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  1. Wednesday, February 15 – Black History Month Event: The Loyola Project Film Screening @ 6 PM @ Jobe Hall Auditorium
  • Synopsis: In 1963, at the height of the civil rights movement, the Loyola Ramblers of Chicago broke racial barriers and changed college basketball forever. Now, nearly 60 years later, this legendary team is reexamined by Loyola basketball player and co-captain, Lucas Williamson. Woven together with archival footage and modern day interviews, this captivating story continues to provide inspiration in the fight for equality.

 

  1. Thursday, February 16 – Monthly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Meeting @ 2-3 PM @ Zoom
  • All are welcome at the monthly DEI Committee meeting.
  • For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen atmjohansen@deltastate.edu

 

  1. Monday, February 20 *new* – “Race Against Time” Lecture and Book Signing with Jerry Mitchell @ 4 PM @ Jobe Hall Auditorium
  • Jerry Mitchell is an award-winning investigative journalist and founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. “In Race Against Time, Mitchell takes readers on the twisting, pulse-racing road that led to the reopening of four of the most infamous killings from the days of the civil rights movement, decades after the fact. His work played a central role in bringing killers to justice for the assassination of Medgar Evers, the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer, the 16th Street Church bombing in Birmingham and the Mississippi Burning case. Mitchell reveals how he unearthed secret documents, found long-lost suspects and witnesses, building up evidence strong enough to take on the Klan. He takes us into every harrowing scene along the way, as when Mitchell goes into the lion’s den, meeting one-on-one with the very murderers he is seeking to catch. His efforts have put four leading Klansmen behind bars, years after they thought they had gotten away with murder.”
  • This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public.
  • Sponsors: Division of Social Sciences and History and the Madison Center for Civil Engagement and History
  • For more information, please contact Dr. Chuck Westmoreland atcwestmoreland@deltastate.edu.
  1. Monday, February 20 *new* – “Fresh from the Press” Speaker: Anna Wolfe @ 7 PM @ Jobe Hall Auditorium
  • On February 20 at 7 p.m. in the Jobe Hall Auditorium on the campus of Delta State University, the Division of Languages & Literature’s “Fresh from the Press” Speaker Series will host Mississippi Today‘s Anna Wolfe, whose diligent and dogged investigative reporting revealed one of the largest public corruption scandals in Mississippi’s history.
  • The event is free and open to the public.
  • Sponsor: Division of Languages and Literature
  • For more information, please contact the Division of Languages and Literature at 662-846-4060.

 

