Celebrate Black History Month at Brightpoint

Join us as we explore Black history through film, theatre, lecture, and learning activities.

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Brightpoint is celebrating Black History Month with various events that are free and open to students, faculty, and staff.*  We encourage you to attend these engaging and moving events. 

*Select events are open to the public. 

Film Screening: Wicked 

February 5

1:00 – 3:00 p.m. 

Midlothian Campus, Hamel Hall, H202 

Watch the musical fantasy film Wicked with your peers. Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, a young woman who is misunderstood because of her green skin, and the unlikely friendship she forms with Glinda, a student obsessed with popularity. 

Field Trip: Virginia Black History Museum & Lunch in Jackson Ward 

February 7

12:00 - 3:30 p.m. 

Richmond, VA 

Come tour the Richmond Black History Museum and enjoy lunch in historic Jackson Ward.  

This event is sponsored by Brightpoint Student Activities. Student Activities will cover the cost of the tour and lunch for the day. Lunch will take place at a local black-owned restaurant in historic Jackson Ward, where the group will indulge in the wonderful taste of "soul food." 

The field trip is limited to 25 students, and students must provide their own transportation. 

Registration for this event has closed. Please consider attending our other Black History Month events!

HBCU Virtual Transfer Showcase 

February 13

6:00 p.m. 

Virtual 

Learn about the benefits of transferring to a HBCU and meet with representatives from the following schools:

  • Bowie State University

  • Hampton University

  • Norfolk State University

  • North Carolina A&T

  • University of the District of Columbia

  • Virginia State University

Register to attend the event.

This event is sponsored by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) in conjunction with its Transfer Advising Peer Group. 

Ain’t I A Woman?

February 13

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Midlothian Campus, The Lynn Theatre 

Join us for Ain't I A Woman?, a one-woman play on the extraordinary life of women’s rights advocate and abolitionist Sojourner Truth. Actress Charmaine Crowell-White will return to The Lynn Theatre for this amazing show. Theatre doors open at 12:30 p.m. and the play will begin at 1:00 pm.

The play is free and open to the public. However, we ask that you send an RSVP to Ben Rogers. 

The Penny Executive  

February 20–21 

Thursday, February 20, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. 

Friday, February 21, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Midlothian Campus, The Lynn Theatre 

Brightpoint’s own writer, director, and Professor Foster Solomon will bring his one-woman play on the life of Ms. Maggie Walker, entitled The Penny Executive, to The Lynn Theatre. The Penny Executive tells the story of Ms. Walker’s life, including how she became the first female president of a U.S. bank. Theatre doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the play will start at 7:00 p.m.

The play is free and open to the public. However, if you plan to attend, please send an RSVP to Ben Rogers.

Black Nurses in White: An Historical Account of Black Americans in Nursing 

February 21

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 

Chester Campus, Beacon Hall, B121 

Led by Dr. Vivienne Pierce McDaniel, this presentation explores the history of nursing in the United States and abroad through the lens of an equity-minded educator, health equity ambassador, and Mary Eliza Mahoney historian. Obstacles and progress in nursing will also be discussed. For more information, please contact Dr. Bridget Wilson.