Throughout the year the Center prides itself on sponsoring programming that celebrates African American heritage and history. For the entire month of February, which has been nationally designated Black History Month, the Center works especially hard to celebrate African American legacy and culture through various lectures, workshops, exhibits, and artistic symposiums.

This year's events include:

• Wednesday, 2/1: Destination Disco – Student Union Ballroom
• Thursday, 2/2 | 7:00 PM BHM Opening Ceremony: An Evening with Cornel West – McHugh Hall 102
• Saturday, 2/4 | 6:00 PM ASA Annual Fashion Show - SANKOFA, The Year of Return – Jorgensen
  https://events.uconn.edu/event/97666/2023-02-04
• Monday, 2/6 | 5:00 PM Academic Achievement Center (AAC) FAFSA Pizza Party – AACC community Room (SU 407) https://events.uconn.edu/event/97670/2023-02-06
• Tuesday, 2/7 | 6:00 PM Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Workshop w/ Movimiento Cultural – SU Ballroom https://events.uconn.edu/event/97803/2023-02-07
• Wednesday, 2/8 | 5:00 PM How to be a Straight A Student, Part 1 – AACC Community Room (SU 407) https://events.uconn.edu/event/97795/2023-02-08
• Thursday, 2/9 |6:00 PM AACC Soul Food Cinema, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – AACC Community Room (SU 407) https://events.uconn.edu/event/97674/2023-02-09
• Friday, 2/10 | 7:00 PM AACC Soulful-Vibes Open mic -- AACC Community Room (SU 407)
• Monday, 2/13 | 4:00 PM Journey to the Motherland: Winter in Ghana Returnee Panel – AACC Community Room (SU 407) https://events.uconn.edu/event/97798/2023-02-13
• Tuesday, 2/14 | All Day Black Love Campaign / Program – Social Media
• Wednesday, 2/15 | 6:00 PM How to be a Straight A Student, Part 1 – AACC Community Room (SU 407) https://events.uconn.edu/event/97796/2023-02-15
• Thursday, 2/16 | 6:00 PM “C.R.O.W.N. Act” (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) – AACC Community Room (SU 407) https://events.uconn.edu/event/97681/2023-02-26
• Saturday, 2/18: | 10:00 AM NSBE Black Women in Stem Brunch [$5 Admission] – Alumni Center
• Monday, 2/20 | 4:00 PM Black History Month Read-In – UConn Bookstore Community Room
• Tuesday, 2/21 | 12:30 PM Meet the Faculty with Professor Amy Egbert, Department of Psychology – AACC Community Room (SU 407)
• Wednesday, 2/22 | 4:00 PM Queer BIPOC Professional Staff and Student Socials – AACC Community Room (SU 407)
• Wednesday, 2/22 | 6:00 PM Rosewood Discussion with Lizzie Robinson Jenkins – Virtual https://events.uconn.edu/event/97642/2023-02-21
• Thursday, 2/23 | 5:00 PM UConn Reads, Light from Uncommon Stars with Professor Shawn Salvant, English Department and Africana Studies – AACC Community Room (SU 407) https://events.uconn.edu/event/97720/2023-02-23
• Thursday, 2/23 | 6:00 PM Mr. and Ms. Black UConn Pageant – Student Union Ballroom
• Friday, 2/24 | 2:00 PM Celebrating Black Excellence: A Guided Dance Experience – AACC Community Room (SU 407)
• Friday, 2/24 | 5:00 PM Faculty and Staff Happy Hour at The Russell (Hartford)
• Sunday, 2/26 | 11:00 AM Crown Day: “Curating a Space to Service and Celebrate Natural Hair” – Werth Towers Forum
• Monday, 2/27 | 6:00 PM Black History Month Closing Ceremony: “Overboard, Black Resistance and the Middle Passage with Dr. Rik Stevenson, University of Florida African American Studies Program – Student Union Theater & Ballroom https://events.uconn.edu/event/97721/2023-02-27
• Tuesday, 2/28 | 10:00 AM Black Excellence in the Academy: A UConn Exhibit Diagram, SU 104 https://events.uconn.edu/event/97723/2023-02-28