Community & Society
![Mwatabu S. Okantah on WKYC's Good Company show](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Okantah%20Good%20Company.png?VersionId=MVMpI_xtUpwqF.ANA4SGdf3YjBtL1TcZ&h=d054e2c0&itok=s-A2UbST)
Mwatabu S. Okantah, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, was featured on WKYC Studios’ Good Company discussing the history and importance of Black History Month.
![Members of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Football Team visit the I Promise School in Akron. Members of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Football Team visit the I Promise School in Akron.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/240125_LJFF_IPS_KSU_FOOTBALL_VISIT-115.jpg?VersionId=7mGlIshKajNmgcsbp91mFVizCqyos3jh&itok=9NU7xx16)
Golden Flashes football team members spent a recent afternoon visiting with students at the LeBron James Family Foundation’s I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, where they checked out the school’s facilities and spent time reading to youngsters.
![Rwandan students at Bob Christy's home Rwandan students at Bob Christy's home](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/RwandaChristmas.jpg?VersionId=sSYUCnCEWyfZV3Z8ru.00RsKxRkTvucn&h=88769e60&itok=5BexXLhV)
A °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ staffer's aunt helped graduate students from Rwanda prepare for their first winter in northeast Ohio.
![LGBTQ students and allies painted The Rock LGBTQ students and allies painted The Rock](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/pro-msEiUJn5.jpeg?VersionId=Y9WzryaUZceblr54iT0B9vFrKe9rSl5L&itok=Gi691I9B)
Members of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's LGBTQ+ community and their allies used The Rock to share a call for kindness.
![A parking lot at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Kent Campus Parking lot at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Kent Campus](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Parking%20at%20Kent.jpg?VersionId=22KgRfwpl1npDyT2A7TZ0zOqGLRMWgQ_&itok=gkqm7JVD)
Have you ever experienced frustration while trying to find a parking spot on campus? Five business school students did, and last fall they pitched their solutions in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Idea Pitch and won first place.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Flashes Fighting Hunger initiative engaged families and the community through an MLK-themed event at Ravenna's King Kennedy Center.
![Brandon Bell singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Brandon Bell singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/424889558_18213391864285931_3613958685451004576_n.jpg?VersionId=Ob93Z69RSM2l5p17URRGvtnpJQQfU6Ta&itok=cFIiXDlP)
A recent graduate lent his voice to an inspiring opening of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
![Black squirrel neat a tree on Front Campus Black squirrel near a tree on Front Campus](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20231010_BC_October%20Feature_232.jpg?VersionId=4m4YjBT.6Fyxqrufj.jNgKnzktSCG6tH&itok=6muQBwFB)
At °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, campus black squirrels may need to step in for Groundhog Day forecasting duties.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ used its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Feb. 1 to inaugurate a new series of educational programs to help foster a better understanding of the many diverse voices in the university community.
![Decorated door at DeWeese Health Center Decorated door at DeWeese Health Center](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-31%20at%2012.55.47%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=pIWnyNUi_Xh8fwup4onRkEaXs2aPOK3H&h=340314a2&itok=KkPE1kr_)
On-campus flu vaccine clinics help keep °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students, faculty and staff healthy throughout the flu season.