As a part of Black History Month, the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a Game Night on Sunday, February 10 in the Multicultural Greek Council House.

“This event is a part of a whole series of events for Black History Month where we’re just trying to spread community amongst everyone on campus but also highlighting Black History Month itself and showing our presence.

It doesn’t have to be something completely related to Black History, just the fact that we as a club are unifying and bringing people together. I think that still matches with our mission,” co-president of the BSU Jennifer Duran ’20 said.

In addition to a Game Night, the BSU hosted a Karaoke Night, a discussion in intersectionality and an Identity Dialogue earlier this month.

They will also be running a number of events until the end of the month, including a Black Love Movie Night, a Poetry Night that will be cosponsored with the African Student Association, Black History Jeopardy, another Dinner and Discussion, their annual Black Excellence Ball and an event done in memory of Trayvon Martin and other victims of police brutality.

In addition to the BSU, there was a Minerva series dialogue on Afro-Latinidad culture and history.

Also, both Hillel and Chabad hosted events about the role of Jewish Americans during the Black Civil Rights Movement, support across different cultural communities and how Jewish and African- American communities had made an influence on each other.

In speaking about the importance of the upcoming events throughout the month, Duran said, “Especially during a month that’s supposed to symbolize all that our club stands for and the people that were in the Civil Rights movement, or just any type of social justice. I think that none of it would have been done without unity, without allies, without people just coming together for a common cause, regardless of differences. If we’re able to do that by just having a game night, or karaoke, or having a dinner and discussion, then we’re on the right track.”