The NAACP worked with the Minor Theater in Arcata to get 50 discounted tickets so students from HSU could see Marvel’s Black Panther for free.
Book Drive:
The NAACP hosted a book drive to collect 200 books about Black history, Black culture or by Black authors.
During Feb. 1st – 25th community members could drop off books at one of the locations listed. At the end of February, the books would be donated to a local high school and middle school.
Essay Contest:
There was also a essay contest where HSU as well as College of The Redwood students (the local community college) could win prizes. The first place prize was $300 in addition to $50 prizes and gift certificates to local restaurants including Rita’s Margarita and Grill and Denny’s.
African Dance & Storytelling:
NAACP member and New York native Dionne Fletcher blessed the community with a free, child friendly event to learn African dances.
Film Screenings:
Three documentaries were also shown with discussions to follow at the D Street Neighborhood Center in Arcata.
- “13th”
The powerful documentary by Ava DuVernay outlining how slavery for African-Americans was continued through the Prison Industrial Complex.
- “Unsolved Hate”
Documentary by Sacramento State University Students about the unsolved murders of two, Black, Humboldt State University students in the small college town of Arcata, CA.
- “Whose Streets?”
Documentary following activist and protest after the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson Missouri.
