Members of the East St. Louis Community Performance Ensemble delight their audience with a dance routine.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville held its opening celebration on Monday of the 2013 Black Heritage Month, Embracing the Dream: Rebuilding Our Community.
Females from the audience do their part in the dance challenge against male audience members.
SIUE’s 2013 Black Heritage Month Planning Committee and SIUE Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe participated in the opening program in the Goshen Lounge of the Morris University Center.
Those on the program included: Sylvester “Sunshine” Lee and the East St. Louis Community Performance Ensemble, God’s Anointed Mime Ministry and the SIUE Gospel Choir. The choir led the audience in the singing of the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Several other events are scheduled during Black Heritage Month. Some of the activities planned include: the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom, today; An Evening with Toure’: Iconic Journalist, Culture Critic and TV Host, 7 p.m. Feb. 6; a panel discussion: Liberty and Justice for All? Social Justice in the 21st Century. . . Where to Now?, at noon Feb. 12; Comedian Ni’am Lynn, 7 p.m. Feb. 12; a health fair, 10 a.m. Feb. 14; Celebrating Black Heritage Month. . . Through the Eyes of a Child, at noon Feb. 20; Africa Night, 6 p.m. Feb. 23; and A Salute to the Stars, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28.
For more information, as well as locations, visit SIUE Black Heritage Month.