The Valencia African Heritage Association has adopted Black Resilience as the 202 Black History theme. "African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms, and police killings since our arrival upon these shores. These efforts have been to advocate for a dignified self-determined life in a just democratic society in the United States and beyond the United States political jurisdiction...Black [resilience] strategies have served as a model for every other social movement in the country, thus, the legacy and importance of these actions cannot be understated...As societal and political forces escalate to limit access to and exercise of the ballot, eliminate the teaching of Black history, and work to push us back into the 1890s, we can only rely on our capacity to resist." Learn more about the theme.
Review our list below of 2023 Black History Month events. Check back often as new events are added.