JANUARY:

Wednesday, 1/16: REAL Talk - 12:10 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. (Riedl Hall 229) Come and learn about how the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Holiday came to be, as well as discuss how we can continue to celebrate King's legacy.

Monday, 1/21 : "A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF!" Information is forthcoming detailing a service project with a community
agency to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Free T-Shirts and Lunch will be provided, please sign-up in the
Office of Multicultural Affairs as volunteer slots are limited.

Thursday, 1/31: 7:00 p.m.-Moving Blues Schoolhouse (Mansfield Senior High School)-sponsored by Arts &
Lectures. Free tickets, but call 419-755-4314.

FEBRUARY:

Tuesday, 2/5: - 7:00 p.m. Fat Tuesday Celebration (Eisenhower Student Union)-co-sponsored by Arts & Lectures.
Free tickets, but call 419-755-4314.

Wednesday, 2/6: 8:00 p.m.-Homecoming Hip Hop Dance (to follow Mansfield Maverick's basketball game
which starts at 6 p.m.)-co-sponsored by Student Affairs.

Tuesday, 2/12: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Preacher Moss & the End of Racism Tour-TAG event (Eisenhower Student
Union).

Tuesday, 2/12: 6:00 p.m. Soul Food Dinner (featuring the food of Tina's Homestyle Cooking; at Eisenhower
Cafeteria). Tickets, call 419-755-4314; $5 for faculty/staff and public, free to students of OSU-M, NCSC and Med-
Central College of Nursing .

Thursday, 2/14: 12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m. Leslie Alexander, Assistant Professor of History, "We Are a Distinct
People: Black Identity in Antebellum America" (Eisenhower Student Union).

Wednesday, 2/20: 7:00 p.m. Jim Lucas as Martin Luther King, Jr. (Renaissance Theatre) co-sponsored by
Arts & Lectures. This event is free, but tickets are required. Please call 419-755-4314 to obtain tickets.

Tuesday, 2/26: 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m.-University Choir Concert (Conard Performance Hall).

Thursday, 2/28: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Rebecca Wanzo, Assistant Professor of African-American and African
Studies and Women's Studies, "In the Shadow of Anarcha: African American Women, Pain, and Medical Research"
(Eisenhower Student Union).

MARCH:

Tuesday, 3/4: 12:10 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. (Riedl Hall 229) REAL Talk - Amanda Sposato (student) will give a presentation
addressing misogynistic lyrics in modern music.

Saturday, 3/8: Annual Empowerment! Conference for first-generation college bound high school students.
Detailed information is forthcoming.

Monday, 3/31: 12:05-12:50 p.m. (Riedl Hall 229) Dr. Carolyn Skinner, Assistant Professor of English, will discuss
how Harriet Hunt, one of the earliest women physicians in the US, used her status to challenge assumptions
about 19th century women's roles in government and society.