Sinclair Community College students and faculty participated in a Black History Month open mic event on Thursday, Feb. 19 in the basement of Building 8.<\/p>\n
Professor Furaha Henry-Jones helped organize the event. Students read both original work as well as work from noted African-American authors.<\/p>\n
“I feel like Sinclair is the most diverse place I have ever worked,” Henry-Jones said. “There are younger students, older students, male, female, African-American, white and all different religious backgrounds.”<\/p>\n
The event was part of the Call and Response series. The African-American history month open mic is a tradition at Sinclair that once was held in the evenings. Henry-Jones said the decision to hold it in the afternoon was meant to encourage more students to participate.<\/p>\n
“We want to build a community of writers,” Henry-Jones said.<\/p>\n
English faculty member William Loudermilk also helped with the event.<\/p>\n
“We want to give students the opportunity to voice what they are working on, Loudermilk said. “We want to hear their viewpoint.”<\/p>\n
Henry-Jones said that words carry great power and she hopes events like these allow students to not only share their thoughts, but to hear others thoughts as well.<\/p>\n
“It’s about the respectful exchange of ideas,” Henry-Jones said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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