Fall 2009

• 12/04 Marylands Next Best Dance Crew - Raise Awareness of Sexual Assault on Campus and in the Nation at large.
• 11/19 Why Mascoting is WRONG: The Redskins 
• 11/13 90's vs 80's Party 
• 11/12 Globalization and Outsourcing: Its effect on us and others
• 11/12 Sit-In at University Senate Meeting
• 11/5 S.T.A.R.E. March on Administration 
• 11/5 One People One Movement: how struggles relate
• 11/4 S.T.A.T.E. Emergency Meeting
• 10/29 CROOTS Direction: Our Founding Principles
• 10/22 Is Civil Marriage a Civil Right?
• 10/15 Domestic Violence and Abusive Relationships: When it Really hurts
• 10/12 Healthcare Townhall at Nyumburu
• 10/8 Why are all the BLACKS sitting together
• 10/1 What Gets You HOT: Influences Behind Attraction
• 9/24 U.S. Government as World Police 
• 9/17 Healthcare: What it is and What its not. 
• 9/10 Opening General Body Meeting 

Spring 2009

• 70s Party
• Cultural Unity Forum
• Sikh Genocide Immortal Technique Concert 

Spring 2008

• Thursday 4/24 - Elections!!
• Thurday 4/17 - Panel Discussion on the Prison Industrial Complex and D.C. Youth (w/ Prison to College Pipeline and JDCY)
• Thursday 4/10 - Pathfinder Press - Discussion on Chinese impact on Cuba, Cuba's revolution and worldwide impact
• Monday 4/7 - C-Roots Hosted SGA Presidential debate/discussion
• Saturday 4/5 - "Walk 4 Life" Benefit Concert feat. Captial X & AKIR and several student performers. Capital X is walking from New Jersey to Texas to raise funds and awareness against the death penalty and to promote prison reform.
• Thursday 4/3 - Mircofinance and uplifting women in poverty worldwide
• Thursday 3/27 - Discussion on the oppression of women through religious institutions
• Thursday 3/13 - Spirituality, religion and social movements. How has your spiritual journey contributed to your interest in social justice?
• Thursday 3/6 - Cultural Unity Forum
• Friday 2/29 - 80s Hip-Hop Party
• Thursday 2/28 - Self Defence Workshop!
• Thursday 2/21 - Discussion about the taboo topic of race and on campus race relations.
• Thusday 2/14 - Discussion on LOVE!!
• Thursday 2/7 - Discussion on the primary elections. Those that believe in the political system an/or the candidates discussed recent political events with political sceptics.
• Thursday 1/31 - Discussion question: "When did you know what the right decision was in a situation but made the wrong decision?" Many members shared heartfelt stories and welcomed the advice and consoling of other members. Key outcomes of the discussion were that we must “live and learn”, “learn from mistakes, don’t regret them”. And Hindsight is often but not always 20/20.

Fall 2007

• Thursday 12/06 - Discussion topics open to membership - Conversation about U.S. cultural imperialism and its impact on cultural/racial/sexual identity here and abroad.
• Friday 11/30 - Cultural Pot Luck Dinner w/ American Indian Student Union
  • For recipes contact aisu_umd@yahoo.com
  • If you represent another cultural group on campus and would like to have a cultural pot luck dinner email Rebecca at rehughes@umd.edu or Samira at sfarah@umd.edu.
• Thursday 11/29 - Discussion about the Supreme Court, balance of power, and government effectiveness.
• Thursday 11/15 - Discussion about porn, sexuality & sex/gender relations
• Thursday 11/8 - Presentation by the Young Communist League and the Venceremos Brigade followed by a discussion on the state of Cuba, U.S. policy towards Cuba and socialist revolutions
  • www.venceremosbrigade.org
  • www.ifconews.org
  • For more info contact Diego at diniguez@umd.edu
• Thursday 11/2 - Movie on Cuba's Solutions to Peak Oil and Discussion on what we can take from the Cuban Solution
• Tuesday 10/30 - Date Auction Fundraiser Hosted by Terpoets
• Monday 10/29 - "Live From Death Row" - Movie and Discussion on Mumia Abu-Jamal w/ BSU
  • www.freemumia.org
  • www.prisonradio.org
• Thursday 10/25 - Movie & Discussion on the Peak Oil Crisis
• Thursday 10/18 - Movie: "V for Vendetta"
• Thursday 10/11 - "Columbus Didn’t Discover Us!" feat. James Loewen, author of Lies My Teach Told Me. Co-Sponsored with the American Indian Student Union, the Latino Student Union, and the Caribbean Student Association

• Thursday 10/4 - "Black Gold" and a discussion on the exploitation of African resourses - w/ Ethiopian Student Association
• Saturday 9/29 - FRESH Invasion Concert feat. Doug E. Fresh, Soul Fege, I&I, Daniel Lee, Omekongo Dibinga and student performers
• Thursday 9/27 - Workers Panel with Students and Workers Unite & TerPoets
• Thursday 9/20 - Forced Choice Exercise
• Tuesday 9/11 - "Speak Out" following Noose Incident
• Thursday 9/6 - Informational Meeting with One Voice
  • www.onemillionvoices.org
• Thursday 8/30 - 2nd Annual Football Fiasco Tournament
• Wednesday 8/29 - Welcome Back! Meeting

Summer 2007

• Summer Retreat #: 8/25 - 8/26 College Park, MD
• Summer Retreat #: 6/29 - 7/1 Northern Neck, VA