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Community College of Rhode Island
College marks Black History Month with luncheon, speakers
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| Arnold Kee at the Knight Campus in Warwick |
CCRI’s Black American Student Association, with active chapters at the Warwick, Lincoln and Providence campuses, sponsored a series of activities in the month of February to mark Black History Month.
A Unity Luncheon held at the Providence campus included music, readings and personal stories. Students, faculty and staff gathered to listen as speakers shared poetry and stories.
At the Warwick campus, Arnold Kee, director of programs at the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington, D.C., presented “Race – the Power of an Illusion.” Kee’s lecture addressed the various ways people define themselves, racially and culturally, and how those definitions impact intercultural relations.
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| Providence BASA Chapter President Titilope Odewale welcomes the audience at Providence's Unity Luncheon. |
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| Boima Dolo Gbelly shares his story. |
