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University Musical Society: 18th Annual Jazz Series – February and March 2012 Events

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February Black History Documentaries – Documentary Channel (Dish Network – Ch 197; DIRECTV – Ch 267)

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This month, Documentary Channel (DOC) honors Black History Month with a special month-long celebration of the “Best of Black Documentary Cinema” every Tuesday night in primetime.

Beginning Tuesday, February 7 with “Beah: A Black Woman Speaks” (8 p.m. ET), the series will culminate with the US television premiere of “Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By The Door,” a captivating film that examines the conspiracy and controversy behind a Hollywood picture about a black revolution shut down by the FBI due to its subject matter, on February 28 (8 p.m. ET).

This special, “Best of” celebration also marks the one-year anniversary of “Black Documentary Cinema” on Documentary Channel.

A noteworthy series of programming showcasing the work of black documentary filmmakers, “Black Documentary Cinema” features remarkable documentaries the last Tuesday of every month in primetime.

The complete “Best of Black Documentary Cinema” schedule is as follows (all times ET):

• “Beah: A Black Woman Speaks” – Tuesday, February 7 (8 p.m.)

• “Stand” – Tuesday, February 14 (8 p.m.)

• “Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons” – Tuesday, February 21 (8 p.m.)

• “Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By The Door” – Tuesday, February 28 (8 p.m.)

86th Anniversary Celebration, Progressive Club of Second Baptist Church, Ann Arbor Michigan March 18, 2012 4:00pm (Free Admission)

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33 Spaces Available for 9th Grade, Washtenaw International High School

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WIHI is currently accepting applications for the fall 9^th grade class of 150 students. 33 spaces are available. The high school offers an international baccalaureate program and is located in Ypsilanti. Please forward this email to parents who may be exploring high school options in Washtenaw County.

http://www.wihi.org/

Johnetta Cole, Keynote Speaker, Women of Color Task Force, March 2, 2012, 8:30am Rackham Auditorium (Free Event)

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Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Keynote Speaker for the 2012 UM Women of Color Task Force Conference

One of the most powerful well-regarded African American women in the US, Johnnetta B. Cole has a way with making history. She’s been the first female African American President of Spelman College, the first woman ever elected to the Board of Coca-Cola Enterprises, and the first African American woman to serve as Chair of the Board of United Way of America. In over 30 years in education, she has also served two US Presidents in leadership roles.

As a scholar, author, and activist for social and economic justice, Cole spearheads breakthrough thinking about diversity, leadership, and women’s issues. Now chairing the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute at Bennett College, she partners diversity with academic institutions, businesses, corporations, civic and community organizations, and government and global thought leaders.

An inspiring force, Cole rallies everyone to embrace diversity as not only a moral and social value, but as a compelling case for business. She encourages audiences to move beyond the status quo to fully take advantage of the innovative and profitable ideas that stem from a more diverse workforce, membership, and student body. Barriers are meant to be broken and success will follow notes Cole: “How much better our world would be if each of us respected difference until difference doesn’t make any more difference.”

Dr. Cole graduated from Oberlin College, where she completed a B.A. in anthropology in 1957. She attended graduate school at Northwestern University, earning her masters degree (1959) and a doctorate in anthropology (1967). She has received numerous awards and recognition for her work in higher education including honorary degrees from Williams College, Howard University and North Carolina A&T State University.

Topic: The Case for Diversity & Inclusion in American Higher Education

Links Sponsored: National Art Poster Competition March 17, 2012

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UMS Presents Sweet Honey In the Rock: February 17, 2012 8pm Hill Auditorium

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Sweet Honey In The Rock
Friday \ February 17 \ 8 pm
Hill Auditorium

Sweet Honey In The Rock focuses on music that challenges, inspires, teaches, encourages, and empowers audiences from all walks of life to become interested and involved in issues that are central to their lives. For over three decades, Sweet Honey In The Rock has celebrated our collective humanity, singing about the challenging issues of racism; social, economic, and environmental injustice; equal rights; and the greed that seems to be pulling our nation apart. The group has built a distinguished legacy as one of the most celebrated ambassadors of a cappella music, fusing five scintillating and soulful voices with the texture, harmonic blend, and raw quality that is indigenous and true to authentic a cappella music. They take audiences on journeys that span centuries of African- American history and culture — sound journeys that nurture and heal. In the tradition of artists in action — this is the group that sang at the rally when the University of Michigan defended its affirmative action position before the Supreme Court — Sweet Honey taps the spirit, encourages audiences to think, asks them to reflect, and inspires them to make a difference in their communities.

Sign language interpreted. A special block of tickets is being held in the front of the main floor for people with hearing impairments.

Thanks to our event sponsors:

Sponsored by University of Michigan Health System.

Media Partners Metro Times, Between the Lines, and WEMU 89.1 FM.

Ticket info:

Main Floor $46 · $42 · $36 · $22

Mezzanine $40 · $34 · $10

Balcony $28 · $22 · $18 · $10

NEW THIS YEAR! Select your own seats when ordering online — just click the “Buy Tickets” button below to get started!

Sweet Honey In The Rock’s website

WINTER FIRESIDE FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS

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WINTER FIRESIDE FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS

This twice-yearly festival of staged readings will feature brand new works by four playwrights. Each reading will be followed by a post-show discussion with the playwright and director.

Tickets are pay-what-you-can (suggested $10).
The Fireside Festival is generously underwritten by Joseph Walters.

Sunday, February 12, 2012
Bronzeville Gold, by Anetria Cole
Set in 1933 Chicago, this powerful African American family saga revolves around a “gambling numbers wheel,” and a young Mississippi newcomer as he and the entire African American community chase the ever elusive American dream. Willie Jenkins a 22-year-old, African-American sharecropper wants to live the American dream but he knows that living in Tupelo, Mississippi will not afford him that opportunity. But when he meets a street numbers runner from south side Chicago named Cleveland, who promises him the “good-life,” Willie jumps on what he feels is his only escape from the south. Will he walk on “streets of gold” as Cleveland has promised him? Is Bronzeville really the land flowing with milk and honey? Or is it all just a dream?. Reserve Now!

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University of Michigan Credit Union Welcomes Tiffany Ford as new President and CEO

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Film Screening and Lecture: “The Witches of Gambaga”

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Date:

February 14, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Location:

School of Information, Room 2435, North Quad, 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

“The Witches of Gambaga” is the extraordinary story of a community of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana.

Made over the course of 5 years, this distrubing expose is the product of a collaboration between members of the 100 strong community of ‘witches’ and women’s movement activists determined to end abusive practices and improve women’s lives in Africa. Painful experience and insight come together to create an intimate portrait of the lives of women ostracised by their communities.

Told largely by the women themselves, their incredible stories and struggles are conveyed to a wide range of audiences by the director’s narration. The film was completed in July 2010 by Fadoa Films Ghana and UK. It was co-produced by Yaba Badoe and Amina Mama.

Join us at the film screening and meet the film’s director, Yaba Badoe, who will introduce the film.

Presented by the U-M Department of Comparative Literature, the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Women of Color in the Academy Project and the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

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