Upcoming Events

Hello and welcome to the African and Caribbean Students’ Association,where we celebrate the unique legacies of African and Caribbean populations at the University of Chicago. We forge relationships of exchange between both of these communities within the College, and by sponsoring year-round cultural and political programming that engages the greater University of Chicago community. In ACSA we realise that as people of African and Caribbean descent we are more alike than we are different and we strive to highlight our shared heritage in the many ways that we knew how from our childhood and hope to have a piece of everybody. Join us in part of our year round programming this quarter which features some of the following events.

Sincerely,

Judith Kituku, President

Nancy Kasvosve, Vice President

 1. African and Caribbean Students’ Association General Meeting

Come and meet the vibrant University of Chicago ACSA community. Make new friends, find ways of getting involved in the plethora of activities that ACSA sponsors and have a taste of Africa and the Caribbean while you are at it!

Date:  TBA

2. Africa and Caribbean Dancercise

Choreographers:

Nancy Kasvosve
Rana Smalling

45 minutes of dancing to high energy African and Caribbean Music. Work off those pounds and have fun whilst at it!
Start date: TBA

3. Dusable Museum of African American History Trip: Africa Speaks Exibition

Come join us for a walk through history that showcases the diverse peoples, cultures and countries in Africa, but more importantly to illustrate the link that African Americans have to their ancestral legacy beyond the institution of slavery.  With pieces collected over the past four decades, totaling some 2,000 plus traditional and contemporary African artifacts in the collection. The updated Africa Speaks divides the continent into five regions: North, South, East, Central, and West. Each section is home to varied ethnic groups, every one with different customs and traditions.

Date :TBA

4. ACSA Movie Night

Organised by the illustrious Community Liaison Maria Ekpo, we will give you space to sit back, relax and forget school stress for a few hours with your fellow African and Caribbean friends and enjoy a few snacks. We may steal your senses in the intense world of gangsters in South African, your heart in the story of genocide in Rwanda or just give you a good laugh from culture shock experiences that we all may have experienced as in Cool Runnings. Either way you deserve a break and your African and Caribbean family has got your back!

Dates: TBA

4. Political Speaker event

Organised by the ever-resourceful Political Chair, Bradford Black we bring speakers on a range of topics in a bid to highlight the contemporary issues that affect African and Caribbean populations today.  We bring to the table issues of governance, health disparities, civil war and western intervention in all these issues as matters of relevance to the present state of affairs in our home countries and to use the conversation as an opportunity to better ourselves as the future leaders of Africa and the Caribbean.

Date: TBA

Zimbabwe Trade Cultural Expo Annual Gala

Zimbabwe Trade & Cultural Expo (ZTCE) is a registered non-profit organization headquartered in Chicago IL. The organization envisions a proud, strong, and confident Zimbabwe that celebrates culture and traditions unique to the nation while also embracing green technologies to promote sustainable development. ZTCE envisions Zimbabwe, a country with numerous natural resources and expansive investment opportunities. A country whose past provides the foundation and framework necessary to endure difficult challenges faced today and become a key player in the agriculture, manufacturing, and mining sectors.Visit
ztce.org for more information.

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009.