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PAGE 6 THE TWIG F^QRUARY 6; 1984 Black Emphasis Week highlights - Feb. 12 -15 Calendar of events By Anne White Black Emphasis Week, a Meredith tradition since the early 1970’s, will be held Feb ruary 12 - February 15. Dr. Sandra Thomas, Vice- President for Student Dev^op- ment, sums up the purpose of Black Emphasis Week as fol lows: “Black Emphasis.Week Is designed for all memters of the Meredith College community, particularly the non-black stu dents and faculty, .who wish to learn 'more' about black culture and history. It is also a time for us to focus upon the Impor- tarree of our minority student population on campus, for we feel that our black and other minority students are an impor tant dimension of the Meredith College community. We tnth veilue their presence and appre ciate their leadership and con- trfbutions.” TTie first Black Emphasis Wtek was organized by Black Voices in Unity, a chartered or ganization of black Meredith students which, in 1962, of- k:ially became the Association for Black Awareness (ABA). All black students at Meredith are automatically members of ABA. This year's officers are Ivy Murrain, President, andTamani Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer. Or. Brent Pitts, a French pro fessoral Meredith, is this year's advisor. Meetings are held regularly; though not manda tory, there is usually 100 per cent participation. ABA'S purpose is to promote the Meredith com munity’s leaming and aware ness ^ black culture and his tory; Black Emphasis Week spotlights this purpose. In charge of this year's Black Emphasis Week are co-chairs Tanessa Gradford and Audrey McQueen, along with Rhoda Sowers, Director of Student Activities. Below is a calendar of events for Black Emphasis Week 1964. Sunday, February 12 7:MP.M.and 10:00P.M., Cate Auditorium: The movie "Ragtime” will be slwwn. Though chosen as one of the College Center Association's regular line-up of films, “Ragtime” was scheduled specifically for Black Emphasis vifeek. Films Inc. 1963 Movie Catalog describes “Ragtime" as follows: “...a Kaleidoscope of the people, passions, times and crlnfies at the tum of the Century." Admission is 99 cents at the door; the public is invited. Professor Sonia Sanchez Monday, February 13 10:00 A.M., Jones Auditorium: A special convoca tion will be held In recognition of Black Emphasis Wtek. Pro fessor SonIa Sanchez, a black poetess, editor and playwright, will speak on “The Role of Black Literature in the History of the Black Society.” (Please see the article on Professor Sanchez, page 6). 11:30 A.M., President’s Dining Room: Professor Sanchez vrill join faculty, staff, and students for an informal luncheon and conversation be fore she addresses a topic at 12:00 noon. A buffet will be available for which a fee will be charged at' the door, or lunch may be purchased in Belk Dining Hall and brought down stairs. Everyone who plans to attend is asked to make reser vations through the Office of Student Development (ext. 350) so that seating airangements can be made. Tuesday, February 14 7:30 P.M., Cate Auditorium: “The Discarded People," a poignant film about the apartheid system's effect on black Africans, will be ^own. Admission is free; the public js invited. Wednesday, February 15 10:00 A.M., Jones Chapel: A special worship service will be held in recognition of Black Emphasis Week. The message will be given by Dr. Thomas Grissom, black minister of Salem United Methodist Church iri Harlem (please see the article on Dr. Grissom, page 7). Special music will be provided by ttie Shaw University Gospel Choir. A reception will follow the ser vice. 7:XP.M., Rehearsal Hall, Jones Auditorium (downstairs): Myma and Friends Dance, a Durham-based dance troupe, will perform interpretive dan^ combining modem, Jazz, t)allet, and Afro-American lechniques. In a concert'designed specifi cally for Black Emphasis W^. (Please see the article on Myma and Friends Dance, page 6). Admission is free; the public is invited. The success of Blad Emphasis Week depends on the participation of students, faculty, and staff. All ABA members are especially encour aged to attend each event