A list of activities for Black History Month, celebrated every February, as submitted to The

A list of activities for Black History Month, celebrated every February, as submitted to The Vindicator:
TRUMBULL COUNTY
Warren: Programs will be offered weekly throughout February at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library featuring a prominent black American. The programs are for children in grades kindergarten through six and will run 30 minutes each. A short book will be read aloud and an activity provided. Registration is not required.Tuesday: 6:30 p.m., Romare Bearden Day. Bearden was a Harlem Renaissance painter from 1914-88.Feb. 11: 3:30 p.m., Bessie Coleman Day. Coleman was the first black female licensed pilot. When she was 27, she decided to fly airplanes, but she had to travel to France to do it because she couldn't find anyone in the United States to teach her because of her race and gender.Feb. 19: 3:30 p.m., Charlie Bird Parker Day. Parker was a jazz musician whose musical education started in Kansas City. He's widely considered one of the greatest saxophonists of all time.Feb. 28: 2:30 p.m., program to be announced.Call (330) 399-8807, Ext. 401, for more information.
MAHONING COUNTY
Youngstown State University: All events, except "Raisin" performances and the Feb. 27 discussion, are in Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus. For more information, call Africana Studies at (330) 941-3097.Tuesday: 7 p.m., educator Jawanza Kunjufu lectures on "Black Men and Women: We Both Need Each Other," Ohio Room. Kunjufu is an author and co-author of several books, including "Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys."Friday through Feb. 14: "Raisin," the musical adaptation of the classic "Raisin in the Sun," a portrayal of 1950s life from the living room to the streets of Chicago. For performance times and tickets, call the Youngstown Playhouse at (330) 788-8739.Saturday: Noon-6 p.m., African Marketplace, Chestnut Room, featuring a variety of vendors, artists and book dealers from Ohio and neighboring states.Feb. 14: noon-2 p.m. workshop, 7 p.m. performance, Bi-Okoto Dance Group, a professional cultural arts company with a repertoire of authentic traditional Nigerian dances, dramas and operas, Chestnut Room.Feb. 17: 7 p.m., "Liberia: America's Step Child," a documentary by Nancee Oku Bright, Ohio Room. Filmmaker Bright traces the relationship between America and Liberia and the causes of strife between Liberia's indigenous population and freed American slaves.Feb. 19: 9 a.m.-noon, "Diversity Issues in the 21st Century: Diversity Workshop for Employers and Employees," Presidential Suites. The workshop covers topics ranging from flextime to same-sex partners.Feb. 21: 6:30 p.m., poetry slam competition, Ohio Room. Original poetry submissions on aspects of black life and culture will be accepted until Feb. 18 at YSU's Office of Africana Studies in DeBartolo Hall.Feb. 23: 7 p.m., alternative soul singer-songwriter Yewande, Chestnut Room.Feb. 25: 7 p.m., Bari-Ellen Roberts speaks on "When You Know You're Right," Ohio Room. Roberts led 1,400 black employees of Texaco to the largest racial discrimination settlement in U.S. history. Feb. 25: 7 p.m., Dorian T. Warren, the Erskine Peters Fellow in African American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, looks at "Multiple Identities and Organizational Change in the U.S. Labor Movement," Presidential Suites. Feb. 27: 7 p.m., Ron Daniels, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, focuses on "The Case for Reparations: Does America Owe Africans in America?" Beeghly Hall's McKay Auditorium. A Youngstown native, Daniels is a prominent civil-rights activist.
MERCER COUNTY
Hermitage: The Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon will host an evening of jazz from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 25 at the center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, across from the Hermitage Municipal Building. Performing will be Alton L. Merrell Jr., a Youngstown State University graduate and minister of music at New Jerusalem Fellowship Church in Warren, Ohio, who will present "The Influence of Jazz in American Music." Admission is free and refreshments will be available after the performance.
REGION
Kent State University: Feb. 23, 7:30-9 p.m., Libraries and Media Services of Kent State University present, "The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement," by civil-rights activist Bob Moses. It will be in Room 306 of the Kent Student Center. A graduate of Hamilton College and Harvard University, Moses was one of the principal architects of early efforts to organize voter registration efforts in Mississippi in the early 1960s. He was the driving force behind the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964 and also the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which challenged the segregated party regulars at the 1964 Democratic Party National Convention in Atlantic City. More recently, he has begun the Algebra Project, an effort to ensure youth in rural and inner-city areas, especially black and Latino children, are equipped with the mathematical skills needed for the digital age. The program is free.Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pa.: The university will host nearly two dozen special events as part of its monthlong Black History Month celebration. The programs are organized by the university's Office of Intercultural Programs. Today: The Black/African American Caucus will host "African American Reading Chain" at 4 p.m. in the University Union with participants sharing excerpts, poems, short stories and other literary works by black authors.Friday-Saturday: Designated "Spiritual Emphasis Weekend" sponsored by the on-campus group Send Ju'dah First. The weekend will foster spiritual growth as a solid foundation for life. The opening-day program includes a lecture by Dr. Aminata Njeri, chief executive officer of Dynamics of Leadership, at 7 p.m. in Slippery Rock United Methodist Church. The second part of the weekend offers "Spiritual Workshops" with Brian Johnson, director of multicultural affairs at Susquehanna University in 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. offering sessions in the University Union.Saturday: The SRU music department will host the Pennsylvania Music Education Association's District 5 Jazz Festival with some 40 hand-selected high school jazz musicians. The 2 p.m. public concert is scheduled for Swope Music Hall. Admission is $3. A "Gospel Explosion" will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the University Union. Feb. 10: At 11:30 a.m., an open forum sponsored by the President's Commission on Race and Ethnic Diversity in the University Club of North Hall.Feb. 11: "Race ... Is It Really An Issue?" Part II, facilitated by Dr. Renay Scales, assistant vice president for human resources and diversity, at 7 p.m. in Swope Music Hall.Feb. 12: Featuring African griot Alhaji Papa Susso, master kora (African harp-lute) player and oral historian from The Gambia, West Africa. A previous visitor to campus, Susso hails from a long line of griots (traditional oral historians) of the Mandinka people. He will recount the history of his country and people, discuss the roles of griots in Western African culture and perform classic songs of the griot repertoire. His public lecture is at 8 p.m. in Swope Music Hall. A reception is set for 4 p.m. in Carruth Rizza Hall.Feb. 16: Master drummer, Haifa Shabazz, a percussionist, performer and lecturer who teaches improvisational and non-Western music courses at Dartmouth College, will perform at 8 p.m. in Swope Music Hall.Feb. 23: "Encounters: Bailey Library's Authors and Artists Series" spotlighting Dr. Alan Levy, professor of history, as he lectures on his newly released book "Tackling Jim Crow: Racial Segregation in Professional Football" at 3 p.m. in the library's Special Collections Room.Feb. 25: Maxine Maxwell in a 7 p.m. "Echos of the Past" performance in the University Union. Maxwell will weave through history exploring the turning points of the lives of five African women of remarkable strength and courage. Each character offers a complete and concise background narrative along with costume pieces to set the stage. The performance looks at what it has been like to be black and female over the past 150 years. Feb. 27: The university's third annual "Soul Food Dinner" at 7 p.m. in the University Union and sponsored by the Black Action Society. Tickets available at the University Union for Feb. 2-26 are $5.Feb. 28: "Brotherhood Luncheon" featuring Tony Mitchell, professor of African/African American Studies at Penn State University, McKeesport, at 1 p.m. in the University Union. The luncheon will serve as a vehicle for black males who are students, faculty, staff and administration to have open dialogue to expand social, cultural, political and economic horizons.