Events

The Office of Black Student Success, Black Faculty Staff & Student Association, Pan African Student Success Center and several other campus partners including Outreach and the San Manuel Student Union, are looking forward to summer orientations and the 2025-2026 School year and much more.  Signature events for OBSS will be:

Fall 2025

• CSUSB Black Experience Course Orientation early -  August 8th, 2025, 9-11am (Zoom)
• CSUSB Black Experience Course, Fridays, 1-2pm First Semester
• Wellness Wednesday via BFSSA, CAPS, and OBSS 09/10, 10/08, 11/12, 02/26/, 03/11, 04/15 at 12pm to 1pm at the Pan African Student Success Center
• Black Organization and Leadership event -  Friday, September 19th, 1-2pm (GI 110) &  Wednesday, October 8th, 12-1pm (CGI 204)
• Black Faculty Promotion & Awards Celebration — September 25, 2025, 4-6pm (Alumni Center)
• Black Mentors Matter Luncheon — October 23, 2025, 11am-1pm (Alumni Center)
• Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration  — Thursday, Dec. 4th, 6- 9 PM

Spring 2026

• Friday 01/16/26 to 01/19/26, African Black Coalition Conference at CSUN (OBSS, BFSSA, PASSC, BSU, etc.)
• Tuesday, 2/3/26: Black History Month Opening Ceremony (CCC, PASSC, OBSS, BFSSA)
• Wednesday, 02/04/2026, 11:30am to 12:30pm, OBSS presents CSUSB Black Student History (OBSS), SMSU South
• Thursday, 02/05/2026, Black History Exhibit, 6-8pm (BFSSA, Library)
• Thursday, 02/05/2026, The Shop (PASSC)
• Saturday, 02/07/2026, Black History Parade (early AM, end at CSUSB All Day… With Black Rose Gala that evening (BFSSA & CCC)
• Monday, 2/9/2026 - Lead with the Women’s Resource Center & the Pan African Student Success Center, Location TBD
• Wednesday, 02/11/2026,  Jasmine Graham, the Shark Doctor. 10:30-11:30am 1st floor Pfau library --book giveaway & signing.  Then Noon-1 talk at SBS building-128
• Thursday, 02/12/2026 12-2pm, Radical Book Club: Latinx Center with Afro-Latino writers highlighted. SMSU North 3308 (CCC)
• Tuesday, 2/17/2026 - Do you know your Black Facts? Via “Jeopardy/Family Feud collab   at the DSA - Theater (PASSC)
• Wednesday, 02/18/2026, 11:30am to 1pm, Ethnic Studies and 100 year anniversary of Black History Month, Community College Umoja and Ethnic Studies invited. SMSU North, Four Plex  (OBSS, Outreach)
• Thursday, 02/19/2026 – PASSC – Living History Museum with students at RAFFMA, partner with Theater Department (e.g., Library)
• Saturday, 02/21/2026, 9am - 4pm Natural Hair Day, OBSS, Recruitment, and SBCUSD
• Wednesday, 2/25/26 - Wellness Wednesday: Quarter Zip Day (Professionalism, collab with Career Center)  at the PASSC
• Thursday, 02/26/2026 The Shop  at the PASSC
• Thursday, 02/26/2026 12-2pm, Radical Book Club: Latinx Center with Afro-Latino writers highlighted. SMSU North 3308
• Thursday, 02/26/2026, 5:30pm-8pm The Voice by Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration Office of Academic Equity – Issues with Black Men. Invite Only. (CGI 110)
• Friday, 02/27/2026, 9am-11am, Pioneer Breakfast (BFSSA)
• Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026 Health Promotion Event in tentative date(e.g., Healthy Heart Foundation, Greater IE Black Nurses, Black HPAC CSUSB) – 4 Plex at SMSU South (OBSS)
• Wednesday, 3/11/26 - Wellness Wednesday: Black Women's Health (PASSC)
• Saturday, March 14, 2026 – Choose CSUSB Day (PDC) (Outreach)
• Wednesday, 03/18/2026, Black Women’s Leadership event, tentative  (Advancement, SAAS, Links, BFSSA, WRC, PAAC, Library). – (OBSS)
• Saturday, 03/ 21/2026 – Choose CSUSB Day (main campus) (Outreach)(OBSS)
• Wednesday, 04/09/2026 at 6pm Worship Experience – (PASSC & Black Campus Ministries) Amphitheater by the Alumni Center
• Wednesday, 04/15/2026 – Wellness Wednesday: Black Music and Mental Wellness & Healing - OBSS & BFSSA
• Thursday, 04/16/26 - The Shop at the PASSC
• Thursday, 04/23/26, 11-1pm, Black Mentors Matter Luncheon — (Alumni Center / Obershaw)(OBSS)
• Thursday, 04/23/2026 4-9pm, - Black Bazaar, 4pm-9pm (BSU)
• Saturday, 05/09/2026, Black Graduation Celebration (BFSSA)
• Tuesday, 06/16/2026, Harambee Retreat –  A Black Student Success Retreat for Mission, Strategic Goals, Calendar Alignment (OBSS, Outreach, PASSC, BFSSA, BSU, etc.)  — Invite Only