Programs and events will be hosted on campus throughout February to celebrate Black History Month.
Visit the Cultural Month Celebrations site for the full list of events. Email the Center for Engagement and Inclusion to add a program or event to the calendar.
Following are the scheduled events as of Feb. 1:
- Celebrating Black History Month – Health and Wellness Series: Embody Yoga – featuring Joanna Brooks
- Wednesday, Feb. 2 | 4:30 p.m., AMU 227
- Hosted by the Office of Engagement and Inclusion and Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
- Celebrating Black History Month – Health and Wellness Series: Vision Boarding for 2022 featuring Dominik Primus of Cedar Connections
- Wednesday, Feb. 9 | 4:30 p.m., AMU 227
- Dominik Primus brings us a session intended to help us envision the foundation for a year of wellbeing.
- Hosted by the Office of Engagement and Inclusion and Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
- Judas and the Black Messiah: Film Screening
- Friday, Feb. 11 | 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Varsity Theatre
- Saturday, Feb. 12 | 8 p.m., Varsity Theatre
- Hosted by Marquette University Student Government
- Douglas Day Transcribe-A-Thon
- Monday, Feb. 14 | 9-11 a.m. and 3-5 p.m., Raynor Library, Level One
- Honors the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass through collective action—transcription—with the goal of increasing the accessibility of Black scholars’ and activists’ written works.
- Hosted by Marquette University Libraries and Ott Memorial Writing Center
- Soup with Substance: Center for Urban Research Teaching and Outreach
- Wednesday, Feb. 16 | noon, AMU, 163
- Hosted by Campus Ministry
- R&B N Paint Night
- Wednesday, Feb. 16 | 6 p.m., AMU, 111 and 137
- Paint Black History Month themes canvases with R&B music all night!
- National Society of Black Engineers: General Body Meeting
- Thursday, Feb. 17 | 7 p.m., AMU, 163
- Panel of black and women business owners in Milwaukee facilitated through the Milky Way Tech Hub
- Celebrating Black History Month – Health and Wellness Series: Keynote and Dinner with Dr. Dominique Pritchett
- Thursday, Feb. 17 | 4:30 p.m., AMU Ballroom
- Dominique Pritchett is a therapist, speaker, mental wellness consultant and media contributor. Join us for dinner and her keynote conversation on moving from Burnout to Breakthrough. In this interactive conversation, you’ll learn strategies to identify and reframe burnout.
- Hosted by the Office of Engagement and Inclusion and Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
- Black History Month Trivia
- Thursday, Feb. 17 | 9 p.m., AMU, Ballrooms
- Hosted by Late Night Marquette
- King Richard: Film Screening
- Friday, Feb. 18 | 8:30 p.m., Varsity Theatre
- Hosted by Marquette University Student Government
- Justice in Action
- Saturday, Feb. 19 | 9 a.m-2 p.m., Olin Engineering
- One-day student-focused conference to explore the meaning of justice in our community through a variety of lenses such as service, community and social change.
- Black @ Marquette: Soul Food Luncheon and Mixer
- Monday, Feb. 21 | noon, AMU, 163
- Networking mixer among Black faculty, staff, and students with a Soul Food lunch
- Hosted by Center for Engagement and Inclusion and Black Faculty and Staff Employee Resource Group
- The Loyola Project
- Tuesday, Feb. 22 | 5 p.m., Weasler Auditorium
- Documentary film about the 1963 Loyola Ramblers Men’s Basketball Team during the Civil Rights Movement
- 63 for 63 Screening Series presented by Northwestern Mutual
- Soup with Substance: Civil Rights Pilgrimmage Participants
- Wednesday, Feb. 23 | noon, AMU, Lunda Room
- Hosted by Campus Ministry
- Celebrating Black History Month – Health and Wellness Series: Xtreme Hip Hop Step Aerobics – featuring Stepping Out with Shardae’
- Wednesday, Feb. 23 | 4:30 p.m., AMU Lunda Room
- Hosted by the Office of Engagement and Inclusion and Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
- Respect: Film Screening
- Friday, Feb. 25 | 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Varsity Theatre
- Hosted by Marquette University Student Government
- Ebony Ball
- Sunday, Feb. 27 I AMU, Ballrooms
- Hosted by Black Student Council
- Milwaukee Film: Black History Month
- Milwaukee community film screenings and events all throughout February including film screening of “Sankofa” and a Black R&B film trivia
- Presented by Northwestern Mutual and hosted by Black Lens Council
