Ongoing throughout the month (Free):
29 DAYS OF BLACKNESS @ CIIS
1453 Mission Street, SAN FRANCISCO

FEBRUARY 2016
Engage in culture and transformation. Check back for updates as the month continues! Want to list an event? Contact mfa@ciis.edu
#29daysofblackness

Advisors and Contributors: Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Mental Health Services Act Program, Arts and the MFA Programs, Department of Communications, DISJ, Department of Human Resources, and SUS. Curated by Ahmunet Jessica Jordon (MFA).

- 29 Days of Blackness Altar honoring African- American and African Diasporic Lives
Location: CIIS Cafe (3rd floor)
-‐ Mural by Sage Stargate
Location: Area 5 (5th floor)

**Thursday, February 4**
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: CIIS Café 3rd floor
Event #1: Altar Dedication (free)
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

**Thursday, February 4**
Time: 12:00pm-‐1:00pm
Location: Faculty Lounge 4th floor
Event #2: Brown Bag Lunch with Fania Davis (free)
Description: Please come and join the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for February’s Brownbag Lunch Series. We are thrilled to be joined by CIIS alumn, Fania Davis, RJOY Executive Director and long -‐time Social Justice Activist. For more information contact the ODI Program Coordinator, Felipe Restrepo frestrepo@ciis.edu.
Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

**Thursday, February 11**
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Location: Namaste Hall
Event: Happy Hour with Adeeba Deterville: Personal in Praxis: The Sankofa of African-Centered Transformative Education
Description: Adeeba will share her journey and experience with African-centered Psychology - its role in her cultural identity development and how it informs her research inquiry in the Transformative Studies doctorate program. She is interested in how African-centered transformative learning informs the psycho-spiritual wellness of Black graduate students.
Sponsored by the MFA Programs, info: mfa@ciis.edu.

**Friday, February 12
Time: 6:30pm-‐8:30pm
Location: Desai Matta Gallery (1st Floor)
Event: AZA Moroccan Band & Dance Party (free)
Description: TBD
Sponsored by the MFA Department & Public Programs

**Friday, February 13**
Time: 10:00am -‐2:00pm Location: Area 5
Event: “Creating New Performance” a workshop (free)
Description: Creating New Performance is a theater workshop for professional, aspiring and closet performers. The class is an introduction to the performance style and training processes of Cultural Odyssey’s Co-‐Artistic Director, Rhodessa Jones. The workshop will utilize sound and movement exercises as the beginning of a creative exploration that includes theater games, memory exercises, autobiographical musings, and storytelling. At the end of the workshop participants will perform a five to ten minute mini-‐performance created during the process. Participants are asked to dress warm, soft, and fluid ready to move. Sponsored by The MFA Department
RSVP to mfa@ciis.edu.


**Saturday, February 14**
Time: 10:00am -‐2:00pm Location: Area 5
Event: “Creating New Performance” a workshop (free)
Description: Creating New Performance is a theater workshop for professional,
aspiring and closet performers. The class is an introduction to the performance style and training processes of Cultural Odyssey’s Co-‐Artistic Director, Rhodessa Jones. The workshop will utilize sound and movement exercises as the beginning of a creative exploration that includes theater games, memory exercises, autobiographical musings, and storytelling. At the end of the workshop participants will perform a five to ten minute mini-‐performance created during the process. Participants are asked to dress warm, soft, and fluid ready to move. RSVP to mfa@ciis.edu.
Sponsored by the MFA Department

**Thursday, February 18**
Time: 3:00pm-‐5:00pm Location: TBA
Event: Hair Workshop with Michelle Coleman (free)
Description: Are you at peace with issues surrounding your and others’ hair, such as
how one is treated because of how their hair is or is not, how you wear your hair or not, historical influences about hair? Come joint this 90-‐minute interactive
workshop led by our CIIS Director of Human Resources S. Michelle Coleman, MA and
licensed new thought minister. It will be thought provoking and heart opening. All are welcome regardless of gender or ethnicity. mcoleman@ciis.edu

Sponsored by the Department of Human Resources
Friday, February 19 Time: 3:00pm-‐4:30pm Location: Room 304
Event #1: Student gathering with Dr. Henry Gregory (free)
Description: NTU Psychology Event
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

**Friday, February 19**
Time: 5:00pm-‐6:30pm
Location: Desai Matta Gallery (1st Floor)
Event #2: Public Reception with Dr. Henry Gregory (free)
Description: NTU Psychology Event
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Time: 7:00pm-‐9:00pm
Location: CIIS Namaste Hall
Event #3: A conversation with Dr. Henry Gregory and Dr. Denise Boston ($15-‐
$20 at the door)
Description: NTU Psychology Event
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

**Saturday, February 20**
Time: 10:00am-‐5:30pm Location: TBA
Event#1: NTU Psychotherapy: An African-‐Centered Approach to Healing and Wellness. Workshop with: Dr. Henry Gregory and Dr. Denise Boston (Registration Required)
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program, the Office of Diversity and
Inclusion, and Public Programs

Time: 6:15pm-‐7:30pm
Location: Area 5 5th floor
Event #2: MFA Saturday Night Events features the Black Arts Showcase (free) Description: Dazie Grego curates a night of inspiring, courageous and raw poetry, performance, jazz, visual art and song, celebrating the beautiful intricacies of the Black narrative. Refreshments catered by Chef Yulanda http://simplyblisscateringandevents.com
Sponsored by The MFA Programs mfa@ciis.edu

**Sunday, February 21**
Time: 10:00am-‐5:30pm
Location: TBD
Event: NTU Psychotherapy: An African-‐Centered Approach to Healing and Wellness. Workshop with: Dr. Henry Gregory and Dr. Denise Boston (Registration Required)
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Public Programs

**Tuesday, February 23**
Time: 3-‐4:30pm
Location: Room 306
Event: Inclusion of African-‐Centric Research by Adeeba Deterville
Description: TBD
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program, the Office of Diversity and
Inclusion


**Friday, February 26**
Time: All day community event
Location:
Event: Ken Hardy & Joy DeGruy
Sponsored by the Mental Health Services Act Program, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

**Monday, February 29**
Time: 6:00pm-‐9:00pm Location: Room 304
Event: TRANSGRESS Movie Screening “Dark Girls”
Description: TRANSGRESS is a student group aiming to enrich the CIIS experience by celebrating difference, holding difference in spaces on campus and naming oppression of difference. We hold meetings twice a month for students, faculty and staff to have an inclusive space to share their experiences or witnessing of oppression and discrimination while also discussing strategies, sharing resources, and offering context for all operating within and questioning oppressive structures. Refreshments.
More info: Transgressciis@gmail.com