Talking Drum Meeting! Who: Anyone interested in contributing to the Talking Drum. When: Tomorrow! Monday, October 16, 2006 7pm Where: BSA office THE FIRST ISSUE IS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE BSA OFFICE!

The Black Student Alliance Outreach commitee would like to thank everyone personally for coming out to the park clean-up and working together with BSA. Thank you BMORE, FIN, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Big Brother Big Sister, and any other groups that came out to work with BSA. This is a tribute to the kind of work that we as a black community can do at Duke when we work together. Hopefully we can continue to work together on more collaborative efforts to ensure quality events on Duke's campus and in the Durham Community.

You are all invited back out to the park next Saturday. BSA is hosting a block party from 12-4 with the Crest St. community. There will be a DJ, free food, and stage performances including performers from Duke University and from the Durham community. This is an opportunity for you to come out and see some of the talent Durham has to offer and celebrate all of your hard work on the park this weekend. Thank you for the support this weekend! We hope everyone had as good a time and we hope to see everyone again next Saturday at the FREE party/celebration

KNOW YOUR STATUS WHO: THE KNOW YOUR STATUS CAMPAIGN WHAT: FREE HIV Testing. The testing is quick (20 minutes) and only requires an oral sample. Where: Meeting room A in the Bryan Center. When: EVERY Monday from 11am-5pm starting the Oct. 16th. Why: To promote self-awareness AND FREE T-shirts will be available! If you have any questions about the testing e-mail Ashlee Jamieson at akj6@duke.edu

Who: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. What: Community Service at the Ronald McDonald House. Cooking dinner for the residents. When: Monday, October 16th 5-7pm Where: Ronald McDonald House of Durham, 506 Alexander Avenue, Central Campus - Next bus stop down from Pace/Alexander C2 Stop Why: This is a great service project, and you don't even have to leave campus! Contact: cj23@duke.edu

What: National Take Affirmative Action Day Discussion Who: Duke Chapter NAACP When: Wednesday, October 18th @ 7:15pm Where: Mary Lou Williams Center Why: We will be hosting a discussion meant to provide students with the history and implications of affirmative action as well as other related information. Our hope is to help equip students with the information that they need to be well versed about a topic that is controversial and always under attack, but nevertheless, significant to underrepresented communities. Come join the conversation!!

Who: African-American Collegiate Unity Coalition What: Interest Meeting. The African American Collegiate Unity Coalition (AACUC) is comprised of a group of students at Duke who are interested in promoting leadership, cooperation, and collective action amongst African American college students nationwide. The AACUC sponsors and holds diverse programming to accomplish these goals with students from UNC and NCCU. When: Thursday, October 19th 7:30pm Where: Bryan Center - couches outside meeting room A Why: Come out to learn more information about the organization as well as help reorganize it for the upcoming school year. Leadership positions available. Contact: cj23@duke.edu for more info.

Who: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. What: Gold Rush: The Official Grown and GlamoRHOs Party - Join the Pretty Poodles for the hottest party of the year featuring the most glamorhos, glorious, and drop dead gorgeous women of that RHOyal blue and gold. You will not want to miss out on this one. $3 before 11:22pm When: Saturday, October 21st 10pm-2am Where: Devil's Den - Central Campus 311 Oregon street Why: Because it's the hottest party of the year, thrown by the most sophisticated sorority. Contact: cj23@duke.edu

Who: Students of color What: Resume Book! Include your resume in the Multicultural Resume Book which will be distributed to employers during Career Week 2007. To attest to the success of this project, I would like to let you know that in the past students who have included their resumes in this book have gotten job offers. Please Include the following: 1. Your resume 2. A Headshot Photo (jpeg format) 3. Concise Bio which includes: Name, Class Year, Name of Student Group (e.g. Mi Gente), Mayor, Area of Interest Where to go if you think your resume is not ready? The Career Center during ?Drop-In? hours. When: Drop in Hours are Mon-Thurs: 2pm-5pm Friday: 2-4pm Dateline for Submission: October 23rd How: E-mail your resume, headshot photo and bio information to Yisel Valdes: yv3@duke.edu

Who: Everyone What: Showing of Manderlay, by Freewater Presentations When: October 26th and October 27th 2006, 7pm and 9:30pm Where: Griffith Theatre, Bryan Center Why: This movie hopes to spark discussions on race relations in the U.S. and how the evils of slavery perpetuate themselves into the future.

Who: Are you a sophmore interested in pursuing a career in finance? What:Consider applying for Credit Suisse's Douglas L. Paul Scholarship for Achievement Program. The $5,000 scholarship is for students of African, Latino and Native American descent who demonstrate leadership, academic excellence, and an interest in finance. When: Applications must be received by November 30th, 2006 for consideration. For additional information please contact law9@duke.edu.

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS APPLY FOR LAST DAY OF CLASSES CHAIR!!!!! Campus Council and the Duke University Union invite you to participate in the planning of the Last Day of Classes (LDOC) celebration this spring. Last year's event saw Matt Costa, Rahzel, and Guster perform on main west to a crowd of thousands. This year, the LDOC committee will have even more money to work with and is looking for interested people to apply to chair the committee or serve on the committee. The committee will be in charge of planning the entire day (daytime programming, concert, clean up, etc.) and staffing the event with help from both CC and the Union. If you are interested in planning this event and have any questions, feel free to email Jay Ganatra at jrg18@duke.edu or Alex Apple at aca5@duke.edu. If you would like to be the chair of the LDOC committee, please fill out this application: http://www.duke.edu/~jrg18/CC/LDOC%20app.doc If you would like to be considered to be on the LDOC committee, please fill out this application (if you filled out the chair app, we will also count it as your committee app): http://www.duke.edu/~jrg18/CC/LDOC%20committee.doc

Cultivating Consciousness: A Campaign for Change

WHAT: Lunch & Learn Bring your lunch and enjoy a film, a conversation, or television show that makes a statement about our past and our present! WHEN: M-F@12pm

MONDAYS Boondocks Season 1

*TUESDAYS Covenant Conversations

WEDNESDAYS Film(announced weekly)

THURSDAYS Good Times

FRIDAYS A Different World Season 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

What: GREY'S ANATOMY When: Thursdays@9pm Where: Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture Why: Did you know the Creator and Executive Producer of Grey's Anatomy is an African American woman? Shonda Rhimes is a versatile writer, who had already achieved a significant level of success before the show was conceived. Most notably, Rhimes wrote the screenplay for the HBO biopic "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*WHAT: Read The Covenant with the Mary Lou! http://www.covenantwithblackamerica.com/ BRING YOUR LUNCH & SHARE THE LESSONS YOU'VE LEARNED FROM READING THE COVENANT!!! Copies are available for checkout in our lending library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WHAT: Black Community Calendar now available for download on the Mary Lou Williams Center website.

Get info on upcoming events sponsored by Black student organizations and the MLWC. Check it out!!! Send feedback and/or event announcements to mlw@studentaffairs.duke.edu or drop by and tell us what your group has going on.

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