Ujima - Collective Work & Responsibility Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 - February 19, 1976

BLACK STUDENTS' FREEDOM ALLIANCE М31ПЯ Vol. 1 No. 2 (TbLBCTTVE NORK AND RESPONSIBILITY FEBRUARY" 1 9 :~I 976 ~ LMU FALL FESTIVITIES The Fall Semester 75' proved to be very fruit¬ ful for the BSFA. Even with the delays and technicalities due to the budget controversy, the fall festivities were carried out. In the final months of the semester, BSFA sponsored two programs for needy Black chil¬ dren and families. The month of October was highlighted by a Halloween Program, in which approximately 18 members of BSFA visited a day care center. The members gayly clad in various Halloween costumes, jostled and played games with the tots for most of the memorable afternoon. The BSFA sponsored games, prizes, food, and refreshments for the tots and their teachers. The program was very beneficial to both the BSFA members and the children, be¬ cause most Black families can't afford to par¬ ticipate in holidays such as Halloween, which other children have enjoyed for so long. The second program BSFA sponsored was the 'Feed the Needy Families ' program for Thanks - giving. With the help of the L.A. Social Ser¬ vice Department, the BSFA chose 10 families with approximately 10 members each, who could not afford their own Thanksgiving feast. From the proceeds of a dance and other donations collected, the BSFA collected turkeys, vege¬ tables and other trimmings which gave each fa¬ mily a rare feast and a memorable Thanksgiving. The BSFA's purpose for both programs was to give needy Blacks a chance to participate in holidays which they can rarely afford to ac¬ knowledge and to help those brothers and sis¬ ters who, for various reasons, are having prob¬ lems and cannot get over in todays society. HERON'S MUSIC A LIFE-LINE From South Africa to South Carolina On the eve of the release of 'From South Africa to South Carolina' - his second album for Arista Records and the sixth of his ca¬ reer - Gil Scott Heron paused for an instant to reflect on the accelerated acceptance of his music this year and to comment on the LP that will take him into the next. Although Gil hasn't released a novel in over three years, his sequential output of recorded input may be likened to chapters of a book, each conceptually leading to the other . 'From South Africa to South Carolina' con¬ tinues certain concepts, completes others, and initiates new ones, commented Gil. As an example, he cited the appearance of 'First Minute of a New Day,* the title of his first Arista Album on the new record as 'Beginnings: First Minute of a New Day'. This consistency, so apparent in Gil's mu¬ sic, even carries over into the artwork the guerilla on the last LP is again on the cov¬ er of the new one, but in a completely dif- Con't . pg. 2 EXPERIENCE IN BLACK by G. Cat Stokes Immediately realizing that it is Black His¬ tory Week, an experience in Black is coming to LMU during the very first week of school. An experience in Black, is seeing masses of Black people walking around in the robes of our ancestry or displaying colors of lib¬ eration, undeniably expressing the pride and t'Cty'tt. . . .pg. 3