AS PART OF WAKEUP, WE ARE HOSTING  KULTURAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS FROM ALL THE CORNERS OF THE AFRIKAN CONTINENT.  ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1999, THE FIRST OF THESE EXHIBITIONS WHICH IS TITLE MUVMENT in MUSIK AND ART OF AFRIKA (MMA) SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCHING OF THE SERIES.MMA MEANS BEAUTY IN IGBO, THE LANGUAGE OF THE IGBO PEOPLES OF THE EASTERN REGION OF NIGERIA.

            AFRIKA IS A VAST CONTINENT SO THE PROGRAM FOR THE DAY IS A WINDOW INTO AFRIKA. NIGERIA IS A LEADING NATION IN AFRIKA WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS ABILITY TO LEAD AFRIKA INTO THE NEXT MILLENNIUM. WE DEDICATE MMA KULTURAL ARTS EXHIBITION TO NIGERIAN KULTURE.  EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN THE STUDENT LOUNGE, TH 105, ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE HERE AT HUNTER COLLEGE.

            THE EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE A PERFORMANCE BY A GUEST ARTIST FROM WEST AFRIKA, OLAJAGUN (NIGERIA) AND PERFORMANCES BY OUR MEMBERS, HUNTER STUDENTS.  IN ADDITION WE SHALL HONOR  PATRON AND A SOME STUDENTS
WITH AWARDS. THIS PERFORMANCE WILL BE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR THE HUNTER COLLEGE COMMUNITY; THE ONLY UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF MANHATTAN.  IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND YOUTH IN THE NEW YORK AREA TO SHARE AND EXPERIENCE THE RICH AFRIKAN CULTURE.

            WE ARE INVITING DIGNITARIES TO BE PRESENT FOR THE OFFICIAL LAUNCHING OF WAKEUP ON THIS DAY.   WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT, ASU WILL HOST EVENTS EVERY WEEK INTO THE MILLENIUM.  WE NEED SEED MONEY TO OFFSET BASIC ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THIS PROGRAM. THIS EVENT SHALL BRING IN REVENUE, AND CREATE THE CASH FLOW THAT IS NEEDED TO HOST OTHER EVENTS AND ENABLE US TO ACHIEVE OUR NOBLE OBJECTIVES.