Students for Racial Justice will prepare a meal on Feb. 11 to celebrate Black History Month. SRJ celebrates different cultures and celebrates their lifestyle in foods and games to educate students on diversity.
Senior Mia Malcolm will prepare the food and game plans for this event in Mrs. Koontz’s room.
Koontz, the club host, said they will have soul food, fried chicken, collared greens, mac and cheese, cornbread, and peach cobbler.
“We’re gonna have Black History Month trivia and games and prizes for the games and it will just be a way for students to get together and celebrate the diversity of our school,” Koontz said.
She said they all brainstorm food ideas together, and Mia Malcolm is taking a leadership role in organizing the planning, shopping, and cooking. Everyone signs up and volunteers to help as they need multiple people due to the amount of food being made.
Koontz said, “For our Hispanic Heritage celebration, we were expecting 50 people, but actually about 100 people attended, so I have no idea how many people will attend this month.”
On Friday SRJ made posters to put around the school, and information will be posted on the Railer Weekly and also over the intercom the morning of to get the word out about the meal.
Senior Mara Oswald said the event will take place in the Speech classroom.
“We will have food, trivia, and prizes. It’s going to be a lot of fun,” Oswald said.
Koontz said the planning details are pretty easy as they just have people let them know when they are available and then start planning.
“Mia Malcolm is leading the food planning initiative and creating a menu, she is doing a great job,” Oswald said.
Senior Junior Williams is a part of the SRJ club and will attend the meal on Tuesday during Railer Time. Williams said he likes SRJ because it’s a great way to interact with other students who feel passionate about racial justice.
“We get to talk about making a change in our school system like bringing back certain books that were banned or like talking about incidents that happen around the school,” Williams said.
He said these meetings are important because they spread awareness to people who might not know what’s going on, and they also educate students about different cultures.
William says, “People should go to the Black History meal because they get to learn about Black culture, Black-American culture specifically and it would be a really fun time,”
