{"id":1051,"date":"2006-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2006-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-24T05:00:00","slug":"black-history-month-opens-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/black-history-month-opens-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Black History Month&#8217; Opens on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 142px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/williams.jpg\" alt=\"Angie B. Williams\" \/>Angie B. Williams <\/div>\n<p>Eastern Mennonite University will launch February &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/studentlife\/multicultural\/aahm\/\">Black History Month<\/a>&#8221; activities with a presentation by local author and speaker Angie B. Williams of Harrisonburg.  <\/p>\n<p> Ms. Williams will speak on &#8220;Joy in Adversity&#8221; 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in EMU&#8217;s Lehman Auditorium. (<a href=\"..\/..\/studentlife\/multicultural\/aahm\/\"><strong>Click here for a complete schedule of activities!<\/strong><\/a>) <\/p>\n<p> Sharing out of her own personal tragedies &#8211; including the loss of three babies and breast cancer &#8211; she will offer ways to achieve a balance between complacent resignation and faith in God&#8217;s power to have joy and victory while dealing with life&#8217;s trials. <\/p>\n<p> Williams, a wife, mother, grandmother and retired federal employee, has been widely used in ministry in the United States and Canada. 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