What: Pilgrimage Walk for Darfur with Bishop Daniel Deng, Bul of Sudan When: October 26, 2006; 6:30pm Where: Beginning at the East Campus Bus Stop Ending at the Chapel Steps Why: To promote awareness about the crisis in Sudan

What: What Do You Have to Say About It? A Community Conversation about the Aftermath Dinner When: Monday, October 23, 2006; 6:30pm Where: Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture

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: 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: Cousin Jeff Johnson What: A Message You Will Never Forget, I Promise You. When: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:00pm - 9:15pm Where: McDougald Gymnasium on the campus of North Carolina Central University 610 Lawson St Durham, NC WHY: Within the hip-hop community and abroad, Jeff Johnson, known as Cousin Jeff, is a force and voice. An architect for social change, Johnson is one of today's most gifted leaders in both the political and entertainment arenas. Please trust me students when I say you will not be disappointed. The time you spend at the lecture will last less than hour, but the message you receive will last a life time.

Marketing 101 What: Want some insider information on the field of marketing? Hear advice from the students from Fuqua who have worked in Marketing and are now taking their careers to the next level by earning an MBA. Join us, and you too can learn what it takes to get you noticed, in the door, and on your way to a career in marketing! Where: Old Chem, 116 West Campus When: October 25 from 4-5

Breaking into Careers in Music Industry Who: Hilary Shaev, VP of Promotions Virgin Records Where: 201 Flowers, West Campus When: Thursday, October 26th 5-6 p.m.

MAAIP Internship Program What: Advertising Internship Program for Current Minority Juniors When: Deadline December 10th How: Find additional information(including application) on the website: http://www.aaaa-maip.org/

UBS Diversity Scholarship for Juniors When: Deadline November 10th What: Juniors who have demonstrated outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement, a proven work ethic, leadership and community involvement. Applicants should possess strong interpersonal skills and be enthusiastic about and committed to the financial services industry. How...Much: Recipients of the UBS Scholarship will receive a one time award of $10,000 applicable to academic expenses and a paid Summer Internship. Who: Go to diversityrecruiting@ubs.com for further information

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.

Hip-Hop Studies Week @ Duke -- November 7-9, 2006 "Teach the Bourgeois and Rock the Boulevard": Hip-Hop Studies and the Academy

The purpose of "Teach the Bourgeois and Rock the Boulevard": Hip-Hop Studies and the Academy is to critically examine the emergence of Hip-Hop Studies as a legitimate field of study. There are more than 150 colleges and universities that currently offer courses with significant content related to hip-hop culture and with the creation of a Hip-Hop Archive, founded at Harvard by anthropologist Marcylina Morgan and currently residing at Stanford University, combined with the Smithsonian's recent announcement that it intends to mount an exhibit on Hip-Hop culture, this conference could not be better timed.

While the development of hip-hop as a musical genre and cultural phenomenon has been researched and written about extensively, our interest is in using "Teach the Bourgeois and Rock the Boulevard" to examine issues critical to everyday life in contemporary American society, with a particular focus on the intersections a sex, race, gender, class and sexual preference in contemporary popular culture.

PROGRAMMING

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 White Lecture Hall, Room 107 7:00 PM Screening: Beyond Beats and Rhymes: Masculinity and Hip-Hop A film by Byron Hurt. Discussion and Q&A with Filmmaker

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240 12:00noon (Wednesday at the Center)A Conversation with Joan Morgan, award-winning journalist and author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip-Hop Feminist (1999)

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 White Lecture Hall, Room 107 7:00 PM Panel Discussion-Drop It Like it's Hot: Sex, Race, Gender and Hip-Hop Participants: Byron Hurt; Joan Morgan, Tim'm West (Trinity '97) & Others.

SPONSORS (as of 10/11/06): John Hope Franklin Center, Institute for Critical US Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute, Cultural Anthropology, Women's Studies at Duke, Office of the Provost, Division of Student Affairs, English Department, Duke University Center for International Studies, African and African American Studies, Film/Video/Digital Program *************************************************

For more information contact Pamela Gutlon (p.gutlon@duke.edu) or Mark Anthony Neal (man9@duke.edu)

WHAT: Mentoring-on-the-Move - Join us for an evening of networking, career talk, & cocktails for seniors and graduate and professional students WHEN: Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 5:30 PM WHERE: Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture WHO: SENIORS AND GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS ONLY RSVP TO: Sylvia Winston, at sylvia.winston@law.duke.edu, if you are planning to attend by Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at NOON. ATTIRE: Business Casual ID & Business Cards will be checked at the door. If you need to order business cards, please visit vistaprint.com for free business cards (just pay S & H). NOTE: Hosted by the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA) and the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture.

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.

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