PLU Black Student Union

PLU Black Student Union BSU is dedicated to bringing African American students closer by coordinating common interest activi

Happy Black History Month y’all! Check out PLU BSU’s BHM Movie Marathon happening every Friday this month @7 PM via Goog...
02/02/2021

Happy Black History Month y’all! Check out PLU BSU’s BHM Movie Marathon happening every Friday this month @7 PM via Google Hangouts 🥳 Everyone is invited! Dm for the reoccurring link ✊🏽

First up Feb.5th: Black Is King - Beyoncé’s visual representation of the Lion King album & celebration of Black culture. Afterward, we’ll discuss the influence of Black art, creativity, and expression of self✨ (Streaming from Disney+)

Next Feb.12th: Hidden Figures - Based on the true story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. The movie highlights the three Black women’s work behind the NASA moon landing. Our discussion will focus on history now being “rewritten” to properly include Black stories📝 (Streaming from Disney+)

Later Feb.19th: King In The Wilderness - A documentary highlighting Dr. Martin Luther King Junior in a new light! The doc is in color y’all 👀 Discussion will include Dr.King’s impact and media’s way of changing a narrative (Streaming from HBO)

Lastly Feb.26th: One Night In Miami - A fictitious story of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown coming together to reflect on their success, power, and impact on the culture. Our discussion will include questions proposed in the film. Take note, this movie is rated R. (Streaming from Amazon Prime)

We are here 🙌🏽 if you are an alumni or just supporter of Black lives 🧡AND you are in a financial position to give, pleas...
10/20/2020

We are here 🙌🏽 if you are an alumni or just supporter of Black lives 🧡AND you are in a financial position to give, please consider donating to Black Student Union this Bjug day 🙏🏽 Bjug day is our annual day of giving. On these specific days we encourage donations be given to the parts of Plu we care about and support. BSU is one of a handful of active clubs on campus this year and we working our best to provide community for our black students. Your support may provide us with the funds to continue uplifting black students lives on our campus ✊🏽🧡Thank you in advance for your kindness, care and support

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Thank you for those who had came out and sat with us. Thank you to those that have shared our posts. Thank you to those ...
06/27/2020

Thank you for those who had came out and sat with us. Thank you to those that have shared our posts. Thank you to those that had donated without even being asked!And thank you for all of the love and support given from a distance. Change is happening ✊🏾🧡

Right after the Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Mic Night, we will also be hosting the Afro-Caribbean Dance Party in the C...
02/18/2020

Right after the Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Mic Night, we will also be hosting the Afro-Caribbean Dance Party in the Cave! Y'all we got a legit Afro-Caribbean Dj named DJ Frantzcy Levancy and we really couldn't be more excited! This event is also open to community members- not just plu students! So invite ya friends, invite ya family, and everyone in between! Don't forget to get your pics taken at our photo booth too! 😘 ~PR Marae 🌺

This week for Black History Month we have two amazing events happening Friday! First is the Open Hearts, Open Minds, Ope...
02/18/2020

This week for Black History Month we have two amazing events happening Friday! First is the Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Mic Night! This event is happening off-campus at North Lights Coffee company on Garfield after hours! BTW we still have some slots available for performances. If you still want to sign up, you can use the QR code available here, refer back to the email sent out, or ask me directly for the link! For those of you who have signed up beforehand, you will be awarded a drink from North Lights on us! If you're still deciding that is totally okay! After the scheduled performances, we will also welcome people to come up and share whatever they choose, whether that be a poem, song, dance, story, freestyle, or spoken-word. We encourage all types of art including bringing something in and simply telling us about your artistic process! This is an open space for our students and community members to express themselves freely and be received openly! See y'all there ~ PR Marae 🌺

YES ma'am say that!!!
02/17/2020

YES ma'am say that!!!

Happy Black History Month Y’all! Let’s all reconnect before Spring semester gets crazy! This Friday we want to invite ya...
02/05/2020

Happy Black History Month Y’all! Let’s all reconnect before Spring semester gets crazy! This Friday we want to invite ya to join us in the D center to regroup, reconnect and unite for Black History month and Spring semester! A big black power fist will be made so each of us can include our handprint as representation and a message that WE ARE BLACK AT PLU AND AIN’T GOING ANYWHERE! This poster will then be hung in the auc so everyone can see! We will also be talking about hair, hair products, and protective styles! Special guest and member Eunice will be giving us a demonstration of a few braiding styles and techniques for anyone interested in learning! The officers and Eunice will all be bringing our fav hair products to share with y’all so if you got some 🔥 product you’d like to put us on, please bring it in to show! If anything please stop by and add your handprint to our rep poster!🥰💗 See y’all Friday! ~PR Director Marae🌺

Daaaaammmnnnnn Gina!!!! It’s already almost February??? That means.... BLACK HISTORY MONTH baby!!!! Black student union’...
01/31/2020

Daaaaammmnnnnn Gina!!!! It’s already almost February??? That means.... BLACK HISTORY MONTH baby!!!! Black student union’s first bhm event is Saturday February 9th where we’ll be encouraging y’all to come strut, embrace, rock, flaunt, and embody your hair and culture with photographer Marcus Eubanks taking our photos! Come with hairs done, nails done, everything big or hair tied, sweatpants, chillin with no make up on! Just come as you are and get your pic taken y’all! See you then! ~Public Relations Officer Marae🌺

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