Celebrate Black History Month with style!!

BLS B.L.A.C.K. (Black Leaders Aspiring for Change and Knowledge) is celebrating Black History Month with Spirit Week. Our theme for this year is “Black is Beautiful: Make Black Inescapable.” With this theme, we wanted to emphasize the beauty and brilliance of Black people and Black culture.

Each day, from February 7-11, will be an opportunity for everyone to dress up according to a celebratory theme. We aspire to create a fun way to highlight what it means to be part of the African diaspora, thus illustrating our pride, how far we’ve come, and how far we strive to go.

These are the designated themes for each day: Monday (02/07/22): Dress for Success Day! – “Fashion is instant language”; Dress how you want to be addressed.

Tuesday (02/08/22): Heroic Day! – “The greatest power on earth is knowledge”; Dress as your favorite hero or superhero.

Wednesday (02/09/22): Black is Beautiful Day! – “Black is always in fashion”; Dress in all black

Thursday (02/10/22): Hip Hop Icon Day! – “The 2022 Super Bowl halftime show will be iconic”; Dress as your favorite hip hop artist.

Friday (02/11/22): Diaspora Day! – “The African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa”; Dress in YOUR country, culture, or heritage traditional attire.

To capture everyone’s participation each day, we are asking those that dress up to meet at the alma mater statue at 7:30 AM and/or 2:30 PM for a group photo. Photos will be posted on the BLS BLACK Instagram page throughout the week.