For many student organizations at the University of Wisconsin, February represents an opportunity to explore the dynamics shaping today’s cultural landscape, and help Black students navigate their place within a broader diaspora. To celebrate Black History Month, several organizations are hosting events tied to this year’s theme: “Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity.” The 2021 theme intends to explore the African diaspora, which encyclopedia.com defines as the many communities of people of African descent dispersed throughout the globe as a result of forced migration and the resulting identities these populations developed in their respective locations. Each year the theme is chosen to “reflect changes in how people of African descent in the United States have viewed themselves, the influence of social movements on racial ideologies and the aspirations of the Black community,” according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History website.