Law School Students Celebrate Black History Month

February 6, 2004

To celebrate Black History Month, the Black Law Student Association (BLSA) of Capital University Law School has planned a variety of events.

• Monday February 9, 2004, the celebration officially begins with a kick-off event to be held in the Huntington Commons at 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm.
  
  Presented by the BLSA executive board, this event is for all Law School students. It features Tanikka Henriquez as the MC and special guests including interim dean Athornia Steele, director of student affairs Torian Lee, and professors Shirley Mays and Floyd Weatherspoon.
  
  Other guests scheduled to appear include Amir Clayton Powell, Jarrod Skinner and past BLSA president Makeda Neal.

• Also on Monday February 9, BLSA members are invited to participate in the Red Cross blood drive. To accommodate schedules and to prevent delays at the bloodmobile, no set time is scheduled for BLSA members to donate.
  
  The bloodmobile is scheduled to run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in room 572 of the Law School building. Contact Lindsay Helman for details or to schedule a time to donate.

• Tuesday, February 10, BLSA members are going to the Arena Grand to see Barbershop 2, details to be determined.

• Monday, February 16 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in room 572, the BLSA will present its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Image Award to the 2004 recipient, Frederick L. Ransier III. To attend the reception, RSVP by February 12, 2004 to the Office of Student and Minority Affairs at cmilan@law.capital.edu or by calling 614-236-6394.

• Wednesday, February 18 at 5:00 pm, there will be a lecture by Rameses Narmer Khenti Herusef of the Holy Zawadi Nation. Herusef will speak on the principals of Ma’at and true justice in room 572.

• Friday, February 20 from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm, a series of three to four movies will be shown in the Huntington Commons. The movies include Eyes on the Prize: Brown vs. Board of Education, Brown Sugar and Philadelphia.

• Monday, February 23 will be immunity day for all Capital University Law School students who have purchased a BLSA t-shirt.

• Tuesday, February 24, the Food Taster begins at 5:30 pm and runs until 6:00 pm. The Food Taster features home-made food from around the world, as well as the Little Sister Drummers and special guest dancer Cassandra Clark. Contact Shontel Walker for more information about the Food Taster.

In addition to these events, BLSA is organizing a panel discussion on the subject of Brown v. the Board of Education. Watch for details to be posted on the Law School online calendar.