Monthly Archives: February 2022

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Celebrating Black History Month in West Chester

February is Black History Month, and the first Black History Month took place at Kent State University in 1970 after Black educators and the Black United Students proposed a way to honor and highlight the African diaspora’s shared history. Six years after the first celebration at Kent State, Black History Month was being celebrated all across our country in educational institutions, centers of Black culture and community centers, both…

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A Lunar New Year Dinner in West Chester

The Lunar New Year is celebrated by billions of people throughout the world every February, and every year the thousands of Asian Americans living here in Pennsylvania celebrate as well with colorful parades, fireworks and of course - lots of good food. You can find a list of locations throughout Philadelphia that will be performing lion dances and fireworks in this article. However, if you want to keep your…

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