All St. Petersburg College campuses will celebrate African-American History Month with events and awards ceremonies throughout February.
Angie Shaghaghi
Among the highlights will be an appearance by Tarpon Springs native Angie Shaghaghi, a successful entrepreneur who has appeared on a number of Food Network shows, including Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen and Hey, Can You Cook?
She will be the keynote speaker at the north county Mac J. Williams Excellence Awards at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Clearwater Campus Arts Auditorium. The Mac J. Williams awards honor outstanding high school students.
Shaghaghi runs a business called Creative Cooks, which teaches cooking classes to children in public/private after-school programs, community centers, nursing facilities and homes.
Other highlights include:
- African-American History Month Quad Event, all day, Feb. 13, St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus
- Jump Start Your African-American Genealogy, 1 p.m. Feb. 13, Clearwater Campus
- Munch & Learn: Race & Ethnicity: Perceptions, Prejudice 7 Power, 12:30 p.m., Feb. 18, Seminole Campus
- Taste of Soul, noon, Feb. 19, Tarpon Springs Campus
- The Rhetoric of Dr. Martin Luther King, 12:30 p.m., Feb. 19, Clearwater Campus
- Poetry Slam, 5:30 p.m., Feb. 19, Clearwater Campus
- South county Mac J. Williams Excellence Awards, 7 p.m., Feb. 24, Palladium
- Soul Food Festival, noon, Feb. 25, SPC Midtown
- Black Trivia Competition, 6 p.m. Feb. 25, Clearwater Campus
- Soul Food Festival, noon and 4 p.m., Feb. 26, SPC Downtown
For complete listings, see www.spcollege.edu/aahm.
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