FYI

Sara B. Oswalt, MPH, PhD, AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator

Chair, Department of Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition

University of Texas at San Antonio

From: Sonja Lanehart
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 12:35 PM
Subject: Week 1 of Black History Month at UTSA

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the first week of Black History Month (BHM) 2018 at UTSA! Each week I will share the flyers for the BHM events for the week. The brochure with the full schedule should be emailed to you this week as well. Please share with your departments, students, faculty, and staff.

As I mentioned in September, this is first ever non-student organization/student affairs offering of Black History Month at UTSA. The theme for 2018 is “I Am Not Your Negro,” based on the recent film about James Baldwin. As the Brackenridge Endowed Chair in Literature and the Humanities, I am providing funding for films, panels, and speakers (similar to what is provided for Women’s History Month).  I have partnered with the JPL Library, Student Health Services, the Creative Writing Speaker Series, and others to provide a full month of events.

The mission for this Black History Month is to recognize and celebrate people of African descent’s contributions and causes by: providing space for educational events from a critical and culturally sustaining perspective; promoting a commitment to diversity, excellence, and collaboration; and aiming to achieve social justice and empowerment.

Thank you to Interim Provost Mauli Agrawal and Dean Dan Gelo for co-sponsoring BHM with me!

I hope to see you all at the events. --sl

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SONJA L. LANEHART - I’m first-gen!

UTSA-University of Texas * San Antonio
Professor and Brackenridge Endowed Chair of Literature and the Humanities              
Department of English    
1 UTSA Circle                      
San Antonio, TX 78249-0643        
http://colfa.utsa.edu/English/lanehart.html

Email: Sonja.Lanehart@utsa.edu

Office: 210-458-6610                            

Fax: 210-458-5366 
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won't you celebrate with me 
what i have shaped into 
a kind of life? i had no model. 
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman 
what did i see to be except myself? 
i made it up 
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,  
my one hand holding tight 
my other hand; come celebrate 
with me that everyday 
something has tried to kill me 
and has failed. 
--Lucille Clifton, 1993

Pursuant to HOP 9.48, Carrying of Concealed Handguns on Campus, my private office (MB 2.306A) is a designated exclusion zone. As set out in Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a person licensed to carry a Concealed Handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411 Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property/office with a concealed handgun.

De conformidad con HOP 9.48, Llevar Armas de Fuego Encubiertas en el Campus, mi oficina privada (MB 2.306A) es una zona designada de exclusión. Conforme a la sección 30.06 del código penal (trespasar portando armas de fuego) personas con licencia bajo del sub-capitulo H, capitulo 411, codigo de gobierno (ley de portar armas), no deben entrar a esta propiedad portando un arma de fuego.