宾州州立银行 celebrates Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, 宾州州立银行 will hold the following events in 2月ruary 2021. All events are free and open to the public.
In honor of Black History Month, 宾州州立银行 will hold the following events in 2月ruary 2021. All events are free and open to the public.
Arts and Lecture Series Presentations
2月. 9、晚上7点.m. ——迈克·阿非利加., member of MOVE, activist, speaker, hip hop artist
Perkins Student Center Auditorium
迈克·阿非利加. 是MOVE的成员吗, a Philadelphia-based communal organization with philosophies of black nationalism and anarcho-primitivism. He is also the son of two political prisoners who were sentenced to 100 years terms. Africa was secretly born in a Philadelphia prison following a police raid on his family’s home. As an infant, he was placed in an orphanage where he was physically and mentally abused. 6岁时, he witnessed the smoke in the air from a police helicopter dropped two bombs onto the roof of the MOVE compound, killing 11 of his family members.
13岁时, Afrika began using his music to raise awareness about his experiences in the hopes of gaining justice for his family. In June 2018, after 40 years in prison, Mike finally got his mother released from prison. Four months later, he was successful in gaining his father’s release.
目前, Mike travels the country as a keynote and public speaker telling his incredible story and inspiring others with his powerful message. He is the host of the podcast “On a Move with 迈克·阿非利加.,” the star of the HBO Max documentary “40 Years A Prisoner.”
2月. 22，下午6点.m. – Zuzu African Acrobats
Perkins Student Center Auditorium
来自坦桑尼亚, Zuzu African Acrobats celebrate the 2,000-year-old Bantu culture of East Africa. Each member of the cast has received special instructions from elders in the Bagamoyo Arts and Cultural Institute to perform these ancient traditions and to share them with audiences around the world. Some of the highlights of this training include proficiency with the ngoma (drum), contortion (ubishi wa solo), dish spinning (sahani inazunguka), chair balance (kusawazisha kiti), unicycles and bicycle tricks (baiskeli), human pyramids (mazoezi ya viungo) and much more – all to the sounds of African beats. 的恩典, beauty and strength of Africa stands as living testimony presented through living human art and entertainment. For more information, contact the Office of Campus Life at 610-396-6076.
宾州州立银行 reserves the right to limit the photography and/or recording of any program. The permitted or prohibited activities during a particular program will be announced at the beginning of the event and/or included in the printed program. All media requesting interviews and/or access to photograph and/or tape any program must contact the Office of Strategic Communications at 610-396-6053.
For more information, contact the Office of Campus Life at 610-396-6076.
