Ebony Ball: Our Shades of Beauty
Photo by: Antoinette Isama
One of the last events for Loyola University Chicago‘s Black History Month celebrations was Ebony Ball.
On Friday, Feb. 22, the Black Cultural Center hosted this formal for the first time at Regents Hall in the Lewis Towers on our campus downtown.
As vice president, I had to oversee the planning and facilitate tasks to prepare for this fun night!
With the theme “Our Shades of Beauty,” we sought to show the beauty of diversity by shedding light on how one should not be ashamed of the color of their skin.
Our social chair, Marlena Ortiz, had the great idea of embossing images on to pieces of wood that are examples of our different shades of beauty.
With the help of our other executive board members, each centerpiece and accent piece were crafted and painted by hand.
There was great music from a student DJ from Northwestern University and I would also consider this year’s Ebony Ball as the most successful – especially with how diverse the turnout came to be.
The students that attended had a great time! I hope that with events like these, my organization can bring the Loyola community closer together.