Atlantic Cape Community College begins its month-long celebration of Black History Month on Monday, February 3 with several open-to-the-public events, panel discussions, educational forums, presentations, cultural awareness events and two Pan-African flag raising ceremonies.
Atlantic Cape’s Mays Landing, Atlantic City and Cape May County campuses will each host numerous student-centered and open-to-the-public events throughout the month of February.
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey will return to the Student Center on the Mays Landing campus with its self-paced historical display titled “The Northside: Redlining in the Sand.” The Worthington Atlantic City campus will host two open-to-the-public Black professionals panel discussions on criminal justice and women in healthcare. The Cape May County campus will host a Coalition for a Safe Community-sponsored discussion with Janis Washington White on how to eradicate all forms of racial bias in classrooms today.
The following is a detailed listing of events scheduled at each of our three campuses during the month of February:
Mays Landing Campus Events
Pan-African Flag Raising & Live Performance (free and open to the public): Tuesday, February 4, 12:30 p.m. Quad/Student Center Lobby (G-Building). Join the Black Student Alliance in raising the Pan-African flag to celebrate the beginning of Black History Month. After the ceremony, enjoy live entertainment. Light refreshments will be served.
The Northside: Redlining in the Sand (free and open to the public): Tuesday, February 11, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Student Center Lobby (G-Building). This event is sponsored by the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey. Explore the factors that created segregated neighborhoods, such as Atlantic City’s Northside, which existed throughout the country at the turn of the century. Light refreshments will be served.
Open Mic – Expressions (free and open to the public): Thursday, February 13, 12:30 – 2 p.m. Student Center Lobby (G-Building). Join us for an open mic event, sponsored by the Black Student Alliance, to share and listen to reflections, poetry and stories of the Black and Brown experience.
Black History Month Luncheon (seating is limited. RSVP to lingram@atlanticcape.edu. Luncheon is free, but donations are appreciated): Tuesday, February 18, 11 a.m. in Carême’s. Join us as we honor Lena Richard, the first Black woman in America to host her own cooking television show and own a culinary school. This event is sponsored by the Black Student Alliance.
Black Professional Hair Stylists Panel: Hair Me, See Me (free and open to the public): Tuesday, February 25, 12:30 – 2 p.m. Student Center Lobby (G-Building): The Black Student Alliance is sponsoring this empowering event celebrating Black hair! Engage with a panel of professional hair stylists and a Q&A session afterwards.
Paint & Sip (registration is required. Visit CampusGroups to sign up): Thursday, February 27, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Student Center Lobby (G-Building). Enjoy music, creativity and conversation during this Black History Month-themed paint & sip. This event is sponsored by the Black Student Alliance.
Charles D. Worthington Atlantic City Campus Events
Pan-African Flag Raising: Tuesday, February 4, 12 p.m. Campus Grounds. The Pan-African flag will be raised to commemorate the beginning of Black History Month.
Black Professionals Panel: Criminal Justice Panel (free and open to the public): Wednesday, February 12, 12 – 1 p.m. Cafeteria. Discover what Black history means to Atlantic City Police Department captains as they discuss how they personally endured obstacles. A Q&A session will follow. Light refreshments will be served.
Black Professionals Panel: Women in Healthcare (free and open to the public): Wednesday, February 19, 12 – 1 p.m. Cafeteria. A panel featuring a clinical nurse manager, ACNO associate chief nurse officer and a doctor in respiratory therapy will speak to “What Black history means to them” and how they overcame challenges. A Q&A session will follow. Light refreshments will be served.
Black History Month Student Essay Contest: Wednesday, February 26, 12 – 1 p.m. Cafeteria. Students may submit an essay on one of three topics (How can you use your voice or action to fight against racism? What is a book by a Black author you would like to read and why? How can celebrating Black History Month help us understand America better?) Essays must be a minimum of 500 words and take five minutes or less to read aloud. Limited only to the first 12 students to submit. Light refreshments will be served.
Cape May County Campus Events
Black History Month Information Table and Giveaway: Monday, February 3 – Friday, February 28. First-floor lobby. Learn important Black history facts and enter to win a giveaway bag of Black history-themed items.
Black History Month Scavenger Hunt: Monday, February 3 – Friday, February 28. First-floor lobby. Take part in this fun event and pick up your list of clues at the front desk. Complete the hunt and submit your findings to the front desk for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card.
Black History Month Trivia: Tuesday, February 11, 11 a.m. Room 312. Join in on a game of Black History Month Trivia for the opportunity to win a $25 Amazon gift card.
Virtual Museum Tour & Soul Food-Inspired Lunch (first come, first served): Tuesday, February 25, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cafeteria. Enjoy a virtual tour of the Museum of the American Revolution’s “Black Founders” exhibit with a soul food-inspired lunch.
Erasing Bias from the Classroom with Janis Washington White (free and open to the public, but registration required. RSVP at bit.ly/ErasingBiasEvent): Thursday, February 27, 6 – 8 p.m. Lecture Hall. This presentation, sponsored by the Coalition for a Safe Community, will tackle the issue of removing all forms of racial bias in our school classrooms today.
Black History Month began in 1925 as Negro History Week and 51 years later, in 1976, during the nation’s bicentennial, President Gerald R. Ford asked Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
About Atlantic Cape Community College
Atlantic Cape Community College is a Middle States accredited, 2022 Achieving the Dream Leader College and Hispanic Serving Institution proudly serving the residents of Atlantic and Cape May counties. As a comprehensive, two-year community college, Atlantic Cape offers 47 undergraduate degree programs, and 33 certificate and workforce development professional series programs at its Mays Landing, Atlantic City and Cape May campuses. Atlantic Cape is home to the renowned Academy of Culinary Arts, rated the top culinary school in New Jersey, and for more than 50 years, our highly-acclaimed Nursing program. Atlantic Cape also partners with several four-year universities to offer students the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree without having to leave home.
For more information on Black History Month events at Atlantic Cape this February, please visit atlanticcape.edu/bhmevents.
