February is Black History Month and one of the busiest times for the Black Student Alliance (BSA).

The executive board of BSA planned this month’s weekly events around the themes poetry and literature, fashion and entertainment, and movies and music.

Each theme and event serve a different purpose and reach a different audience, said BSA president Karimot Gamu.

“Planning for this month’s events began early last quarter,” Gamu said. “We knew we wanted several events and we wanted them done well, and we believe we have achieved that goal.”

This week’s event, A Tribute to Black Entertainment: Spotlight on Style, will be held in the Driscoll Ballroom on Friday at 6 p.m.

“[It] will be an opportunity to showcase talent and share black culture with the entire Denver community,” said Gamu.

The event Voices of Change: Literature, which was held last Thursday in Sidelines Pub, “was a wonderful opportunity to unite the DU and BSA communities around history, culture and literature,” said Gamu.

BSA is open to people of all races and ethnicities.

“We have an extremely diverse membership,” Gamu said.

One of the organizations goals is to uplift and empower the minds of African-American students on campus.

“Another goal this year has been to create an exciting and dynamic Black History Month program where all DU students and community members [can] take part in the celebration,” she said.

The showing of “Cadillac Records” in Davis Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. will conclude the Black History Month celebrations.

“We hope that the time and effort our organization has put in over the last few months comes through in these events,” Gamu said.

That organization also includes Elisabeth Booze, Cameron Lewis, Chisom Agbim, Nick Donkoh and Meseret Hailu.