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Date September 24, 2016
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Slideshow: Brown Center for Students of Color celebrates 40 years

Block party brings students, alumni, faculty and staff together to launch a year of events celebrating the Brown Center for Students of Color's 40th year.

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Ryan Lee and Andrea Cordova of the dance group Mezcla perform a Bomba dance.

Students socializing
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Brown Street was closed off between Waterman and Angell streets for the block party.

John Robinson talking at a podium
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Alumnus John Robinson welcomes guests to the block party.

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Volunteers serve guests a variety of different dishes.

Joshua Segui speaking from a podium
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Joshua Segui, director of the Brown Center for Students of Color, gives remarks during the celebration.

Anne Marie Ponte and Karen McLaurin Chesson.
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Anne Marie Ponte (right), the center's co-curricular initiatives coordinator, chats with alumna Karen McLaurin Chesson.

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OJA!, a modern African dance team at Brown, performs.

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Joshua Segui, center director, and President Christina Paxson chat with guests.

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Williams Martinez, a member of Mariachi de Brown, performs "El Rey."

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Brown acapella group Shades of Brown performs.

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Fourth-year Alex Karim, the center's multimedia specialist, gives closing remarks.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Brown Center for Students of Color hosted a block party to celebrate the center's 40th anniversary. The party launched a year’s worth of events marking the milestone, which will include a variety of panels, lectures, digital and traditional exhibits featuring archival material from the center, and other events and programs.

Founded as the Third World Center by Brown students in 1976, the Brown Center for Students of Color serves as a gathering place for communities of color and advances the University’s mission by empowering students of color, cultivating leadership, critical reflection and informed action, and promoting social justice. Originally housed in the basement of Churchill House, the center relocated in 1986 to Partridge Hall on Brown Street directly across from the College Green.

In conjunction with its name change in 2014, the Brown Center for Students of Color embarked upon a five-year strategic effort to strengthen its core activities, extend its reach in the community and honor its legacy on the Brown campus.

Editor's note: Stay tuned for in-depth coverage this year of the Brown Center for Students of Color's 40th anniversary.