Convention calendar.Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, hosted by State Farm Feb.1-4; Phoenix; 800-910-8805; www.blackenterprise.com United Negro College Fund The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is a Fairfax, Virginia-based American philanthropic organization that fundraises college tuition money for African-American students and general scholarship funds for 39 historically black colleges and universities. 60th National Alumni Council Conference Feb. 2-5; Dallas; 703-205-3463; www.uncf.org National Association of African American Studies African American studies (also known as Black studies and/or Africana studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans. 2006 Conference Feb. 13-18; Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , LA; 207-839-8004; www.naaas.org
2006 Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists The National Society of Hispanic Physicists was established in 1996 with the goal of promoting the participation and advancement of Hispanic-Americans in physics and celebrating the contributions of Hispanic-American physicists to the study and teaching of physics. Feb. 15-19; San Jose, CA; 703-536-4207; www.nsbp.org 6th Annual Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer Feb. 24-26; Denver; 877-972-1011; www.youngsurvivorsconference.org |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion