A two week celebration of the life
and legacy o f Dr. Sonj a Stone
I August 23-September 5,1991
I August 26,1991: Press Conference, BCC, 12 noon
I August 26,1991: Workshop: Our Activist professor
17pm in the BCC, Margo Crawford Facilitator.
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August 27,1991: Work shop: Placing Dr. Stone in our History, 7pm,
BCC
August 28,1991: BSM General Body Meeting, Upendo, 5:30 pm
I African-American vendors
^ August 28, 1991: IMAMU BARAKA : A Salute to Dr. Stone For
Being So Black, 8pm Haners Art Center. Reception Sponsored by Mu
Zeta Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., BCC
I August29,1991: Student Activism During the Civil Rights Move
ment, 7pm, BCC Facilitator: HArold Woodard
September 3,1991: Black Studies: A Vision for the Future,
7pm, BCC, Facilitator: Dr. Trudier Harris. Receptioon Spon
sored by Campus Y
September 4,1991: Student Activism for the 90's, 7pm, BCC.
Facilitator, Ann Ards, UCLA
September 5, 1991:Memorial Celebration for our African
Queen 3:00 pm. Memorial Hall.
Legacy (continued from 4)
senlial to every member of the spsce for the BCC. In the spirit of
UNC community in order to com- SonjaSlone, wemustrelentlessly
passionately and intelligently continue this struggle. And when
move into the 21st century and we have won the struggle, the
meet the challenges of the chang- Black Cultural Center will be in
ing world. She fell that a little her name, “The Sonja Haynes
room with a carpet on the floor
should be a source of shame, in
sult. and embarrassment to black
people and this university. She
never gave up the struggle for a
more functional and deserving
Stone Black Cultural Center'
Third. Sonja believed in the
magnitude of ideas that were em
powered by passion and praxis.
Her students felt she was a mas
ter teacher. She was magical,
sometimes frustrating and some
times controversial— a blend of
leader, activist, subversive and in
tellectual. She was not a propa
gandist or self-serving manipula
tor of students. SonjaStone’sclass-
room was vibrant with ideas, ques
tions, resolutions and discoveries.
She has touched countless students
and changed lives. Sonja Stone
was a special kind of professor, a
black woman who persevered
many blows, whose method and
style , at many levels, was unique
to this campus. The model she left
as professor mentor, activist, and
intellectual will be remembo-ed as
we push for an endowed chair in
her name.
We must let our beloved Dr.
Sonja Stone cross the veil between
this worid and the next with wishes
of joy and a quick flight We must
not worry her with our tears and
regrets, that will only slow her
down. Oitf tears are for our
selves, for every moment we
take another for granted, for ev
ery intolerable act, for not really
listening to each other, and for
forgetting that tomorrow is not
guaranteed, and that it might be
to late too say “I’m sorry” ot “I
love you.” We will carry Sonja
Stone’s legacy forth.