LOOKING FORWARD
- 2/6 at 2pm: Wellness Workshop: Love Languages with Dr. Wheelus
- 2/9: Nucleus Robotics
- 2/13 at 3pm: Marz Bishop Empowerment Series: Becoming Relentless
- 2/16: Nucleus Robotics
- 2/19: Black History Month Virtual Tour of Birmingham
- 2/20 at 2pm: Wellness Workshop: Goal Setting and Turning the Invisible to Visible
- 2/13: Nucleus Robotics
- 2/27 at 4pm: College Applications: The Truth with 2019 Upward Bound Alumn Jillian Rodriguez
HIRAM UPWARD BOUND
- 2/23: Group Advising
POLK UPWARD BOUND
- 2/7 at 5pm: Monday Paradigm Shift Workshop
- 2/21: Jeopardy!
- 2/21 at 5pm: Monday Paradigm Shift Workshop
- 2/28: Movie Night
EAST PAULDING UBMS
- 2/9: Senior Night
- 2/15: Virtual Group Advisement
- 2/17: In Person Group Advisement
FEBRUARY PHOTO CHALLENGE
Happy February, KSU TRIO Family!
As this month begins, we want to encourage you to not lose your motivation! We hope to see you continue in your New Year's Resolutions and all the hard work that you put in last month.
February is so special to us here at KSU TRIO because we love to honor and celebrate Black History! This month, students can pick one of the following activities:
1. Create a collage or another visual art piece celebrating black history month
2. Write a poem to a figure important to black history
3. Submit a photo portrait of yourself thinking about black history. Submit a two-sentence caption reflecting on black history.
We can't wait to see your creativity!
Black History should be celebrated not just in the month of February, but All year
KSU TRIO is proud to celebrate and recognize the achievements of all the black Americans who helped shape our history. This month-long observance in the US and Canada gives us a chance to remember the success and hardships of the black community, time to reflect on the pervasive systemic racism that yet still persists, and give visibility to the people and organizations creating change.
This celebration began in 1915 by Carter G. Woodson and other important black American heroes of his time. The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, when President Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
This is a time to celebrate the diversity of America and honor those who shaped our nation into a better place for future generations. As we continue into the historic year of 2022 with the most diverse government America has ever had, it is important to learn about those whose sacrifices made it possible.
"EVERY GREAT DREAM BEGINS WITH A DREAMER. ALWAYS REMEMBER, YOU HAVE WITHIN YOU STRENGTH, THE PATIENCE, AND THE PASSION TO REACH FOR THE STARS TO CHANGE THE WORLD." - HARRIET TUBMAN
Black History Month Profile: Bell Hooks
This Black History Month, KSU TRIO would like to take this time to celebrate the impact of bell hooks' works and legacy of activism and creativity.
“THE MOST BASIC ACTIVISM WE CAN HAVE IN OUR LIVES IS TO LIVE CONSCIOUSLY IN A NATION LIVING IN FANTASIES. LIVING CONSCIOUSLY IS LIVING WITH A CORE OF HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM. YOU WILL FACE REALITY, YOU WILL NOT DELUDE YOURSELF.” – BELL HOOKS
Before bell hooks was a poet, teacher, and activist, she was born under the name of Gloria Jean Watkins on September 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to a working-class family. Gloria Watkins attended racially-segregated public schools in Hopkinsville as a child. In Hopkinsville, she grew her love for poetry and performed readings for her church community and was heavily influenced by her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. Later when she was published as a writer, she chose the pseudonym bell hooks in tribute to her. She made the decision to not to capitalize her new name symbolize that the focus of the reader should be on her ideas and her work, rather than her identity or personality.
“WHAT WE DO IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE SAY OR WHAT WE SAY WE BELIEVE.” - BELL HOOKS
Spending so much time in scholarly space to get her Ph. D., bell hooks saw the inequality in collegiate spaces and the respective lack of interest in race issues by white women scholars and gender issues by black male scholars. This inspired her to become one of the foremost proponents of an intersectional approach to feminist thought, making her one of the most prolific and influential authors that still impact us today. After bell hooks' passing in December of 2021, her work and philosophy will continue to impact generations to come.