WYOMISSING, Pa. \u2014 In honor of Black History Month, Penn State Berks will host various events throughout February. All events are free and open to the community.<\/p>\n
Zuzu Acrobats
\n12:15 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10, Tully\u2019s Cafeteria, Perkins Student Center<\/p>\n
Hailing from Tanzania, Zuzu Acrobats celebrates the 2,000-year-old Bantu culture of East Africa. The group’s performance features jaw-dropping acrobatics, singing, dancing and more \u2014 all set to high-energy, fast-paced Lingala music. The group gained stardom after appearing on “America\u2019s Got Talent” in 2009 where it was a semifinalist. This performance is sponsored by the Student Engagement and Leadership Office and the Office of Inclusive Excellence. For additional information, contact Warren Bair, coordinator of campus life, at WHB5070@psu.edu.<\/p>\n
Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
\nNoon\u20133 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13, Thun Library, room 137<\/p>\n
Douglass\u00a0Day<\/a>, a project of the\u00a0Center for Black Digital Research<\/a>\u00a0at Penn State University, is an annual program and live stream that marks the chosen birthday of Frederick\u00a0Douglass. Each year thousands of people gather to transcribe archival documents to ensure that they are searchable, discoverable and available for learning about Black history. Penn State Berks will host in-person transcribing while streaming the\u00a0Douglass\u00a0Day\u00a0event broadcast. This year\u2019s theme will feature the Colored Conventions and the 14th Amendment. The event is sponsored by the Thun Library and the Berks Black Student Union. For additional information, contact Melissa Millar, library services manager, at MUF107@psu.edu.<\/p>\n “Being Black at Berks” “Being Black at Berks” is the Black Student Union\u2019s signature Black History Month event. Celebrating its 8th anniversary, this year\u2019s theme is “Cookout Chronicles.” The showcase highlights the talents, culture and lived experiences of Black students at Penn State Berks, while engaging the wider campus and local community. Attendees are asked to register in advance<\/a>. For additional information, contact Alexa Hodge, coordinator of student services and adviser to the Black Student Union, at AEH221@psu.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WYOMISSING, Pa. \u2014 In honor of Black History Month, Penn State Berks will host various events throughout February.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-105053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n6:15\u20138 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27, Perkins Student Center Auditorium<\/p>\n