We commemorate and encourage the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of African Americans in history and our society.
The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.
The theme, “African Americans and Labor,” intends to encourage broad reflections on intersections between Black people’s work and their workplaces in all their iterations and key moments, themes, and events in Black history and culture across time and space and throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora. Like religion, social justice movements, and education, studying African Americans’ labor and labor struggles are important organizing foci for new interpretations and reinterpretations of the Black past, present, and future. Such new considerations and reconsiderations are even more significant as the historical forces of racial oppression gather new and renewed strength in the 21st century. From February 1 to the 28 help us commemorate the unwavering contributions and sacrifices of African Americans that continue to drive progress and equity across all aspects of society
The Black History Month events are made possible by the support of the Newman Center Trust Fund.
Fitchburg State is committed to providing a comfortable, inclusive, and respectful environment for all members of our community. If you have access needs or would like to request accommodations to fully participate in these events, please contact DiversityCenter@fitchburgstate.edu or at 978.665.3701 two weeks in advance of the event.
Consult the calendar of events on this page throughout the month to learn about the individual programs. All are welcome to learn and engage. Click on individual events below for information on how to participate in these
programs.
Committee Members
- Joshua Dodds, Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging Programs
- Krysta Lopez, Program Coordinator for the Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness
- Destiny Zayas, Graduate Assistant for the Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness
Co-Sponsors
- Newman Center Trust Fund
- Disability Services Office
- Fitchburg Activities Board (FAB)
- Office of Student Development (OSD)
- Bowlero Shrewsbury
- Roller Kingdom, Hudson MA
Additional Contributions
- African Student Association (ASA)
- Black Student Union (BSU)
- Caribbean Student Association (CASA)