Black Student Union Rally Friday, February 19th

Amador Valley High School’s Black Student Union

Presents:
Unity Festival IX
“Not just Blending in, But Standing Out!”
Keynote Speaker:
SHIRLEY EVERETT, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Shirley Everett is the Senior Associate vice Provost for Residential and Dining Enterprises at Stanford University. R&DE comprises of undergraduate and graduate student housing, housing assignments, student dining and executive services, conference services catering and retail services and administrative and business support. As steward for a $1.7 billion asset portfolio, Shirley also manages a $150 million annual operating budget. Shirley leads an 800+ employee organization that houses 12,000 students and 18,000 conference guests while serving over 25,000 student retail, catering and conference guest meals each day combined.

GLOBAL WOMEN INTACT WEST AFRICAN DANCERS AND DRUMMERS,
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Global Women Intact (GWI) is a non-profit, non-governmental and unbiased organization. When it comes to ending female circumcision, they are committed to working with women and girls in America and Africa. They provide prevention materials and support services in a compassionate and non-judgmental manner. They are dedicated to making services accessible to all. They work in partnership with community based organizations to provide: Advocacy Resource Tools, Economic Resources, and Educational Programs.

Performing an Africa Step Dance:
San Jose State University’s Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Kappa Alpha Psi was founded on the campus of Indiana University on January 5, 1911. The Fraternity’s fundamental purpose us achievement. Early in the century, African-American students were actively dissuaded from attending college. Formidable obstacles were erected to prevent the few who were enrolled from assimilating into co-curricular campus life. This ostracism characterized Indiana University in 1911, thus causing Elder W. Diggs, Bryon K. Armstrong and eight other black students to form Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, which remains the only Greek letter organization with its 1st Chapter on the University’s campus. The founders sought a formula that would immediately raise the sights of black collegians and stimulate them to accomplishments higher than they might have imagined. Fashioning achievement as its fundamental purpose, Kappa Alpha Psi began uniting college men of culture, patriotism and honor in a bond of fraternity.

AVHS’s Award Winning Choir

AVHS’s BSU All-Star Step Team, Officers and Members