Commemorate Black History Month with Jackson College

(February 12, 2021 2:16 PM) Jackson College will host a number of online events for Black History Month during February.  College and community members are invited to participate in all activities:

Why Black History Month Matters, panel discussion, Feb. 16 from 3-4 p.m. via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/664214957

Panelists will include Jackson College Trustee Sheila Patterson; Associate Minister & Co- Chair of Sisters in Ministry, Janice Fairley; Retired Warden Harold White; and Chief Executive Officer of the Blazer newspaper, Alan Wade.

Black History Month Spoken Word Competition, Feb. 18, 6-7 p.m. via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/664214957

The focus will be on the Civil Rights Movement to Social Justice Movement. Each participant will have three minutes to speak. Amazon gift cards will be awarded for first ($100), second ($50) and third place ($25).

Black History Month Documentary Discussion – “Central Park Five,” Feb. 22, 3 p.m. via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/664214957

https://jccmi.kanopy.com/video/ken-burns-central-park-five

Please watch documentary before discussion. From award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, “Central Park Five” tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. This Peabody Award winning film chronicles the Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of the five teenagers whose lives were upended by this injustice.

Black History Trivia, Feb. 23, 6-7 p.m. via Zoom https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72937091791?pwd=RDBXRSthUmU5SERlODB0OHNQRVJNdz09

Prizes are $50 and $5 Amazon gift cards.