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...vehicle for social change. “Art-making is never in a vacuum...If you intertwine certain things like social causes, political causes, and pride, [the message] comes across stronger than any PSA [public service announcement],” Johnson said. Students from the Black Mens Forum (BMF) and the Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa worked closely with members of the SMT staff to help fundraise and coordinate campus logistics. Student delegates from over 15 colleges across the nation—including Stanford University, Columbia University, and the University of Minnesota—participated...
What does it take to be a “real” man? Four panelists sought to answer this question last night in a discussion called “Reflections on Masculinity,” hosted by the Black Men’s Forum (BMF) and the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR). Slides showing commercial depictions of masculinity, including a juxtaposition of the scantily-clad and violent hulks of today’s wrestling rings with the “zany and comical” wrestlers admired in the 1980s and early 90s, opened the event...
...honor the spirit of the month and to build ties with black student groups on campus. We gave our monthly movie night a black history focus, and got the Black Students Association (BSA), the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW), and the Black Men’s Forum (BMF) to co-sponsor the event. Popcorn popped and DVD cued up, we watched as member after member of our organization flowed into the Dunster House TV room—but not a single student from the co-sponsoring groups arrived...
...attempts by political groups to foster more diverse memberships: well intentioned, yet ultimately unsuccessful. Student groups’ attempts at establishing cross-cultural links are too often superficial, based mainly on co-sponsorship and publicity campaigns. Upon reflection, it was hard to blame the BSA, ABHW, and BMF members for not showing up—they were partners in our event only in name, and the Dems held a similar event monthly anyway. But rather than an indication that meaningful links are impossible, this experience should serve as a striking reason why campus political groups should seriously reconsider...
...Additionally, the argument that cultural, ethnic, and gender groups siphon members off from non-racial or non-gender groups overlooks the fact that very often these groups motivate their members to get involved in other groups. The BMF makes an elaborate effort every year to get its members to run for and be elected to the UC; the UC presidential candidacy of current BMF President Tracy Moore ’06 is the most prominent example of this...