Black History celebrations, Texas Sports Hall of Fame lead the way on the North Dallas Gazette Community Calendar for this week.
Black History at DCCCD
Throughout the month of February, Dallas County Community Colleges around the metroplex are hosting numerous Black History events. A few are listed below:
Two events will be held at Mountainview College. The first event will be MVC’s African-American Read-In, on Feb.19, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. This will be held in the Treetop Lounge, at Mountainview College. The second event “Black History Month lecture “Shotguns, Sheep and Sheets: Stories Unwashed and Seldom Told” starts on Feb. 21, at 12:30 p.m., Building B, room 149, at Mountainview College.
An informative session titled “The Civil Rights Movement and Religion” will be presented by Dr. Darryl Howard on Feb. 21, at 2:30 p.m. in room A206, at North Lake College.
“Dialogues on Diversity: Black-Jew Dialogues” takes place on Feb. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Building S, room 100. at EastField College. For more information, contact the Eastfield College office of student engagement and retention at 40SER@dcccd.edu.
A tribute to John Berry, a longtime professor of business management at El Centro College, begins on Feb. 21, at 11 a.m. in the Performance Hall and Student Center, at El Centro College. Berry, who taught at the college for 38 years, died in January. For more information, contact Destiney Tolbert-Jackson at 214-860-2735.
Other events this week
The Parrish Restaurants will present Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame on Feb 22, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the African American Museum at Fair Park, in Dallas. The induction ceremony will be held on Feb. 23, starting at 11 a.m. at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel, in Dallas. Tickets start off at $25. For more information visit http://www.aamdallas.org/2019TexasBlackSportsHallofFame.asp.
The 3rd Annual Mother & Son Soiree 2019 in benefit of the Sigma Beta Club of Dallas will be held on Feb. 24, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the African American Museum at Fair Park, in Dallas. Join the Sigma Beta Club of Dallas for an evening of Dinner, Dancing, & Hors D’ Oeuvres & Door Prizes as we raise money for our scholarship initiatives. Tickets are $20. Tickets are limited and will NOT be sold at the door. Advanced ticket purchase is required. Tickets are available via Eventbrite or emailing sbcdallastms@gmail.com. For more information visit Eventbrite.com.
