MEDIA, Pa. — Penn State Brandywine celebrated Black History Month 2023 throughout the month of February with a variety of activities sponsored by Student Engagement. The month consisted of many events that celebrated and taught about Black culture and history.
Students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to attend movie screenings, musical performances, speaker sessions and more featuring Black educators and performers throughout the month. Movies featured included “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Devotion,” “The Woman King” and a documentary about the MOVE Nine in Philadelphia.
Spoken word artists Carina Paulino and Odd Rod performed slam poetry about their experiences being Black, motivational speaker Freddy Shegog spoke about his journey to becoming sober and receiving education, and historian Sam Lemon spoke about Media’s Black history, including segregation and the Underground Railroad.