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Black Comix Day: Heroes Rise III is a 2 day event that celebrates African-American & African Comic Book Creators. This is the 3rd Annual showcase of this highly successful event in San Diego. This event is an opportunity for anyone who wishes to experience a mix of black culture and the comic book medium which has been popularized by the term, Afrofuturism. ALL are welcome to attend and it promises to be a magical & educational experience for the entire family. This event will take place at San Diego, California’s historic Balboa Park, WorldBeat Center as a part of their Black Future Month (February) events.
Video Produced by S. Botello Productions™. Music by Susy Botello ©2019 S. Botello Productions™. All rights reserved.
BCD2020 Program Directors: Keithan Jones of KID comics and Makeda “Dread” Cheatom of World Beat Center.
Join us today with our amazing guest and trend setter Dr. Suzanne Forbes-Vierling gives us an insight into what it entails being a black Psychologist in San Diego.
Dr. Suzanne Forbes – Vierling is Business woman, Professor, Psychologist, African Dance Choreographer. Capitalism + Black Psychology = Freedom in our Community.
San Diego State University’s 2nd Annual Super Sunday Gospel Fest on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020 will showcase national recording artist Vashawn Mitchell, Chicago-based singers Jessica A. Clements and D’Juan James Detroit-based singer Kira Daffin and 11 gospel choirs and dance teams from campus and the San Diego community.
The free concert begins at 6:30p.m. in Montezuma Hall of the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union. There will be free parking available on the night of the event.
Super Sunday Gospel Fest will be preceded by an educational resource fair for K-12 students and their families beginning at 5:30pm University representatives and current students will provide information and resources on financial aid, admissions, student organizations and other topics.
Doors open at 6:00pm
William SmithDate: February 24, 2020Time: 4:00pm-6:00pmPlace: Montezuma Hall TheatreTitle: Racial Battle Fatigue! What is it doing to me?
San Diego Public Library and the University of San Diego Presents Michele Norris- “Eavesdropping on America’s Conversation on Race”. Michele Norris is a Peabody Award-winning journalist, founder of The Race Card Project and Executive Director of The Bridge, The Aspen Institute’s new program on race, identity, connectivity and inclusion.
Join us on February 24 as NPR’s Michele Norris discusses “The Race Card Project” and how six-word snapshots paint a vivid picture of America’s attitudes and experiences about race during a fascinating moment in American History.
This event is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be available after the presentation.
Parking: We recommend that you enter campus via the West Entrance, park in the West Parking Structure, and take the tram up the hill to the first stop.
GENERAL MEETING – OPEN TO ALL
Black Men United is comprised of black men and those who support black men. Members are those who participate in the organization’s activities; live, work, and serve in the organization’s community; advocate for justice on behalf of the organization’s community; and seek to give voice to those without voice. Members are people of faith, clergy, and representatives of diverse, non-profit and community organizations.
Based in San Diego’s 4th Council District, Black Men United’s community is African-American people, African immigrants, American Indian, Latino, and others who, by experience, consciousness and culture, empathize with the black experience.
Black Men United’s vision is to serve as a unifying, empowering and moral influence in its community.
Black Men United’s purpose is convene, guide and galvanize black men (and those who support black men) to enable and empower its members and its community to address their relevant spiritual, individual, interpersonal, societal needs.
Black Men United’s activities and achievements reflect a commitment to faith, constancy, individual and community development, justice, and inclusion. Much of BMU’s work is accomplished through its Committees.
Registration for this event will close on February 25, 2020 @ 5:30pm.
There are 27 seats remaining.
Event Details
Please come join teaching artist Stacie Birky Greene for a fun and educational collage-making workshop.
“Three Folk Musicians” by Romare Bearden, a gifted African-American artist will be introduced.
Bring your creativity and make a masterpiece! All supplies will be provided.
Space is limited. Please register online.
The evening will begin with heavy hors d’oeuvres at 5:30pm – 6:30pm.
The “Passing the Torch” program will begin at 6:45pm – 9:00pm immediately followed by a book signing.
Join professor Bernard Lafayette who was appointed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the first national chairman of the Poor Peoples Movement, and coordinator of the Selma, Alabama voting rights movement
Program also features:
Heavy hors d’oeuvres
Student led expressions – connecting today’s social activism to that of the 1960’s
Spoken Word
Passing The Torch short film clip
Artistic expression of Ms. Amelia Boynton- the Matriarch of the voting rights movement
“In Peace and Freedom” book signing
Q & A
Gateway Educational Foundation & Institute works to preserve the rich history of the civil rights movement and honor the unsung heroes. We provide educational dialogues such as documentaries, films, passing the torch youth summits and assemblies, Kingian non-violence training workshops for adults and teens, effective black parenting classes to celebrate black heritage, and equip African American parents with culturally relevant parenting skills.
Come volunteer at the 2020 FANCY Teen Girls Expo!
Join us on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. for a FREE Jacobs Presents: Black History Month Celebration event!
To commemorate African-American women in film, we’ll be screening scenes from Netflix’s “Never Heard” by local filmmaker Tamera Hill and the film short “Together” at Jacobs Center’s Celebration Hall. After the screening, there will be a panel Q&A discussion and Q&A, moderated by Black & Magazine Editor-in-Chief Chida Rebecca.
“Never Heard” tells the story of a father who is incarcerated for a crime he swears he did not commit and his son who is lured into Los Angeles’ merciless drug world and forced between God and gang life.
A family must make a critical decision that will change their lives forever in the film short, “Together,” featuring Efé McWorther, winner of the 2019 D.C. Black Film Festival Actress of the Year award.
RSVP requested; not required.
