is an activist, attorney and educator. He is a former President of the National Bar Association. His many accomplishments include appearing on Night Line with Ted Koppel, representing Rev. Jesse Jackson, and serving as the former Director of Model Cities and Community Development for the City of Newark. He earned his BA from Amherst University and law degree from Yale University.
On Tuesday, February 20th at 1:00-3:30 p.m. in the Gothic Lounge we will examine the silent killer in many African American communities domestic violence-"When Black Women Hurt". A distinguished panel of experts, Dr. Faith Samples-Smart from the Center for Violence & Research at Columbia University, Dr. Abisola Gallagher, Director of NJCU's Health and Wellness Center and Ms. Renee Brown from the Department of Social Services, will examine the cultural, psychological, socio-political and economic issues surrounding the issue of domestic violence. 
On Thursday February 22nd at 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. in the Gothic Lounge Dr. Georgina Falu a self described Afro Latina will discuss "Racism/Latino and African American Clash." Dr. Falu will examine racism within the Latino community. Dr. Georgina Falú is a leader in the movement towards technology education and economic development in New York's Latino and minority communities. Dr. Falú founded the Falú Foundation, Upper Manhattan's Latino technology center. She established the Universal Business and Media School, the country's first registered and accredited computer school owned and operated by a minority woman.
Dr. Falú is a scholar and educator with over 35 years of teaching experience in colleges and universities in Puerto Rico and the Continental United States. She received her Bachelors degree in accounting from the University of Puerto Rico, a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University, and a Doctorate in Higher Education Finances from Columbia University. 
Dr. Falú was the first woman Dean of the Business School at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, and the first woman Vice President of Administration for Union Theological School at Columbia University. In 1974, Dr. Falú was named Puerto Rico's Woman of the Year in Education.
The month long celebration will conclude on Tuesday, February 27th at 4:30 p.m. the Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble. Events for the month are sponsored by the Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center and cosponsored by the Black Administrators, Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Student Organization (B.A.A.F.S.S.O.), the Student Government Organization (SGO), the Black Freedom Society (B.F.S.), Women's and Gender Studies and the Office of Student Support Services.
For more information please call the Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center at 201.200.3524.
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