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We welcome you to the Abeng Multicultural Lounge<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”_initial” max_width=”none” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_icon font_icon=”G||divi||400″ icon_color=”#21303F” icon_width=”60px” url=”#what” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” transform_scale=”80%|80%” custom_padding=”|3px|3px||false|false” border_radii=”on|50px|50px|50px|50px” global_colors_info=”{}” transform_styles__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_scale__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_translate__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_rotate__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_skew__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_origin__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_scale__hover=”100%|100%” background__hover_enabled=”on|hover” background_color__hover=”#FFCB05″ background_enable_color__hover=”on”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”what” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#2D3B49″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”_initial” custom_padding=”||60px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||60px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||60px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”%91%93″][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/connectandengage.housing.umich.edu\/abeng-multicultural-lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_71484270-abeng.png” alt=”Three Semesters Painting by Jon Harris” title_text=”AdobeStock_71484270-abeng” show_bottom_space=”off” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”7b80b288-9d69-47ec-bf36-3ce85936ff42″ hover_enabled=”0″ text_text_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”%91%93″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The word \u201cAbeng” is a Twi word from Ghana, meaning an animal horn or musical instrument. Abengs were primarily used by enslaved people in the West Indies and Jamaica to communicate with each other and call secret meetings. The Abeng later became a symbol for enslaved communities in the United States, symbolizing a \u201ccall to action\u201d.<\/p>\n The Abeng Multicultural Lounge honors the powerful significance of the abeng and celebrates the advocacy and fight for freedom, racial equality and justice by the Black and African American community.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”d468fccc-b5fa-43d1-af63-9b3159861796″ header_2_font=”|700|||||||” background_layout=”dark” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”%91%93″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The Abeng Multicultural Lounge was named by a residential college East Quad resident in 1971, Dr. Harvey Slaughter. He says, of why he picked the name:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”_initial” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(255,255,255,0.7) 0%|rgba(255,255,255,0.7) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/connectandengage.housing.umich.edu\/abeng-multicultural-lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/burlap-texture-bw.jpg” custom_padding=”2em|2em|2em|2em|true|true” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_blur=”17px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” global_colors_info=”%91%93″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”dde98755-4803-47d8-bcb4-612844cb2bbb” text_line_height=”2em” header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”left” global_colors_info=”%91%93″]<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was giving consideration as to what the name should be, [I learned] about this instrument that the slaves used when they were trying to organize, and trying to throw off their slave master. They would bellow this horn and it would let them know that they should go to their secret meetings.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”dde98755-4803-47d8-bcb4-612844cb2bbb” text_line_height=”2em” header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”left” global_colors_info=”%91%93″]<\/p>\n I thought that historically it would be a great name for [this lounge] because that was what we were trying to do – bring students together about issues that were relevant to minority concerns and create change.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n – Dr. Harvey Slaughter \u201872, \u201874, \u201877, \u201883<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”history” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#2D3B49″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(45,59,73,0.7) 0%|rgba(21,21,21,0.8) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/connectandengage.housing.umich.edu\/abeng-multicultural-lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/burlap-texture-blue.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”_initial” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”%91%93″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”7b80b288-9d69-47ec-bf36-3ce85936ff42″ global_colors_info=”%91%93″]<\/p>\n The University of Michigan has a rich history of student activism. In the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s assassination and the momentum of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960\u2019s, a group of students, faculty, and staff began to protest the University of Michigan\u2019s campus climate and treatment of Black and African American people on campus. This was the beginning of the first wave of the Black Action Movement (BAM). The group of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff compiled a list of twelve demands and participated in an 18-day strike. As a result of BAM I, the University agreed to three of their twelve demands: including the call to increase Black enrollment to 10% of the student population; support for the creation of what is now the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS); and the creation of a Black Culture Center, now known as the William M. Trotter Multicultural Center.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/connectandengage.housing.umich.edu\/abeng-multicultural-lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Abeng-Pen-Drawing_2.jpg” title_text=”Abeng-Pen-Drawing_2″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”_initial” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”%91%93″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/connectandengage.housing.umich.edu\/abeng-multicultural-lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Abeng-Pen-Drawing_1.jpg” title_text=”Abeng-Pen-Drawing_1″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”d468fccc-b5fa-43d1-af63-9b3159861796″ header_2_font=”|700|||||||” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”%91%93″]<\/p>\n In addition, several housing initiatives were established in the early 1970s, including the Diversity Peer Educator (formerly the Minority Peer Advisor) program and the Multicultural Lounge program. Thus, one of the first multicultural lounges was created in East Quadrangle and was named the Abeng Minority Culture Lounge by students, including Dr. Harvey Slaughter.<\/p>\n At first, Abeng was only an office, but Harvey advocated and worked to expand the office to include a lounge space where Black students could gather. Over time, engagement with the multicultural lounge and council have grown, hosting community events, workshops, and education-based opportunities. Presently, the Abeng Multicultural Lounge is in its third home in East Quad after moving to a more accessible and prominent location near the residence hall\u2019s community center and dining hall.<\/p>\n M Housing thanks the previous students for their contribution and creation of the Multicultural Lounge Program. Below please read Dr. Harvey Slaughter\u2019s biographical information.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”_initial” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”%91%93″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”7b80b288-9d69-47ec-bf36-3ce85936ff42″ global_colors_info=”%91%93″]<\/p>\n Dr. Harvey Slaughter, Residential College class of 1972, created a very distinguished undergraduate career including extensive activism for the advancement of Black students and building structures of academic support for his peers at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”7b80b288-9d69-47ec-bf36-3ce85936ff42″ global_colors_info=”%91%93″]<\/p>\n Harvey embodied intellectual curiosity, concern for social welfare, and hunger for organizational change; qualities that were cultivated and fostered while he was a student in the Residential College. In his career, Harvey\u2019s focus is to drive corporate growth by maximizing human performance through innovation and improved team work. He is a relentless implementer with a passionate commitment to creative problem-solving and his work creates dynamic, engaged organizational cultures, where employees feel valued as full members of the team. Similar to 1971, Harvey has been an instrumental voice in the design and renovation of the current Abeng Multicultural Lounge.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(255,255,255,0.7) 0%|rgba(255,255,255,0.7) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/connectandengage.housing.umich.edu\/abeng-multicultural-lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/burlap-texture-bw.jpg” custom_padding=”2em|2em|2em|2em|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”dde98755-4803-47d8-bcb4-612844cb2bbb” text_line_height=”2em” header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”left” global_colors_info=”%91%93″]<\/p>\n \u201cIf we tell the history of the place and make sure that everyone knows that everyone can use it, that makes it even more of a place to be, it makes it more relevant for a place the time for inclusion is here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n – Dr. Harvey Slaughter<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Abeng Multicultural Lounge History and NamesakeY\u025bma wo akwaaba ko Abeng amammer\u025b ahorow pii dan muWe welcome you to the Abeng Multicultural LoungeWhat is an Abeng? 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History of the Abeng Multicultural Lounge<\/h2>\n
Dr. Harvey Slaughter<\/h2>\n