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10 Helpful Hints for
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Strategies for Academic Success
Foothill in Palo Alto...Middlefield Campus
Join our Shades of Africa Club
Vice Chancellor Judith James to Speak at King Luncheon
Historical Black College Tours
OCTOBER 2001
Minority Transfer Program Orientation
Thursday, Oct. 4th, noon - 1 p.m.
Student Affairs Conference Room, Upper Level,
Campus Center
African American Network Welcome
Barbecue for Students & Faculty
Friday, October 5th noon – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Foothill Campus
(Next to Tennis Court Behind District Office)
NOVEMBER 2001
Speaker Naomi Tutu, Race & Gender Justice Activist
JANUARY 2002
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
March on Foothill
8th Annual King Luncheon
sponsored by the African American Network
Wednesday, Jan. 16, Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: Foothill Campus
FEBRUARY 2002
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (AAHM)
AAHM Read -In;
Friday, Feb. 1, 10 a.m. - 2p.m.
Owls Nest
Mellow Yellow Cafe- Lower Level, Campus Center
Hip Hop Generation Showcase
Saturday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
Foothill College, Smithwick Theater
Dallas Black Dance Theater Lecture Demonstration
Thursday, Feb. 7, 10:30 a.m.
Smithwick Theater
Dallas Black Dance Theater Performance
Friday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m.
Smithwick Theater
Feb. 11-15 AIDS Awareness Week
African American History Month Lecture Series
Thursday, Feb. 14 & 21, noon
Make a Joyful Noise Gospel Concert
Saturday, Feb. 23
Smithwick Theater; 7 p.m.
4th Annual African American Achievers Program
Wednesday , Feb. 27
June 2002
Harambee Rites of Passage
for the Class of 2002
Friday , June 28, 4-5:30 p.m.,
Room 1301
Naomi Tutu, Race and Gender Justice Activist Will Speak at Foothill.
Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu is scheduled to visit Foothill College in November. She will speak to students, faculty, staff and community members in the Smithwick Theater. Ms. Tutu is coordinator for the Race Relations Institute at Fisk.
The Griot Editors
Donald Dorsey
Melanie Pla-Richard
Contributors
MariaElena Apodaca
M. Banks
Dr. Marie Elaine Burns
Rabea Chaudry
Erin Clifford
F. Coleman
Baye Coleman
Don Dorsey
Sue Gatlin
Saadia Hameed
Herlisa Hamp
April Henderson
Felket Kahsay
Tajuana Lewis-Selby
Natalia Menendez
Rose Myers
Melanie Pla-Richard
Carl Ray
Leslie Reed
Toyi Sogoyou
Kadidia Traore
Jean Thomas
Davida Vance-Lee
Acknowledgements
Our African Ancestors
Foothill Office of Economic Development
Charlie Dillard
Albert Santoso
Lori Thomas
Newspaper Design by Casey Design
If you have news or letters* to the editor, please contact Melanie Pla-Richard at 650.949.7668 or e-mail plarichard@fhda.edu.
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