Event Calendar
BHM: Opening Ceremony
Part of Black History Month 2025
Date: Monday, February 3, 2025, at 11:30 a.m.
Location: Gateway Center, Davis Auditorium – SUNY Westchester Valhalla and online via Teams (hybrid event)
11:30 a.m.
Opening Video
11:35 a.m.
Professor Donnie Simmons, Chair of BHM at SUNY WCC
11:40 a.m.
Dr. Belinda S. Miles, President of SUNY WCC
11:50 a.m.
Dr. Rinardo Reddick, Chief Diversity Officer
12:00 noon
Chiku Awali African Dancers/Performers
12:25 p.m.
“Lift Every Voice & Sing”
National Theme – African Americans & Labor
Association for the Study of African American Life & History (ASALH)
ASALH Mission:
To promote, research, preserve, interpret & disseminate information about Black Life, history, & culture to the global community.
For more information, please contact:
Professor Donnie Simmons, Sr.
Black History Month, Chair
Don.Simmons@sunywcc.edu