Kalayah Frazier
Staff Writer
Housing and Residential Life hosted a Rooted Together event to celebrate Black History Month on Feb. 26 at Citrus Lawn.
Roughly 40 students attended the event, which included various booths to inform students about campus groups and activities supporting the Black community. These groups include the Black Student Union and Black Greek organizations.
The event also had a food truck, DD’s Chick and Cat Shack, with Southern-styled faire such as macaroni and cheese, greens, corn bread and fried chicken.
“This event was important to me and the other residents’ assistance and this is because we wanted the Black community here at La Verne to feel that they belong in that they are celebrated here at the school,” said senior kinesiology major and resident assistant Laila Williams. “We also wanted to get students to come engage with each other and enjoy the various things that we have set up.”
Freshman kinesiology major Zarin Gomez felt welcomed.
“I love the music and the food,” Gomez said. “I feel like this is a great way to bring all the communities together in one place.”
“It’s just really important seeing cultures come together … to be aware of other cultures and to have awareness overall,” said Never Pamilton, senior theater arts major.
For some guests, this was their first time coming to a cultural event like this.
“(In) high school we didn’t have as many events … to learn about other cultures,” said freshman business administration and legal studies major Jamontay Jackson.
Kalayah Frazier can be reached at kalayah.frazier@laverne.edu.
Kalayah Frazier is a sophomore journalism major with a concentration in print-online journalism. She is calendar editor and a staff photographer for the Campus Times. She has previously served as a staff writer.
Joseph Nocero is a senior photography major at the University of La Verne and a staff photographer for the Campus Times and photography editor for La Verne Magazine. His work can also be found at Joseph Nocero Photography.
