Events include the Lulu Washington Dance Theatre, the Black Inventors Museum, former Olympic medallist Lee Evans, noted poet Saul Williams, Bob Marley Day and a conference hosted by the Black Student Alliance. Descriptions of the events follow. The Black Student Alliance is hosting a conference to present a new perspective on Black Studies, a perspective which shows new solutions to injustices in American Society. Workshops and speakers will occur throughout the day, and Professor Molefi Kete Asante will give a keynote speech.
Admission is free.
CSU, Chico has co-commissioned the Lula Washington Dance Theatre to perform Rites 2000, celebrating the coming of the new millennium. Lula Washington is well known for exciting choreography, blending techniques from modern, African, and classical dance, plus street movement and performance art. Rites 2000 will be performed in addition to repertory works from Washington, Donald McKayle, and Donald Byrd, marking the twentieth anniversary of the Washington Dance Theatre. The Multicultural Poetry Slam Festival culminates with a performance by poet Saul Williams. For more information call 898-6005.