  1. Tuesday, February 21 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: Homegoing Book Discussion hosted by Bolivar County Library System and DSU Roberts-LaForge Library @ 6 PM @ Robinson Carpenter Memorial Library in Cleveland
  • This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public.
  • Sponsors: The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest, Delta State University, and the Bolivar County Library System
  • For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen atmjohansen@deltastate.edu.
  1. Wednesday, February 15 – “Monuments: Who Cares and Why?” Lecture with Dr. Justin Krueger @ 3 – 4:30 PM @ Jobe Hall Auditorium
  • Dr. Justin Krueger, assistant professor of social studies education, has been selected as the Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher of the Year at Delta State.
  • This event is free and open to the DSU campus and the general public.
  • Sponsors: Mississippi Humanities Council and Division of Social Sciences and History
  • For more information, please contact Dr. Chuck Westmoreland atcwestmoreland@deltastate.edu.
  1. Monday, February 27 *new* – “EducationUSA: Opportunities for Greater Involvement in International Education” @ 12 PM @ Ford Center for Teaching and Learning (Ewing Hall 239)
  • DSU faculty and staff are invited to hear from EducationUSA advisers, Ana del Arenal, Elvira Castillo, and Marta Carranza, about EducationUSA and opportunities for higher education institutions to participate in more international education programs. Ms. Del Arenal and Castillo are from EducationUSA Mexico. Ms. Carranza is from EducationUSA El Salvador.
  • EducationUSA is a U.S. Department of State network of over 430 international student advising centers in more than 175 countries and territories. The network promotes U.S. higher education to students around the world by offering accurate, comprehensive, and current information about opportunities to study at accredited postsecondary institutions in the United States. EducationUSA also provides services to the U.S. higher education community to help institutional leaders meet their recruitment and campus internationalization goals. EducationUSA centers are located in U.S. embassies and consulates, Fulbright commissions, bi-national centers, universities, and non-profit organizations.
  • This event is free and open to the DSU faculty and staff.
  • Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/SZAaBk2hGT.
  • Sponsor: DSU International Education, a division of the Student Success Center
  • For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen atmjohansen@deltastate.edu.
  1. Tuesday, March 7 – DSU DEI and Pride Alliance Event: Mama Bears Film Screening @ 6 PM @ Jobe Hall Auditorium
  • Synopsis: Did you know there are more than 32,000 mothers in America — many from conservative, Christian backgrounds — who fully accept their LGBTQ+ children? Spread across the country but connected through private Facebook groups, they call themselves “mama bears” because their love may be warm and fuzzy but they fight ferociously for the rights of all LGBTQ+ people. Although some may have grown up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, mama bears are willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to keep their offspring safe—even if it challenges their belief systems and rips their worlds apart. Mama Bears is an intimate, thought-provoking exploration of the journeys taken by two such two “mama bears.” Sara Cunningham and Kimberly Shappley, and Tammi Terrell Morris, a young African American lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance perfectly exemplifies why the mama bears are so vitally important.
  • This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public.
  • Sponsors: Southern Circuit, LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi, and DEI.Mama Bears is part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, connecting documentary filmmakers with audiences throughout the South. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
  1. Saturday, March 18 – NEA Big Read: Bolivar County Event: Homegoing Book Discussion hosted by Bolivar County Alumnae Chapter – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Chi Mu Omega Chapter – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and Shelby Chamber of Commerce @ 10 AM @ Dr. Robert T. Hollingsworth Library in Shelby
  • This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public.
  • Sponsors: The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest, Delta State University, and the Bolivar County Library System
  • For more information, please contact Michelle Johansen atmjohansen@deltastate.edu.

 

  1. Thursday, March 30 *new* – Blurring the Color Line: Chinese in the Segregated South Film Screening @ 6 PM @ Bologna Performing Arts Center
  • Synopsis: Speaking to today’s Afro-Asian tensions, Chinese grocers in the Black neighborhood during Jim Crow disrupt the black and white narrative of America’s racial history. What did it mean to be Chinese in Black space during segregation? Following director Crystal Kwok’s personal journey of discovery, she digs into how her grandmother’s family navigated life as grocery storeowners in the black neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia. The film weaves personal family stories with memories from the larger Chinese and Black communities, opening up uncomfortable but necessary conversations around anti-black racism and the deeply rooted structure of white power and Chinese patriarchy that contributed to this. Which fountain did the Chinese drink from? Where did they sit on the bus? An entrance into our connected histories we never knew or dared speak about as told through the woman’s lens.
  • Run time: 77 minutes. Following the film, stay for a Q&A with director Crystal Kwok and producer Gustin Smith.
  • This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public.
  • Sponsors: Blurring the Color Line is part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, connecting documentary filmmakers with audiences throughout the South. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Bologna Performing Arts Center is proud to be the only Mississippi screening partner, and is pleased to offer all screeningsfree of charge to our region.
  • For more information, please contact Holly Senter athsenter@deltastate.edu.
  1. Monday, April 10 *new* – Hazing Film Screening @ 6 PM @ Bologna Performing Arts Center
  • Synopsis: If you think hazing is a trivial college problem, think again. In Hazing, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt lifts the veil on secret, underground rituals that are often dehumanizing, abusive, and sometimes deadly. Byron, a member of a fraternity, places hazing culture under the microscope to discover a world of toxic masculinity, violence, sexual degradation, binge drinking, denial, and institutional coverups.
  • Run Time: 104 minutes. Following the film, stay for a Q&A with the filmmaker!
  • This event is free and open to the DSU campus and general public.
  • Sponsors: Hazing is part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, connecting documentary filmmakers with audiences throughout the South. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Bologna Performing Arts Center is proud to be the only Mississippi screening partner, and is pleased to offer all screenings free of charge to our region.
  • For more information, please contact Holly Senter athsenter@deltastate.edu.