MIRACOSTA COLLEGE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Events are free, open to the community on campus and online

MiraCosta College is celebrating Black History Month in February with discussions, open mic events, and a Black Nerds Expo highlighting Black influences on comics, science, technology, engineering and math.

All events are free and open to the community. Reservations are requested for many of the events. The MiraCosta College Oceanside Campus is at 1 Barnard Drive. Among the offerings:

• “Disrupting Racism Through the Lens of the Arts: From Civil Rights

Movement to Hip Hop,” with Ronald C. McCurdy, noon to 1:30 p.m. today via Zoom. RSVP to bit.ly/3HSFYn9.

• “Umoja Porch Talk: Family Feud,” 1:30 to 3 p.m. Monday, Student Center, Building 3400, Aztlan B. RSVP to bit.ly/3X2LAj0.

• Voice 4 Change Virtual Writing Workshops And Glassless Minds Open Mic, noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Social Justice and Equity Center,

Building 3400. (Email kcordero@miracosta.edu for details.)

• “Real Estate for Everybody, Part 1,” 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday via Zoom. RSVP to bit.ly/3JDp11E.

• “History of Wraps,” 2 p.m. Feb. 15 via Zoom. Register at bit.ly/3YgsHKE.

• Virtual Global Literacy Fair, Feb. 20-26, online. Register at bit.ly/3JC39U0.

• Glassless Minds Open

Mic with Rudy Francisco, 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 23, Aztlan A/B

• Black Nerds Expo, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 25, Student Center, Building 3400. Visit blacknerdsexpo.com.

• “Umoja Porch Talk: Racialization of Gynecology,” 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27, Aztlan B. RVSP to bit.ly/3l4MApL.

• “Headshots and Hors d’oeuvres,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 8, OCN Pavilion (Aztlan A as backup).

• “Real Estate for Everybody, Part 2,” 6 to 7 p.m. March 9 via Zoom. Register at bit.ly/3JDp11E.

• “Real Estate for Everybody, Part 3,” 6 to 7 p.m. April 27 via Zoom. Register at bit.ly/3JDp11E.

• United Black Student Conference, April 2023; email ojimenez@miracosta.edu for details.