SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

January 25, 2008 10: 00 am Opening Ceremony at Los Angeles City Hall

Council Chambers & City Hall South Lawn (First Street side)

200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles

Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, members of the Los Angeles City Council, Our Authors Study Club, Inc. and the Walt Disney Company will officially declare the opening of African American Heritage Month in the City of Los Angeles. The Council presentation will include the unveiling of the African American Heritage Month Calendar and Mayor Villaraigosa will announce the Spirit, Dream and Hope honorees; the Los Angeles Postmaster will receive special recognition. The proclamation ceremony will be followed by a reception on the City Hall South Lawn with Our Authors Study Club, Inc.

 

 

February 2, 2008 8:00 am Black History Bus Tour will depart from the

Consolidated Realty Board parking lot

3725 Don Felipe Drive, Los Angeles

This tour follows the progress of African Americans in the City of Los Angeles and includes, Sugar Hill, The Island, Central Avenue, Leimert Park and the Crenshaw area.

 

 

February 9, 2008 Dr. Carter G. Woodson Scholarship & Award Luncheon at the

Marina del Rey Marriott Hotel – Bay View Room

4100 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey

Scholars and Extraordinary African American History Makers will be honored.

 

February 23, 2008 1:00 pm Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Sigma Sigma

Chapter and Our Authors Study Club, Inc. will present the 55^th Annual Oratorical Contest for high school students at

Galilee Baptist Church

3225 W. 48^th Street, Los Angeles

This oratorical contest will showcase students in grades 10 through 12 from high schools throughout Los Angeles County. Students will compete for scholarship money by reciting

their own speeches based on the 2008 Theme: “Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism.”

 

 

February 28, 2008 6:00 pm Closing Ceremony in Leimert Park Village

Degnan Boulevard and 43^rd Street

Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, 8^th District Councilmember Bernard C. Parks, Our Authors Study Club, Inc. and the Walt Disney Company will close out the month long celebration with music, dance and presentations. Winners of the Poster Contest will receive special recognition and their art work will be auctioned.

 

 

For more information about the programs of Our Authors Study Club, Inc., please call (323) 758-4358.