In collaboration with many organizations, we celebrated Carnival on campus. We ate tons of Caribbean and African food and danced to various types of music. There were several performances by diverse dance and step groups.
In honor of all the black men and women who lost their lives within the past few years, we held a vigil with numerous organizations. Some of the people we reflected on were Sandra Bland, the Charleston 9, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin.
We held our 2nd annual Umoja Reception to combat low graduation rates among black collegians at St. John's University. We believe that creating a network among black faculty, administrators, and students can strengthen the black community and help students to graduate. This event is a mixer that actively seeks to connect black students, faculty, and administrators.
Sexual harassment is a major problem in the United States. Take Back the Night was a campaign against sexual harassment and victim-blaming. We led a silent march across campus and concluded with many performances and an intimate story telling session about peoples' experiences with sexual harassment.
An exciting an interactive event, we compared the Millennial generation to the generation before us and the generation to come.
The 3rd annual Black Dollar event discusses how to circulate the black dollar in the black community. Like past years, we had a guest speaker to talk about the black dollar. We brought in self-made millionaire and chapter brother, Jude Bernard, to give students advice about how to keep the black dollar in the black community.
We explored what poverty looked like across the world and discussed ways to combat it.
We collaborated with many organizations to hold a toy drive that brought joy to hundreds of children in the New York City area.