EIU Office of Belonging, Access & Engagement

2025 African American Heritage Month

Eastern Illinois University

Celebrating Black Culture

Black History Month Kickoff & Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alonzo Ward

Monday, Feb. 3,

4:30pm Flag Raise South Quad Flag Pole 

5pm Keynote Lumpkin Auditorium

Feat. BHM Committee

Blood Drive for Sickle Cell Anemia 

Friday, Feb. 7, 11am - 4pm 

MLK Union University Ballroom

Soul Food Fundraiser

Saturday, Feb. 8, 4pm - 6pm 

EIU Culture House

Feat. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

BSU Superbowl Watch Party

Sunday, Feb. 9, 4pm - 9:30pm 

EIU Culture House

Feat. BHM Committee

Black Lives Matter Speaker Series: Beyond Brave: Black Women, Depression, and Higher Education!

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1:30pm - 3pm 

MLK Union Tuscola/Arcola Room

Feat. Africana Studies

Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective

Saturday, Feb. 22 - Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7:30pm 

Doudna Fine Arts Center

Miss Black EIU

Saturday, Feb. 22, 7pm

MLK Union Grand Ballroom

Feat. Student Life Office

Impact Life Blood Drive

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 10am - 1:30pm 

MLK Union

Feat. Alpha Epsilon Delta

Honoring Ridgeway

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 6:30pm - 8pm

Buzzard Hall Auditorium

Feat. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Biological Sciences, & iSTEM

Building Black Wall Street: Black Business Fair

Thursday, Feb. 27, 3pm - 6pm 

South Quad Commons

Feat. BHM Committee

BHM EIU Basketball Game

Thursday, Feb. 27

Women's Game 5pm

Men's Game 7:30pm

Groniger Arena

For The Culture: Game Night!

Friday, Feb. 28, 6pm - 9pm

EIU Recreation/Basketball Court

Feat. Black Student Union