The JTAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 200, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Page: 2 of 8
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Step Afrika! preformed on campus Jan. 23 to kick-off Black History Month. Step Afrika! is the first dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Photo Courtesy of Sarah Buschlen
ODI shines light on Black History Month with month of events
Brittainie Cason
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sw_cason@tarleton.edu
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As February is arriving, The Office of
Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is getting
ready for Black History Month. They
are scheduling events all throughout
the month for Tarleton State University
students. They kick off the month with
a lunch on Friday, Feb. 1, in the Texan
Village clubhouse at noon. They will be
doing a presentation about the different
events going on during the month.
ODI will be hosting a total of five
events during February, one is the kickoff
event, the other four events are spread
out over the month. On Wednesday, Feb.
6, ODI will be hosting a diversity dialogue
that is going to dive deep into the history
and usage of the “N” word. The next day
ODI will have the ladies of Bold will lead
the “I Am NOT My Hair” workshop and
talk about aspects of hair care and the
lack of the accessibility to hair care here
in Stephenville, Texas. Monday, Feb. 18,
ODI will be having a “For the Culture
Game Night” where they are trying to
create an environment where it is a
more relaxed approach for those black
students on campus. The last event ODI
has planned is “Curating the Soundtrack
of America” is on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
A student from MENtal freedom will be
talking about the contributions black and
african americans musicians made to the
music industry in America.
Coordinator of Diversity & Inclusion
Tiburcio Lince, who has worked with ODI
since 2015, is ready to celebrate Black
History Month. In the past years ODI,
has done step show competitions with
“Some of these events will shed some
light on that,” Lince. “It is important to
not only the student feel reflected or
feel that they matter on this campus but
also for everybody else to understand the
struggles that they have gone through.”
These events in February are not only
for the black, African American students
of Tarleton but for all the Tarleton
students. Lince wants to challenge the
students to get rid of the mind set of
“that’s not for us” and discarding the
events, he wants the students to go to
the events and experience the moments.
“Come and join with good faith that
you will learn something, that you will
enjoy the experience and that you will
develop a connection with someone that
you might not have exposed to prior to,”
Lince said.
other universities, poetry slams, soul food
sampling and public speakers who dig
deep into the current topics affecting the
black community in the United States.
“It is important to celebrate Black
History Month because Tarleton State
University is a protonate white institution
and that there is lack of representation of
African American students,” said Lince.
“There is no representation in the staff
and faculty members, the student body
leadership and even in their peers. To me
I think it is really important to celebrate.
Because that would help us create a sense
of belonging for those students who don’t
feel that they may not be represented on
campus.”
It is also important because
historically as a nation we haven’t really
acknowledged the things that have been
happening in this community.
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