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Black House Book Club: LAZARUS
Well, I finally have some time to recount the experiences of Thursday, April 21, 2005.
Erin Meadors was the Black House resident in charge of the event. She's also grown to become a good friend of mine. I believe I initially met her when our mutual friend Shaina Jones lived in the house in 02-03.
My Alpha Phi Omega Brothers Rashad and Fitz were there to help me transport the books from the Leavey Center to the White-Gravenor Building. In fact, these Brothers were the epitome of deference -- I didn't have to carry a single thing for the rest of the evening. It was good having some brother to brother time to catch up before the program started.
One of my favorite professors, Adam Rothman (who is the author of Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South, buy this book now!
It wasn't a large crowd, but it was lively! Everyone participated in the discussion, too. About ten people showed up all together, including a nice Freshman named Indra, Bill McCoy (LGBTQ Liaison for the university), a lot of APO Brothers, and of course my mentor Dennis Williams.
A lot of the conversation focused on my opinions about being black and gay at Georgetown -- I didn't really expect that, but I went with it because it's one of the few topics I'm an expert on. It was interesting (and sad) to see that there are so few gay black men on campus who feel equally part of the black and gay communities. According to the people who attended, there are no visible gay black men on campus who are active in the Black Student Alliance and other organizations.
The Georgetown University Step Team sent their regrets to be read at the event. It was a TOTAL surprise. The letter they wrote was so great....absolutely beautiful....I was very touched. Yes, I shed some tears. I couldn't believe how highly they thought of me!
Finally, they presented me with a token gift -- a Georgetown paperweight! I had no idea I would get anything like that. It's so nice. Sitting on my desk right now.
We retired to the Black House for snacks, and realized that my brothers, the Alphas, had just concluded a probate show. It went on at the same time as the Book Club event -- which they were invited to co-sponsor.
Kinda sucks that your brothers would sorta piss on your event to have their own. But at this point, am I really surprised?
All in all, I enjoyed myself that evening! I am so glad that my very first event was at my own alma mater, surrounded by people who care about me. I'm still on that high!
And here are the pictures!
Posted by Rashid on April 23, 2005 11:43 AM
Comments
Awww that is great. Glad to see that it went well. Congratulations!
Commented by Rod on April 23, 2005 4:46 PM