and sit together in front to be re cognized. Let’s all join together in the spirit of this special week to make Black Emphasis 1984 the I5est ever! WANTED: People to help on Tuesday nights with TWIG layout. Pay reasonable. For more Info, call Linda at 828-2079 or Anny at 828-4360. Our visiting professor for Black Emphasis Week 1984 vrill be Professor Sonia Sanchez. Below Isa reprint of a biograph ical sketch of Professor San chez from Lordly & Dame, Inc. “Nationally and Interna tionally known to millions as Sister Sonia Sarrchez, the black woman poetess, editor and playwriter, Slst^ Sanchez rose to prominence in the 60's as a strong voice in the wilderness of North America, calling for its black man's and black woman'f^ return to Black consciousness. "A graduate of Hunter Col lege in 1955, the Alabama bom sister went on to open up the frontier of Black Studies at San Francisco State College (1967), where she helped engineer the first Black Studies courses In this country. &ie has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University and City College. She conducted the first courses on Black English and the Black Woman and in troduced them as fields worthy of scholastic endeavor. “In 1971, Sister Sanchez went on to teach a course on the Black Woman at City Col lege and in 1972 taught courses in Black Literature and Creative Writing at Manhattan Com munity College and Amherst College. In 1972 she received an honorary doctorate degree in the Humanities from Wilber- force College in Ohio. She is presently an Associate Profes sor at Amherst College.” “Sister Sanchez has many ,of her works published and dis tributed throughout 75 anthol ogies all- over the counfry. These works have also been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, German and the Scandinavian languages.” “Her articles and writings hdve appeared in the TRANS ATLANTIC ' REVIEW, THE -MASS. REVEW, PRESENCE AFRICAINE, THE AM STERDAM NEWS,N Y. TIMES, MUHAMMAD SPEAKS, etc.” "One of the first Black woman playwrights widely recognized, Sister Sanchez’ play, SISTER SONJI, gained in ternational recognition and was Myrna and Friends Dance Myma and Friends Dance, a Durham-based dance troupe, will perform In a concwt of In terpretive dances for Black Emphasis We^ 1964. “Myma" is Myrna Munchus-Builock, a black Meredith senior majoring in dance and religion, ^e teaches jazz and Afro-American dance, has performed exten sively across the U.S. and abrc>ad, and has won many dance scholarships, most re cently in summer of 1982 with the American Dance Festival. Joining Myma in performing for Black Emphseis V^k will be five members of her troupe along with two other dancers from Greensboro. Perfonming for Black Emphasis Week has become a tradition for Myma, performed by the Joseph Papp Shakespeare Theatre in New York. Her first record of poetry was produced by Folkways and is entitled A SUN FOR ALL SEASONS.” “During the past four yeai? Sister Sanchez has read her poetry and lectured widely in over 200 colleges in the United States and the Carribean, on the subject of the “Coming of Age of Black Studies", “The History and Role of Black Women in America,” and “The Role of Black Literature in the Histwy of the Black Man.’”' Professor Sanchez will speak on "The Role of Black Literature in the History of the Black Society” at the February 13convocatl6n at 10:00 A.M. in Jones Auditorium. Also on February 13, she will address a topic during a special luncheon at 12:00 noon in the President’s Dining Room. Students, faculty and staff are invited to both events. Don’t miss this rare op portunity to hear and meet Pro fessor Sanchez. and she and her troupe are looking forward to the concert. Everyone is invited to the con cert, which wlll.tx February 15 at 8:00 in the Rehearsal Hall of Jones Auditorium. Admission is free. This is Myma's final performance at Meredith before she graduates. Come be a part of this special evening. Myma and Friends Dence, a Durham-based dance troupe, wifl perform at Black Emphasis Week. Good Luck to all candidates 11 SPRING FLING MEREDITH ANGELS ^SKTS THE LIMIT APRIL 29, 1984 FROM 1:00 TO 6:00
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