James Farmer Multicultural Center, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

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PAIDPermit No. 227

Fredericksburg, VA

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit students.umw.edu/multicultural or contact the James Farmer Multicultural Center at 540/654-1044; Lee Hall, Room 211.

Monday, Feb. 2, 5-7 p.m., Seacobeck Dining Hall Dinner: Cuisines of Black Cultures – African cuisine; meal plan for students, $5 UMW faculty/staff, $11.15 plus tax non-UMW

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m., George Washington Hall, Dodd AuditoriumGreat Lives Lecture: Duke Ellington, presented by John Edward Hasse

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 5:30 p.m., Lee Hall, Room 412“Making the Transnational Rumba Body”

Thursday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m., Monroe Hall, Room 346“Race, Slavery, and Reclaiming the Southern Past: African American Women as Place Makers and Memory Workers”

Friday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., Pollard Recital Hall UMW Jazz Night: “A Tribute to Duke Ellington”

Saturday, Feb. 7, 3 p.m., George Washington Hall, Dodd AuditoriumGospelfest

Monday, Feb. 9, 4-8 p.m., Seacobeck Dining HallDinner: Cuisines of Black Cultures – Creole Cajun/Mardi Gras cuisine; meal plan for students, $5 UMW faculty/staff, $11.15 plus tax non-UMW

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., George Washington Hall, Dodd AuditoriumKeynote Speaker: The Honorable Glenda Hatchett

Thursday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m., Lee Hall, Room 411 James Monroe Museum’s Third Annual Black History Month Lecture: “The Enslaved Community of James Monroe”

Friday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 14, 10 p.m., Monroe Hall, Room 116Film: Dear White People

Monday, Feb. 16, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30p.m., Seacobeck Dining HallLunch: Cuisines of Black Cultures – Southern Soul food cuisine; meal plan for students, $5 UMW faculty/staff, $8.65 plus tax non-UMW

Monday, Feb. 16, 4–6 p.m., Lee Hall, Room 414 Dismantling Racism Workshop

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 6 p.m., Lee Hall, Room 412JFMC Human Rights Film Series: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Thursday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., location TBD“Building ‘A More Sedate Lady’: A Tale of Demolition, ‘Haggard’ Miami, and ‘Her Suburban Sisters’”

Saturday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., George Washington Hall, Dodd Auditorium25th Annual Step Show and CompetitionCost: $3 UMW ID, $5 non-UMW in advance; $5 UMW ID, $7 non-UMW at door

Monday, Feb. 23, 5–7 p.m., Seacobeck Dining HallDinner: Cuisines of Black Cultures – Caribbean cuisine; meal plan for students, $5 UMW faculty/staff, $11.15 plus tax non-UMW

Tuesday, Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m., Lee Hall, Room 412Panel: Racial Disparities in School Discipline