BSU Showcase Celebrates Black History

On Thursday, Merion Mercy Academy’s Black Student Union presented its seventh annual BSU Showcase in celebration of Black History Month. The theme was “A Wrinkle in Our Time: A Timeline of Events” during which members of the BSU shared poetry, performed dance, introduced key figures in Black history, and presented landmark legal cases and historical milestones. 

Highlights included:

• An original poem titled “Can I Touch Your Hair,” by Amira Wardlaw ‘26
• Black Lenses: Black Culture Before Enslavement, which included liturgical dance to the spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”
• Our Prerogative: How Enslavement of Africans Became Law in the United States
• The poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes
• Evolution of a Revolution in which Black women from history were interviewed about themselves and their contributions
• Influential Factors: Events and people who shaped the lives of U.S citizens today
• Shining In Our Light: A fashion show representing the style of influential Black women including Michelle Obama, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Kamala Harris
• A Hip-Hoppers performance

The BSU concluded the event by thanking its moderators, Mrs. Carol Restifo and Ms. Taylor Stokes, as well as other key members of the administration, faculty, and staff. 

The showcase earned a well-deserved standing ovation and was the highlight of an exciting week of activities that included a service project at St. Francis Inn, a lunch time treat of banana pudding, a step class, and an introduction to the “Divine 9”—the nine historically Black sororities and fraternities. 

Black History Week is part of Merion Mercy Academy’s commitment to building an authentic and inclusive community that expands our appreciation for the diversity in our school and in our world.