Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. kicked off its “Black.ish” week with its first event called Stand and Deliver, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, during common hour.

The Black.ish-themed week was inspired by ABC’s hit sitcom “Black-ish,” which was created because members wanted to have something that was not only positive, but also relatable.

“The show showcases a positive African-American traditional family and it shed light to a lot of different things,” junior and member of Delta Sigma Theta Inc. Tramea McCrary said.

McCrary added that “Black-ish,” talks about the social constructs of religion, politics and race, which are topics people sometimes don't want to talk about and what also led to the purpose of the event.

“It talks about race, it talks about politics and religion and everybody doesn’t always want to talk about it. That’s why we did it and it’s a really cute and catchy title,” McCrary said.

The event which was a live museum, featured students dressed as historical black figures. When the audience pressed a button, the student gave a brief description of themselves in character as the person they were portraying.

McCrary said she worked really hard to get the event featured during common hour. Since student are typically in the UC around that time she figured it would be a great location for everyone to see the museum.

The idea for the live museum was decided after members of the sorority said they wanted people to learn more about African-American culture and history and to inform people about individuals who are not always shown on TV.

“We hear a lot about Martin Luther King Jr. in school, but we don’t learn about the major people such as the John Carl Jr.’s or all the great inventors that we have, so we just wanted to put together something that everybody could learn from without the typical reading of everything,” McCrary said.

To spread the news about the event, members of the sorority relied on social media and word of mouth, which is how they promote most of their events.

“Everybody don’t follow you on social media. Even though our chapter’s not that big it’s hard to reach everybody all at once, so we have been trying the different people that we talk to and the different people that we know,” McCrary said.

Traditionally the sorority always has a week during Black History Month. Although those weeks are not always tailored to history, the sorority has always tried to promote events.

“Everything about our weekend has to do with being African-American and loving who you are,” McCrary said.

For junior Hydea Hatcher, this was her first time viewing such an event. Hatcher found out about the live museum from classmates who were sitting in the UC.

“The thing that made me want to check it out is when I started looking at the names and I just started to listen in,” Hatcher said.

It wasn’t until after Hatcher listened to each character that she realized she didn’t know as much about black history as she thought.

McCrary said feedback after the events are important to the sorority members as long as it’s relevant.

“I want to know did y’all like that event, did y’all learn from that event and should this be bigger in the future,” McCrary said.